Cloudbusting
Peter is a guy with his head in the clouds.
Well, sort of.
A climate science lecturer at Cambridge University, Peter’s great passion in life is cloud research.
He finds them so fascinating that they’re the subject of his 100-page PhD thesis.
Its a poetic subject and one that matches his temperament as a boyish and awkward researcher.
Its this tension that makesSouth Of The Circlesuch an engrossing story.
But with an abrupt ending after a calculated slow-burn drama, it’s a rough landing.
When we first meet Peter he’s not in a good way.
This intercutting between past and present is one of the best elements of the game.
Each time youre bounced back and forth, theres always a transition.
It’s a great way of joining past to present and makes everything very visually slick.
It’s frustrating at first, but the thematic weight behind the choices makes them infinitely more interesting.
Yeesh), we see Peter constantly having to grapple with his masculinity on a personal and societal level.
It’s a shame about the ending - but its about the journey, not the destination, right?
