A sad game about generational cycles of trauma??? Not on this podcast.

Today we're talking about The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother by Somi! A game about decoding messages left by a loved one and split-flap displays.

Get The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother on Steam! Check out Somi's other work on their website and listen to our No Case Should Remain Unsolved episode with Lex!

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Art by Tara Crawford

Theme music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:

• (00:00 ) - Maybe this will be a chill one


• (00:51 ) - dirt.zip


• (01:48 ) - What is The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother


• (06:52 ) - Continued appreciation of puzzle games that want to be solved


• (08:32 ) - What about the journal?


• (12:05 ) - Game is sad! Have fun!


• (12:40 ) - S P O I L E R T I M E


• (12:54 ) - Broad story strokes


• (19:05 ) - How could a child know this? How could a parent?


• (22:58 ) - The epilogue


• (23:50 ) - Puzzle/story highlights


• (26:31 ) - *Get*ting it


• (31:17 ) - The title of the video game


• (32:53 ) - Big Takeaways


• (32:58 ) - Kim's Big Takeaway


• (34:33 ) - AJ's Big Takeaway


• (38:14 ) - You don't have to DIE to stop a cycle


• (39:02 ) - Thank you for listening<3