The Static Speaks My Name

released on Aug 10, 2015

A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank. (description from Steam)


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No está mal, especialmente para ser relativamente antiguo. Pero a día de hoy me parece demasiado simple y por debajo de la media con respecto a otros juegos parecidos.

I played it to feel weirded out and the game sure delivered that to me but I don't think I will remember this for a long time. The game title is very cool though "The Static Speaks My Name"

This is not good. It's bordering on offensively bad. It's a short, simple, direct story about unaliving yourself. And sure, okay, that could be neat. It would be fun to get a game dev and artist's perspective on that very serious topic.

Instead, this is just... kinda stupid. It feels like some edgy dude wanted to represent a subject while neither knowing anything about the subject or having any ounce of creativity or artistry. It represents itself as this oddity, this weirdo interpretation of a dark subject. But in reality, it's just lots of disconnected thoughts that are both unexplained and irrelevant.

Maybe you could say that this is a really cynical take on this subject matter. But if so, it's so cynical it comes off as snide. And maybe you could say this is just abstract art, surrealism. If so, what do any of the parts of the whole mean? What message is it trying to speak?

In reality, this is nothing. It's a vapid drivel by someone either too pretentious or too deluded to understand what they, themselves, were trying to do or say. Even if this game weren't addressing some serious subject matter, it's barely competent enough to tell you the daily weather.

It's simple, short and clearly has a lot of limitations due to the experience of the author, but a think the execution is great. For a free 15 - minutes game, has a couple of moments that really stuck with me ¿It's a must-play? Nah, but if something in it interested you, give it a try

Such a sombre mood despite the game's simplicity. Sad. Poor shrimp.