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A deeply personal, but flawed, tale of online romance 0
Cibele is a strange game to review - as a stark, semi-autobiographical story, it sometimes feels that critiquing the game is in some way passing judgement on a person's life. That this feeling kept cropping whilst planning and writing this view highlighted the game's key strength - the main character, Nina, resonated with me so strongly (in a way that I did not expect) that I didn't want to criticise the game. Sadly, the narrative failed to have any lasting impact, and a flawed design hindered m...
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An Intimate Short Story of Young Love in the Digital Age 0
Cibele brought back a lot of memories of early online dating. While the story of Cibele is unique to Nina Freeman, it is familiar enough to anyone who had similar online dating experiences when it was more associated with online chat rooms and MMOs. OkCupid, Tinder, and a slew of other services may have brought online dating to a mainstream audience, but there was a time when exploring romance digitally was seen by the public as the domain of nerds and sexual perverts. Cibele not only effectivel...
1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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