Truly a VoyeurPunk game. This games has me peering in from the outside in two ways.

Hypnospace Outlaw creates an environment where you are always looking in on other people’s lives, but only the artifacts they decide to post online. I love how this game fleshes out characters you never say a word to through status updates, the styling of their public pages and the contents of their private files (if you can locate them). By doing this Hypnospace Outlaw allows deep secrets of the characters to feel just that secret and personal.

I also get to peer into a time on the internet I never experienced, but love to see. The chaos of those early internet days feels hypnotic in a way I wish I could experience.

To say nothing of the interesting messages this game has to say about online communities and the grey zones of moderation, both of which are rarely explored in video games.

I could go on and on about this game. I have such a love for this game and could get lost in it’s webpages forever