Glimpses

What’s going on in their mind? The first Psychonauts released quite a while ago – 2005, to be precise. When I heard of it, I was actually searching for games that had something to do with dreams. Although Psychonauts isn’t based on any such theme, it does involve infiltrating minds and, in some cases, even influencing them. In that sense, much of its story takes place in an imaginary, astral plane; much the same way as dreams. Although, at the time, Psychonauts wasn’t exactly what I was looking for, I was still intrigued by its premise. Hopping inside people’s minds sounded exciting. On numerous occasions, we have met someone who seemed interesting or annoying or maybe even both, and wondered what goes on in their mind. What causes them to act the way they do, think the way they do, what’s the machinery like that is churning out all those witty/annoying things they are saying? Psychonauts offers just that, with each mind constructed as uniquely as the personality of its owner. A ‘M...