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Responding to a post from the end of the previous thread -Mahuum Aqoha posted:What the hell is going on? Did the first 2/3rds of the game not actually happen or something? Who were the guys in the dark room with the animal masks on? The first question is the subject of much discussion and has no real answer. The second is a bit more cogent. each of the people in the dark room seems to represent a part of Jacket's mind, either as a product of his general drug-addled madness, part of a coma fantasy, or some kinda surreal David Lynch spirit guides. They are there to give you things to think about.
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scamtank posted:So what does the representative mafia-Owl being dead in the later Bug Room episode represent? Well, if you want my reading - The Story begins with Jacket in the hospital after he gets shot, the Bug Room is his mind slowly cobbling itself back together. The three people are each there to remind him of something important - who he is, who he 'loves', and who he hates. It doesn't take long to remember his enemies. The Owl dies when it's no longer needed. The early levels are him reliving events as he recovers from his wounds, with the people in the Bug Room checking up on him regularly to walk him through it. The weirdness is some blend of drug, dream, and general surreal tone of the game. Once they've come full circle to the gunshot in the apartment, we're back up to speed. Jacket now knows what he needs to do, wakes from his coma and gets down to business. (Note- we stop getting any intermissions or dream-stuff after Trauma. We're awake now. This is real.) Then he goes on his big vengeance rampage that doesn't get him any answers, but gets as close to closure as he wants. PhoneHom could have gone either way in this. Jacket could easily re-imagine himself as the winner of that fight when looking back, even if he really limped home after getting a face-full of boot. Failing to stop the biker could even be what got Richter sent after him. The great thing about a work that leaves stuff up in the air rather than spelling it out is that there's room for lots of thoughts to work.
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