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The Shocking Success of ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ Should Be a Memo to Hollywood: You Need What’s Outside the Box (variety.com)
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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Iron Lung was better than backrooms ngl. I found backrooms kind of awkward and slow, just like the game or the wiki.

[–] Steve@communick.news 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Backrooms is supposed to awkwardly slow.
That's how one builds the general creepy weird feeling they're going for.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 7 points 1 day ago

And yet all it built for me was boredom 😞.