meaningisgone

meaningisgone

Student
Feb 17, 2019
112
I found this free game on Steam called "the static speaks my name" and the objective is to CTB. It takes only 5-10 minutes to complete, and I am not really sure what the developers' intentions were (if they were trying to go for a profound message or whatever). I found the game somewhat interesting to play through once. Anyone else heard of it?
 
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Pentobartbital

Pentobartbital

Crumbling
Feb 25, 2019
183
I just observed a playthrough of the game. While I find some aspects of the game environment endearing (like the television sets, shrimp tanks, empty refrigerator, et cetera) I find the
person in the cage
and the IM minigame strange. I'm not entirely sure of the intent either - maybe there is none? Games are a perfect medium to make whatever you want and throw in any manner of concepts you please with as much coherence as desired. The ending seems really...accurate? as to what I think eternal despair to be like.
 
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meaningisgone

meaningisgone

Student
Feb 17, 2019
112
Clues in the environment indicate that the person in the cage is the artist that painted the art piece that is obsessively displayed and analyzed in one of the rooms. It seems the "protagonist" became obsessed with finding meaning in the painting, even though it is probably completely mundane and devoid of deeper meaning. It's a pretty strange and quirky setup.
 
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Pentobartbital

Pentobartbital

Crumbling
Feb 25, 2019
183
Ooooh, thanks for that. At first I thought it was part of the downward spiral, like how some become so apathetic or delusional pre-suicide that they act out or enable decisions they wouldn't otherwise.

This reminds me of the PlayStation adaptation of Serial Experiments Lain. It's not stated if it's a prequel, sequel or midquel, at any rate it deals with themes like substituting relationships with artifices, the limitations of psychiatry, psychosis and at the end
shows Lain meeting a ghostly reflection of herself before sampling lead mouthwash.
Hinting at some illusory quality of reality? Everything is shown through "discovered" files and mediums, directed by a seemingly ascended iteration of Lain herself.
 
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Pulpit2018

Pulpit2018

Experienced
Oct 8, 2018
287
I played it.I recommend it,as a nihilistic experience.Its free.
 
AveryConure

AveryConure

Some idiot
May 11, 2018
437
I think I've seen Vinny from Vinesauce stream a bit of it but found out that the game was about depression and killing yourself and shit so he had to stop playing it.

Tbf though I watch his shit to forget about my bullshit for an hour or so so that was probably the right call anyways.
 
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