I Hate The Witness. I Love The Witness.
A love letter to the worst game I have ever played.
Epilepsy Warning for 40:46 to 40:54. There's also a couple other shots with psychedelic imagery, so keep that in mind if that affects you.
Spoilers for Tunic from 33:43 to 37:30.
Music from Earthbound, Pikuniku, Baba is You, Majora's Mask, Ocarina of Time, Tunic, Animal Crossing (GCN), Super Mario 3D World, and DOOM II.
Additional Music:
Piano Sonata No. 14 - Beethoven
Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka - Johann Strauss II
Winter - Vivaldi
The Monsters Inc Theme (one of the classics)
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 - II. The Death Of Aase - Edvard Grieg
Anitra's Dream - Edvard Grieg
Extra Witness Gameplay nicked from Alvin Hekyle, Kapten Stoffe, The GeoJoe2000 Archive, Mark - I Collect Things, and Frostglow ASMR. Tumble Dryer nicked from SleepDroid Studios.
The Patreon - / soitssparkie
The Fan Club - / discord
The Letterboxd (https://letterboxd.com/TheSparkyMinion/)
The Backloggd (https://www.backloggd.com/u/Sparkie/)
I Love The Witness. I Hate The Witness. The Witness is genius. The Witness is pretentious. The Witness made me lose my mind. The Witness is a 2016 video game developed by Thekla Inc, led by Jonathon Blow. The Witness is the subject of this video essay / review, made by me (Sparkie (real name Ryan Reynolds)), which includes all these key words, and several more.
#thewitness #videoessay