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.</span></p><hr><blockquote><p>Tags: <a href="/garden/davey-wreden/">Davey Wreden</a></p></blockquote><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><ul><li>undefined</li></ul></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></ul></div></div></main><!----><!--[--><!--]--></div></div></div><!--[--><!--]--></div></div><!----><!--[--><footer class="vp-doc" data-v-d72c6c95><div data-v-d72c6c95>CC 2024 <a class="h-card" rel="me" href="/about" data-v-d72c6c95><img src="/me.jpg" alt="" data-v-d72c6c95>The Paper Pilot</a>. <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" data-v-d72c6c95>CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</a>.</div><div data-v-d72c6c95>Any and all opinions listed here are my own and not representative of my employers; future, past and present.</div><div data-v-d72c6c95><a href="https://resume.incremental.social/thepaperpilot/thepaperpilot" data-v-d72c6c95>Resume</a> (not actively seeking new opportunities).</div><div data-v-d72c6c95>Site built from <a href="https://code.incremental.social/thepaperpilot/pages/commit/06e718dee102c97ed97cdbf9b5e59e32bb6cec95" data-v-d72c6c95>this commit</a> on <time data-v-d72c6c95>Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 01:39:24</time>. <a href="https://www.thepaperpilot.org/licenses.txt" data-v-d72c6c95>Legal disclaimers</a>.</div></footer><!--]--></div></div>
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