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Weve seen clean, functional systems deteriorate pretty quickly once windows start breaking. There are other factors that can contribute to software rot, and we'll touch on some of them elsewhere, but neglect accelerates the rot faster than any other factor.

At this point it is not inevitable that serious crime will flourish or violent attacks on strangers will occur. But many residents will think that crime, especially violent crime, is on the rise, and they will modify their behavior accordingly. They will use the streets less often, and when on the streets will stay apart from their fellows, moving with averted eyes, silent lips, and hurried steps. "Don't get involved." For some residents, this growing atomization will matter little, because the neighborhood is not their "home" but "the place where they live." Their interests are elsewhere; they are cosmopolitans. But it will matter greatly to other people, whose lives derive meaning and satisfaction from local attachments rather than worldly involvement; for them, the neighborhood will cease to exist except for a few reliable friends whom they arrange to meet.

Programming is insanely detail oriented, and perhaps this is why: if you're not on top of the details, the perception is that things are out of control, and it's only a matter of time before your project spins out of control. Maybe we should be sweating the small stuff.

Ghostwire: Tokyo is a bit of an oddity. It's one of the last games published under the Bethesda Softworks umbrella, as Microsoft acquired the publisher and all the studios attached to it. It spent a year as a PlayStation console exclusive, despite being owned by Xbox. It's an open-world action-adventure game exploring the Japanese supernatural and paranormal mythology. It was the first game from Tango Gameworks that didn't fall under the horror genre.

As I played Ghostwire: Tokyo for the first time, it's that last point that resonated in my mind the most. I'm a huge fan of horror games, and I absolutely love The Evil Within series that put Tango Gameworks on the map. I often found myself wishing as I explored the Shibuya region of Tokyo that Tango had held on to its horror roots more firmly with Ghostwire: Tokyo. There was so much potential in this setting and world that Tango built, hampered by the action-adventure gameplay layered on top.

To be very clear, I am not suggesting that Tango Gameworks should have stuck with horror. Hi-Fi RUSH is genuinely my #1 game in all of 2023, and there's scarcely a hint of Tango's horror legacy in that cel shaded rhythm brawler. Ghostwire: Tokyo, however, is an open-world action-adventure game with heavy thriller elements, already dipping its toes into the world of horror without fully committing. Unfortunately, the game's biggest weaknesses are outside of its thriller atmosphere.

Open world games can provide some of the greatest gaming experiences, but it's extremely difficult to make an open world that is believable, dynamic, and filled with actually interesting content. Formulaic open worlds saturated with countless collectibles, minor side activities, and other elements that pointlessly fill the map with icons have led to the decline of publishers like Ubisoft's reputation over the years, and Ghostwire: Tokyo unfortunately falls into that category.

Set in Shibuya district of Tokyo, Japan, Ghostwire: Tokyo's world is gorgeous and filled with authentic environmental detail and a ton of verticality. Unfortunately, much of the actual gameplay when exploring this world is "collect literally thousands of spirts, find graffiti, find hidden creatures disguised as other products, find dozens of secret items, find dozens of statues to upgrade your abilities..." it goes on. Without filters, the map is essentially unreadable because of all the icons scattered everywhere.

There is absolutely room for Tango Gameworks to craft a more diverse and dynamic open world in a Ghostwire: Tokyo sequel, of course. The gameplay is also an issue, though, further taking away from the brilliance of this setting and the potential of the Ghostwire franchise.

Sadly, Ghostwire: Tokyo's gameplay often detracts from that setting and atmosphere. This is an action-adventure game with a ton of combat, and at surface level that combat is extremely interesting. You use Ethereal Weaving, a variety of hand signs that manipulate the elements in different ways, as well as mystical Talismans and a mysteriously powerful bow. As you play, you unlock new abilities for combat, traversal, and survival.

This gameplay can be a lot of fun, but it's also very awkward at other times and locks important abilities behind a grind-happy tech tree. More importantly, placing greater priority on the player's combat abilities rather than the danger of the enemies actively makes the game less scary. It doesn't matter how incredibly ominous the design for a new enemy type is if you can deal with them in a matter of seconds with a flashy set of moves.

As I played the final version of Ghostwire: Tokyo on Xbox (with the free Spider's Thread content update), I benefited from the myriad of gameplay improvements Tango Gameworks had made since the game's launch. Still, I found regular oddities and issues, prompting me to think once again that this gameplay wasn't worth the potential trade-offs. I wasn't alone in this thinking, either. You can read our Ghostwire: Tokyo Xbox review from Jez Corden for more in-depth analysis.

There were moments in Ghostwire: Tokyo where I was genuinely scared, usually during main missions. Impeccable atmosphere, clever use of the unexpected, and a magnificent setting made it easy for the terrifying to reveal itself in Ghostwire: Tokyo, but it was too far in between. An over-saturated open world and awkward action-oriented gameplay divided those spooky moments with hours of good (but not great) gaming.

When I played the "Fear for the Children" side quest added in the Spider's Thread update, however, I saw a version of Ghostwire: Tokyo far closer to the potential I recognized in the game. Set in a middle school held hostage by a dangerous otherworldly spirit, this quest line felt more like a survival-horror game than any other part of Ghostwire: Tokyo, and it was my favorite part of the 35 hours I put into the game.

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I watched this somewhere in 2010ish, I think, as a DVD checked out from the library (unfortunately, I check out enough books and movies as to make it difficult to search through their somewhat clunky interface for my history) and probably made around then, with the special effects neither looking dated nor cutting edge (in fact, what I remember is fairly understated, largely practical visual effects and camera angles). A family (husband, wife, at least one child) move into a new house which has many beautiful windows that create designs on the interior floors when the sun shines through them. I want to say that most of those windows were covered with brown paper when they first tour the home, with the realtor making some excuse of trying to protect the flooring from getting damaged by the sunlight.

After they move in, they learn that the person who built the house was a renowned architect who just disappeared one day. Or perhaps the rest of his family disappeared and then he left. I think there's a few scenes where we can see doors visible in mirrors that aren't there when viewed normally. I think the protagonists notice the effect, but assume it's some sort of a trick of the light, or perhaps an intentional optical illusion by the architect. There's an older female neighbor, who they see drop out of sight at her window at some point. I think that the camera moves to inside that house, where the old lady is swallowed up into a pool of dark blood in the carpet, but when the protagonists arrive, there's no sign of her or that blood.

Eventually, they find some evidence (a diary? Notes?) that the architect had found a way to access another world through some combination of lenses and mirrors, and may have built the house to make such a connection feasible. I think their child disappears, leading to them using the notes to find a way to visit the other world, perhaps by blindly reaching for the door that isn't there while watching themselves approach it in the mirror.

A family of three, mother Deborah (Lisa Vidal), father Jim (David Chisum) and son Ian (Joshua Pelegrin) move to L.A. from Seattle after Deb is entranced by a house with beautiful glass pane windows. ...

After having some strange experiences with the mirrors and windows in the house, she talks to her chatty neighbor, who tells her a famous artist and his family used to reside there until they mysteriously disappeared. ...

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