Indie developer The Chinese Room's first major hit, Dear Esther, is swapping walking simulator for treading the boards as a stage play adaptation is in the works at a London theatre. For more ...

Is Dear Esther really a game? It's a debate as old, and depending on your viewpoint, tedious, as time itself. A lesser explored question, at least until now though, is: is Dear Esther really a play?

It never fails that a new simulator-type game appears on the market with a premise that sounds so completely mundane that it could not possibly be entertaining, yet manages to offer a rewarding ...