Disco Elysium Spoilercast, Part 3: Communist Hustle

It’s the final episode of our three-part Disco Elysium spoilercast with our special guest, Jamie Woodcock! Not only we do talk about the game’s ending but we also discuss how the game handles money, plot structure, character development, and world-bulding. We discuss what makes a game political and how Disco Elysium squares its leftist politics with its protagonist being a cop. We work through the surreal and magical realist elements of the game, like deadly white noise, the hole in existence housed in the church, and the Insulindian Phasmid. We ask what justice might look like in the world of Elysium and why ambiguity can be a good thing in a game trying to make a political statement. Spoiler: we really like the game.

For those who missed the previous episodes, here’s Part 1 and Part 2.

GwG managing editor Christian Haines also wrote a review of the Final Cut version of Disco Elysium for the Los Angeles Review of books.