Lost in The Backrooms [or How I Learned to Love the Liminal]
[…]but a reflection of a deeper, psychological landscape where the social glue that binds such groups dissolves. This interpretation resonates with the ‘megadungeon’ model proposed in recent media studies, which conceptualizes digital spaces as vast, procedurally generated networks where the inherent repetition and absence of clear navigation evoke both complexity and disconnection (Berti, De Vincentis, & de Seta 2023). The repetitive, unremarkable corridors in The Backrooms – lacking distinct markers or any sense of human existence – can be understood as a visual metaphor for modern societal fragmentation. These unvarying, almost mechanical passages mirror a condition in which communities become […]