The Beginner's Guide

an incredibly honest exploration of our relationship with art and the people around us. a line about house cleaning made me sob like a child. not really used to art that's this blunt without even a hint of post-irony. makes me want to get used to that. absolutely still worth playing more than 10 years after its initial release, and will undoubtedly continue to be for decades to come.

2 found this helpful, 2026-09-06

The remarkable thing about The Beginner's Guide is that it manages to express deep ideas without being didactic. These ideas are as high-minded and far-reaching as the nature of the relationship between artist and audience, and as specific as the differences between game development in the commercial sphere and game development for personal fulfillment. The way the game presents these ideas is simple: the player...

2 found this helpful, 2026-08-27

possibly the most thought provoking game ive ever played. really dwelves into the psyche of someone and the perspective someone else has into their work. the philosophy goes much deeper than someone who is burnt out and someone who wants to help them. I reccomend thinking about every little detail and what it means symbolically.

1 found this helpful, 2026-09-12

I think I've wasted 81 minutes on this but the sunken cost fallacy forbids me from saying anything negative about it

3 found this helpful, 2026-08-27

I get what the game is trying to do. For what it is, it is well made. The voice acting is good, it is very unique, intriguing at first, and then gets kinda eerie. The point is that it is narrative driven and it does that well to an extent, but weirdly enough, despite it being about 90 minutes, it felt a bit too long. At about 40 minutes I was starting to get semi-bored but kept playing because so many people were...

3 found this helpful, 2026-09-08

A unique, personal experience that is hard to put into words. Not a game but more of a deep dive into someone's psyche. Can't write more without spoiling it but I can highly recommend it!

1 found this helpful, 2026-09-21

That was quite shocking. I am incredibly happy I decided to buy, to sit through this experience of a game myself. It's seldom, but I had seen a lot of disscusion whether videogames are more games or art, and now I know what to give as an argument for a true art. There are a lot to think through, to understand, to unravel. Such a unique masterpiece, one of a kind, probably. It's interesting and rare to see...

1 found this helpful, 2026-09-21