Chapter 119 - It is Destined that the Speaker will be Misunderstood (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Teacher Qiao started analyzing the deeper intentions of Game Designer.
The voice-over represented one’s greed and other’s opinions on their path forward.
The game created an ‘immersive’ feeling via the first-person narrative and the surroundings. At the same time, it created a ‘distanced’ feeling using the voice-over. This atmosphere was truly worth reflecting on for the players.
The choices that the player faced each time completely duplicated the thoughts of game designers. Once one had played the game, one would then understand how hard being a game designer was!
Other than that, Teacher Qiao had elevated the intentions of the game to another level.
“When playing the game, I felt that it resonated deeply with me. Why is that so? I have never had any experience relating to producing games. When I probed into that, I realized that was due to the similarities between producing videos and producing games.
“Or rather, almost all cultural content creators had the same mentality.
“Loneliness.
“As the saying goes, it is destined that the speaker will be misunderstood. The content in Game Designer showcased this point. The performance art outside the game itself showcased that, too.
“Maybe, this is Tengda’s motive for producing this game. They may have already predicted that the sales numbers will be a disaster and that they will not be able to recuperate their loss. However, they hope that they could achieve one thing: they want us to find serenity in this impetuous world. They want us to do things patiently and think patiently as well.
“Where did we come from, and where will we head to? In this impetuous society that we are in, how should we live? What exactly should we be pursuing?”
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After watching this video, the viewers before their screens all sank into complete silence. So… that was what happened?
The ending question in the video pounded on their hearts like a heavy hammer.
When they saw Teacher Qiao’s previous video, many thought that Teacher Qiao was a monkey; and they were the audience to his antics. Right now, they realized that it was actually the reverse. Everything was the reverse!
The viewers were the monkeys, and Teacher Qiao was the one playing with them!
A sponsored video that was so stupid and dubious managed to deceive all its viewers and created a new meme—’Qiao-logy’! All the viewers and netizens participated in this performance art unwittingly. After an experiment, the results were disappointing.
These were the netizens that would ride the wave without thinking deeper!
Very soon, the number of likes for the video skyrocketed. The number of comments increased exponentially, too!
Originally, ‘Qiao-logy’ had become a trend that was in fashion. Many netizens wanted to show off their ‘Qiao-logy’ and keep up with the gossip when they heard that Teacher Qiao had uploaded a new video.
Therefore, this episode received a lot of attention from the very beginning! When the viewers discovered the ‘truth’ behind the video, their mentalities turned 180 degrees. This could be seen from the comments.
“What the f*ck? This is actually a large-scale performance art?”
“Why had game companies become so… ‘innovative’?”
“I’m sorry, my dearest son. Dad had misunderstood you. I will like and forward your video immediately!”
“Teacher Qiao, a contemporary artist!”
“It is destined that the speaker will be misunderstood. I’m crying. What about you guys?”
“I have never expected that Game Designer had such deep intentions. I’ll give it another try!”
Of course, some people thought that Teacher Qiao was trying to whitewash his reputation. However, those voices were quickly buried by other comments. That was because Teacher Qiao’s explanation was more reasonable and appealed to the netizens’ understanding!