Are these games on drugs or something?

Now, I don't endorse the use of drugs, I need to be absolutely clear. That being said...

Have you seen Rez?

Holy wow. Was that game on drugs or something?

Actually it's based on the work of Russion painter Wassily Kandinsky. His paintings were trying to express the idea that music has color and shape. This was how he claimed to experience music, so he probably had a form of synesthesia. Synesthesia is where the senses are cross-wired in the brain. So what happens is a person could "see" music or "taste" color.

Rez is the fullest realization of that idea. On a side note, some psychedelic drugs have been known to cause temporary synesthesia. So... you know.

So is this game on drugs? Um...kinda?

You've seen Katamari Damacy, I'm sure.

This game was the result of a thesis project at the Namco Digital Hollywood Game Laboratory.

So is this game on drugs? Um, sorry, no.

The creator was Keita Takahashi, and what he really wants to do is design playground equipment. Which makes sense considering:

What is the what? What the heck is that? Answer: Noby Noby Boy. Again, designed by Keita Takahashi.

"That doesn't even look like a game!" you say. "That would be correct," I say. It's not really a game, it's more of a virtual playground. It's for those times when you're at a real playground and wishing, intensely, that you could stretch yourself into a giant technicolor worm and swallow passers-by.

So is this game on drugs? Uh, YES! (not based on any factual evidence, but I mean just look at it) Actually, it's from Japan, so they probably think it's really generic and boring or something.

I know there are many more out there, so what say you?