We're pleased to announce that Yanis Varoufakis, Ted Chiang, Prof. Richard Wolff, David Gaider and Mark Darrah will be joining as contributors on the first volume of our Summer Eternal Anthology.
INTRODUCING: Summer Eternal Anthology Volume One. This incendiary tome is part cultural journal, part development diary, part exclusive game reveal. Built by firestarters, for firestarters. summereternal.com/anthology
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Chris Bratt@chrisbratt.bsky.social · 12mo agoJust received an invoice for the legal fees on our latest Disco Elysium documentary...
Is it Super Seducer? Is it Young Stalin? NO! It is our politician-in-residence Aleksandar, speaking on how co-operatives can overcome challenges in the games industry. A huge thank you to @the41stprecinct.bsky.social for the interview and our friends at @glasshousecrpg.bsky.social CRPG for filming.
The 41st Precinct@the41stprecinct.bsky.social · last yr.Summer Eternal & The Radical Dream To Transform The Games Industry - Aleksandar Gavrilović Interview youtu.be/84hvxYXrYeM
I want to put an end to the deception and disinformation ZA/UM has been spreading about me, and finally leave this entire chapter behind once and for all. Here is what really happened on Locust City.
Chris Bratt@chrisbratt.bsky.social · last yr.Okay, big breath... After more than two years since we published our last documentary on the topic, it's time we returned to Disco Elysium: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZEA...
Okay, big breath... After more than two years since we published our last documentary on the topic, it's time we returned to Disco Elysium: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZEA...
We Need to Talk about Disco Elysium, Again
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For the FT this weekend, I wrote about the foundation and fallout of Disco Elysium: how two Estonian novelists' successes and failures in literature led to the creation of a video game masterpiece, and an endless font of strife. www.ft.com/content/5ae5...
The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made
How the success of a singular video game led to crises for almost all its creators
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![The answer, it turns out, is yes on all counts. Also, it doesn't matter at all because the people upset about it will probably just buy it anyway. So says former ZA/UM dev and Disco Elysium writer Dora Klindžić in a chat with YouTuber The 41st Precinct (via RPS): "This is an incredibly successful business for [ZA/UM], incredibly successful" said Klindžić. "The darkest thing I ever heard was—I don't remember who it was from that circle—but they told me it doesn't matter at all what people are saying on Twitter because you can see those same names, of people who say on Twitter that they're never gonna support ZA/UM, they're the ones ordering the expensive items from ZA/UM."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nrh7ngbqmdfdxowtxn6dazec/bafkreicv73ecn275va7sg6dhw6stsplgnxpyxwmurf6xntw5ft5ju6m4aq)
After the ZA/UM redundancies in early 2024, we hosted the hottest part of the severance package: the layoffs party! The layoffs party had one thing that ZA/UM itself has not managed to produce in 5 years: a succesful trailer. As promised in the pod, here's the world premiere:
The 41st Precinct@the41stprecinct.bsky.social · 2y agoAs if there wasn’t enough Disco content, part 2 of ZAUM: The Inside Story is now live. And believe me when I say this is the most explosive of the two. Strap in! ZAUM The Inside Story: Part 2 youtu.be/MsdXEFH8lqk
Part 2 is out. This one follows a nauseating journey through the corporate headfuck panopticon, a sacrifice for old friends' sake that sealed our hero's fate, a nightmare crunch, a betrayal, and the bitter-sweet dawn of open union warfare.
The 41st Precinct@the41stprecinct.bsky.social · 2y agoAs if there wasn’t enough Disco content, part 2 of ZAUM: The Inside Story is now live. And believe me when I say this is the most explosive of the two. Strap in! ZAUM The Inside Story: Part 2 youtu.be/MsdXEFH8lqk
We've cast the pod over at the 41st Precinct's channel -- a proper audiobook length at a staggering 16 hours! This is a story about game making, corporate corruption, reality-distortion fields and cultic organizations, and it is just the beginning.
The 41st Precinct@the41stprecinct.bsky.social · 2y agoSorry did I say February? ZAUM: The Inside Story Part One is now live. See you all in about 9 hours 👀 youtu.be/BORV6qGgEPU?...
Fighting a malignant millionaire CEO has brought me and my family on the verge of a very real bankruptcy. This is not a drill, I genuinely need your help. Please, take a look at my fundraiser and share it if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/help-disco...
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