This week's topics on video/computer games reminded me of a game I came across a few years ago, called Passage. It's a short game, 5 minutes long, and is of a fairly simple design, heavily pixelated. It basically is a character going through a maze....I think the game is better experienced without much more of an explanation!
Here's the download link:
http://hcsoftware.sourceforge.net/passage/
Watch a walkthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3o0HFXPfco
I've posted some of my own thoughts about it in a comment below. If you play it, let me know your thoughts!
**Some of my thoughts about the game! (I didn't want to spoil the game for anyone!) The first time I played it, I was extremely touched. This time around, I was watching a youtube video of a walkthrough and I noticed a few things that made me think. Like the main character that you play being assumedly male, and white. The partner being female, and white as well, and the fact that she dies first as well. Though it is supposed to represent "life" and the passage of life, it represents it from a very marginalized male perspective that ascribes a hegemonic male identity to you. You don't have a choice otherwise.
ReplyDeleteAnybody experience the same frustration as I did?