While writing this article, I finished my 50th run of Getting Over it. You climb the mountain again, and it’s a little easier this time. Because there is one thing you keep, and that’s your experiences. You’re back at step one, and it’s all undone. And when you do, you feel like you’ve lost all that progress. Sometimes you fall to the foot of the mountain, both in the game, and in regards to depression. Then, it feels like you’ve lost everything. Any slight setback can send you spiraling all the way to step one. A huge, chaotic mountain of trash: obtuse and difficult to climb. Getting Over it with Bennett Foddy feels like an allegory for depression. You can probably tell where this is going. We instinctively shut out others, because we’re afraid of bothering them. It’s because they don’t have the same context that you do. ![]() It’s difficult to ask for that help, and it can feel like people are being rude to you. Sometimes it’s important for you to ask for advice, and to get help when you fall. When you take what he’s saying as earnest, the game becomes far more tolerable. Because people get frustrated, they feel like it is. The advice and other random spurts of information you get aren’t condescending. Bennett Foddy gives inspirational quotes every time you fall, and this rubs a lot of people the wrong way. One of the reasons I like it so much, and the reason I never gave up on it, is because of the narration itself. Type it into youtube, and you’ll see all sorts of clickbait-y thumbnails with yelling faces. You can make one mistake, fall down the mountain and have to start from the bottom all over again. By all accounts Getting Over it with Bennett Foddy is a rage game. Talking about how it’s the game I go to for meditation might strike you as bizarre. It’s calming, the smooth jazz music, and the familiarity of the mountain. I’ll boot it up and start climbing up the mountain again. Because now, it’s what I’ll do when I’m feeling particularly depressed. It’s ridiculous to think that I did keep going. I’m not very good at video games, and if you asked me why I kept going, I couldn’t tell you. A large part of that first 50 hours felt like smashing my head into a brick wall. I only completed the game two years later, 50 hours in. I wishlisted the game, and bought it the minute it came out. I don’t know why, but after my friend told me about it, it excited me. ![]() Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy was that game for me. How we, as an individual, feel when we play it. What makes a game meditative, for the most part, is our connection to it. It’s a combination of the ambient noise, and the breathtaking landscape. Recently, I’ve seen a lot of people experiencing this with Breath of the Wild. Games have the capability to calm us, as much as they do to frustrate us, and make us cry. The day to day experiences of playing video games to process emotions. Something we should think about more, is this on a smaller scale. You can’t have experiences like that every day. The things that make you feel something and tug at our heartstrings. It’s weird, but bear with me.Ī lot of the time when we talk about emotions and games, we always think about the stories we’ve poured our time into. All this happens while the titular game designer Bennett Foddy ruminates through a background monologue on the nature of our culture. You’re a bald guy called Diogenes in a pot. If you’re not familiar with Getting Over it, it’s a game where you have to climb up a mountain with a yosemite hammer. “Have you ever heard of a game called Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy?” It was a pretty normal day, and I only remember it because of one thing that he said to me. ![]() I really enjoy the design and assemblage.In October of 2017, I was queuing to see the movie IT with my closest friend. You can see the day progress as you climb, like it’s the end of a chapter. I know its a rage game, but I really appreciate the atmosphere it creates. Starting over is harder than starting up Comment by CamIsOnlineĮvery shot of this game is beautiful. Like if you've already had a bad day at school then what you're about to go through may be too much Comment by bit the fox This is Soul and Mind from Getting Over It, I hope you enjoy
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