Category: Discussions
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Art? Can It Be Defined?
After our last episode, where someone tried to say a whole medium could not be art, we try to talk around what art is then. I say talk around because art itself is too big and too amorphous to allow itself to be defined in many ways. That’s not going to stop us from talking…
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Roger Ebert’s Mess
In 2005 sometime, I can’t find the original reference, Roger Ebert publicly claimed that video games could never be art. I fell down a rabbit hole about all this in the summer of 2022. I dragged the kids into it with me. 😉 One of the results is the existence of Collab Not Multiplayer. Roger…
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Mutazione
Explore with us! Mutazione was released by Die Gute Fabrik in 2019, and is available on several platforms including PC and Switch. Mutazione is a point and click, narrative adventure, walking simulator, chill, character rich game with a puzzle element. True to itself in tone on all levels, character, soundtrack, aesthetic, and pace. It is…
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Fran Bow and Little Misfortune
When Horror is Their Normal: Communication Around Childhood Trauma in Video Games Welcome to Collab Not Multiplayer! This episode is a very special double feature, of Killmonday Games’: Fran Bow and Little Misfortune. First, due to the seriousness of the subject matter I want to acknowledge the clickbaity flippancy of the thumbnail we designed for…
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Grim Fandango
Welcome to our 20th episode of Collab Not Multiplayer!! This time we celebrate the timeless classic, adventure puzzle game Grim Fandango! Grim Fandango was originally released on October 30th, 1998 so we just happened to have this game in our queue of topics to discuss at its anniversary! Originally published by Lucas Arts and now…
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Hello! Welcome to another episode of Collab Not Multiplayer. This episode we have a lighthearted discussion relaying our experiences playing TLZ: Tears of the Kingdom by, Nintendo. Listen on YouTube or Spotify. We discuss our adventures and joys of playing in this open world sandbox of the most playful kind. *****Memes***** Thank you for listening/joining…
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Cookie Clicker:
Honeyshuckle Presents and Sackbot and Giggleklutz React Welcome back to Collab Not Multiplayer. Now leaving Outer Wilds alone (for a while.) You might think our next episode would be more grounded. HA! Instead Honeshuckle presents the lore of the unhinged universe of Cookie clicker for Sackbot and Giggleklutz to blind react to, here on YouTube…
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Outer Wilds August: Religion
****** SPOILER WARNING FOR OUTER WILDS AND ECHOES OF THE EYE DLC. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED***** Welcome back to Outer Wilds August here at Collab Not Multiplayer! This is our final episode of the series…. Religion. Religion is a hard topic to cover and this was a hard episode to make. I couldn’t pass it…
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Outer Wilds August: Fear
How We Deal with Being Afraid Welcome back to Collab Not Multiplayer: Outer Wilds August!This episode looks into the dark corners of fear as a theme and how it can drive deep storytelling and narrative. Outer Wilds, developed by, Mobius Digital, and published by, Annapurna Interactive is again the focus of our episode. Listen on…
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Outer Wilds August: DLC Echoes of the Eye
Welcome back to Outer Wilds August. In this our 15th episode we thoroughly explore the nature of Echoes of the Eye and discuss how it works as a DLC (Amazing!) and that devolves into themes and storytimes. It like Echoes, is a wild ride! Outer Wilds and its DLC Echoes of the Eye are available…