Before the Law

Andrew Arias

Aug 27, 2012 - Public

Just read Kafka's Short Story "Before the Law" and the game adaption by Brizzi. Interesting how the story version creates an event occurring between the author and the audience (reader) rather than an event concerning the choice of the audience (gamer) leading to either death without successful completion of mission or gallantry leading the player-controlled character to "the law". The game allows ...

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Just read Kafka's Short Story "Before the Law" and the game adaption by Brizzi. Interesting how the story version creates an event occurring between the author and the audience (reader) rather than an event concerning the choice of the audience (gamer) leading to either death without successful completion of mission or gallantry leading the player-controlled character to "the law". The game allows for less of an open-ended narrative, with the opportunity for the player to choose to enter the gate or not, where the player (upon entering) finds "the law" blank and with "no answers". This appeared to be a metaphor for life and the absence of a true manual to live our lives by as human beings. All of our codes, laws and rules we live by are entirely up to us. No one can truly stop you, there is no supreme law.