The hardware crisis has hit a new low: We’re now using rats for RAM
Amnesia developer Frictional Games has released a trailer for its upcoming game Ontos, which uses dark satirical humor to depict dystopian future scenarios. PC Gamer’s coverage playfully frames the game’s narrative against the backdrop of the ongoing PC hardware shortage, with the trailer featuring surreal imagery including human experimentation, cybernetic implants, and bizarre body modifications. The article uses the game’s dystopian world-building—including references to lunar colonization and unconventional computing solutions—as comedic commentary on both hardware scarcity and speculative fiction about humanity’s future. The trailer reportedly shows disturbing imagery of people with neural implants and severe body modifications, suggesting Ontos explores themes of technological transhumanism and what humanity might become under extreme circumstances.