13 barn owls in a trenchcoatAmid all the talk of Santa Ragione's HORSES and its banning from a number of digital platforms, I've yet to see much that delves into the politics that visibly form the bones of the game, and which are every bit as on-the-nose as is required in these times.
@gemsmoke and I spent three or four hours this afternoon co-playing this monochrome, first-person horror adventure game, and I was struck by its visual and stylistic choices, and clear exposition of the roles of fear, abuse, religion, propaganda, antisexualism, and silent accedance in the sustenance and perpetuation of fascism.
The payoff of HORSES' biting satire, ramping tension, and at times harrowing narrative is joyously revolutionary when it comes, leaving the overall experience feeling far more celebratory than bleak.
It costs 5€ on Itch, GOG, and Humble.
We played the Windows version on Linux via the Itch app.
If we're lucky, we'll take a hot minute to write more words about it.
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