dream journal, cw gore
The Virtual Mads Experience was like WAY gorier than the rest of the game and involved a lot of forced surgery, scared kids, shitty doctor dads, and newly C-sectioned babies dripping with viscera while hovering in midair, all taking place in a house that kept changing wallpaper and fixtures around me. Occasionally there were interludes where I had to watch a weird high schooler student film on VHS, and I came to savor those non-bloodbath moments
dream journal
The weirdest part was that I was scared, but I also had this strong feeling of deja vu while in it, like I’d watched the whole thing on an LP or something. The vibe wasn’t just “oh god oh fuck”, it was “ooookay Hideo, is all this REALLY fucking necessary”