Echo Ridge

Stripping Away the Interface to Find the Game For years I played games with the default heads-up display. Health bars, minimaps, ammo counts, objective markers, all of it glowing on the screen like a second layer of reality. It felt normal. But a few years ago, a friend challenged me to try something different. He said, "Just turn it all off for one session." I hesitated. Without the UI, how would I know my health? Where would I go? That first attempt turned into a long, un