21st CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN!
In attempts to analyze and understand Killer7, many do so by exclusively looking at the story and themes while consequentially overlooking its politics. I don't blame others for this, the game appears kafkaesque with how unclear and conspiratorial everything is. So it begs the question: What are the politics of Killer7? It is anti-realism. To those unfamiliar with the dominant schools of thought in international relations, realism is a geopolitical theory stating that the political conflicts of the world are always at necessary clash because of states [who themselves are central-actors that act according to their self-interest (self-preservation and obtaining resources) as opposed to individuals or organizations] pursuit for power, wealth, security, and the anarchic nature of state systems. Once one becomes familiar with this can they properly understand how everything ties to what the game is expressing.
Killer7 is interesting because it uses conspiracy as a way to convey its attack on realism by portraying a world where its beliefs are absolute. But, fortunately for us, we do not live in a world where such a theory is reality.
[This "review" is incomplete and I intend on further expanding on it at some point. I only leave it up in its current state because I already had this posted.]
In attempts to analyze and understand Killer7, many do so by exclusively looking at the story and themes while consequentially overlooking its politics. I don't blame others for this, the game appears kafkaesque with how unclear and conspiratorial everything is. So it begs the question: What are the politics of Killer7? It is anti-realism. To those unfamiliar with the dominant schools of thought in international relations, realism is a geopolitical theory stating that the political conflicts of the world are always at necessary clash because of states [who themselves are central-actors that act according to their self-interest (self-preservation and obtaining resources) as opposed to individuals or organizations] pursuit for power, wealth, security, and the anarchic nature of state systems. Once one becomes familiar with this can they properly understand how everything ties to what the game is expressing.
Killer7 is interesting because it uses conspiracy as a way to convey its attack on realism by portraying a world where its beliefs are absolute. But, fortunately for us, we do not live in a world where such a theory is reality.
[This "review" is incomplete and I intend on further expanding on it at some point. I only leave it up in its current state because I already had this posted.]