Influential games like this often get surpassed by future iterations and refined mechanics, but it's incredible how unique it still feels. Few games achieve such a carefully crafted sense of insignificance and smallness than this one: from the camera to the world to the environment. It's one of the most "pure" games I've ever played, as the mechanics and aesthetics blend into a seamless experience.

I finished it once, now I'll never touch this game again. Super good though.

Game itself: 2/10
Getting the email saying I won it in a Disney sweepstakes: 10/10

There are probably 15 songs out there with occasional airtime that make me immediately think of this game.

Yeah, I played it on the bongos,

It's pretty embarrassing that the main-line Pokemon games have done absolutely nothing better than this in over 20 years.

I copied the gimmick for my senior creative writing project back in HS, my teacher was so confused but it worked.

No lore, no game, only aesthetic

I can't resist any game that actively pulls comparisons to "House of Leaves"

The fish segment alone is worth the price of admission.

Nobuo Uematsu killed it again with the music; this game kinda got me back into playing piano.

I had more fun watching the 2023 World Championship than I did watching any football game all year.

I tried my hand at playing Game Theorist after finishing the game, but realized there wasn't enough depth here to qualify (not that MatPat ever let that stop him). But it got me thinking, and it might have been the prettiest game of the generation.

$/hr: 5
$/hr if you include all the time I've thought about this game since it came out: $.01

I've sunk more hours into randomizer mods than most games ever get.