Defending & Critiquing YIIK: A Postmodern RPG

YIIK released in 2019 and was immediately lambasted on social media for everything from plagiarism to peddling racist and sexist ideologies. But is any of that actually true? Join me down a rabbit hole that went far deeper than I ever thought possible. TIMESTAMPS: Introduction - 0:00 What is YIIK? - 2:15 PART 1 - Story Synopsis & Review Story 1 (Intro to Hotel) - 4:11 Alex's Narration - 7:05 Art Direction - 8:35 Story 2 (Frankton to Wind Town Sewers) - 9:40 Combat Basics - 16:15 The Mind Dungeon - 20:18 Story 3 (Wind Town to Mountain Cave) - 21:49 Combat Continued - 26:20 Music - 27:20 Two Unique Demos - 28:55 Story 4 (Vella's Mind Dungeon to Twin Pines Mall) - 31:44 Puzzle Tools - 35:24 What is Two Brothers? - 36:46 Story 5 (Essentia Mind Dungeon to New Year’s Eve) - 39:14 Rory - 46:40 ONISM 1999 - 49:29 Story 6 (The Ending) - 51:32 Story 7 (The 2nd Ending) - 1:04:37 Story ? (The "Hidden" Third Ending) - 1:07:55 Story β (The Beta Ending) - 1:12:38 PART 2 - Controversies & Analysis - 1:15:14 Did YIIK Plagiarize? - 1:16:20 Did YIIK romanticize the death of Elisa Lam? - 1:21:04 Are we supposed to like Alex? - 1:27:22 Gaming Reactions to YIIK - 1:34:13 Did YIIK condone domestic abuse? - 1:36:59 Is YIIK Alt-Right/sexist? 1:39:00 Did YIIK make light of pedophilia? - 1:43:14 Is YIIK transphobic? - 1:46:44 Does Ackk Studios think video games aren't art? - 1:48:08 Interviewing Andrew Allanson - 1:53:18 What is gained from ostracizing Ackk Studios? - 1:59:43 Conclusion - 2:03:10 Postscript - 2:07:55 Twitter - @GameOkayTV YIIK: A Postmodern RPG is available on PlayStation, Switch, Xbox Game Pass and PC/Mac.