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The lucid dreams of Cylne
Can a videogame be a poem? Does it matter?
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This game looks like a poster from the 90s come to life
You know the ones. No, not those of Cindy Crawford and the cast of Baywatch, but the ones you’d eventually get to if you kept on flipping, which portrayed wilderness scenes with vaguely new age or pagan imagery. That pretty much describes the look of the surreal exploration game Cylne, currently on Steam Greenlight, created by a mysterious individual named Cylne. From the artist’s description, this is one of those games where you walk around and take in the scenery, like Tangiers, or going to the mall without any money, except that wasn’t a game. But this totally makes me…