In fact, the time machine is Joe’s primary tool in solving the puzzles that stand in the way of his escape from the police. I don’t want to spoil anything, so I’ll simply say that the time machine really does work and that it plays a big part in Joe’s decision. He walked into a room for the first time ever, only to find a dying man he doesn’t know, and he didn’t touch anything, so a police investigation would likely rule him out as a suspect pretty quickly. The obvious question, of course, is why Joe would even attempt to escape. After that point, he’s a murder suspect on the run, trying to stay hidden while he discovers enough about the visitor to locate him in time to give the warning. This turning point in Joe’s life takes place only a few minutes into the game, and it’s essentially the last time Joe talks with anyone. Of course, as required by the laws of dramatic tension, Joe does not stay alone for long: a policeman shows up to find him with the dying man as soon as the tale is told. The visitor says that the pre-time travel version of him needs to be warned about the way he’s going to die (presumably so that he can prevent it), and since Joe’s the only one around to hear the story, Joe’s the only one who can take care of the problem. The visitor has enough life in him to tell Joe that he came back to save the world from a devastating event that starts that very day, but that he knows he won’t fulfill his mission. But one day, his world (and maybe everyone else’s as well) is blown apart when a man comes back from the future and, just before dying, gives Joe a pocket watch-sized time travel device. The opening scene hints that he’s a Vietnam vet, so mopping floors is certainly preferable to his previous employment. The year is 1972, and main character Joe is pretty happy with his job as a janitor. The Silent Age: Episode One is such a gem.
But every so often, there’s also a gem that makes scaling the mountain of clones seem worthwhile.
And undoubtedly, the world was better off without a lot of those games. The relatively low cost of entry for developers into the modern mobile gaming market has led to the release of a lot of games that would never have seen the light of day before the app stores of Google and Apple.
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