How playing Edith Finch was like losing my religion again

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Note: This piece contains pretty significant spoilers for What Remains of Edith Finch.

What Remains of Edith Finch wastes no time explaining that it's a game about death. Perhaps unsurprisingly, however, the game's much more interesting themes are a considerably slower burn. As instantly, world-turning-ly impactful as death can be, Edith Finch ably shows that death's got nothing on the decay that comes afterwards.

The game's plot, told in a series of vignettes, follows the final days and moments of Finch family members. The title character rummages through journals, drawings, ad hoc shrines to her dead ancestors-she even flips through one mass market comic book written about their passing. Together, the materials weave the tale of a supposed family curse that's been stalking the Finches for generations.

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