Broken Reality, Vaporwave, and Irony
7,996Broken Reality is a game about a futuristic virtual chatroom that borrows most of its aesthetics from the 90's! You'll almost feel like you're back in 2045!
It's also deeply tied up in the vaporwave subculture for good and for ill, and we talk a bit (as much as I can bear to, anyways) about what that means and how it impacts the game.
Game link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/757480/Broken_Reality/
Sources, As Per My Statement I Would Include Sources:
The Music Theory of V A P O R W A V E : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdVEez20X_s
What Happened To Vaporwave? https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a47793/what-happened-to-vaporwave/
Adam Harper's Comment: Vaporwave and the pop-art of the virtual plaza: https://www.dummymag.com/news/adam-harper-vaporwave/
Dan Bell's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjU-Cwjfqbo2hMRItlXwnnQ
Dan Bell's TEDX Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYzA2uyd9_s
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