Save Us Yume Nikki
Jan. 21st, 2025 10:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Wandering Through Dreams and Stories: A Reflection on Yume Nikki and Ihatovo Monogatari
https://innerspiral.lol/blog-entry-17
It’s funny because, now that I’m older, I can see how Yume Nikki was almost rejecting, like, the whole structure of what we think games should be. It didn’t ask you to solve anything or achieve some big moment of triumph. Instead, it just said, “Here, take this weird, unexplainable world, and figure out how you feel about it.”
This is a very cool little blog btw. I've amassed a tidy collection of video game blogs like this, but it's tough to keep up with them. I'm thinking about kicking off 2025 by finding a new browser-based RSS feed reader service that actually works on mobile. I'm pouring another one out for Google Reader and Feedly, you were loved and you are missed.
ETA: It's not perfect, but I like Inoreader: https://www.inoreader.com/
https://innerspiral.lol/blog-entry-17
It’s funny because, now that I’m older, I can see how Yume Nikki was almost rejecting, like, the whole structure of what we think games should be. It didn’t ask you to solve anything or achieve some big moment of triumph. Instead, it just said, “Here, take this weird, unexplainable world, and figure out how you feel about it.”
This is a very cool little blog btw. I've amassed a tidy collection of video game blogs like this, but it's tough to keep up with them. I'm thinking about kicking off 2025 by finding a new browser-based RSS feed reader service that actually works on mobile. I'm pouring another one out for Google Reader and Feedly, you were loved and you are missed.
ETA: It's not perfect, but I like Inoreader: https://www.inoreader.com/