[After-the-fact note: This was all before the Great 2019 ProJared Controversy.]
I finished watching ProJared's playthrough of Doki Doki Literature Club today. Even if you've experienced the game for yourself, I'd encourage you to give it a watch; it really reinforces what I said recently about him being an exemplary Let's Player.
The reason I say this is that Doki Doki Literature Club had the dubious honour of becoming something of a "meme game" shortly after its release, much like Undertale did. Jared, meanwhile, went in completely blind and refused to look up any information beforehand… And the series was all the better for it.
With anything that becomes a meme like DDLC did, there's inevitable backlash and cynicism after a while. And that's unfortunate, because watching it back, DDLC actually does a lot of interesting things really, really well, both in terms of its overall structure and the subject matter it explores.
This is one of several reasons I've been keen to step back from social media somewhat. The experience of so many things will be enhanced beyond measure by not having teenage edgelords memeing them into oblivion at every opportunity. Or at least not seeing those teenage edgelords memeing them into oblivion!
With this in mind, I'm excited to give Undertale a go in a year or two… 🙂
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