Judero

As my time with Judero came to a close, I felt more like a kid watching a library puppet show than an aging writer sitting in front of his laptop with a DualSense controller. Just like a child might ignore the nylon strings holding a marionette aloft or the arm disappearing up a dummy’s backside, I was more than willing to overlook some inconsistent gameplay in order to fully give myself over to the game’s psychedelic adventure. Judero is special in a way video games often no longer aspire to be, melding the developers’ artistic sensibilities with the unique interactivity of the medium into an experience that feels just as untamed as the Scottish fairy tales from which it draws inspiration.