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Night in the Woods: the video game that captures bittersweet, millennial life under COVID-19 – The Conversation AU
The young people in this 2017 video game are unemployed or working dead end jobs or living with their parents while pondering an uncertain future. It’s a bit like life today, in a time of pandemic.
Night in the Woods is a video game about strange in-between spaces: between youth and adulthood, between a rose-tinted past and an uncertain future.
Released in 2017, it feels especially resonant in a time of COVID-19. Its themes of underemployment, decaying cities and youth disenfranchisement, combined with a mood of uncertainty about the future, presciently capture this moment.
A single player adventure game, the narrative of Night in the Woods begins with the protagonist, anthropomorphic c…
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