Artemis Octavio
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Relooted does the work of all great Afrofuturism: It asks us to dream of utopias while respecting and acknowledging the past, engaging with it with the gravitas and complexity it deserves. If we lived in a fair world, a better world, a kinder world, we would’ve already had a thousand games like Relooted, and maybe one of them would’ve adhered more closely to my stylistic and mechanical desires. As it stands, Relooted is worth playing on premise and intention alone, and in a media landscap...
When I am winning I am loving it and I’m high again, when I am losing I feel my chest sinking and I am devastated when all my progress is lost. I love this friction, too — CloverPit kept reeling me back in over and over after I vowed “never again”, but I feel as if it is a toy that grips you for a few weeks, that you eventually put down for something more engrossing and holistic.