Nazis and Happy Feet collide in Penguin Colony, a psychological horror game set at the world’s end
Illustration: Fellow TravellerView image in fullscreenPS2-style aesthetic … Penguin Colony. “[In the movie], they see the digger fall into the ocean, and it has an almost eldritch quality,” he says. Over time, and with plenty of iteration, Faulkner’s inspirations coalesced, from HP Lovecraft to the 1982 version of The Thing and the works of David Lynch.
- ▪Illustration: Fellow TravellerView image in fullscreenPS2-style aesthetic … Penguin Colony.
- ▪“[In the movie], they see the digger fall into the ocean, and it has an almost eldritch quality,” he says.
- ▪Over time, and with plenty of iteration, Faulkner’s inspirations coalesced, from HP Lovecraft to the 1982 version of The Thing and the works of David Lynch.
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PS2-style aesthetic … Penguin Colony. Illustration: Fellow TravellerView image in fullscreenPS2-style aesthetic … Penguin Colony. Illustration: Fellow TravellerSummer games previewsGamesNazis and Happy Feet collide in Penguin Colony, a psychological horror game set at the world’s endExplore Antarctica as a flightless bird – and dodge some earthly monsters – in this surreal adaptation of HP LovecraftSarah ThwaitesThu 6 Aug 2026 10.00 EDTLast modified on Thu 6 Aug 2026 10.02 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleWhile watching the 2006 animated film Happy Feet with his daughter, Origame Digital founder Naphtali Faulkner noticed something interesting. “[In the movie], they see the digger fall into the ocean, and it has an almost eldritch quality,” he says.
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