Three way mix of interactive music video, museum exhibit, and surrealism. Great way to capture the spirit of these two great albums! The How To Disappear/Pyramid Song/You and Whose Army section was especially great in my opinion.
Marred a bit by being just a bit too obtuse, I would say, and marred moreso by (for me) poor performance and some bugs
Marred a bit by being just a bit too obtuse, I would say, and marred moreso by (for me) poor performance and some bugs
amazing. exactly what i pictured it being. the use of the album's stems to make the soundtrack is incredible, the visuals are striking, and the sense of exploration reminds me of something like yume nikki. the part with how to disappear completely, pyramid song, and you and whose army was fucking transcendent. now do it with pablo honey, cowards.
in rainbows from the basement for the vr in 4:3 aspect ratio (1024x768), and it is only accessible by means of a youtube 360 video (max 30 fps).
what do you mean radiohead is on backloggd
Is this what it's like in Thom Yorke's mind?
"This is not a game so take your time" umm then why is it on Backloggd? Checkmate Tom Yorke!
Jokes aside, this really is more of a virtual experimental exhibition than a videogame, so I don't really see any point giving it a star rating. I've never actively listened to Kid A so this was certainly an interesting way to be introduced to it. Definitely worthwhile to check out, especially considering it's free.
Jokes aside, this really is more of a virtual experimental exhibition than a videogame, so I don't really see any point giving it a star rating. I've never actively listened to Kid A so this was certainly an interesting way to be introduced to it. Definitely worthwhile to check out, especially considering it's free.
if this was a Xiu Xiu exhibition it would've gotten a perfect rating
Kid a Mnesia Exhibition is as the name suggests, not a game (and the developers say also that at the very beginning of the experience), but an exhibition or a tour in a virtual museum and also a free one.
This experience serves as a digital exhibition of music and artwork created for the Radiohead albums Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001).
I honestly never heard of them and I haven't listened to any of the songs made by them until today, until this experience.
I have to admit that this experience, was an interesting one, even though I didn't understand the purpose of most of the rooms.
How long this experience lasts, depends on you, on how long you want to stay in each room, but approximately this experience doesn't last more than two hours.
Since this isn't a linear experience, but something similar to a labyrinth, you have to find a community-made map since, unfortunately, there isn't a map implemented within the game, which means that you can easily not experience a room if you don't keep track on which rooms you've visited.
Also, as I said before, I didn't understand most of the artwork, especially me, a physics student whose right side of the brain (responsible for creativity) is much less developed than the left side (responsible for logic). I would've loved to have a text-written guide that explains to me the purpose of each room, which maybe can be set to pop up after opening the main menu, I don't know.
All in all, this was a nice experience, even though I didn't understand much, which is probably because of my unfamiliarity with Radiohead and their work. To sum up, this experience isn't probably for everyone, but since it's free, I would suggest trying it out, it's not long and it's something that most of us haven't yet seen. I think that this probably ended up being a better decision than having a physical installation artwork.
This experience serves as a digital exhibition of music and artwork created for the Radiohead albums Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001).
I honestly never heard of them and I haven't listened to any of the songs made by them until today, until this experience.
I have to admit that this experience, was an interesting one, even though I didn't understand the purpose of most of the rooms.
How long this experience lasts, depends on you, on how long you want to stay in each room, but approximately this experience doesn't last more than two hours.
Since this isn't a linear experience, but something similar to a labyrinth, you have to find a community-made map since, unfortunately, there isn't a map implemented within the game, which means that you can easily not experience a room if you don't keep track on which rooms you've visited.
Also, as I said before, I didn't understand most of the artwork, especially me, a physics student whose right side of the brain (responsible for creativity) is much less developed than the left side (responsible for logic). I would've loved to have a text-written guide that explains to me the purpose of each room, which maybe can be set to pop up after opening the main menu, I don't know.
All in all, this was a nice experience, even though I didn't understand much, which is probably because of my unfamiliarity with Radiohead and their work. To sum up, this experience isn't probably for everyone, but since it's free, I would suggest trying it out, it's not long and it's something that most of us haven't yet seen. I think that this probably ended up being a better decision than having a physical installation artwork.