    Dinner Date Review   Posted by: chapelzero  Gamezone Review
Rating 6.0 Above Average User Score4 reviews Your Score  Some
games, we’re told, are meant to be experienced more than played.
If you’re the sort of person who is untroubled by that design
aesthetic and is seeking a gaming experience closer to art than
entertainment, you may consider breaking bread with Dinner Date,
the quirky indie brainchild of designer Jeroen D. Stout (  Games
in this “genre," the interactive art piece, often combat the
powerful gravity of their pretension, which forever threatens to
pull them down into an infinite void where fun is an unwelcome
concept. Dinner Date manages to narrowly avoid that pitfall by
providing narrative momentum delivered through the main
character’s voice. The player serves as the protagonist’s
subconscious, encouraging him to drum his fingers or glance
nervously at the clock as he awaits the arrival of his dinner
date. While he fidgets, smokes, and begins preemptively eating
the meal he's prepared, yo