A Game, Interrupted: Penumbra: Overture [3] Seeing Red
Channel: Pudding Muffin
Date: 01/10/2018

A Game, Interrupted is a playthrough of a game that I do with a few rules:

1. No loading from a previous save.
2. If I die, the game is over.

It's effectively a hardcore run of games that generally are not designed for hardcore runs. When I die (and believe me, I will die), I will discuss what impact that has on the game's story. Usually, it will simply result in the antagonist winning. Sometimes, it may actually result in a better outcome. Who knows?

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Should I have been smarter than that? Yes.

Penumbra: Overture is a surprisingly personal story, with the protagonist not really doing all that much (aside from killing a bunch of dogs). However, when Philip died by setting himself on fire (whoops), he became yet another in a string of individuals who had failed Red. 

Red, infected by the Tuurngait virus, was functionally immortal and unable to kill himself. Without Philip to end his life, Red descended further and further into madness. The secrets of the research facility are never revealed.