KRZ Freewrite

Is Kentucky Route Zero a magical realist work?

Here’s a list of some of the elements of the genre:

• Fantastical elements
• Real-world setting
• Authorial reticence
• Plenitude
• Hybridity
• Metafiction
• Heightened awareness of mystery
• Political critique

There are descriptions of each of these elements at the wikipedia page on magical realism.

Choose one of the items from this list and write a paragraph or two about how that element is used within KRZ to invite players to think about and engage with the world around them.