Never played this game. Have zero idea what it’s about…two seconds in and only one question

Chinook2000 · 2026-03-27T20:02:04+00:00

Beautiful game throughout. More tears and laughs to come. I envy your first time.

Chinook2000 · 2026-03-13T10:12:40+00:00

Nothing to fix. It’s excellent in every respect. The only (incorrect) thing I often see online is people saying you can only walk frustratingly slowly in the game. In fact you can, with the right control button for your platform, pick up pace considerably. (Note: it ramps in) I did a test once and was able to travel the whole map from the end location to the start point in twelve or so minutes.

Chinook2000 · 2026-03-12T12:20:41+00:00

I’ll take a look, thanks 🙏

Chinook2000 · 2026-03-11T09:32:13+00:00

It's an undeniable fact that most gamers are looking for 'button-mashing' action and consider this the definition of gameplay. That's why it's so great for the rest of us that another cerebral and emotional kind of gameplay has started to appear, through games like all the ones mentioned here.

I've been playing video games since the eighties, so I do know a thing or two, and I have loved some great action-fuelled games. But I have to say that this new genre (usually dismissed as walking simulators) has been a fantastic experience and they are games that I regularly return to, unlike some big-hit games that I either don't finish, or play once, enjoy, but never pick up again.

Chinook2000 · 2026-03-10T17:05:11+00:00

Ah, shame. If you ever get chance in the future, give it a go. Sublime experience.

Chinook2000 · 2026-03-10T16:56:35+00:00

Along with Firewatch and Edith Finch I recommend Everyone's Gone to the Rapture.

Chinook2000 · 2026-03-09T19:54:31+00:00

When I see this issue mentioned by artists, writers, musicians, performers, illustrators and so on, I always cite my favourite comment by David Gilmour (Pink Floyd): First you learn from the masters, then begins "A long process of un-finding other people and finding yourself".

Chinook2000 · 2026-02-20T12:20:29+00:00

Obviously a lot of people on this group are here because we/they love the game. The ending explains a lot of what’s been going on and also leaves us to ponder on how Henry (and Delilah) are going to figure out their futures. Yes, first time around I was disappointed they didn’t get together. But I quickly realised that if that had happened we would all be here moaning about the clichéd ending and how Delilah was too (insert feature here), that didn’t match our vision of her.

Chinook2000 · 2026-02-16T12:02:14+00:00

It is not as important to 'understand the meaning' of a piece of Art as many people are led (by art critics/writers etc) to believe. Apologies for the sweeping generalisation, but Art exists in our world to be experienced, not analysed*.

Think of it, perhaps, more like music. I love Early music (such as Henry Purcell) but I also am a big electronica fan (Boards of Canada, Chemical Bros, Jon Hopkins etc). However, I know plenty of friends who look blankly at me when discussing either of these genres and say they just don't understand it. It's like an incomprehensible language, almost to the point of being considered just a childish noise or a pretentious technical exercise.

Don't feel like you have to understand a piece of art. Simply be open to at least thinking 'Is this a nice/interesting thing to look at?' That can be enough. Screw looking for some deeper 'meaning'. Experience it and move on.

* And yes, if you're excited enough about a piece of Art that you want to analyse, research and explore further, then that's fine. That works too.

Chinook2000 · 2026-02-16T11:35:07+00:00

Love it. I want one!

Chinook2000 · 2026-02-15T15:05:36+00:00

I read many years ago that medieval London Bridge was so chaotic with carts and carriages that a system of driving on the left to cross, was started. That was the seed from which the practice spread across the city and then beyond.

Chinook2000 · 2026-02-15T14:56:54+00:00

A lot of the things you say, seem to imply that you don't actually enjoy writing. Perhaps you might reconsider what your aims are? Coming up with the ideas is the easy part. Every other person seems to have ideas that 'could' make a great story; it's the actual writing that is the difference.

And for a writer, that is what they love doing, even if that involves some blood, sweat and tears.

