Dark, Depressing, and Silly | I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream Retrospective

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Published on October 31, 2020 5:00:07 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHrWh1Pj_9o

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I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1995)

Duration: 46:05

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It's Halloween time, and while the typical thing to do is look at some spooky games, I'm going down the darker and more somber route with the 1995 adventure game I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream. Based on the Harlan Ellison short story of the same name, this classic point-and-click game features one of the grimmest and darkest stories I've ever seen in video games, but it also features odd graphical mistakes, goofy glitches, and occasionally poor characterizations and dialogue. So how does this game hold up? Let's find out in my retrospective on I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream #IHaveNoMouthandIMustScream #Cyberdreams #HarlanEllison
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TIMECODES

00:00 — INTRO
02:23 — DEVELOPMENT
06:17 — GAMEPLAY
10:18 — AESTHETICS AND PRESENTATION
14:19 — GORRISTER'S STORY
18:29 — ELLEN'S STORY
23:29 — BENNY'S STORY
27:33 — NIMDOK'S STORY
33:01 — TED'S STORY
37:29 — ENDGAME
43:42 — CONCLUSION
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SOURCES / RECOMMENDED READING:
Game Informer: I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream (https://bit.ly/3oL0evp)
Bloody Disgusting: ‘I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream’: The Most Disturbing, Nihilistic Video Game of All Time? (https://bit.ly/35Sx7h0)
PC Gamer:Saturday Crapshoot: I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
The Guardian: Q&A: Harlan Ellison (https://bit.ly/3kL4bxI)

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