Hexagon really is a deeper game than what appears ostensibly on the screen. As you watch that tiny doomed cursor fighting helplessly for a few extra seconds, it’s difficult for me at least not to draw parallels between the human struggle for life and that little cursor.

That little cursor has actually impacted me more than any character in any videogame I’ve seen. Which is remarkable considering how advanced and cinematic videogames have become, and how the themes are almost invariably those of life and death. Somehow Hexagon in its simplicity sums up these themes much more neatly.

I don’t know whether Hexagon is a game about life or death though, I suppose that part is subjective.

Such a touching article… Thanks for writing this.