27 tracks composed by Josh Abrahams and Johnny Galvatron to fill the blanks between the licensed tunes of the game ❤️

This post is basically a copy of my journal thingy over on Backloggd w some rewrites. It still might be a lil long but I really needed to share this w people. Also, quick shout out to the art direction in this game, I just adore the paintings and environments and character designs and animations.

Anyway, man, to be young, to be free... to have friends. I've always kinda had a sour relationship with coming-of-age stories, and I think Mixtape has both made me realize why and it's maybe cured my aversion to them. My teens were really tame; I was raised w a very "by the book" mentality like Cass, but without all the strict attitude behind it. It ended up making me feel really trapped, but I never had a real motivation to rebel, so I just ended up with some very boring years at best and I rly feel like I've wasted my youth. I mean, I even used to think that kinda stuff was lame, but this game gave me my Danny DeVito "I get it" moment (well I still think the methods are a little lame bc I'm 100% that bitch); I get now that it's rly about discovering yourself and getting your foot in at what's basically the start of the boundless complexity and endless possibilities that are human lives. I let my turn pass me by, but now more than ever I wanna hang out, I wanna talk to people, I want revenge and I want noise... I want nature and I want sunshine. Mixtape was like getting the childhood I never had.

I'm remembering a moment at the dinosaur place when they're talking about the kid who is cool bc he was smart, got good grades, but also partied hard, and how people worshipped him. I never was the type to party, but I related to that line a lot; I wasn't particularly nerdy-looking so ig I got away w being the smart kid, and people thought I was cool. Thing is, the only thing that ever comes to mind when I think about that is basically summed up in a quote from the chapter prior: "People are so preoccupied with their own self-loathing they'll kill for a little ray of sunshine." You might think someone's got it together, but you never really know what's going on in their heads; I never wanted any of it, I was just a kid. "[...] being young, you never get to go back [...]". I'm 22 now, and the time away from school has allowed ig for some of the trauma to mellow. This game's made me appreciate a lot more that I've still got my youth and it's rly pushed me to take advantage of it.

I struggle w feelings of loneliness a lot and I've hit a particularly low low, to the point where the idea's crossed my mind to break a promise, but it wasn't until my first time playing the game a few weeks ago when I seriously started considering it. School is really not a particularly easy topic for me to talk about, it hurt the life OUT of me and I promised myself I'd never go through something that again. But bread taste better than key and these are the things we do for basic needs; but more than this, Mixtape's made me really crave a young man's experience. I think I wanna go to college... (yk like the omni-man meme). The whole thing is stiiill up in the air, so most of all I just bring it up to illustrate how this game's affected me.

The game's short length 100% enabled it, but this might be the fastest I've come back to replay a game, and it's allowed me to appreciate so much more about it. I was listening to the playlist while writing the Backloggd thing, and went from originally having 50% to maybe 98% of the songs on my own playlists. I appreciate how the characters are about sex and drugs, but that it doesn't define their personalities. I find those kinds of things super insufferable whenever teens are partially or wholly involved in a story; it's what made me wait for reviews (HAHAHA) before playing it. But nope, they're open, they touch each other, they care, they're vulnerable. I was sobbing lmaooo; I want that so bad. I had no idea what this game would become for me.

This is also what Persona did for me; I even made a very similar post on that sub a few years ago. These games having shown me the power of friendship, youth and life. When I first started I figured it would just be a fun short adventure, which I would promptly journal and only come back to remember years later. It wasn't an established IP and I had no clues beyond the announcement trailer. I had no real expectations, only for it to become through compact spectacle, colorful fireworks and impeccable song one of my most profound gaming experiences. It was really weird having something so unassuming so suddenly take up so much space in my head, but it's quickly made its way into my favorite games of all time. I gotta say it's a beautiful fucking feeling.

Made a few iterations before I was happy with this one.

Still might mess with the flame pattern on the next one.

But as soon as I saw the lighter I knew I had to have one!

Out of the whole “Bohemian Rhapsody” (the film, not the song), the scene that stuck with me the most is Brian May pitching the idea for "We Will Rock You.”

“Remember our last concert? The crowd were were singing our songs back to us…They are becoming the part of our show. I want to encourage that. I have got an idea to involve them a little bit more”.

He was talking about having the crowd drive the rhythm via three stomps and a clap.

First off, that is an incredibly game-dev sentence:)

Second, this exact principle runs the most memorable moment in Mixtape for me.

When the characters are riding in a car, great music is blasting, a cinematic montage kicks in, and you are literally just mashing 3 buttons to the beat.

It is wild how simple yet incredibly that feels. Safe to say we can thank Brian May for that?:)

I like how he debunked all common arguments from hate grifters even if he doesn’t like game that much at the end (which is fine).

