Ice-Pick Lodge

Once in a blue moon, there comes along a game that renews my hope that one day the medium will be recognized as more than a pastime—perhaps even, dare I say it, art? I would be so bold as to classify Ice Pick Lodge’s The Void as the closest to art a game has ever come, and I don’t write that lightly. But therein comes the dilemma: how does one review art? With that, I must preface my review by saying that there is little enjoyment to be found in The Void. The time I spent in it would be very difficult to describe as “fun,” and there were times when I wondered if I would even have the will to finish it. That being said, it is my firm belief that The Void is one of the most, if not the most, significant game of the decade thus far, bar none.