I know it's a dead topic but the whole games as art thing really shows it'd teeth with bangers like Outer Wilds and In Stars and Time
Like yes they both tell a story you can tell through text or film
But to experience that? Personally?
To have to trudge the same halls and kill the same enemies and find the same items? The pay off at the end it's so much better than just Watching someone experience that and have the abridged maybe 3-5tops looping scenes with ~~slight differences~~ in either editing or acting
But to watch the sun explode every 20 minutes or to Feel the impatience of dialogue boxes grow within you as a person is significantly different
It's another layer of nuance that's executed PERFECTLY
Everybody is talking about Batman #142. Mostly fans are talking about hidden meanings and “Batjokes” moments but, I would like to address this one panel.
This one panel is honestly heart breaking because, of what it implies, Jeannie has always been the small part of Joker that is still human. In JLA Annual Specter tells Martian Man Hunter that he will spare the world if he could find the smallest bit of good in the most evil person. Martian Man Hunter found this small bit of good in the Joker and, it was him peacefully sitting and talking with Jeannie.
However in the panel from Batman 142 we see the Joker talking to a woman who he calls Sally. He tells her he’s going to fix everything and, that he loves her before running off.. Joker thinks this is his wife “Jeannie” only he calls this woman Sally but, this woman isn’t Sally, this woman isn’t Jeannie her name is Jody as we learn from the man standing beside her. In the 2019 movie Joker we see that Arthur has developed a relationship with Sophie only to find out that the relationship between them was all in his head and never actually real. This one panel implies that Jeannie was never real but, a figment of Joker’s imagination. This is heart breaking because, this means that the only happy memory, the only thing that is still sane in the Joker, the only memory that gives him peace was never even real. How tragic and brutal must a persons life have been that they can only find solace in a dream?
First of all Ties matter, the color of his tie indicates what is real and from what I have learned, this is NOT the real Donald Trump. You can think what you want, just remember this is psychological warfare and it's not easy to tell real from fake. I'm just sharing my thoughts from being down so many Rabbit🐇 Holes 🕳️, as always I will let you decide. 🤔