A game by Aurelien Regard for PC, Mac, Linux, and Switch, originally released in 2015.
The Next Penelope is an odd amalgamation, mixing futuristic racing with one of mankind’s oldest surviving tales: The Oddyssey. In the original Greek epic poem, Odysseus travels home after the fall of Troy (as outlined in The Iliad), but he is waylaid by a series of adventures, resulting in the journey lasting ten years. Odysseus’ travels see him and his men facing off against Cyclops, overcoming the song of the Sirens, and steering their way past Scylla and Charybdis.
Meanwhile, Odysseus is presumed dead and his wife, Penelope, is set upon by suitors seeking her hand in marriage. She manages to keep them at bay for the duration of her husband’s absence (after which, he comes home and murders the hell out of them), but she is a generally passive character in a tale that is otherwise filled with grand adventure. And so, the developer has revisited the character of Penelope and created a new tale which sees her taking the part of the hero as she encounters many characters from Greek myth, including the Sirens and the Minotaur.
