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hey, I have perfectly normal taste in games thank you
In comparison, the game The Dream Machine also includes using hideous objects such as human bones to solve puzzles, not scare the player. These puzzles are a routine part of the game rules: in this con-text, players cannot emotionally afford being perpetually frightened or repulsed by this scary matter of death. Expressive estrangement is based on surprise, and it eventually wears out as we get used to death in the game world. We start using objects in the game inventory in a constructive manner, and their expressive potential gradually dimi­nishes. After a while we stop feeling uneasy about living in an ugly clay world, turn the blind eye to fake clay gore, and do our point-and-click routine until the finale of the game, in which transgression may go too far even for a somehow desensitized gamer.
May 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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A red sweatshirt with CBC Radio Sports printed on the front
April 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM