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argentconflagration:adigitalmagician:qtplatypus:thestrangedaffodil:supersquire457:frisky-terezi:phiasmir:theanimatedraccoon:missblackglass:bands-and-anime:missblackglass:datsweetberrypunch:scarecrows-art:poppunklovesongs:knee-say:“I loved you, always.”going to comment a little on this game: the overseeing voice talks as if it owns you, and defies your free will. if you follow its orders, you are praised, and the worldview becomes sharper and more detailed. if you don’t, you are chastised, and the world becomes more vague and difficult to navigate, but also more colourful and loud. it’s odd, and sort of eerie, but definitely interesting. take it as you will.This game really unsettles me. It unsttles me that my first choice to obey, and when I played again and disobeyed, I got really emotional really fast. Failure hurt me more the more I disobeyed. It was… interesting to experience.i’ve always said we are trained to obey more than to think.holy shit. i reblogged this the first time without playing. then i played in and it is terrifying. i very much like this, but it will give you intense feelings. What’s the game??you obey everything the game tells you too, even jumping into barbs and basically killing yourself. if you dont youre chastised and even the scolding is terrifyingSo, essentially, it’s a game that illustrates what it’s like to be in an abusive parents or an abusive relationship - and how it affects you emotionally. That is horrific and ingenious - the next time someone negates the affects of emotional abuse, I’ll take them to this game and let them come to their own conclusions.This game absolutely gets it. The most solid and reliable degradation is a gendered insult. The more you obey and co-operate, the better understanding you seem to have of your word, and things seem easier. But what really gets me is the contradiction. You are not allowed to have the correct answer. Are you a boy or a girl? The answer is no, I will give you the answer. even towards the end, your “praise” is “no, I will give you the answer. You earned this answer, but it is given to you by me.” Disobeying makes the world frightening and confusing and difficult, but beautiful in a world devoid of flavour.great that it’s made by a fellow australian tooReblogging this for later.If anyone was looking for the name it’s called Loved@sam-keeper this might be of interest to you.This game totally fucks with me every time I play it because it’s so damn real about what it’s conveying.Let me tell you that the basic idea where obeying makes things easier, makes things clearer while disobeying makes things chaotic and ruins your sense of self: that shit is as real as it gets.Obeying made life easy. The person you are isn’t, maybe, the person you want to be, but you have a sense of self. Making decisions is easier. You can at least predict how things will go, even when you hate it.But once you start asserting yourself, that’s when it gets bad. Who you are gets questions and torn down time and time again. The process of getting out is so much harder as your ability to trust yourself wears to the point of being non-existence.I had to have my abusive partner kick me out of the house twice before my ability to make the decision to crawl back was completely wiped.It’s been almost 9 years since then. I have a sense of self again. But it was rough going for a long time.For anyone who’s confused, the first comment contains a link to the game. -- source link