I remember sitting in my basement with the lights off while my mind was being warped by the insanity that comes towards the end of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Raiden… Turn the Game Console off Right Now! It’s kind of nice that this AI is so concerned about my eye sight, but it’s also eerie and creepy. It’s those wtf moments that catch me off guard and ring my brain out like a dirty dish sponge that tend to do the best job burning themselves into my memory. However, those times when games do veer on the side of the psychedelic tend to be the most memorable or at least for me they are. And, unfortunately, it’s something that we don’t see too often in games. Some of the most critically acclaimed art ever made could be considered psychedelic because it dared to take risks on unconventional concepts for the sake of artistic progression. It’s a phenomenon that comes from a completely uninhibited state of mind where creativity flourishes and the bizarre is embraced.
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