a game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles
Title: We Become What We Behold
Author: Nicky Case
URL: https://ncase.itch.io/wbwwb
Date: ?
“We Become What We Behold” actually was the first game from Nicky Case on which I ever stumbled upon (though “The Evolution of Trust” seems to be way more popular among my acquaintances).
I really like how fast it turns into violent chaos, how reporting good news stops working, – and if you don’t close the tab during the credits, you’ll see that in the end the only survivors are the people who tried to stop the massacre. Extremely powerful example of short storytelling.
peace is boring. violence goes viral
and every story needs a conflict, so…
GIVE THE AUDIENCE WHAT THEY WANT.