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them to be precise, and for each, there will be
an album of music (licensed music, much like
the Grand Theft Auto series).
For winter we will have David Bowie’s Low:
glacial, harsh, sparse, synthetic. The key will be
the closing track “Subterraneans.” Think of that
sax. Hear that sax.
For spring we will have Talk Talk’s Spirit of
Eden: similarly harsh, glacial and sparse. But
organic. Ever so organic. I’ve spent two months
listening to Spirit of Eden as the sun rises. This
is spring.
For summer we will have Tim Buckley’s
Happy/Sad: similarly organic, similarly jazzy/
folky. But warm. Ever so warm.
And for autumn we have The Durutti
Column’s The Return Of The Durutti Column:
similar to Happy/Sad but not similarly jazzy.
Sad. So sad. The passing of time, of seasons,
of everything. Note the first track: “Sketch FOR
Summer.” And then later “Sketch FOR Winter.”
Autumn is obviously a time of change. You can
feel this music change: from bird song and a
thousand guitars intertwined to a solitary guitar
fading away repeating itself like a last breath.
I’m presuming that most of you won’t have
heard any of these songs. But I assure you that
they fit. They even flow together, sort of, in my
head. The music is the core of the game. Or, at
least it is when you combine it with the walking.
Skylarking is a slow game, there are no set
pieces. There is just the player.
ment.
In an environment, but not his environ-
Skylarking’s cover would be austere,
oversized and pretentious (much like the game
itself). It would not be a game you’d want to
play, at least not more than once. It’s a game
to sit on a coffee table and be pretentious. Just
being there would be enough. It would not be a
game for me or you. It would be a game for all
those worthy folks who don’t play games. They
would, however, have this. An unfun game. An
important game. A valid game.
Note: There would be two other songs that play
over the credits. For our bad ending, “Sleep Will
Come” by The Durutti Column. And for our good
ending, “Orchid Girl” by Aztec Camera. The end-
ing would be chosen randomly.
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