Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 (Video Game, 2025)
Clair Obscure Expedition 33 (2025) “Sometimes, we paint the bars of our own prison.” "And repaint your throat while you're in there, before you completely forget how to have a conversation." “I treat you as if the shadow from the worst day of our lives is going to suffocate you, and take you from us too!” "It's going to be okay… it's going to be okay… huh. You have this incredible power to paint. You'll never have to suffer a life you don't want.” -Clair Obscure Expedition 33 There seem to be moments every year where a film or video game truly understands the medium that they inhabit, conveying to an audience, to you and to me, a powerful understanding of the impact and nuance of the human experience. This year is no different, perhaps it's a medium that may be unfamiliar to some of you. However, by my estimation that does not lessen its emotional and thematic relevance by one fraction of a pixelized inch. I wish there was some way to e...