Meta Games, Meta Games, Meta Games. Is This Where We’re Headed?
The upcoming indie game Calendula is getting called a lot of things. A horror game. An atmospheric game. A meta game. Meta seems to be becoming one of those words people only kinda-sorta know the meaning of, but like to use anyway. Right? Anything that is sufficiently weird or happens to break the fourth wall is getting called meta now. It’s like how everybody started using “ironic” a few years back toward anything that was a bit coincidental or sarcastic. But from everything that is coming out of Calendula, it does appear to be a real wallop of a meta experience in gaming, and is helping continue gaming toward a clear trend of weirdification. And that’s great.
