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If F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a commentary on the American Dream, Slate (http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/05/the_great_gatsby_the_video_game_can_you_attain_the _american_dream.html)'s The Great Gatsby: The Video Game continues that narrative in the most straightforward, nihilistic manner. In short, you're on a boat and there's a green light at the end of the screen, mimicking the green light at the end of Daisy's dock in the novel. Largely, that light is regarded as representing hope.
Using minimalist controls - right and left arrows on the keyboard - in The Great Gatsby: The Video Game, guide Gatsby across the rocky waters and to the green light. If you can. Spoilers: You can't. Pippin Barr would be so proud (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/11/pippin-barrs-philosophy-of-developing-curious-games/).http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.joystiq.com)The Great Gatsby: The Video Game offers hopeful 8-bit commentary (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/the-great-gatsby-the-video-game-offers-hopeful-8-bit-commentary/) originally appeared on Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com) on Mon, 06 May 2013 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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If F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a commentary on the American Dream, Slate (http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/05/the_great_gatsby_the_video_game_can_you_attain_the _american_dream.html)'s The Great Gatsby: The Video Game continues that narrative in the most straightforward, nihilistic manner. In short, you're on a boat and there's a green light at the end of the screen, mimicking the green light at the end of Daisy's dock in the novel. Largely, that light is regarded as representing hope.
Using minimalist controls - right and left arrows on the keyboard - in The Great Gatsby: The Video Game, guide Gatsby across the rocky waters and to the green light. If you can. Spoilers: You can't. Pippin Barr would be so proud (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/11/pippin-barrs-philosophy-of-developing-curious-games/).http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.joystiq.com)The Great Gatsby: The Video Game offers hopeful 8-bit commentary (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/06/the-great-gatsby-the-video-game-offers-hopeful-8-bit-commentary/) originally appeared on Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com) on Mon, 06 May 2013 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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