This week, critic and essayist Autumn Wright joins Robin to talk about Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, a game about growing up as a queer woman that’s just as messy as the real thing. We discuss how the game still works even when it’s fraying at the edges and wonder whether the mid-budget talky game can survive even if Don’t Nod doesn’t.

Timestamps:

(00:20) Welcome Autumn!

(24:50) Tape 1 ending spoilers

(29:10) Tape 1 Spoilers end/Tape 2 spoilers begin

(38:25) Tape 2 ending spoilers begin

(1:17:05) Tape 2 spoilers end/Don’t Nod and conversation games broadly

Music:

Street Food by FASSounds

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Street Food by FASSounds

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