Birdland

Rock, Paper, Shotgun
A lot of it reminds me of the pared back, adult-esque dialogue between the teenagers in Youth in Revolt. A kind of unreal chatter I love to hear.
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Rock, Paper, Shotgun
It’s Twine, but with an unusual format; it’s a lesbian YA romance; and it’s an exploration of how teenagers learn to define their personalities, expressed through the medium of game stats. It’s charming and polished enough that you don’t have to work too hard to get into it, but there’s enough there to support further thought. You don’t feel like you have to play it more than once to get a good experience, but there’s plenty to reward you if you do. Birdland demands little and yet offers much, which is a rare accomplishment for any kind of art.
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spooky action at a distance
Birdland has at its heart a story about a young woman figuring out the sort of person she wants to be, and overcoming the difficulties of being shy, or weak, or scared, and maybe falling in love, and maybe solving a mystery. And all of that is encompassed in the voice of the narration, which combines a genuineness and an absurdity which effectively unites all of the disparate choices that the reader can make.
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80% Relatable
Two Queers Play BIRDLAND
I know it's not 2020 anymore, but consider this our last hurrah. For December, our Patrons asked we play something from YA interactive fiction writer Brendan Patrick Hennessy, and what would be more appropriate for us than a novel about strange, anthropomorphic dream birds? Please enjoy this two-part series of Hennessy's phenomenal teenage camp adventure, BIRDLAND.
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