Perfect Dark's sci-fi plot is veritably insane. Set in 2023, you control Joanna 'Perfect' Dark, a spy for the mysterious Carrington Institute. Her employers are allied to an alien race called the Maians, who are embroiled in an interstellar conflict with the warmongering Skedar - a race capable of disguising themselves as oddly Aryan-looking humans. It's the kind of plot that conspiracy hacks would hail as holding the key to the truth about our governments, the president and spy agencies ('like, all those institutions you think you can trust, they're just puppets, man. The truth runs waaaay deeper than you can imagine'). But what wearers of tin-foil hats wouldn't realise about Perfect Dark is that it's brilliantly self-aware, and treats its wacky plot devices lightly. Perfect Dark knows it's crazy, and charges full warp-speed ahead with it in a completely unrestrained, unapologetic way. It takes you from futuristic skyscrapers to alien spacecraft - complete with classic little grey aliens - and constantly has you eagerly anticipating the next crazy turn it will take.
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I'm a writer-editor hybrid whose writings on video games, technology and movies can be found across the internet. I've even ventured into the realm of current affairs on occasion but, unable to face reality, have retreated into expatiating on things on screens instead.