iantherage's Reviews

[Entertainment]

Flawed Logic

I agree that enterainment can be mind numbing, but brain washing is flawed logic. Brain washing would be intentionally trying to change our way of thinking to theirs, and typically for a larger entity, like the government, or any sort of belief system.

The idea of making games for people to enjoy, and want to play non-stop, and think about while they're living their life may be destructive to the idea of creation, or productivity, but it is NOT a malicious scheme to get us all thinking the same way.

The implication of the logic would be that any art, or anything that affects someone is unhealthy. And in that case, if this animation ends up making people agree with you at all, then YOU have "brainwashed" them, by your definition.

I appreciate the art, and the style, and the well displayed train of thought, but the framing of the argument, as well as the narrators character seemed to be out of place for what you were going for over all.

akoRn responds:

i juz go lazy half-way reading ur long comment, cheers.

[Dreamin']

Hooray!

Wonderfully ambitious, and still feels very personal, you didn't just go for the WEIRDEST ideas that you could, but still full of surprises such as the TV just sittin in a armchair.

It doesn't try to hard to get it's point across, it jsut sticks to what you wanted to convey, some simple imagery that i found VERY effective. You are a GREAT artist! I hope to see more from you!

Feel free to PM me for clarification.

TheoryCrafting responds:

Hey dude, thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it.

[First Sail]

Appreciate the work!

Keep up the solid effort! This shows a lot of promise, can't wait to see what else you can do!

[Gyossait]

All Atmosphere, No Substance

This game is clearly trying to establish itself as an "art game" right off the bat. I'm 100% behind games as art, but this misses the point of games as art.

Games are interactive, and that's what they can give us that movies, paintings, and other types of art can't. When the way you interact with the game doesn't add to that art, then you're missing out on why gaming is a legitimate medium.

I don't mean to totally bash this game, there's a lot of potential here, and clearly a lot of love that went into it, but right now it's message is intentionally vague to seem mysterious, and the gameplay doesn't add to it's message as a good art game should.

I look forward to seeing future projects from you.

[Johnny in an art game?]

Good Parody

This is a very good parody of some of the cliche's in games that are made for a one note "artistic statement."

I'm worried that this is a blanket statement about any "art game." There are quite a few out there that are really wonderful, have innovative game-play, and more layers than "Society is mindless!"

I appreciate the idea of parodying the one-note trend that has developed, but the other reviews for this game seem to be hating on games going for a deeper meaning as a whole. That isn't right. There are some great indy game developers OUTSIDE of newgrounds, and some VERY artistic game makers that submit here.

I dig the idea of the parody here, but I hope others see that there are more than JUST the type of artistic game being made fun of here.

[Earl Grey]

Genuinely enjoyed

Wow! I loved this!

A very fresh tone, some subtle tongue in cheek humor about the genre it is, with the obvious guidance such as "I suddenly have the urge to hit this with a weapon" and little comments like "You don't have to speak your thoughts."

I really enjoyed the ending, and I'm really glad you put "package delivered!" so I didn't think I was in an endless loop, that would have drove me crazy.

There is a pretty major glitch that almost made me click away, but the art, the tone, and inovation on an alreayd established genre made me stay. At random times I would no longer be able to move, or interact with anyhting, I would just be stuck and have to go to the main menu, and start over. No idea what's going on, or how to fix it, but I'm sure you'll be interested in knowing that, because it was quite frustrating.

A clear love of the point and click adventure, and all of the puzzles we're insanely hard, or objects rediculosuly hard to interact with. Nice job at establishing the clues within the game by giving us a journal, however I feel that you could raise the difficulty JUST a tad, because I didn't find it very challenging, but more charming, ya know?

I have to say that while I caught on to the humor, I feel that it could be made a little more well known to the player, because I got it, but making the jokes slightly more clear would probably have gotten a stronger reaction out of me.

This is seriously one of the most original things I've seen submitted to the portal in quite awhile. Very charming, and I hope to see more!

If something I said doesn't make sense, feel free to PM me, I'd love to clarify, and tell you once again how much I enjoyed the game!

-Iantherage