{"id":145059,"date":"2020-05-21T16:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2020\/05\/21\/if-found-review-moving-coming-of-age-tale-framed-by-rugged-irish-coast\/"},"modified":"2020-05-21T16:00:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T14:00:02","slug":"if-found-review-moving-coming-of-age-tale-framed-by-rugged-irish-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=145059","title":{"rendered":"If Found&#8230; review \u2013 moving coming-of-age tale framed by rugged Irish coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PC, Mac, iOS; Dreamfeel\/Annapurna InteractiveDelicate illustrations depict a world slipping away in this poignant drama, with memories we\u2019re invited to help young Kasio eraseAn emotional and richly detailed reflection on growing up in mid-90s Ireland, If Found \u2026 tells the story of young Kasio\u2019s difficult return home from university through the pages of her journal. Delicate illustrations depict a world slipping away from her: sometimes they\u2019re animated with a stop-motion quality, flickering on the page; sometimes they\u2019re filled with impressionistic colour, a window into Kasio\u2019s psyche.But rather than helping to write these pages, we are asked to erase them, using a finger or mouse to rub the screen to assist Kasio in processing this painful period of her life. From fraught exchanges with her mother to packed venues pulsating to rock music, events are scrubbed from the diary using this simple, tactile interaction. Where most video games ask players to contribute to on-screen mayhem, If Found \u2026 is about subtraction and its minimalist tools produce affecting results. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2020\/may\/21\/if-found-review-moving-coming-of-age-tale-framed-by-rugged-irish-coast\" target=\"_blank\">If Found&#8230; review \u2013 moving coming-of-age tale framed by rugged Irish coast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PC, Mac, iOS; Dreamfeel\/Annapurna InteractiveDelicate illustrations depict a world slipping away in this poignant drama, with memories we\u2019re invited to help young Kasio eraseAn emotional and richly detailed reflection on growing up in mid-90s Ireland, If Found \u2026 tells the story of young Kasio\u2019s difficult return home from university through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}