SUMMER ETERNAL ANTHOLOGY NEW CONTRIBUTORS: Yanis Varoufakis, Ted Chiang, Prof. Richard Wolff, David Gaider, Mark Darrah.

We're pleased to announce that Yanis Varoufakis, Ted Chiang, Prof. Richard Wolff, David Gaider and Mark Darrah will be joining as contributors on the first volume of our Summer Eternal Anthology.

Summer Eternal Anthology Volume One Book

INTRODUCING: Summer Eternal Anthology Volume One.

This incendiary tome is part cultural journal, part development diary, part exclusive game reveal. Built by firestarters, for firestarters.

summereternal.com/anthology

Telling the truth and standing your ground against power unfortunately requires some expensive legal armor. If you're not already supporting People Make Games on Patreon, you can sign up here -- www.patreon.com/c/peoplemake...

Is it Super Seducer? Is it Young Stalin? NO! It is our politician-in-residence Aleksandar, speaking on how co-operatives can overcome challenges in the games industry.

A huge thank you to @the41stprecinct.bsky.social for the interview and our friends at @glasshousecrpg.bsky.social CRPG for filming.

TORRENT LINK

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LIBGEN MIRROR

Argo: libgen.li/get.php?md5=...

Dora: libgen.li/get.php?md5=...

Z LIBRARY MIRROR

Argo: z-lib.fm/book/1191104...

Dora: z-lib.fm/book/1191104...

INTERNET ARCHIVE MIRROR

Argo: ia601603.us.archive.org/21/items/tuu...

Dora: ia601907.us.archive.org/28/items/kli...

WEB ARCHIVE MIRROR
Argo: archive.is/mbzN7

Dora: archive.is/VcRjI

The Rise and Ruin of Locust City, an all-too-Elysium Story. Backed with evidence this is the true story of events that took place in Zaum studio between June 2022 and February 2024.

MEDIUM LINKS

Argo: medium.com/@fourhundred...

Dora: medium.com/@dora.klindz...

I want to put an end to the deception and disinformation ZA/UM has been spreading about me, and finally leave this entire chapter behind once and for all. Here is what really happened on Locust City.

Thanks for letting me know, I'll troubleshoot and try reposting!

We Need to Talk about Disco Elysium, Again YouTube video by People Make Games

Okay, big breath...

After more than two years since we published our last documentary on the topic, it's time we returned to Disco Elysium:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZEA...

Thank you for your thoughtful coverage, Duncan!

The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made How the success of a singular video game led to crises for almost all its creators

For the FT this weekend, I wrote about the foundation and fallout of Disco Elysium: how two Estonian novelists' successes and failures in literature led to the creation of a video game masterpiece, and an endless font of strife.

www.ft.com/content/5ae5...

Really sorry to hear this, Nicole. Wish you the best.

If you're at Reboot Develop Dubrovnik, come ask us about starting fires.

Argo Tuulik (@mixedmartialarx) / X Argo Tuulik (@mixedmartialarx) / X

Argo's been giving some updates on his Twitter, I'd recommend scrolling back from November... x.com/mixedmartial...

Hi Ian, not sure if you saw, but Longdue has been involved in bankrupting Argo, one of the original worldbuilders of the Elysium setting. Their founder has been harassing us in our home to the degree where we had to go to the police. There's not much mention in the press.

bsky.app/profile/mixe...

Thank you, it means a lot.

2021 Recommended Reading on Cults & Thought Reform | Cult Research These are some of the best books & publications about cults, thought reform, & related topics. Some may be difficult to find, but worth the search.

Thank you, Ryan! I entered the topic through reading and listening to cult researchers Janja Lalich and Margaret Thaler Singer.

I recommend this podcast with Dr Lalich as an entry point: youtu.be/VQlmgC4S5ro?...

And here's Dr Lalich's reading list, great website: janjalalich.com/blog/recomme...

There are also 3 previous episodes where Argo talks through many aspects of Elysium, including never before told lore aspects. Martin Luiga's episode is great for that too. Overall a great podcast!

videogame fans when the latest commodity fetish drops

ZAUM The Inside Story: Part 1 YouTube video by The 41st Precinct

Argo and I did a 16 hour podcast on it recently! youtu.be/BORV6qGgEPU?...

omg, just now realized your previous handle! I like the feeling of many happy returns on this website... I'm hanging in there, hope you are too. Glad to cross paths again.

Thank you!

ZAUM The Inside Story: Part 1 YouTube video by The 41st Precinct

We also gave a podcast recently on 41st Precinct's channel about the behind the scenes happenings at the company -- the channel has previous episodes with Argo Tuulik & Martin Luiga with never before told Elysium lore as well! youtu.be/BORV6qGgEPU?...

After the ZA/UM redundancies in early 2024, we hosted the hottest part of the severance package: the layoffs party!

The layoffs party had one thing that ZA/UM itself has not managed to produce in 5 years: a succesful trailer.

As promised in the pod, here's the world premiere:

Part 2 is out. This one follows a nauseating journey through the corporate headfuck panopticon, a sacrifice for old friends' sake that sealed our hero's fate, a nightmare crunch, a betrayal, and the bitter-sweet dawn of open union warfare.

We've cast the pod over at the 41st Precinct's channel -- a proper audiobook length at a staggering 16 hours!

This is a story about game making, corporate corruption, reality-distortion fields and cultic organizations, and it is just the beginning.