Here is something new, a screensaver that is a game, called The Endless Forest. I have no idea what to categorize the game as. It has you playing a male deer, a stag, roaming through a peaceful forest with other people who are playing the game online. You can only communicate with each other through sounds and body language. The download weighs in at 51MB.

Here’s what the creators have to say about their game:

We don’t really hate computer games. We spend lots of time with many of them. There’s many things we like about games. But sadly there’s also many things that we don’t like. Interactive media, and especially real-time 3D technologies, have so much more to offer than the childish games that form the bulk of the offer today. The Endless Forest is an attempt for us to try and do something with these technologies that does not need to inherit all those things that we don’t like in games.

So if you’re an avid gamer, there’s a big chance that The Endless Forest is not for you. It is not designed to offer any challenges that need to be overcome, or points that can be scored. It’s is much more freeform than that. It’s probably a little bit like a nice painting. You can stare at it for hours a keep discovering new things. And best of all, you can be part of the picture and new things can appear at any time.