This is not a video game. I know this is haha funny fun jokes but it's not a video game. This is on Steam, this is interactive, this looks like one. Do you consider the 3DS Louvres guide a videogame? I don't, and this is the same deal here. This is unconventional, an art piece delving into those who create, its purpose laid bare over the course of the documentary. Much like any of those, it is a linear experience, there's no mechanic, no catch, but there is a story. And it is one, make no mistake. Full of theories and halts, from yourself and the ever present narrator, Wreden. You'll recognize his style throughout the projects you're thrown into. Gives food for the thinking man.

I'm not done. Let's take a look at the credits. "By" and "For"? This is not a jab at the blurriness of credits in the entertainment industry so much as carrying the purpose of the product: it's an e-mail. No, really it's a message. I don't know if it's being sent to a person, I think this "R." refers to a category of people, and that's wonderful because it would line up with a a specific set of people that this game managed to pry open. Or, maybe he's writing a public message to himself and he invites onlookers to follow suite. A game can have a message, but a message is not a game.

I won't rate this product. Why is it a 4? Why is it not a 3? When I rate a game, I do so on multiple criterias that, in truth, I do not know or define properly. Here, I can only speak about how it made me feel. In that regard, Wreden has not made me feel... much. He's not really a good guide, if I'm being honest. But what he says is true to heart and, since he decided to share it, means it deserved a train of thought. We'll see what form the next project will take!

P.S: Those speedruns are insane to watch. This is truly a game, I take it all back