Yesterday I watched Flash game [http://extra-credits.net/episodes/mechanics-as-metaphor-part-1/] beforehand so as to better understand the points being made in the video. To better understand what about my playthrough is worrying me, I'd recommend you play the game and watch the video.
I started the game, tried to go to the first group, saw the bits flee and disappear, and thought it was rather funny. For the next thirty seconds or so, I ran haphazardly up the corridor, amused as all the groups ran away from me. Then, it stopped being funny and all I could do was find and get rid of every square on the screen, even backtracking to the bottom of the corridor to ensure that I had not missed any of them. I continued, stalking up the corridor, erasing every bit I came near with, satisfaction increasing as the corridor darkened, until there was nothing left.
Afterwards I watched the episode, and realized that my reaction to the game was not like any they had described, and now I'm kinda freaked out with no idea what to do, so any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated.
Captcha: stone's throw; how far I feel like I am from losing my humanity.
I started the game, tried to go to the first group, saw the bits flee and disappear, and thought it was rather funny. For the next thirty seconds or so, I ran haphazardly up the corridor, amused as all the groups ran away from me. Then, it stopped being funny and all I could do was find and get rid of every square on the screen, even backtracking to the bottom of the corridor to ensure that I had not missed any of them. I continued, stalking up the corridor, erasing every bit I came near with, satisfaction increasing as the corridor darkened, until there was nothing left.
Afterwards I watched the episode, and realized that my reaction to the game was not like any they had described, and now I'm kinda freaked out with no idea what to do, so any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated.
Captcha: stone's throw; how far I feel like I am from losing my humanity.