Kingsway triggers a lizard brain panic that only screen addicts can appreciate

We already spend most of our time staring at screens, so you know what would be great? If we could stare at some screens … on our screens. Kingsway is a cheeky new “OS role-playing game” where everything takes place on a fictional operating system that gives off serious Windows 95 vibes. Developed by Andrew Morrish and published by Adult Swim Games, it’s currently slated for release sometime this summer for PC only.

When I got to clicking around at a hands-on demo at the Electronic Entertainment Expo last week, it started simply enough. I “booted up” the system, and a window popped up so I could type in my name and create my character. Then it was on to the desktop. Two windows sat on the right side: a log of all the moves I’d made so far, and my stats such as health, mana, and experience points. The screen showed four icons: World, Player, My Bag, and Quests. A classic mail icon represented Quests, and I saw that straight away there was one new message: an orientation email from Adventure Corp explaining that I had to get to the King’s Castle.