A sad game about generational cycles of trauma??? Not on this podcast.
Today we're talking about The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother by Somi! A game about decoding messages left by a loved one and split-flap displays.
Get The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother on Steam! Check out Somi's other work on their website and listen to our No Case Should Remain Unsolved episode with Lex!
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Art by Tara Crawford
Theme music by _amaranthine
Additional sounds by Boqeh
Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:
- (00:00) - Maybe this will be a chill one
- (00:51) - dirt.zip
- (01:48) - What is The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother
- (06:52) - Continued appreciation of puzzle games that want to be solved
- (08:32) - What about the journal?
- (12:05) - Game is sad! Have fun!
- (12:40) - S P O I L E R T I M E
- (12:54) - Broad story strokes
- (19:05) - How could a child know this? How could a parent?
- (22:58) - The epilogue
- (23:50) - Puzzle/story highlights
- (26:31) - *Get*ting it
- (31:17) - The title of the video game
- (32:53) - Big Takeaways
- (32:58) - Kim's Big Takeaway
- (34:33) - AJ's Big Takeaway
- (38:14) - You don't have to DIE to stop a cycle
- (39:02) - Thank you for listening<3
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