if you're so smart, then who is this
hmm that's five pebbles from the titular indie game: Rain World, the DLC of which I am currently playing and enjoying GREATLY. The Watcher campaign is as fantastic as it is confusing, as unfair as it is beautiful. Aimless wandering has never felt more aimless, and yet, the sheer disorientation leads to an experience so uniquely-cadenced that I can't think of another game that feels quite like it. Like a journey whose objective is unknown to you, you simply move to survive, bouncing between timelines in a vain effort for meaning - that meaning, however, is constructed through that very survival. The asynchrony of the world leads to the occasional moment of blissful serenity, a brief hiatus from predator and time, to stand and observe quietly the environments and art without interruption - as if the game knows this, the music slowly fades in to drench the scene in meaning. A sense of poignancy underpins those candid moments in a way very few games can muster. Some feel the sentiment of The Watcher betrays the OG game, but I think it's the only way to develop the same confused spectacle that the base game had, by pushing the boundaries of its own framework.
Taisiia Onofriichuk from Ukraine performs her hoop routine to the sound of "Thriller" by Michael Jackson at the 2024 Paris Olympics Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual Qualifiers
I don't know if it's just me, but I'm seeing a lot of lore potentials, considering that Lizzie saved Jimmy from being out in the last game, and this time around, Grian's allies both died next to him. And then he goes on to finish off both Lizzie and Jim himself.
Like, imagine this being The Watchers' price to him for failing to perpetuate the curse, and Grian ensured the death of the former canary and the one who saved him so as to appease The Watchers.
Or perhaps, it was a final Secret Task by The Watchers, snuck into the season as a reminder to Grian of who really runs the show.
[Finish off the canaries, make sure they know it was you.]
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Just saw the new Digital Circus episode and
me when- me- w- me when i see gommig- me- i need all his merch
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