Mixtape Is a Musical Magic Trick

About this episode

The episode discusses the game Mixtape, its reception, and includes a spoiler conversation.

Mixtape arrived alongside a flood of euphoric reviews and a variety of discourses across various social media platforms and gaming groups. With a tiny bit of distance, we talk through what does and doesn’t work about this riff on the modern musical with the help of Friends Per Second co-host Lucy James! Heads up: After the main conversation, mailbag, and honorable mentions, we’ve included a full spoiler convo on the game. We hope you enjoy it!

People in this episode

Hosts: Russ Frushtick, Chris Plante, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy

Guest: Lucy James

Topics covered

• game review
• musical games
• social media discourse
• game mechanics
• spoiler discussion

Keywords

• Mixtape
• musical game
• game review
• Lucy James
• Friends Per Second
• spoilers
• gaming discourse

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Friends Per Second

Books & works: Mixtape

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