Patchwork

Foreword I’m a huge fan of countdowns and top ten lists; less so tier lists because they feel a little less definitive to an actual top ten. Maybe it’s because my monkey brain likes when number go up (or down in this case). Regardless, countdowns are fun and I’ve spent many a time watching the likes of TheGreenScorpion ( The Green Scorpion - YouTube ), Josh Scorcher ( joshscorcher - YouTube ) and RabbidLuigi ( rabbidluigi - YouTube ). Also, super honorable mention to Alex Rochon ( Alex Rochon - YouTube ) , who is now voice acting for characters like Caine in the Digital Circus and is, in my opinion, the canon voice of Spamton G. Spamton.  I’ve always wanted to throw my voice out into the masses and make my own countdowns, but goodness does it take A LOT of time to put those together. I cannot express my admiration enough for the YouTubers that do countdowns as their main content, since the amount of research and pondering alone could be a full time job. Hats off to all of you. Time...

 Foreword What is the point? To be more accurate: why do we as people decide to do anything? The necessaties are easily explained by being required for us to survive. That's also not really what I am addressing. It's the finer things that I want to put into focus. Why am I writing this review? Why are you reading it? Why did either of us play Outer Wilds? When you strip away our need for food and shelter, what reason are we left with to do anything? Indeed, what is the point?  To experience life.  Truly, the reason why we exist is... simply that. We are here to exist and to bear witness to the world and universe and the indescribable mysticism that our existence contains. The main focus of Outer Wilds is not to answer the big question of why nor does it attempt to but by playing the masterpiece that is this game, that question ultimately gets answered. The point of Outer Wilds is to experience the game for what it is. To witness all that it has to offer. As such, it is ab...