Virginia is a surreal adventure that feels like a playable movie

The term “cinematic” is overused in video game criticism to the point of cliche. The label is liberally applied when a game’s world is realistically rendered, when its storytelling has the thinnest sliver of ambition, or when the publisher hires Hollywood talent for the voice-over.
The word has been nearly robbed of its meaning, but Virginia is cinematic — truly. The adventure game, from new studio Variable State, uses the language of film to tell its story. Quick cuts. M