9/18/2023 0 Comments Among the sleep monster![]() ![]() In movies, I am overly susceptible to jump scares, and it’s only recently that I’ve been able to consume anything related to zombies without suffering nightmares for days after. I can’t play games like Amnesia or Outlast for long without needing to take a break, and even the tame chase sequences in Silent Hill: Shattered Memories got my heart racing. ![]() This is a horror game that asks you if you could pretend, pretty please, that it’s actually scary. I’ve played a lot of games in my time that test the limits of this unspoken agreement, but none have put quite as much stress on it than Among the Sleep. Whether it’s the complicated illusion the choices you make matter or the simple illusion that the gun in your hand is real, when you play a game you make a deal with the game developers to believe in their fiction. Buying into an illusion is a fundamental part of games and, indeed, animation in general.
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