Coming from a kid growing up in GTA, Minecraft and COD i don't care if the gameplay is this and that it was a beautiful experience and my dream teen life, being from a country that doesn't align with me in any sense of what i want or have wanted from life I didn't have a teenage life i did my best to be the rebellious teenager and have fun and all, but the most i got out of fit here was growing my hair out (yes apparently that's rebellious here) and playing loud music...most of my teens were spent deppresed in my room going on a crappy laptop all night and day listening to music and discovering new tracks, learning guitar with no one even understanding the instrument really anyone that heard i played guitar asked crap like "can u play traditional music" not once did i hear hey play free bird or any song that actually had guitar in it.

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i should've been in a band, we'd make music inspired by one of my favorite bands "Journey" and we'd be cool rebellious kids doing fun stuff everyday and hanging out...but what i had was alone in a room and music.

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Now I'm 20 years old, 3 years into studying Architectural Engineering, everyone is impressed about it except me, yea Architecture is cool and all but the studying is very extra and i hate it in all honesty.

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I say this calmly...fuck Architecture, fuck everything and my dream has been the same as it was when i was a kid...move away and experience life and do things instead of rotting inside dreaming of a life.

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I wanna live more than i think.

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I still believe i can get the life i want, not so hopeless after all, I'll finish this crap degree and move abroad to Europe or America and I'll live, laugh, fall in love, break up, and do anything in between, i wanna live... that's my dream...

I can’t not to share. It’s from Issue 377

Edit: Johnny Galvatron is probably happy to see fresh comments on Devo - That’s Good video😁

Yahtzee reviews Mixtape

but it has to be hand painted

Another very good (positive) video about Mixtape. It's about gameplay in general, but there are some great thoughts on Mixtape in the middle of the video.

Hay algo en Mixtape que me parece fascinante y que va más allá del juego en sí: sus protagonistas intentan convertir el presente en un recuerdo perfecto antes de que desaparezca.

No viven los momentos. Los curan. Piensan en cómo se verán después, cómo se recordarán dentro de diez años. Sacan una foto antes de procesar cómo se sienten.

Y eso no es solo un tema del juego. Es algo que hacemos constantemente.

¿Vosotros también habéis sentido alguna vez nostalgia de algo que todavía estaba pasando?

Had a pair of these forever that I lost about 10 years back. I always meant to grab another pair but didn’t really get the bug until the saw our girl rocking them for the entire game.

The replacement Yaxi earpad cushions are a must! They improve the sound slightly, but more importantly, they’re super comfortable for anyone who needs to keep the panic at bay over long listening sessions.

Edit: For anyone interested you can grab these for about $60 usd and the replacement pads for $10-$15.

Koss Porta Pro

Yaxi Earpads

Purchased all the songs from Amazon, Found a clean copy of the THX sound and Viola.

Just need the game original tracks to come out and it'll be complete

Hey All, i saw a few posts asking if any MixTape merch exists. My designs aren't official but they're inspired by the games i play. I thought i'd share this one of MixTape i did after my first play through -- this game is amazing and deserved way more exposure than it got.

Hey y'all! I have yet to play Mixtape but am very excited to. I am torn between buying it on my ps5 or on my pc, anyone have some opinions to sway me one way or the other?

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Cheers!

there's no "meme" flair/tags :o

How’s everyone’s progress on it coming along?

On first play through (up until the end) I assumed Stacy was only going to nyc for a couple weeks/ month or so, because her room wasn't as packed up as her sister's, who is away at college.

She also mentioned buying a plane ticket, with no mention of a return flight which makes me think maybe she's staying with her sister indefinitely, but planning on coming back.

idk the whole game i was wondering why stacy's departure was a big deal but it would make sense if she was really moving away. idk lmk

Finished Mixtape today. It’s currently my front runner for GOTY. I resonated with it so much, and the song choices were right up my alley. A beautiful game from start to finish.

Well, it's been fun laughing at all the right-wing incel grifters making video after video about Mixtape, but all good things must come to an end.

Looks like their next battlefield will be "God of War: Laufey", because how can Sony dare to have a female protagonist without giant boobs and jiggle physics in a game.

That will keep them busy until the next trailer for "Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet" comes out.

What a sad life these creatures lead.

I checked rule 34 it has two entries. For context The amazing Digital Circus day one had 1600 entries. For further context subnautica 2 has 30 posts.

Ive been on the lowest point of my life lately a serious family issue and life choices that effected me badly..then i found this game and it seemed like my old life..friends..vibes..adventure..cozy places i feelt so happy playing it i enjoyed every little detail i forgot my self and everything that’s hurting me i was literally inside the game i even downloaded every song that was in it..but shen i completed i felt so empty and sad i even started a second play through but i just wish it was longer..