Unironically makes me feel smart and clever when I check
Games should make me feel smart and clever more often
When FF7 Rebirth had no caves behind the beautiful waterfalls they worked hard on, I felt the devs were trolling us.
They were obviously trolling us - very explicitly with the chicken quest in Gongaga. Had a good laugh. They knew what they were doing.
I am once again asking you to play The Outer Wilds.
If you’ve already played it you may choose to ignore this.
When it doesn’t have it: 😡 Why game not reward me for checking
When it’s there: 😴 Why game so unoriginal
When there’s a subversive form behind the waterfall that makes me question the conventions of the medium and genre:
Fr tho
To go chasing waterfalls rather than sticking to the rivers and lakes with which one is familiar; this is the forty-two-thousand-and-sixty-ninth form of liberalism.
when the racing game has a shortcut through the little cave
Please, do not go chasing waterfalls, only stick to the rivers and the lakes that you are used to.
As is tradition
