Comments on: Feeling Negative: Bars Of Black And White

By: Thomas Lawrence

Thomas Lawrence — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:18:02 +0000

baf was right, I kicked myself.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:54:18 +0000

I can never do these things, so perhaps my success in finishing it makes me like it more but: I thought this was really good.
Yeah, it’s a bit derivative (Portal meets They Live!) but every step seemed really logical to me (being shit at adventure games); atmosphere was really well-done, and I don’t think it’s ever occured to me just how sinister the basic concept of Escape the Room games are.

By: Igor Hardy

Igor Hardy — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:49:59 +0000

Figuring out that the computer monitor is a touch screen was way too hard!

By: Tei

Tei — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:51:27 +0000

I like the game, is a sucess as a game, and a trippy experience.
What I don’t know is why is so taxing on the CPU, maybe is the chat thing on the right.

By: Vandelay

Vandelay — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:31:39 +0000

I didn’t find using the pills on the spider that weird. It is obvious from the barcodes you’ve read that you are a prisoner in this place and being studied, and I think one of them might have even said something about drugging you or some such. But still, I tried the knife on the spider first too, though I hadn’t picked up the pills yet.

Quite liked it, but I agree with James G that many of the messages were too heavy handed and clichéd. I got a little bit of the seen it all before from it. But not a terrible way to waste a few minutes.

By: CreativeShadows

CreativeShadows — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:15:25 +0000

never mind just found it :) obvious barcode is obvious………. too obvious

By: CreativeShadows

CreativeShadows — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:12:35 +0000

hmm cant find the last barcode :(

By: Down Rodeo

Down Rodeo — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:02:38 +0000

I liked that… as others have said, use pills on spider is a bit weird. But then, you are a bit insane…

By: Bret

Bret — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:21:42 +0000

The aperture science bar-code scanner will not threaten to stab you and in fact cannot speak.

By: Dorian Cornelius Jasper

Dorian Cornelius Jasper — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:01:37 +0000

James G:

Yeah, I was definitely getting Portal flashbacks in my first playthrough.

By: Shakey-Lo

Shakey-Lo — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:25:14 +0000

Oh wow, its got a Wholphin DVD! It’s got my interest.

By: Lizard Dude

Lizard Dude — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:27:27 +0000

Didn’t find the latter half of the barcodes until my second playthrough.

I also didn’t realize until the second playthrough that

-spoiler-

The barcode obsession derives from the mental patient’s only view of the outside world: his vertically-barred cell door window.