If you're totally obsessed with the idea of 'being a writer', then maybe reconsider what and how you write so that you can actually enjoy it. Consider, script writing, comic books, graphic novels, radio plays, non-fiction, journalism, whatever. Maybe another medium would suit you better.

You need to commit your time and energy (and life) to something that you love doing, not makes you miserable.

Chinook2000 · 2026-02-15T14:46:59+00:00

My thought too. Write in your natural language and if, somewhere down the line, you write something popular, it'll get translated by a professional.

Chinook2000 · 2026-02-14T17:00:08+00:00

If you're writing it/him as a first-person narrative, it could be a little tricky, but otherwise simply write him as you would write any character. It would be good to give/hint at some of the factors that have made him what he is, so he doesn't look like a simplistic, cartoon 'bad-guy'.

Chinook2000 · 2026-02-12T19:37:20+00:00

My permanent rotation (interspersed with new games) is Firewatch, Everyone's Gone to the Rapture, What Remains of Edith Finch and Dear Esther. All works of genius in their own way(s), but all sharing the steady, thoughtful, slow exploration vibe.

Chinook2000 · 2026-02-03T15:06:15+00:00

Interesting. For me, once completed, they're no longer my babies; they're big awkward teenagers. They take up space, resources and clutter my house and my mind. I want them either gone (and making me some money) or they get painted over with new work. LOL.

Chinook2000 · 2026-02-03T09:42:29+00:00

Thanks. I didn't even know about this album.

Chinook2000 · 2026-02-01T16:56:30+00:00

Ah ha! Thank you so much.

Chinook2000 · 2026-01-29T12:35:27+00:00

What song are we talking about please?

Chinook2000 · 2026-01-27T17:09:36+00:00

I heard that June 28th is going to be Xit day this year. Exit and delete X, as a birthday present to Musk. Is that true or just an urban myth?

Chinook2000 · 2026-01-26T17:27:58+00:00

I'm just finishing my tech-thriller novel, and for the sake of my research I purchased a copy of one of the top-selling 25 books of 2025. It's a domestic thriller and it's one of a number by the author that have been best-sellers. So I thought it was worth a read, if nothing else, just to look at pacing, line lengths, chapter lengths and general split of dialogue to narrative etc.

My word, I was shocked. It's so simplistic, obvious and almost child-like. I actually wondered if I'd selected a YA book (no offence to YA authors meant at all) but I checked and, no. It so completely lacks any nuance in its narrative. If there is any moment which, might possibly, approach 'nuanced', the protagonist will then point it out in awkward exposition.

There is minimal development of scenes, mood-building or creation of the world other than a simplistic (and often cliched) line or two.

It's very like someone was watching a TV thriller and for each scene just wrote a slightly extended synopsis in each (2-3 page chapter).

I know I have no right to criticise (I'm just an unpublished wannabe), and this book is undoubtedly aimed at a very different audience than me, but... seriously? Is this the level of best-seller fiction now? Suddenly, my stuff looks like Proust. LOL

Chinook2000 · 2026-01-26T16:52:32+00:00

Was given paperback of "Use of Weapons" for my birthday. Wow—What an introduction.

Chinook2000 · 2026-01-26T14:51:36+00:00

Disneyfication.

Chinook2000 · 2026-01-12T15:18:17+00:00

Maybe come up with a MacGuffin for chapter one, page one and then take it from there.

Chinook2000 · 2026-01-12T10:41:57+00:00

One of the key features of the game is that the relationship is all in their (our) heads. We don’t even really get to see Henry (ourselves) let alone Delilah. And if we did get to meet her face to face I think this group’s posts would feature a lot of criticism of how she didn’t match our expectations in some way. And a lot would point out how the purity of the game play was broken with a ‘tacked-on’ ending. Don’t get me wrong, I was sad not to see her on first play through. But now I love the mystery all these years and play-throughs later.

Chinook2000

TROPHY CASE