Token Eater & Wasted

Token Eater and Wasted appear as a digital duo that explores the darker sides of our consumer society. In Token Eater, we reach for plush toys like in a fairground claw machine, but here, electronic waste becomes the prize. With each move, we accumulate symbolic money, while the chute automatically refills with waste. This reveals how endlessly the remnants of our consumption circulate. Wasted takes a different approach: On a lonely platform in the sea, faceless ATMs move like bumper cars, and as a player, the goal is to ram them before they catch you. Every hit brings cash, but the game’s inevitable goal is a downfall: whether into the water, by an opponent’s blow, or by the police. Both works explore the logic of gain and loss, excess and waste, translating it into grotesque, yet familiar game mechanics. This creates a commentary on endless cycles of production and destruction, in which digital bodies also become part of a culture that never truly lets anything disappear.