The Nihilism of Thimbleweed Park
Added 2021-08-28 23:50:15 +0000 UTCEdit: Final visuals added to video.
In 2017, Thimbleweed Park was released as an effort to recapture the glory of the point-and-click adventure game of the 1990s. In addition to recapturing the mechanics of the genre, it greatly exemplified the genre's relationship to Absurdism. Though with the story's end, many fans were left unsure of the game's potential messages, which this video seeks to analyze.
Music by Molly Noise
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