#primarily having to do with a feminist analysis of the premise of domesticity and abusive husbands/fathers vs the tenderness of the inhuman

[3liza]

i started working in Games JOurnalism after this game released and always wondered why the enormous amount of time, effort, and cash they must have thrown into a furnace to put this soundtrack together was instantly forgotten. because it does own, it has to be said, it owns. i have never been able to figure out why Cake and the Flaming Lips and Death Cab on a game soundtrack in 2005 was met with big shrugs all around, but my best guess is that 1. gamers were even stupider and less literate in the 2000s than they are now, they had no idea what to do with this beautifully-midcentury CD full of massive indie bands (because they only listened to final fantasy soundtracks) or the 50s futurism pastiche of the game's setting 2. the Dandy Warhols and Flaming Lips (arguably the biggest names on here except for Cake) tracks both suck dog balls, they must have forgotten about it and recorded it drunk in one take. idk. and 3. the game wasnt very good. like it had a lot of heart and was genuinely weird and sometimes very funny but it wasnt a great game in terms of gameplay no matter how good the styling was

it's a real weird little blank spot on the 2000s gaming landscape