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.</span></p><hr><details><summary>Referenced by:</summary><a href="/garden/davey-wreden/index.md">Davey Wreden</a></details><details><summary>Tags:</summary><a href="/garden/davey-wreden/index.md">Davey Wreden</a></details><p>My favorite video game of all time, bar none. Created by <a href="/garden/davey-wreden/">Davey Wreden</a></p><p>The game broadly comments on the relationship between creators and consumers, and it can apply to all forms of art</p><ul><li>Perhaps also an important commentary on parasocial relationships</li></ul><p>Important analyses:</p><ul><li><a href="https://nebula.tv/videos/jacob-geller-art-for-no-one" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Art for No One</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N6y6LEwsKc" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">The Artist is Absent: Davey Wreden and The Beginner&#39;s Guide</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAbh28j11RQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Errant Signal - The Beginner&#39;s Guide (Spoilers)</a></li><li><a href="https://nitter.poast.org/HelloCakebread/status/1812560104270807523" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Davey Wreden&#39;s reflections</a> after replaying it for the first time since finishing it, almost a decade ago <ul><li>I&#39;m overall happy to hear he&#39;s in a different place from when he made the game. There&#39;s a part of me that wonders what if we&#39;d gotten more games like TBG, but it may have detracted from the brilliance of TBG, and I don&#39;t want him to have to be a tortured artist for our pleasure</li></ul></li></ul></div></div></main><!----><!--[--><!--]--></div></div></div><!--[--><!--]--></div></div><!----><!--[--><footer class="vp-doc" data-v-e0858c25><div data-v-e0858c25>CC 2024 <a class="h-card" rel="me" href="/about" data-v-e0858c25><img src="/me.jpg" alt="" data-v-e0858c25>The Paper Pilot</a>. <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" data-v-e0858c25>CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</a>.</div><div data-v-e0858c25>Any and all opinions listed here are my own and not representative of my employers; future, past and present.</div><div data-v-e0858c25><a href="https://resume.incremental.social/thepaperpilot/thepaperpilot" data-v-e0858c25>Resume</a> (not actively seeking new opportunities).</div><div data-v-e0858c25>Site built from <a href="https://code.incremental.social/thepaperpilot/pages/commit/711e059d4efe0ac7643ba587211f8b843292c5df" data-v-e0858c25>this commit</a> on <time data-v-e0858c25>Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 02:55:02</time>. <a href="https://www.thepaperpilot.org/licenses.txt" data-v-e0858c25>Legal disclaimers</a>.</div></footer><!--]--></div></div>
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