Tuesday Media Rec: Finding Hope in Kentucky Route Zero by lilyalexandre

Media Type: Video Easay
Genre: Media Commentary
Length: 40 minutes
Warnings: Spoilers for Kentucky Route Zero, Apocalypse, Depression,
Complete/Ongoing: Complete
Free/Paid: Free
Distributor:YouTube/Nebula

Creator's Website: Lilyalexandre's Nebula


Summary: In Kentucky Route Zero, the world is ending, and you can’t save it. Can you find a good life anyway?

Review: Lily Alexander is one of my favorite video essayists. This essay is her only one about a video game but she brings her same editing sensibilities to the project. Music underscores the points she is trying to make and on screen text from the game is summarize to help keep the pace.

The game itself is a slower point and click adventure that doesn't follow the traditional genre structures. LA does a good job exploring these differences from a trans and disabled POV. While also walking you through the story and it's atmosphere.

Finding Hope in Kentucky Route Zero