Very few games have an art style that feels personal. Most major games strive for "realism"—the closest consoles and gaming computers can come at any given time to producing a digital landscape that looks the way we imagine the real world looks. But precious few attempt to approach the way the world feels. Small Talk, my favorite game that appeared at last month's Game Developers Conference, is one of those few.

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