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Crying in the Club in HYPERBEAT

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Show Notes

Think about the wonders and pains of creating, and then shake some ass about it.

Today we're talking about HYPERBEAT by Dreamware Media! A game about being there for your friends and playing dressup in a rhythm purgatory.

Get HYPERBEAT on Steam!!! Follow Dreamware Media's work on Steam!

Discussed in the episode: City of None on Steam HYPERBEAT (Original Game Soundtrack) by Chancellor John Wallin

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Art by Tara Crawford

Theme music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari ---

Timecodes:

(00:00) - BREAKING NEWS THAT IS NOT OUT OF DATE

(02:13) - Hey hi you can support us monetarily :)

(02:52) - What is HYPERBEAT

(06:00) - How the game deals with its narrative

(09:10) - The Wellspring and the look of the game

(10:46) - The rhythm game part

(15:47) - HYPERFASHION

(18:36) - More about the rhythm game part

(23:55) - CENTR by Chancellor John Wallin

(24:30) - The music is GOOD

(26:11) - Spoilers

(26:15) - Motivational posters in prose

(27:15) - Going to the Wellspring

(28:15) - The game has one message

(33:46) - Character stories that his the hardest

(40:25) - Maybe you have more to give

(44:41) - Big Takeaways

(45:52) - AJ's Big Takeaway

(49:29) - Robin's Big Takeaway

(52:13) - That was a rhythm game

(52:42) - Thanks for listening!

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