(Re-Post from my old blog)
Local Host by Aether Interactive is a charming yet eerie pixel art style point and click game, where the player is tasked with wiping 4 artificial intelligence drives of varying levels of like-ability.
Gosh Darn, this game has me shook. The art and design of the full package, pixel art, music, gameplay, even how the product was packaged with a physical retro-style cd felt so specific and detail oriented.
The User meets a green, pink, yellow, and red host, all who operate in a single broken down and deteriorating body. Each has an opinion on being wiped. The game-play itself is surreal, we actually feel things for this game, this product and characters made to test our own ability to follow instructions. Do we sympathize with the host in love? With the broken host, irreparable and in pain? With the host that dreams on a bigger scale, and aspires for more? Our boss’s instructions are clear, wipe the drive and leave no trace. Our own human emotions are actually something we must face, which is surreal to experience.
