Ah, unrequited love — a classic theme in all sorts of media, and gaming is no exception. There’s a wonderful little post over at auntie pixelante on the issue as it relates to games — and why it is so powerful. As far as I’m concerned, the whole player-game relationship is founded on unrequited love (and at least, unrequited adoration). The article takes a look at a Wii game called Art Style: Orbient, it’s a meditation on the ‘so close, yet so far away’ phenomenon that is all over the place in classic games and newer iterations: