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I think it's a metaphor for pessimism and how some people can't see the bright side in things or in other words look up, I mean, you literally can't look up in the game, while everyone around you can. Because they're optimistic, they see the bright side and can look up, that's why they seem to be staring at a light above them. Maybe I'm thinking way too into it, but that's the first thing I thought.