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Tag: Disco Elysium

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut ZA/UM post-socialism Russia Soviet Union capitalism parallels Revachol
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Disco Elysium’s Post-Socialism Evokes Nostalgia and Melancholy

Bloodshot eyes, a corpse-pale face, hair that looks like the butt of Dylan Moran’s joke about comb-overs, and late 1990s Russian market stall ...
By Andrei PechalinMarch 24, 2021
Video game news 3/17/21: EA Play comes to Xbox Game Pass for PC, Disco Elysium PlayStation release date, Returnal story trailer, PS Store deals
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News You Might’ve Missed on 3/17/21: EA Play Comes to Xbox Game Pass for PC, Disco Elysium PS4/PS5 Release Date, & More

Today was once again ripe with video game news, from the release date announcement of Disco Elysium: The Final Cut for PlayStation, to ...
By Joseph YadenMarch 17, 2021
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Disco Elysium Is Getting a TV Series from Sonic the Hedgehog Producer

Indie darling Disco Elysium is getting its own TV show. Variety reports that developer ZA/UM is working with dj2 Entertainment to bring an ...
By Michael CripeJune 26, 2020
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Disco Elysium Nintendo Switch Port Coming ‘Soon’

A port for the award-winning Disco Elysium is making its way to Nintendo Switch. Developer ZA/UM’s art director, Aleksander Rostov, confirmed the news ...
By Michael CripeApril 7, 2020
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Outer Wilds and Telling Lies Made Me Feel Like a Genuine Detective

A good video game has the uncanny ability to make you feel like you’re someone or something other than yourself. But while countless ...
By Marty SlivaFebruary 27, 2020
Disco Elysium is like classic ancient Greek chorus, za/um
Opinion

Disco Elysium’s Brilliance Lies in Creating Chorus from Consciousness

There are many vivid and striking aspects to ZA/UM’s consciousness-based cop drama, Disco Elysium — the way it flips the typical RPG formula ...
By Sean MartinJanuary 18, 2020
Opinion

How 2019’s Best Games Will Influence the Next Generation (and Beyond)

Every year there are a handful of games with mechanics, features, and elements that completely change the medium going forward. Think back on ...
By Marty SlivaJanuary 7, 2020
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Opinion

Narrative Design Evolved Interactive Storytelling in the 2010s

The sheer number of storytelling improvements in video games really stood out in the 2010s, ranging from the incremental to the truly innovative, ...
By Jeff MattasDecember 29, 2019
Disco Elysium - Review in 3 Minutes
Review in 3 Minutes

Disco Elysium Is the Sleeper Hit of the Year – Review in 3 Minutes

Disco Elysium starts as a simple murder case and then sweeps you up in an intertwining web of stories in the impoverished city ...
By Elijah BeahmNovember 1, 2019
Features

Why the Creator of Disco Elysium Hasn’t Read the Reviews, and What’s Next for the IP

ZA/UM spent five years developing Disco Elysium, but the ideas behind the extremely ambitious CRPG date back much further. The game shares a ...
By Samantha NelsonNovember 1, 2019
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Disco Elysium Dev Confirms PlayStation 4 & Xbox One Ports for Next Year

Sleeper hit Disco Elysium is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One next year, according to lead designer Robert Kurvitz. ZA/UM’s Planescape: Torment-inspired ...
By Patrick LeeOctober 31, 2019
Disco Elysium has great character building
Opinion

Disco Elysium Is One of the Most Fascinating Character-Building Exercises I’ve Ever Experienced

You wake up in your skivvies, face down in a trashed hotel room. You don’t remember a thing, but it doesn’t take a ...
By Jeff MattasOctober 29, 2019

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