{"id":621962,"date":"2026-05-04T00:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T00:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/621962\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T00:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T00:38:11","slug":"this-is-fine-dog-fights-for-therapy-in-official-metroidvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/621962\/","title":{"rendered":"“This Is Fine” Dog Fights For Therapy In Official Metroidvania"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2013, cartoonist KC Green set webcomics ablaze with a strip titled \u201cOn Fire.\u201d<\/a> In it, a bespoke cartoon dog (nicknamed \u201cQuestion Hound\u201d) enjoys a warm beverage while the world around him is aflame. \u201cThis Is Fine,\u201d he says. And in the very interesting years since its debut, \u201cThis Is Fine\u201d has become an international rallying call for getting through \u201cit\u201d day after day. Whether \u201cit\u201d is an emotional spiral or a foreshadowing of World War 3<\/a>. Now, after a decade of anguish, Question Hound is receiving some long-overdue therapy in his first official video game, This Is Fine: Maximum Cope<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In this metroidvania-style platformer, Question Hound descends deep within his own psyche to conquer his major anxieties. Feelings of fear, failure, and regret manifest as worlds based around common sore spots, such as teenage failures, gym class humiliations, or workplace taboos. Each of these nightmare palaces is filled with nasty monsters, bosses, and puzzles.<\/p>\n

Discovering new skills and fresh cups of coffee, you will help Question Hound overcome all these mental anguishes to find relief after 13 years in the making. Maximum Cope is like an aging millennial version of the Nightmare Ned game, a reference point you\u2019d only know if you\u2019re already an aging millennial.<\/p>\n

Green\u2019s involvement in the game\u2019s development has been minimal beyond giving it his blessings. Speaking with him earlier this year for a zine<\/a>, he preferred this arrangement, worried that his own creative impulse would have been to further punish Question Hound. Watching a cartoon animal go viral can be anguish in and of itself. Matt Furie\u2019s Boys Club character Pepe infamously became the mascot for all kinds of online unpleasantness<\/a> without involvement from his creator. Green felt similar pangs of concern whenever an official political party posted \u201cThis Is Fine\u201d on their socials. However, learning from past mistakes and a couple of legal bottlenecks has allowed him to maintain control of this dog, sanctioning his adventures as he sees fit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can all relate to ignoring the problem, hoping it goes away,\u201d Green told me, \u201cbut this is a format that can let you conquer those anxieties.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2013, cartoonist KC Green set webcomics ablaze with a strip titled \u201cOn Fire.\u201d In it, a bespoke…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[269598,53569,2646,74,269599],"class_list":["post-621962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-meme","tag-metroidvania","tag-steam","tag-technology","tag-this-is-fine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}