So let’s shake the metaphorical etch-a-sketch and look at one of the central questions of Blade Runner that the “is Deckard a Replicant?” issue really serves as a stalking horse for: What is the relationship between memory and identity?
Read MoreReplaying this game is, essentially, a reunion with the person I was when I first encountered it. The problem is that I don’t really care about who I was at that point in time. I can’t change the past, and I can’t regain any sort of meaning from hanging out with a fourth-grader. It’s not that returning to it is an unpleasant experience, it’s that I feel I’ve scraped just about everything out of this piece of media that I can get.
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