(belated) February WIP: it's not coming back
4 minutes (and change) from In the Revolution, There Will Be Disco, recorded on my phone and lightly edited. anything may change before publication.
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Gah, the IP situation (of which I am only partially informed) is the worst! I've only just started playing the game. Had owned it for a while, but what finally got me to start it was a genuinely fantastic DE fanfic. (If anyone's interested, look for 'The Case of the Man Who Two-Thirds Wasn't There' by glisteningceruleaneyes.)
cannot wait for this
I played Disco last year and it was one of my most moving experiences https://morepablo.com/2024/07/disco-elysium.html Your opening reminds me of a core thesis I have of the game's politics: capitalism won the Cold War, but now what? All the social problems Communism was a response to still exist, except this time we've had a century of conflict trying to enable it, and now capital has hardened, like our bodies after the first COVID shot. I like where you took this, too. It's a shame what happened, and I agree it's a miracle the game was even made and widely released at all.
oooh, I'ma throw your post into the research list :D
I haven't played Disco Elysium - haven't consumed anything around it. So your opening was just... deeply affective. Brilliantly so. This was beautiful.
Playing the game and just taking is as a game, so the themes can grow in your mind, is probably the best you can do to help you truly enjoy it.