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** Alternatively it may just be a metaphor, as the tape states that the player's "physical body" is the "shadow cast by your transcendent mind".


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** This does not appear to be the case, as the tapes state that death in Reality-B sets your Reality-A self free and imply that reincarnation in Reality-B is not possible.
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* WordOfGod states that the Receivers are meant to be a realistic representation of a cult using diluted for of Lifton's Eight Criteria for Thought Reform, except that they are actually right about their claims.

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* The fact that [[NintendoHard you are expected to require many attempts to finish the game]] adds an interesting aspect to some of the material on the tapes:
** The point about listening to the entire series of tapes sufficiently often and in their entirety takes on extra meaning when you realize that, by the time you complete the game, you ''will have'' listened to every tape multiple times.
** Similarly, the comment about some receivers having had firearms training, but new receivers having concentrated on learning the mind-tech needed to survive the Mindkill, is parallel to new ''players'' being clumsy with the firearm and experienced players much more skilled.
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* One of the funky design choices made in the game was that there would be no character model. The obvious reason for this would be that the game was originally made in seven days, so excluding a character model saves time, but there's an ''[[JustifiedTrope in-game]]'' reason as well: according to the tapes, the game takes place in Reality-B, which is populated by the ''shadow-bodies'' of the humans in Reality-A.

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* One of the funky design choices made in the game was that there would be no character model. The obvious {{Doylist}} reason for this would be that the game was originally made in seven days, so excluding a character model saves time, but there's an ''[[JustifiedTrope in-game]]'' reason as well: according to the tapes, the game takes place in Reality-B, which is populated by the ''shadow-bodies'' of the humans in Reality-A.
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* One of the funky design choices made in the game was that there would be no character model. The obvious reason for this would be that the game was originally made in seven days, so excluding a character model saves time, but there's an ''[[JustifiedTrope in-game]]'' reason as well: according to the tapes, the game takes place in Reality-B, which is populated by the ''shadow-bodies'' of the humans in Reality-A.
* What's more, the Reality-A/Reality-B thing explains why you simply respawn when you die: this is because dying in your dream only destroys your shadow-body -- the only way to destroy ''you'' (including your memories!) was the Mindkill, which ''didn't work on you.''

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