![]() The one theme that devalued Bulb Boy for me was anything linked to evacuating the bowels. Puss and blood will squirt out of defeated enemies and chopping off body parts is introduced early on. There’s an emphasis on decay with rotting flesh, bones and damaged goods scattered about the levels, and an emphasis on body horror – especially your insides. It’s a colour that gets nauseating to look at – I wouldn’t surprise if this was intentional. It’s also worth noting that the entire game is green. It’s most definitely unsettling to play and there’s plenty of creepy imagery to bite into but eventually it washes over you and the magic wears off. It’s supposed to be shocking and grotesque – and it is – but I found myself shrugging at it and taking it at face-value. Growing up loving Cronenbergian animations, Bulb Boy caught my eye but while playing it I felt entirely desensitised to all the madness unfolding before me. … I just remembered Charlie the Unicorn… I’m getting old. Usually these cartoons would be nonsensical ramblings – a series of random events that seemingly made no sense but still managed to squeeze out a pulp that resembled a story. Back when I was in school and the internet was becoming indistinguishable from reality flash cartoons were what we all lived for, and the weirder they were the better. For those of you approaching 30 you might remember Salad Fingers (created by David Firch) and short animations on Weebls Stuff. Straight off the bat you need to know Bulb Boy is weird. Putting his bravest face on, Bulb Boy follows it, intent on rescuing Granddad from it’s evil, spindly clutches! Bulb Boy wakes from a nightmare and goes to find Granddad for a cuddle but when he finds his ol’ pop he transforms into the Thing and escapes through the roof. Granddad falls asleep, so Bulb Boy pops off to bed but while he’s sleeping a floating black orb sporting tentacles infects the old geezer. A little boy with a bulb for a head (I assume this is Bulb Boy) is watching TV with his granddad. Bulb Boy is a 2D clicky horror adventure set in an old school GameBoy-Green world where the living inhabitants have heads made of glass.
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