The immense power of Tacoma’s little sex toy
Next to the bed of a couple in Fullbright’s new game Tacoma, players may stumble across a shockingly personal item. A vibrator, small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, that belongs to crew members Nat and Bert.
The initial find of this tucked-away object belongs to Holly Green over at Paste. Green, in exploring this small moment, points out the humanizing qualities of this addition: an item you might discover in anyone’s nightstand that also adds an implied intimacy to the relationship in question, without feeling exploitative.
Tacoma may be the sci-fi story of an evacuated space station and the people who left it, but the appearance of a vibrator feels refreshingly modern for any video game.
Fullbright co-founder Karla Zimonja…