Journey to the Heart of Disco Elysium with Justin Keenan

WAKE ISLAND

English - February 17, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 109 MB - ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
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JUSTIN KEENAN is a writer and narrative designer on Disco Elysium which is a groundbreaking open world role playing game. In it, you’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city block to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

In this episode we excavate the inner world at the heart of Disco Elysium and get into: Dark City (1998), RPGs, paranoia vs dread, world detectors, the future of video games, the state of noir detectives, and more...

Theme music by Joseph E. Martinez of Junius

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