Well, so what? I said earlier that there are no consequences to Shay’s actions, but that’s not quite true. We’ve already established that Shay is a gamer living in a closed system where he automatically accepts his role as designated hero, the only one who can save the day. He is everyone who ever played the first Bioshock. Shay doesn’t question any of this because it makes sense to him as a game narrative. He believes that there’s a secret war, that these innocent creatures are being held captive, that enemy ships are approaching, that he can’t go see the creatures because of “germs”, and so on and so forth. So he doesn’t question his position as the designated hero, but he also doesn’t question the premise of the adventure. The transporter shrinks his head, everything else makes it bigger He lives in a completely closed off system, a spaceship which has been programmed to keep him safe and entertained. ( Spoilers ahead!)įirst off, Shay is a gamer. Shay’s story, through his attitudes and interactions with the world around him, is actually a critique of a gamer mindset that leads to that trope. It became clear to me as I progressed that Shay is not just another white male hero, and he’s not even just another critique of the trope. However, as I played through the game on the night of the release I was excited to see that Shay’s story, as well as Vella’s, held hidden depths. At first I was disappointed to see that the other protagonist, Shay, was another standard young white male.
Excitingly, one of the protagonists, Vella, is a young woman of color.
In this game, players can switch between two protagonists as they go through their own (initially disconnected) stories. (All images screencaps from the game.)Īs a Kickstarter backer, I was very excited to finally get my hands on the new Double Fine adventure game, Broken Age.
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