Show Notes
🚨CONTENT WARNING: There is a lengthy description of a psychotic episode from about 45:56 to 57:52. Nothing bad happens and no one is harmed, but there are descriptions of hallucinations and delusions🚨 AJ and Kim had the pleasure of talking to AJ Gonzalez of Official Electric (developer of RUIN: Chapter 0) about how he got started in games, how to get to the point in art and games, and why the Official Electric merch is so damn good. Check out Official Electric on their website or on itch.io!
Discussed in the episode: Our RUIN episode JUNK? by Official Electric Nothing Gallery (get all 35 film collectibles to get the PDF that we talk about!) RUIN Ch.O Suite on Bandcamp --- 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) - Welcome!!!
(01:32) - Who is AJ Gonzalez?
(11:43) - Normal games and weird art
(16:07) - Getting to the point
(19:38) - Who is this for?
(21:16) - When did Official Electric come about?
(26:03) - Performance art?
(28:15) - Are these games about games?
(32:06) - The Cigarette Break
(37:30) - The PDF
(45:56) - [CW: LENGTHY DESCRIPTION OF A PSYCHOTIC EPISODE] The purpose of disorientation
(57:52) - Does RUIN feel like catharsis?
(59:02) - The future of Official Electric
(01:00:50) - Check out AJ's work!
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