Let’s play: Reality

Timon has his own YouTube-channel. Here he plays and reviews computer games, probing their weaknesses and potential for cheats. His follower numbers could do with a boost though. All the better that he is asked to review a new type of game. “Reality” is a mixture of strategy simulation and action adventure, a first-person roleplaying game with real-time survival horror elements. Timon is amazed by how lifelike the gameplay in “Reality” is. Having died a few deaths in the Wild West he decides to try life in the present day. Here, he is confronted with the challenges of real life. Timon the famous games reviewer is himself put to the test. For real.

Over the last few years, Let’s Play videos have become a genre in their own right. Thilo Reffert brings this format onto the stage and asks, what does the world look like if we view it as a game? And what does it mean to win?