Succulent is a popsicle-sucking parody game you have to see

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"Hello, Succulent is a short free first-person video game where you watch a man eat a popsicle," began an email I saw upon returning to work after being out sick for several days. As a man who spent much of his last week sucking on popsicles (to nurse an angry soar throat), I thought, "clearly, this is of utmost importance."
And it is! As a parody of "homo hop" music videos, New York-based indie developer and academic Robert Yang explained on his blog that Succulent's aesthetic was inspired by the visual sensibilities of Cazwell and Le1f.
"Both artists emphasise sweaty bodies glaring vacantly, bright backgrounds with intense lighting, and flat compositions focused on the center, evoking the go-go boy gay club / pin-up imagery that's thoroughly ingrained in US gay male culture," Yang noted.
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