untangling virginia

If you go down to the Kingdom woods, you’re sure of a weird surprise. If you go down to those woods today, they’re full of the FBI. ‘Cause sleepy towns on 90s TV all hide dark secrets amidst the trees – Today’s the day the team talk about Virginia.

This week Drew and Chella Argue the Toss about the debut game by developer Variable State – an ethereal, wordless first-person mystery thriller that’s equal parts Twin Peaks, X-Files, Silence of the Lambs and the Outer Limits. Grab a cup of coffee – damn good coffee, and hot – and listen along.

Warning: Contains spoilers. Or does it? Isn’t that all just down to interpretation?

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Chella Ramanan
Chella hails from the UK and joined Gameindustry.com around the year 2000. It was so many moons ago, she can't quite remember. Back then, the only women you saw in the games industry were in bikinis and vertiginous heels at trade shows - oh how times have changed, kind of. Chella started as a humble reviewer, but soon became our European Correspondent and keeps us on top of industry happenings across the Pond. She tends to like the weird Japanese games we've never heard of, so that's good for making us look all-encompassing and stuff. Chella does like games, so don't be fooled by the copious amount of columns devoted to bemoaning the lack of variety in the industry. When she's not surfing (the sea, not the internet) or camping up mountains, Chella likes a good action RPG (especially if it's sci-fi), anything with a good narrative and like we said, the weirder the better. She's also a regular in the GiN Lounge, but that's just because we like her accent.