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Taking a Smoke Break in RUIN: Chapter 0

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What was your favorite part of the original RUIN?? I personally loved thethethethethethethethethethethethethethethethethethethethethethethethe

Today we're talking about RUIN: Chapter 0 by Official Electric! A game about the 35th anniversary of the hit game RUIN and taking a smoke break.

Get RUIN: Chapter 0 on itch.io!!! Follow Official Electric's work on itch.io OR their VERY GOOD website!

Discussed in the episode: RUIN Ch.O Suite by 8M on Bandcamp A Year with Swollen Appendices: The Diary of Brian Eno by Brian Eno (the book that the quote Robin reads is from) --- Support us on Ko-fi! Visit our website! Follow us on YouTube! Follow the show on Bluesky! Check out The Worst Garbage Online! --- Art by Tara Crawford Theme music by _amaranthine Additional sounds by Boqeh Produced and edited by AJ Fillari --- Timecodes:

(00:00) - Lettuce is evil

(00:50) - THE GANG IS BACK TOGETHER AGAIN

(01:28) - Kim has a totally different type of freaky taste

(02:19) - What is RUIN: Chapter 0

(04:03) - The game is an art piece

(05:17) - It is so hard to talk about this game without spoilers

(06:23) - Look we tried to talk about it without spoilers

(06:43) - Spoiler time

(06:53) - I think I liked it

(08:26) - Robin says something coherent about the aesthetics of incoherence

(10:16) - Capturing childhood uncertainty and memory

(17:09) - The game might hate you?

(19:57) - The genre shifts

(24:47) - The design is just so good

(26:04) - Big Takeaways

(26:19) - Kim's Big Takeaway

(28:37) - Chase's Big Takeaway

(30:48) - AJ's Big Takeaway

(33:55) - Goblin's Big Takeaway

(34:03) - Robin's Big Takeaway

(37:06) - Hell yeah gang

(37:35) - Tell us what you think about the game!

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