''Today I Die'' is a short 2008

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created by Argentinian game designer Daniel Benmergui. The game has been classified as an

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and requires the player to pull apart and reconstruct a poem by clicking on a number of words contained within it, changing its narrative meaning piece by piece. Kevin Veale has referred to it as an example of "interactive cinema."

Reception

The game was chosen as a finalist for the Nuovo Award for innovative games at the 2010

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and also chosen for the

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in 2009. Gus Mastrapa of the website The A.V. Club called it "imaginative" but called the nostalgia-inducing graphics "heavy-handed".

References

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External links

''Today I Die'' on Benmergui's personal website
2008 video games Art games Browser games Flash games Puzzle video games Video games developed in Argentina