I've often said that videogames can be the most amazing form of media as they can be as varied as movies and novels but they also have the added benefit of player agency.

Too often, the headline games are about shooting and killing, or worse, matching three fruits/ gems/ numbers! However, every now and again a game comes along that refreshes the palette and offers you look at the medium through a different lens and that's what The Artful Escape does. It's a story of a young musician living in the shadow of his dead famous Uncle who wants to express himself musically but feels he can't. By going through a trippy journey across alien backgrounds and worlds, many of which could have been lifted from the prog rock album covers from the 70s, he finds the strength to be true to himself.

It's a short journey, lasting about 3 hours, but boy is it a spectacle. The visual flair on show is phenomenal whilst the music matches the epic-ness of the game. If you haven't, please do check out The Artful Escape as it's a pretty unforgettable journey. Okay, all you do is press right and occasionally jump but not everything need to be a frame-reading, ball-buster of a game.

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