Journey: A hauntingly beautiful art house film disguised as a game

Full disclosure: I fell asleep about a half hour into my first attempt to play Journey, the latest experience from Flower creators thatgamecompany. I’m not entirely sure this wasn’t the intended effect of the endless stretches of lonely desert sands and dirge-like music that characterize the beginning of the game. Whatever the intention, there was something about the main character’s relentless plodding towards far off ruins that relaxed me to the point of unconsciousness.