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   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 12:20:06 JST Evan Prodromou

   I'd like to play another videogame as narratively rich as Disco Elysium.

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     Joseph Szymborski :qcca: (jszym@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 12:31:01 JST Joseph Szymborski :qcca:

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     @evan Same. If you've never read The City & The City by China Miéville, I highly recommend it. There are clear influences of it in Disco Elysium, AND I also recommend it to Montrealers because I feel like it hits an even deeper level for people who navigate our two solitudes.

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     Mick 🇨🇦 (mick@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 20:23:23 JST Mick 🇨🇦

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     @evan the only game in which my character has been killed by self doubt… I’m still just a few hours in and it is incredible, unlike anything else.

     Dunno if anything compares, but this one is rapidly moving up my “to play” list: https://youtu.be/ejgW-upPMgk?si=tE4Rx-FBBbijMc4f

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 01-May-2025 01:16:52 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Joseph Szymborski :qcca:

     @jszym I love The City and The City!

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 01-May-2025 01:30:15 JST Evan Prodromou

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     Here are the things I like about DE.

     1. VERY deep world -- a completely new model of reality, a full global history, and a full metaphysics -- that still maps to ideas I understand (alcoholism, socialist revolution).
     2. Deep understanding of human thought and human nature. The problems are real, existential, and life-changing. The inner voices mechanism is powerful.
     3. The array of characters and spaces to explore is really broad. It's worth the time to visit the different parts of the world.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 01-May-2025 02:30:26 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Maike

     @maikek Two female characters talking to each other? No, I'm pretty sure there are not.

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     Maike (maikek@fedifreu.de)'s status on Thursday, 01-May-2025 02:30:28 JST Maike

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     @evan Is there something similar to the https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test in DE (or games in general), and would it pass?

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 01-May-2025 02:48:58 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Maike

     @maikek There are a lot of female characters, but the main character is always male, and the primary interactions are main character -> non-player character, so there's not a lot of interaction between NPCs. I think there are a couple of parent-child relationships, but their interactions are largely mediated through the player!

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     Maike (maikek@fedifreu.de)'s status on Thursday, 01-May-2025 02:48:59 JST Maike

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     @evan There is no test or there are no female characters?

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 01-May-2025 04:04:55 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Maike

     @maikek yes, I get that!

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     Maike (maikek@fedifreu.de)'s status on Thursday, 01-May-2025 04:04:56 JST Maike

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     @evan /o\ I have my doubts concerning this "very deep world" ...