To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand VVVVVV. The level desing is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of platformer physics most of the difficulty will go over a typical viewer’s head. There’s also the analogue option, which is deftly woven into the game characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from old ass CRT screen, for instance. The Runners understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these spike, to realise that they’re not just deadly- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike VVVVVV truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the humour in space station 2 existential Level “Veni, vidi, vici” which itself is a cryptic reference to Julius Caesar epic letter to the Roman Senate. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Terry Cavanagh genius unfolds itself on their computer screens. What fools.. how I pity them. ?

And yes, by the way, i DO have a VVVVVV tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It’s for the ladies’ eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they’re within 6 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid.