Calling a piece of art dangerous is generally a difficult tightrope. Sometimes doing so usually invites people’s curiosity and ends up giving the thing more exposure than you intend. But I really say this with tearful sincerity that this work should be locked in dungeons behind dungeons so as not to see the light of day ever again.

The game is effectively mind poison, it’s a stark depressing work expertly crafted but desperately crying for help as it brings you down the same depressive spiral the creator went through. It does not pull punches and there is no hope. The author themselves committed suicide and I know friends who were poisoned by this work and thought of doing the same. I’m sure there’s people who can look past this, be unaffected even, and call it amazing for the slice of emotion it is. That it’s one of the most poignant works that encapsulates depression so well. But it is for that reason that it should never be played. I myself went through one of the worst months of my life quickly following this work and I don’t feel like I earned anything from it. I wouldn’t wish this game on my worst enemy, because I cannot think of something worse that convinces people to abandon everything they care about.