Firstly, as far as some kind of media making me feel uncomfortable? IHGCGITV makes it pretty high on the list. That being said, it’s truly remarkable. The gameplay was challenging (given the right path), the setting appropriate, the concept unique and most importantly of all, it provoked emotional response.

I held a range of feelings while I played it, from warmth from treating the children kindly, through desperation to hide from the police, all the way to shock and disgust with the more severe outcomes of choosing the less moral path. When I was confronted with some pretty extreme choices in the end, none of which I was particularly keen on taking, it made me reflect on the game thus far and think about how that sort of thing starts in real life.

From mere interest to see what would happen, to arousal, empowerment, obsession and a complete change in personality, a playthrough of IHCGITV could just as well be the story of an actual rapist/serial killer. Perhaps they aren’t so keen on taking those choices either, but have something to compel them that the players, as witnesses rather than criminals, are missing?