The most powerful thing art can do is put to words an emotion you can’t describe. It’s even stronger when it hits you at just the right time in your life.

For this special video essay from the Daydreamcast we have one such example, as Murph describes his experience playing the 2020 indie success story Outer Wilds, and how it was just what he needed in the midst of a difficult period in his life.

There will be spoilers for the game in question, as well as a content warning to do with loss and grief.

Please, give it a watch.