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I'm not sure I agree.Īs I wander through the halls of the mutating virtual exhibit, I'm greeted with visceral scrawlings that pay homage to an unintelligible hidden truth, demon-like creatures who seem to simultaneously revere and despise their labyrinthian home, and the ethereal sound of strings, synths, and drums soaring above. 'This is not a game' reads the sign beside the ramshackle entrance to the KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION, a twisting digital/analogue dreamscape spliced together using the creative fragments that birthed Radiohead's indelible Kid A and Amnesiac records.

KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION by namethemachine and Arbitrarily Good Productions The answer, of course, is a triumphant yes.

Halo is at its best when it leans into being a anarchic toybox, encouraging players to experiment with its tools of destruction and bonkers physics to answer questions like: can you grapple onto an exploding Warthog while it tears through the skies to turn the Master Chief into a human missile? Although I'm not entirely sold on the open-world aspect quite yet - for me, Infinite's standout set pieces take place during its more on-rails segments - the moment-to-moment gameplay when you're taking down a base or clobbering a boss is tense, unpredictable, and outrageous in the best conceivable way.

The multiplayer portion is crystallized chaos, a smorgasbord of intensely engaging game modes that made me realise how much I'd missed playing an objective other than 'become the last person standing.' Each game is filled with moments of bedlam and lunacy that defy description, with all manner of grenades, weaponry, vehicles, and power-ups combining to create a combustible soup of nuclear proportions that we'll all be slurping down for years to come. In terms of pure gameplay, Halo Infinite has everything you could want from a shooter. Launching a fusion coil into an unsuspecting chump while mid-flight in Halo Infinite is one of them ( please see this tweet). I'm a cynical husk of a human being, so there are few things in life that make me genuinely giddy. There's a lot to unpack, and while some players might not what they find at the bottom of Genesis Noir's existential rabbit hole, I'd bet my bottom dollar they won't regret the journey. A whirring laboratory at the fringes of our future. A strange land inhabited by familiar beings. A subway station abuzz with musical verve. It's a task that takes them to places both familiar and strange. But that wonderfully off-kilter aesthetic only mirrors the madness brewing inside our desperate protagonist as they seek to bring a killer to justice and understand why.īefore they learn the answer, players will be asked to follow a breadcrumb trail of clues scattered throughout the universe. Heady jazz riffs assault players as they tumble through time, colliding with impossibly slick visuals to ensnare and captivate.

Although the gameplay itself consists of solving point-and-click style puzzles and wandering through elaborate worlds, Genesis Noir's electric presentation helps turn the metaphysical saga into something truly memorable. Genesis Noir is the story of creation bundled into a noir adventure about a cosmic murder that ripples across eternity. In the meantime, why don't you do me a favor and read all about the video games I enjoyed in 2021. Before you know it, we'll reunite in this very moment. I'll be sat at my desk once again, desperately searching for that last crumb of mental strength in a futile bid to drum up a witty, insightful, and impossibly charismatic introduction that means something to everyone.

#Kid a mnesia exhibition icon full

Or perhaps rejoice! Because the end is in sight. A fresh start is just beyond the horizon, full of new stories and experiences waiting to be unearthed. You don't mind, do you, dear reader? Think of this meaningless sojourn as a holiday gift from me to you - a brief, cautionary glimpse into the gnawing madness only 12 months covering the games industry can bring. I need a break, so I'm just going to ramble on long enough to make sure this article will format correctly.