SolidArf | Chants of Sennaar Micro-Essay: Language and Discomfort @SolidArf | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
A micro-essay on Rundisc's "Chants of Sennaar," a game in which you decipher a language and use your growing vocabulary to solve puzzles. I'm fascinated by the way you're forced to adapt to new rules for grammar as you move through its world -- and particularly fascinated by how the game, at some points, forces you to be complicit in how its language oppresses certain people...
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A micro-essay on Rundisc's "Chants of Sennaar," a game in which you decipher a language and use your growing vocabulary to solve puzzles. I'm fascinated by the way you're forced to adapt to new rules for grammar as you move through its world -- and particularly fascinated by how the game, at some points, forces you to be complicit in how its language oppresses certain people...
Made as part of a one-minute micro-essay collaboration with The Essay Library! Go see their latest collection on "Adaptation":
19 Video Essays About Adaptation: youtube.com/watch?v=RqqJ90yqJyo
Follow me or support the channel if you're able!
-- Twitter: twitter.com/YouJustGotArfed
-- Buy Me a Coffee: ko-fi.com/solidarf
-- Website: aarafafzal.com/npcs
