![]() It begins with five teenagers visiting an island near their hometown for a raucous high school party. That is the plot of Oxenfree: someone bored and restless teases the unknown, and after poking it too much, enters a downward spiral where everything goes to hell. The exhilaration of going against something, anything different from mundane life, is why we become thrill-seekers. And while the most dangerous thing I ever encountered was asbestos, it illustrated for me why we seek the unknown, even when aware of the danger. ![]() I was a dumb teenager, driven by curiosity and a confidence in my immortality. Oxenfree reminds me of those nights in dark, weird places. I trekked through dark rooms in middle-end hotels and strangers' houses, guided by the small green light of an electromagnetic field detector. During my college years, I went on a few ghost hunts.
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