The Game That Won’t Let You See All Of It

Summary by Krater

A review of the video game Before Your Eyes, analyzing its unique mechanic of advancing time through player blinking and comparing its emotional impact to Richard Linklater's film Boyhood and the documentary series Up.

From the video

Answers: What is Before Your Eyes and how does its blinking mechanic work?

• Before Your Eyes video game review
• Blinking mechanic in gaming
• Richard Linklater's Boyhood
• The Up documentary series
• Perceived lifetime and memory
• Interactive storytelling and emotion

What it concludes

• Before Your Eyes successfully uses blinking as a physical action to tie the player to the on-screen events.
• The Up series provides a stark and haunting look at human aging through interviews at seven-year intervals.
• Before Your Eyes creates an emotionally devastating experience by forcing players to confront the imperfect and fleeting nature of memory.