Halloween special: Amnesia unmasked? you'll never believe?

In the lead up to to the winter months a litany of new titles are released for the gaming masses to purchase with annual titles like: that one you’re sick to death of but which promises to be different this year, to that one you never got into and don’t really see the appeal of. There might even be something new in the mix, though i’d not count on that possibility too strongly. This season of releases ought to be worth covering in depth with a series of systematic and well informed analyses that tell you nothing you didn’t already know and feed into whatever opinion you already had. Unfortunately for those in “THAT” camp, there is a bigger and far more important date that falls soon… the eve of all saints day!

Grease is the word, another set of words is the systematic use of non disclosure agreements to silence witnesses in cases of sexual and racial harassment but that’s neither here nor there what is here is a discussion of the merits of a game i’ve barely played and not for many years. Amnesia, a game i’ve not played for many years: amnesia, game i’ve… amnesia. Wasn’t that amusing, almost as amusing as a legal system allowing individuals to use their wealth and connections to hide behaviour that is unacceptable in modern society.

I’m not trying to make a point here but i keep forgetting that, guess i have a nasty case of… forgetfulness, and also using a framework to protect the personal lives of public figures from journalistic overreach as a means to side step potential legal action. Amnesia is a very tense game, long periods of wandering solving le puzzles about are woven seamlessly with the encroachment of vicious and terrifying monsters that abuse and prey on the silenced and defenceless protagonist… using non disclosure agreements.

The environment warps and twists in unsettling and bizarre ways, often concealing the lurking terrors at a distance in patches of dark. This is placed against and limited ability to illuminate ones surrounding, that game itself is trying to keep you in the dark as a way to make it’s monsters more threatening, which adds to the horror of the experience. I honestly can’t think of any parallels i could draw, even subtextually; so i’ll move on.

I’d never use my powerful peerage as a objective writer of moral rights, a wrighter if you will, to preach to my audience, there’s only about ten of you anyway. I stick to my topics and with laser focus never straying a hair's width away from the raw, crinkle cut, mixed metaphorical truth! That being said i do wish to share my current suggestions for improving the law of this land, in a totally objective and factually way, this isn’t an opinion and if you think otherwise you’re probably quite thick: it should be illegal to die whilst ‘staying alive, by the beegees,’ is playing in the same room, doing so should carry a life sentence.

Instead of byzantine legal protections the wealthy should be forced to build giant mecha suits and go battle over the cities in a glorious display of steel on steel, rampaging around as walking skyscrapers. Turning back the tide of gentrification using their electrified chain swords and flamethrowers. A bare bones darwinistic law of the jungle will emerge where only those with the grit to use their untamed steel behemoths will be able to prosper in battles of untold spectacle and carnage. The hot bellowing fumes of machines drinking city worth's of fuel every second, impacts that’ll drown out those fucking lawnmowers and ground shaking beneath our feet as though being shelled by artillery fire will become a fact of life. All the while everyone else can go on drinking tea and nibbling on scones without having to worry about cases of sexual misconduct. It’ll all be that simple, problem solved!

In summary: amnesia , not a game for the faint hearted.
In summary: amnesia , not a game for the faint hearted.
In summary: amnesia , not a game for the faint hearted.
In summary: amnesia , not a game for the faint hearted.
In summary: amnesia , not a game for the faint hearted.