One extremely strange memory I have is from when I was running track in high school. One day, we were going out into the suburbs to run long laps throughout town. I was sick with something, starting to get a headache. I was nauseous, and each lap was more painful than the last. And in my delirious half-awake state, I kept thinking about the song Creep, by Radiohead. It was just stuck in my head and I struggled to think of anything else. I could hardly stay conscious, but I kept running. The longer I did, the more distorted my memory of the song became. All kinds of different versions repeated in my head ceaselessly as I literally descended into madness, disassociating from the extreme pain my entire body was in. I could not stop thinking about Creep by Radiohead.
It's a strange memory, feels half like a dream. A very early experience in feeling very very bad.
So I remember when I first played Relentless City of Thoughts, and a sped-up midi version of Creep started playing in the exercise section, it brought me back to that moment. Such a random and strange thing, that immediately made me feel the stress of running and running with no choice to stop. All of the ideas about the absolute chaos of living in the contemporary world were really enhanced by that experience.
Such a great weird game. The postmodern chaos is just so effective, and really funny too. It's interesting just how impactful that one part happened to be. Brilliant, honestly. Love it.