In this spoilercast, Roger Whitson and Christian Haines are joined by Jamie Woodcock (author of Marx at the Arcade: Consoles, Controllers, and Class Struggle) to discuss Disco Elysium: The Final Cut (ZA/UM). We talk about the game’s blend of gritty political realism and psychedelic fantasy; what happens when conversation replaces co,bat; our different character builds (2 communists and 1 ultraliberal hustler); the political implications of playing as a police officer; the way the game represents the failure of political revolution; how the game builds on the mechanics of tabletop roleplaying games and computer roleplaying games from the 1990s; and much more!

There will be 2 more episodes of our Disco Elysium spoilercast, so make sure to tune in again!