ImmorTall is a haunting, disturbing, Flash "game"

Here's a Flash "game" which I'm not going to tag as a time-waster. Not because it's work-related, but because if this is what you do "for fun", your life is not a fun place. Just saying.

ImmorTall casts you as a vaguely anime-eqsue blobby-looking massive alien. There's a haunting (and deeply irritating) soundtrack, consisting mainly of discordant guitar chords plucked really slowly.

Your job in the "game" is to protect a bunch of villagers (Vietnamese-looking, but can be of any nationality really) from an attacking army. You can apparently take any number of hits from incoming airplanes, tanks and infantry, so you use your body as a shield to protect the civilians. As the game progresses you go over the same scenery again and again, but the attacks become more frequent. Then, you die.

I mean, seriously. I don't think there's a way to win this thing. It's not really a game. What it is, though, is a political statement against war and its futility. At least that's what I think. Otherwise there's really no point to it at all. Still, it did make me feel something (other than irritation at the soundtrack).

Tags: art, flash, game, politics