The naughty bird always has something evil on its mind. Ever since he got out of the garden he has been living in these whole years, the locals haven’t seen a single day of peace and quiet. The main character of this online indie entertainment is a village goose with a tremendous thirst for destruction. But sometimes instead of a leather jacket and sports suits they wear feathers. As Todd Martens at the Los Angeles Times puts it: “I don’t enjoy playing as evil characters, so I decided my goose was fighting on the side of good.Hooligans surround us everywhere. And being a Robin Hood–like goose could help people cope. For some, a bratty goose on the loose is an all-too-perfect analogy for the chaos of world events. “When deconstructed, all comedy seems to either directly or indirectly reference what is considered to be truthful or normal within its frame of reference,” the authors write. Untitled Goose Game is poignant because it’s surprisingly cathartic. Kallio and Masoodian predict that more video games will put comedy at the center of their play as players seek different, more collaborative experiences and tire of violence. Bestsellers tend to be franchises like Mario and his posse, or games where shooting stuff is the central mechanism. But as far as mainstream games go, these examples are closer to the exception than the rule. It’s not a new concept: Kallio points to 1990’s The Secret of Monkey Island as one of the classic funny games, and more recently the sarcastic and winkingly nihilistic Portal and Portal 2 were huge hits. Funny video games could soon be the norm.
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