Parasocial Club

Game developer Benji Kay speaks with political organizer Caleb Creed about Disco Elysium, a story-focused computer RPG with a leftist bent.

Topics:

• Being a communist cop who knows nothing about communism.
• Benji's theory about who REALLY dunnit.
• Radiocomputers.
• Ideological plasm.
• Ludonarrative consonance.
• Lightin’ a fuckin' dude on fire.
• The Funeral Cockatoo.
• When you really want a game to like you.
• Premature ejaculation.
• Pale lore.
• What is the swallow?
• Is there really work after hope?

Word of the day: Orthopraxy - in religion, correct practice or conduct (as opposed to faith)

References:

Disco Elysium by ZA/UM

The Feature That Almost Sank Disco Elysium from GameSpot Audio Logs (YouTube)

Meet the Engineer Preserving The Last Analog Motion Graphics Machine from VICE TV (YouTube)

Ordet from Criterion Collection (YouTube)

How To Be Hopeless by Carlos Maza (YouTube)