Episode 28: The Estate of a Fairy

It’s SUBSTITUTE GAMES MONTH, where SURVEY_PROGRAM talks about new games that aren’t Deltarune before Chapter 5 snipes us!Kate and Nillin kick off festivities by breaking down AP Thomson’s Titanium Court, modern fae stories, and metatexuality. Within, Kate grapples with the question: can you love a game to death? Topics: Fairies and ferries. The Mountain Goats. Games that don’t want you to play them. Inspirations from Shakespeare. Self-insert characters and gender. The legacy of mobile games. Kane Parsons’ Backrooms and The Oldest View as fairy stories. Cars aren’t real. Kinds of Kindness. Games made by musicians. The only choice a player really has. A Series of Unfortunate Events. Do you really need to see it all?Get Titanium Court and its soundtrack on Steam!References:Post Games interview with AP Thomson and bonus Patreon episodeSCP-1733 – Season OpenerEpisode 25 – Millenial ArtEpisode 12 – Halloween HackSupport SURVEY_PROGRAM’s Green Room for bonus episodes!Join the SURVEY_PROGRAM Discord or follow on Bluesky.SURVEY_PROGRAM theme music by hywell, now on Bandcamp!Subscribe on YouTube / Spotify / Apple Podcasts / RSS.