No news is good news
Dunno if youve noticed, but theres been a whole lot of news lately.
Too much news in fact.
Growing up, we barely had any news.
There was just one bit of news that wed all have to share.
And it was the same news, every day.
The news about the hole in the ozone layer.
And it was all the news we needed.
Not For Broadcastputs you in charge of all of the news.
In front of you is the main broadcast screen showing the shot youve selected.
Youve got some basic rules to follow.
Keep the camera on whoevers talking, but not for too long.
Cut away to wide-angle and reaction shots occasionally, but dont linger.
And above all, dont let a tit or an arse get on the news.
To keep your editing fingers warmed up, Not For Broadcast likes to throw you plenty of weird curveballs.
Some of the slapstick sketch comedy lands nicely.
Which is all a bit… unsubtle?
In the studio its all cockwomble this and Johnny Hamsleeves that.
At home youre concerned that your teenage son has joined some sort of Hitler Youth programme.
Its a bit like if This War Of Mine had been interspersed with a series of Cooking Mama minigames.
Theres also a weird disconnect between the moral choices youre being asked to make and the politics on display.
But what if the left got into power and took our money?
doesnt seem like an appropriately terrifying scenario to present a player with in 2022.
A strange, funny, and enormously ambitious game, Not For Broadcast is unlike anything else Ive played.
