Gosplay: meet the horrible honkers of Halloween

Why a video game inspired them to be a dickhead goose

Halloween costumes are a chance to unleash a personality that we cannot usually take into our workplaces or down the shops. Some people dress sexy, get gory, or - if you’re Kim Kardashian - you spend thousands of dollars to look bored in a tribute to Legally Blonde.

And some people just want to be a goose that’s an asshole.

That’s the case for fans of this year’s indie-hit smash, Untitled Goose Game. It invites players to waddle around as a naughty goose, solving puzzles and stealing stuff from long-suffering villagers.

I took a gander at those who found a cathartic release in the game and in dressing up as as a feathery agent of chaos.

One Man and His Goose

“Everything is shit these days, right? [Untitled Goose Game] was just the right level of escape.” This is Robert Joe, a filmmaker in Korea, who dresses up every Halloween with his dog Dubu.

“I think of fun pop culturey things that my dog could be and usually ‘what’s white and relevant?’ is my thought process,” explains Robert, who let Dubu play the the lead role of the goose.

“I was ‘Asian Jon Snow’ back in 2013 and that went pretty viral. But [dressing up] is extra meaningful because my dog was set to be euthanized in a kill-shelter on Halloween 2009 before he was rescued.”