Sam Barlow and Half Mermaid's latest live-action video game is a meditation on the ways film can haunt us—figuratively, and literally
—match the look of the eras they’re meant to be evoking, whether that means using projected effects shots for. None of it reads false, whether you’re watching an old talk show clip, a behind-the-scenes interview, or just candid moments of rehearsal footage. The attention to detail is relentless and impressive.It doesn’t hurt that all three of the movies are actually pretty damn good.
And lurking beneath it all, a sense of dread. Barlow’s games have always had an anxious intimacy to them—bothcontain moments that pull a gasp from the player by suddenly underlining that they’re playing as a character within the story, glimpses of another person lurking just beyond the boundaries of the screen.doesn’t do that. There’s no avatar here, no separation. It’s you that you’re playing as, watching these clips.
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