I also enjoyed it. It wasn't great and it got tiresome by the end, but I still played it through and can say it was a solid 7/10 elevated by being this "new thing called an indie game for 2$."
And exactly as you said, finding out the intention ruins that entirely and turns it to active hate.
Based on like 20 year memory it was something like "you are a creep stalker forcing yourself on this random woman in some sort of narcissistic hero fantasy. Also something something atomic bomb."
It can't be stated just how big this game was at the time. Literally everyone was talking about it, and then criticizing it, so eventually it just became "its just art man" so that Blow's pretentious ass could pretend it was deeper than it was and dodge infinite questions about it.
Honestly, I don't think he set it with that as the entire goal. He certainly just made a video game with no story or literally anything to it beyond the gameplay, but then he made up a bunch of stuff to make it seem more than that. Because there is literally nothing to suggest any of that until you hit the last few minutes. And even then its all metaphorical headcanons, because nothing is concrete. But that's what he leaned into and attached it to.
Oh, that. I thought you meant something more. I just took that to mean the artist-types had found video games. It didn't rise to the level of hate for me. Just contempt.
I also enjoyed it. It wasn't great and it got tiresome by the end, but I still played it through and can say it was a solid 7/10 elevated by being this "new thing called an indie game for 2$."
And exactly as you said, finding out the intention ruins that entirely and turns it to active hate.
What was the intent? I dug around a little bit, but didn't see anything concrete, just "it's, like, art, man."
Same question, u/SR388-SAX
Based on like 20 year memory it was something like "you are a creep stalker forcing yourself on this random woman in some sort of narcissistic hero fantasy. Also something something atomic bomb."
It can't be stated just how big this game was at the time. Literally everyone was talking about it, and then criticizing it, so eventually it just became "its just art man" so that Blow's pretentious ass could pretend it was deeper than it was and dodge infinite questions about it.
Honestly, I don't think he set it with that as the entire goal. He certainly just made a video game with no story or literally anything to it beyond the gameplay, but then he made up a bunch of stuff to make it seem more than that. Because there is literally nothing to suggest any of that until you hit the last few minutes. And even then its all metaphorical headcanons, because nothing is concrete. But that's what he leaned into and attached it to.
That pretty much matches my thoughts as well.
A nuclear bomb? Oh fuck off.
Wait for 45 minutes for a platform to arrive? Fuck you.
It was 2 hours for it to arrive, and then 2 hours to get to the star. 45 would be less than half of actuality.
Oh, that. I thought you meant something more. I just took that to mean the artist-types had found video games. It didn't rise to the level of hate for me. Just contempt.
Blow was one of the first, so he is worth a larger amount of resentment for doing so.
The same way Horse Armor is just a drop in the bucket now, but its foundational action deserves additional scorn.