Mix Tape

Mix Tape is an introspective look at a relationship. You play as Valentine, whose boyfriend Peter has taken her to a cliff overlooking the ocean. You brought the scrapbook of your relationship. He wants to burn it -- he feels he's betrayed you and desires to restart his history anew. You play through a series of three small vignettes representing different points of your relationship.

The writing in this game is so good. It's poetic and it understands itself. I was very impressed by its prose throughout: one highlight, "You look down at the scrapbook. Smiling faces and tokens of your relationship stare back at you. Each posed photo, each impromptu poem scribbled down, each journal entry is a slap in the face."

The game is short but sweet, and it hits a lot of emotional highs and lows. Just the framing device alone is worth playing for. This is a beautiful game, and one I'd definitely recommend. I wish I could put into words how much it affected me, but this'll have to do.