
"It's the year 1963 in a world that replaced computers with human brains," is how horror game Brainshell describes its setup. "The nuclear arms race has led to a point of no return. Your government uses propaganda, brainwashing and body modifications to create the ultimate weapon: a conscious nuclear missile." I checked BBC News, looked outside at the gloom, and decided that, sure, I could do with a nice break today. Brainshell's demo it is.
The game's development is simply credited to Brainshell Team, which says it's "4 Finnish game devs making weird and experimental games." I usually try to describe games with better words than 'weird', since it makes deliberate choices sound like a bunch of visionary drunkards threw paint at the wall until it started resembling an aesthetic and decided, yep, we're definitely geniuses. But sure, Brainshell Team. It is weird.