Washing Out The Lines I'd Seen.

[rionaleonhart]

Mike Shinoda has released new music! 'Crossing a Line' (I really love this one; it makes me feel hopeful) and 'Nothing Makes Sense Anymore'.

This guy has sort of become a hero to me. He's been brave enough to share his pain and vulnerability with us, which is important in itself, and which means it's much more impactful when, as in 'Crossing a Line', he also shares his hope. In going through a type of loss I'm becoming far too familiar with, his creativity and his kindness and his determination have been incredibly inspiring.


NieR: Automata is an interesting experience. The robot orgy scene has been haunting me since yesterday.

When you encounter the robot orgy, 9S goes 'UM OKAY this is unexpected but it's still totally fine to destroy them, they don't have feelings, promise.' I am beginning to suspect that he may be incorrect.

Anyway, then a naked man with no genitalia shows up and you murder him and an identical naked man climbs out of his chest.

I'm glad I started having reservations about fighting the machines before I reached the amusement park. I could have gone in with guns blazing, but instead I approached cautiously, going, 'Okay, I won't attack them unless they attack me first.' And it turns out the machines in the amusement park don't want to fight at all! They just want to prance around and throw confetti. Much cuter than I expected from creepy jester robots. One of them runs a shop.

Then you fight an opera singer robot who's crucified a load of android corpses and reprogrammed them to send out ~hacking beams~ to hack into you.

I'm very confused by this game. All I can say for certain is that every play session leaves me with a creeping sense of dread.

Comments

[wolfy_writing]

Those are such incredible songs! And letting people hear that, the complicated thoughts, the different moods, the way he can feel overwhelmed or negative or have no idea how to make sense of anything, and then in a different song, go forward with hope and a sense of possibility. At this point, it would be more than enough for him to look after himself but he’s using his art to connect with other people who’ve been through that loss. It’s incredible.

On a completely different note...robot orgy?

And yeah, beings that have orgies can’t just be assumed to not have feelings.

Ooh, those sound like sweet jester robots!

[rionaleonhart]

I'm amazed by how open he's been with the fans. The shots of him in a small crowd, in the 'Crossing a Line' video, are from when he posted 'hey, I'm going to be in this location in forty-five minutes, come along if you want to be in my music video!' on his Twitter. (I love the video; there's something so unselfconscious about it.) I just came across a comment from a fan who was there, actually:

I was there the day he made this video. It was a last minute idea he dropped on twitter just pointing to a location in LA and a time. he went out and met with all the fans, took pictures, looked at tattoos, listened to stories, and even hugged a fan that came to tears when he saw mike. the entire time i've never seen anyone more genuine and appreciative of his fans. greeting everyone with a smile, complimenting them, and shaking hands. he took time to take pictures with everyone for hours even as his guys were rushing him to go at the end.

I think he must be getting something from the support of fans, if he's reaching out like this. I hope so. It's certainly helping us.

On a completely different note: robot orgy! I don't know whether the robots were technically equipped for sexual activity, but they were certainly having a good go at thrusting.

[wolfy_writing]

That is really incredible! And so kind of him!

I think he must be finding comfort in it? If he is spontaneously deciding to do things no one would expect of him, it seems like he’s doing it because it helps in some way? And it can be comforting to know other people are going through the same thing and you can help each other.

Good luck with that, robots!

[rosa_heartlily]

The singing robot is very reminiscent of the opening scene of Parasite Eve - which I haven't played but I have watched that scene for reasons I can't remember.

There are a lot of disturbing things about N:A - and some adorably cute things, too. It's so hard to comment without spoilers! Just keep playing :)

[rionaleonhart]

There are some surprisingly cute things in this game, it's true! I really enjoyed escorting the little sister robot across the desert. Well, it was stressful, but her questions were adorable!