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422: Mouthwashing

The Short Game

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Unsettling Aesthetics and Nonlinear Storytelling in Gaming

This chapter examines a distinctive visual style drawn from retro video games and unsettling digital art, incorporating faux advertisements and 1950s corporate motifs. It highlights how these elements contribute to a disorienting nonlinear narrative, merging traditional gameplay with surreal storytelling.

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