As if I were the world's biggest sucker opening a bag labeled "dead dove do not eat," this morning I clicked on a link to the video 'Baby Steps Developers React to 7 Minute Speedrun' expecting commentary on the strategy and technique of an expert Baby Steps player. This was, of course, incredibly foolish.
"Gabe, do you think the reactions in developer react videos are ever real and authentic?" asks Baby Steps' co-creator Bennett Foddy as soon as the video starts.
"They're false," says co-creator Gabe Cuzzillo.
"Well, they're acting. It's not false. There's a kind of truth," says Foddy.
"Acting is reacting," says Cuzzillo.
"Well, there's truth in acting because there's truth in art," says Foddy.
"Yeah, but you know that people say acting is reacting," says Cuzzillo.
"Yeah, but—that's true," says Foddy.
"Like, re-acting, because you're doing it again," says Cuzzillo. They laugh.
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