‘An anthem for the co-dependent’: Bad Magpie’s corvid carnage with a side of existential angst
Illustration: MilktoothView image in fullscreenOne for sorrow … Bad Magpie. The game’s protagonist – a wounded corvid that creates havoc wherever she goes – calls out forlornly as a flock of her kind passes above, with a conspicuous gap in their formation.Milktooth games designer and co-founder Daisy Fernandez has had this particular image in her head for years. Lying in the grass one afternoon during the 2020 lockdowns, she looked up and saw a V-shaped pattern in the sky, poignantly incomplete.
- ▪Illustration: MilktoothView image in fullscreenOne for sorrow … Bad Magpie.
- ▪The game’s protagonist – a wounded corvid that creates havoc wherever she goes – calls out forlornly as a flock of her kind passes above, with a conspicuous gap in their formation.Milktooth games designer and co-founder Daisy Fernandez has
- ▪Lying in the grass one afternoon during the 2020 lockdowns, she looked up and saw a V-shaped pattern in the sky, poignantly incomplete.
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One for sorrow … Bad Magpie. Illustration: MilktoothView image in fullscreenOne for sorrow … Bad Magpie. Illustration: MilktoothSummer games previewsGames‘An anthem for the co-dependent’: Bad Magpie’s corvid carnage with a side of existential angstGoing by the mantra, if you want to make someone laugh, make them cry first, the game’s developers have created a lonely magpie who fills the void by wreaking havocChris SchillingFri 24 Jul 2026 08.00 EDTLast modified on Fri 24 Jul 2026 08.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAmid the gleeful anarchy of Bad Magpie’s debut trailer, there’s a striking note of melancholy.
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