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the static speaks my name

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A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank with pet shrimp. Be warned, the game contains explicit handling of suicide.

For people that have played the game elsewhere, this is the original version, not an expansion or HD remake.

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thewhalehusband
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the whale husband
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the whale husband
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Website
http://www.thewhalehusband.com

System requirements for macOS

Minimum:
  • OS: OS X 10.7
  • Graphics: Graphics card: DX9 (shader model 2.0) capabilities; generally everything made since 2004 should work.
  • Storage: 72 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Made in Unity 4.6. Should run on most computers purchased within the last six years.

System requirements for PC

Minimum:
  • OS: Windows XP+
  • Graphics: Graphics card: DX9 (shader model 2.0) capabilities; generally everything made since 2004 should work.
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 66 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Made in Unity 4.6. Should run on most computers purchased within the last six years.

System requirements for Linux

Minimum:
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04+
  • Graphics: Graphics card: DX9 (shader model 2.0) capabilities; generally everything made since 2004 should work.
  • Storage: 71 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Made in Unity 4.6. Should run on most computers purchased within the last six years. I haven't had many Linux users yet, so let me know if it doesn't run. I'll do my best to get it working.
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the static speaks my name reviews and comments

"The Static Speaks My Name" is a short but powerfull work of art that treats subjects like depression, mental illness and suicide with a sad but twisted story that will be on your mind for days. The game length is aproximatly 25 minutes or less and its free, so theres no excuse not to play it.
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Microsoft from Deutsch
I played this game for 15 minutes.. and its over... this isn´t a game! it´s just horrible. You can´t decide anything to change the game mode. But the idea is very good like a Real Life adventure.
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Microsoft from French
It's pretty funny we relive the day before the death of a person completely paranoid about a photo/painting. By analyzing everything, there are still incomprehensible things that make us ask ourselves questions... My game test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ona4dqvC5nc
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Microsoft from French
This game is huge. ---Attention, the rest will be spoil that will completely spoil your experience on this game, be careful!! ---We regret however the duration (12 minutes for my part) as well that the fact that in the end we see other bubbles with people, and I would have liked to play with other people.
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Microsoft from French
For those who have 5 minutes to lose try. For others:-get up-stop the alarm clock-go to the toilet-lunch-empty fridge, eat shrimp in the Aquarium-go on the computer, blabla useless, whatever you answer it will not say what you choose-find a guy in a cage in a room hidden behind the bi Library, and open it-go hang-end of the game explanations? No. Just there is a room full of paintings with crap written on it, to give an impression that there is a profound meaning, that it is artistic or what. No, just a big piece of crap.
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Microsoft from Deutsch
Hello Guys, i played the game some minutes ago: Here my german Let's Play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT_ibc8lciQ what can i say to the game -> You should now i downloaded it blind without reading any comment or looked any video before. But i can say i find it realy disturbing, its wired thing to play that people starting suicide. I think a game should make fun and should start to make you a little bit more happy, but the target of that game is to show you more sadness then anything else. Sorry but this game have nothing good, the graphic is bad, there is no story and the only sense is suicide?!
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Microsoft from Deutsch
This Game has absolutely nothing to do with Horror. The only thing that made me gruse a bit was the Music. I really expected a little less than a Jump scare or something. The "Game" is mainly about my one apparently Depresiding man playing a very "normal" daily routine and taking his Own life at the End. If you now Count one and one together, this Game is not a Horror Game because only the Music is slightly scary. That's why a legitimate Thumbs down. If you had a bit more "Horror" built in like Shadows that move, you would end up or a few Jumpscares would definitely have come a bit closer to the Title "Horror." So enough negative, positive I catch the Controls and the Atmosphere. But that was it already. I end culprit myself for my eventual Spelling Mistakes!!
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