#gimme plot

hey,  is  that  radcliff's  very  own  lost cause  ? yup,  i'd  recognize  bartholomew “bazz” novak’s  face  anywhere.  if  you  twisted  my  arm  and  asked  me  to  describe  them,  i’d  say  they’re  incredibly  affable,   cynical,   maverick,  profligate,  and  they  always  seem  to  be  carrying  around  a  frank-n-furter themed lighter  for  some  reason.  kind  of  weird,  right  ? when  they  hit  play  on  their  walkman,  you  just  know  it’s  where is my mind ?  by  pixies  tickling  their  eardrums  ⸻  a  creature  of  habit,  maybe  ?  they  have  the  same  peculiar  energy  as  messy sheets and unmade bed ; ghost stories told around ( could there be any truth to them ? ) ; burying your youth in a casket inside of you ; your fear of needles hasn’t stopped you from inking your soft skin; the promise of a smooth smoke turning into a bitter, uneven burn  and  work  at  scratch  that  with  all  the  other  losers.  shit  !  that’s  them  …  i  guess  they’re  about  to  clock  in  for  their  dreadfully  long  shift.  well,  good  luck  to  ‘em. ( maxence danet - fauvel. twenty seven. he him. )

I'm about to feel like "Old Man Doesn't Understand Video Games" here but, man, so far 'Tunic' is a game about a fox who woke up without any personality or objective and it made him angry so he just went on a murderous puzzle-solving spree. I mean, I've played this game for a few hours over the last few days and so far I have yet to find a plot, an objective, any motivation to play except to answer the question "Why am I playing this?" Yes, it's very pretty and very clever in ways I wish more games could be, but if something doesn't unfold soon I'll really feel like I spent $30 just to play "The Game Of The Year" without really getting anything out of it. I even turned on "No Fail Mode" just to see if it could help me race towards some meaning to it all and so far I have a lot of a map that has some English on it, a lot of items of dubious use, and boredom.

I don't need my hand held the entire way, but so far I don't know what I'm doing or why I should care about it at all.

And this could speak more to where I'm at in life than anything else. In the last 5-10 years I have been far more critical of any entertainment that doesn't at least try to provide me with some sympathy for the main character(s) or at least an understanding of them and their circumstances and what the true stakes are for the plot. If these things are missing then I feel disconnected from what I'm experiencing and lose any passion for continuing.