Living in a box.
Videogames: pure escapism. Enact extreme, often immoral, experiences that you would never dare explore in real life: steal a car, murder hundreds of people, grow a moustache and stamp turtles to death. But Unpacking ups the ante: how would it feel to keep your cutlery in the second drawer down? Yes, a journey into the mind of a psychopath – depending on how you play it, of course.
If you’re a good-hearted, normal person who correctly keeps their cleaning products under the sink and their toaster on the countertop, Unpacking is a peaceful, meditative game. Presented with some living quarters and some boxes, you unpack personal possessions and arrange them how you like in the home. Each scenario represents a house move at a different time in the main character’s life, beginning with setting up their very own bedroom in the family home.
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