Ep. 21: "Edith Finch: What Remains of HA?"
Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast
English - May 06, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsVideo Games Leisure Society & Culture gaming video games lgbt culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week, it’s just the two of us for the first time in a minute! We share our thoughts on New Pokémon Snap & Super Mario Party’s incredibly belated new online mode before diving into our main topic of the week: WHAT REMAINS OF EDITH FINCH
Developed by Giant Sparrow Studios and published by Annapurna Interactive, this 2017 narrative adventure game explores the story of Edith Finch, a young woman & the last remaining member of her family, revisiting her abandoned childhood home: the sprawling manor of the Finch family, who have all tragically perished due to what they believe is a mysterious family curse that has haunted them for generations.
Throughout this game, you explore the house, and through a series of fantastical vignettes, discover the stories of Edith’s family and put together the pieces of how each Finch met their tragic end.
It’s a beautiful, thoughtful, and meditative game, with lots to say about how families create stories, mythologies, and histories around our homes, our lineages, and each other; but it does also deal with some pretty heavy subject matter of neglect, abuse, mental illness, self-harm, and suicide.
For that reason, (as well as spoilers for the end of this game,) we’ve included a timestamp below for anyone who needs or would like to skip through that discussion.
** Spoiler & Content/Trigger Warning (self-harm & suicide):
32:54-44:30 **
** If you’re thinking about suicide, or are worried about a friend or loved one in crisis, please call the 24/7 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline @ 1-800-273-8255 **
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Intro and outro music by Connor Marsh (@connorjmarshmallow)
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MUSIC THIS WEEK:
"Edith's Theme" by Jeff Russo
"Milton's Tower" by Jeff Russo and Joel Corelitz