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#20: Psychonauts -- The Milkman Conspiracy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF7aIWxfgnA

The Milkman Conspiracy is one of the most brilliant and twisted journeys I've embarked upon. Going through the addled mind of an unhinged conspiracy theorist, Boyd, who's blocking the gate I need to rescue my friends, I must find my way to the Milkman, the center of a vast worldwide conspiracy.

This is a fantastic use of level design to convey characterization and tone. Everything in this bizarre suburbia fuels the unease. Everything is suspect. Everything is watching. The streets of this saccharine suburbia twist upon themselves, a tightly raveled knot guarding the dark secrets of the Milkman within. The G-men robots stand guard across where I need to be, and in order to infiltrate them, I must become one of them. Meanwhile, the cute Rainbow Squirts are everpresent, selling cookies with a cold, dead look in their eyes. It retains the hilarity of the game, but there's a tension in every one of my laughs; I'm both bewildered and worried about what I'll unearth next. How close is this to being how it actually feels to be a conspiracy theorist?

Several pieces of the level stand out, but I can't really separate them from the rest of the level, which is why this is probably the longest "moment" on this list. The best one has to be when a Rainbow Squirt does her best Lee Harvey Oswald impression at the Book Depository, but upon my confrontation, the girl scout throws herself from the building with a suicide cookie vest. It is simultaneously absurdly funny and completely fucked up. Indeed, that's how it is when I revive The Milkman in the end, and his explosive "deliveries" obliterate the wretched landscape around him.

And it turns out I've brought the Milkman back in the real world, too. I've unleashed him upon the world once more. At least I got the gate open.
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