122: What Remains of Edith Finch

What Remains of Edith Finch is the second game from The Unfinished Swan developer Giant Sparrow and creative director Ian Dallas. It’s a sort of anthology game; a collection of family stories tied together by Edith Finch’s attempt to unravel a family curse as she explores her ancestral home. We had a great discussion about what this brings to the first person narrative game genre and why it’s been such a hot take machine. What Remains of Edith Finch is available for PS4 and Windows (Steam). Expect it to take two to three hours to complete.

Spoiler break at 52:18.

Links for this episode:

• Giant Sparrow (@giantsparrow) | Twitter
• Ian Dallas » A reasonable man
• 43: The Unfinished Swan – The Short Game
• The Remains of Isadore McMurtlemumsy
• Edward Gorey – Wikipedia
• Ian Bogost (@ibogost) | Twitter
• Video Games Are Better Without Stories – The Atlantic
• Giant Sparrow/Ian Dallas (What Remains of Edith Finch) – official AMA! : PS4
• The Sexy Brutale

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Your hosts this week were:

• Laura Nash – @laurajnash
• Raygan Kelly – @raygank
• Shane Kelly – @8bitShane
• Nate Heininger – @natestl

• (52:18) - Spoiler Break