Cultivate what matters. Cut away the rest.

The zen-like iPhone game Prune is “a digital bonsai tree in your pocket”.

It is made by Joel McDonald, who worked seven years for Raven Software (the studio behind action-packed shooters like “Call of Duty” and “Wolfenstein”.

And yes, it’s about cutting and trimming a digital tree, so that it can grow and survive in its not-always-so-optimal surroundings. An aesthetic, poetic and meditative games. Cultivate what matters. Cut away the rest.

Here’s my review (in Danish): A game about growing trees has become a hit