Because they don’t do that enough already? Look, I was a teenager once, and there wasn’t a day went by when I didn’t spend at least some time with the lights off and the shades drawn, envisioning different ways I could off myself so that I wouldn’t have to face the horrors that tomorrow held. …That’s normal, right?
Anyway, videogames:
The End is a free web game coming out later today, and it was commissioned by Channel 4 Education, which I’m assuming is a British organization, because if it was in the U.S., it would have the word “freedom” in there somewhere. From the press release:
It is a game of self-discovery for 14-19 year olds which integrates strategy, puzzles and philosophical questions into a world which explores a range of commonly (or less commonly) held views about death, belief and science.
The game takes the player on a metaphysical journey, recording their interactions in the world to reveal their attitudes towards mortality. These views are presented alongside their friends and some of the most important thinkers of our time, such as Gandhi, Descartes and Einstein.
…But…but…I don’t understand…WHY?! WHY?! Why would we want to do this to the poor teenagers?! Don’t they (think they) suffer enough?
Channel 4, get the fuck out of my video games. (Yes, it is a British organization.)
I’ll give it a try when it launches, though I doubt I’ll discover my “inner self” through a game that apparently has a squid/vagina hydra boss
@Christian: I figured you’d be MORE likely to find your inner self in a game like that!
(I think you intentionally set me up to say that.)
That’s very true, though not an intentional setup. This reminds me to go play this game though, since it never came up for me the day this was originally posted.
I just hope it comes up in a future Poor Players’ Paradise.
Well so far it’s like an action-based, less depressing version of Alter Ego which I’ve mentioned in that column before.