This is a game where you play as a teenage trans girl on the internet in the 1990's, finding out that she's trans. The entire game takes place on the interface of the 90's computer, and the gameplay is primarily talking to friends on the messenger app, while also dealing with an abusive parental situation. The dialogue in this game is so well written and really captures the way someone that age would be talking to their friends on their 90's dial up internet connection. There is definitely a lack of stories about trans people in media, let alone in games, and I can't really think of any that are specifically about someone finding out that they are trans. In every movie or game with a trans person that I've seen, they were already out to themselves. So I really liked this because I think it's a story that very much needed to be told somewhere, and I think the way they told it through this game was really well done. I also ended up watching the trans speedrunner proto magicalgirl play through this game (at normal speed) because I needed help with the one puzzle in the game, and seeing how strongly the game resonated with someone who clearly had a similar experience was really cool to see. It's always great when a game can connect with someone in that way.

Reviewed on Apr 24, 2021


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