Dreamfall And Lain

I just completed Dreamfall, and can't help but love the tracks by Magnet... They really made me cry, given how apt they were to certain really touching scenes in the game. I know that on principle the game isn't exactly the greatest. I mean it's short and the navigation isn't exactly very good. However, it appeals to me at every turn. It's got sci fi and fantasy. It's got a lonely girl who's able to shift between realities of sorts. It's got an overall tragic ending. It's got a crow.

And that's where Lain comes in. Most who have watched Lain would already understand the significance of the crow. Lain's ending is pretty much bittersweet just as is Dreamfall's. Shifting between realities is a central theme in both. Lonely girl is a character I can relate to and both protagonists aren't exactly very social. Of course, being able to blend both sci-fi and fantasy in a single package is great. Pity Lain didn't really get into that.

Dreamfall reminds me of the fine lines between dreams and reality, and how "dreams" may affect reality at some fundamental level. Pretty much like how Lain's presence on the Wired ("dream" world) is affecting reality just as Zoe's affecting the real world by presence on the dreamscape and the static on the Wire. Two very technologically advanced societies! Strangely enough, both Lain and Zoe don't really know who their mothers are, and there's the distinct possibility that they're sort of artificial constructs produced by megacorps. Interesting. Moreover, there's a girl that died and got stuck on the Wire(d) in both stories...

Of course, accessing the dreams also reminds me of something I've lost, or feel that I've lost. It feels like I have lost the ability to "shift", metaphorically speaking. Not at will anyway. I guess these are some things that really make me gravitate to things like Lain and Dreamfall.