60 acast.com Parasocial Club https://shows.acast.com/parasocial-club en Benji Kay videogames,software,politics,conversations,pop culture Benji Kay It’s like hanging out with new friends, who may or may not know you exist

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]]> true Benji Kay info+620898be2517550015bda64b@mg-eu.acast.com 620898be2517550015bda64b parasocial-club episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/620898be2517550015bda64b/1644803915695-41c15ecf564a85e5132d4fe94222da41.jpeg https://shows.acast.com/parasocial-club Parasocial Club Episode 1: Disco Elysium Episode 1: Disco Elysium Mon, 14 Feb 2022 12:00:16 GMT 1:48:52 62089aecef769a0014a0605e true https://shows.acast.com/parasocial-club/episodes/disco-elysium 62089aecef769a0014a0605e 620898be2517550015bda64b disco-elysium Was the ending a giant red herring? Can a cop be a radical leftist? Is there work after hope? full 1 1 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)

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]]> 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)

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