You're going to fail in Citizen Sleeper 2

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Flow State

Matt Horton

34 episodes

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A show about the games we get lost in

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A show about the games we get lost in

Video Games

Leisure,

Games

You're going to fail in Citizen Sleeper 2

Flow State

37 minutes

11 months ago

You're going to fail in Citizen Sleeper 2

We crave failure, or at least the chance of it. Why?

00:00 - You crave failure
01:39 - Citizen Sleeper’s ideas of failure
06:46 - We fear failure
09:29 - The Paradox of Failure
12:19 - The queer art of failure
14:48 - CW: Homophobia
17:22 - How Citizen Sleeper 2 uses failure
22:15 - Who gets to fail?
25:33 - The risk of making games
30:29 - Failing the contract in Citizen Sleeper 2
34:18 - Why we crave failure

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Research sources:
The Art of Failure, Juul - https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262529952/the-art-of-failure/
The Queer Art of Failure, Halberstam - https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-queer-art-of-failure
Queer Games Studies, Ruberg and Shaw - https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517900373/queer-game-studies/
No Fun: The Queer Potential of Video Games that Annoy, Anger, Disappoint, Sadden, and Hurt, Ruberg - https://ourglasslake.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Ruberg-No-Fun-QED.pdf

Music:
Signalchaser, Citizen Sleeper 2, Amos Roddy - https://youtu.be/M4BhsWWy4F0?si=D-djTl2B_-WJWk0P
Suncatchers, Citizen Sleeper 2, Amos Roddy - https://youtu.be/YL5LWm5Nk84?si=0vEwUiNKMRWV5HDI

Media sources:
Why do God of War's Characters Keep Spoiling Puzzles?, Game Maker's Toolkit - https://youtu.be/cZgjRcYGkY8?si=ynaXk8O8RP3eHzUb
In Defense of Dark Souls 2, hbomberguy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRTfcMeqhig
Into the Aether's Pokémon Emerald Nuzlocke - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bYvqnTvUCg
Animal Crossing (Gamecube) with Stephen - https://youtu.be/_8e7wd6x9Ow?si=nS0VrrMR8xmnkP4P
Jesper Juul - Who cares if it's a Game? The uses and misuses of a dangerous word - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1RUiMY2MEs
The Cult of Microsoft by Ed Zitron - https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-cult-of-microsoft/
I made the worst ever 1-1 remake in Mario Maker 2 by YTSunny - https://youtu.be/eb60pnjABGg?si=ijyLAhsOxSFHGpcx
What is Super Mario Bros? by Into the Aether - https://youtu.be/ydoGs2Sflw4?si=cZPLJ3pXDw8rBOOc
Bo Ruberg: The Queer Games Avant-Garde - https://youtu.be/pc1az37mEvo?si=nUuxI9hQAmigJIE0
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Balloon Battle Gameplay - https://youtu.be/4xZ3TnVk9bQ?si=2hWRrtZfyhLhW9rs
Microsoft Closes Studios Behind Redfall, Hi-Fi Rush, And More To Prioritize 'High-Impact' Games, Kotaku - https://kotaku.com/xbox-closing-arkane-austin-tango-gameworks-1851460685
Ubisoft to Shut Down ‘XDefiant,’ Nearly 300 Employees Laid Off as San Francisco and Osaka Game Studios Close, Variety - https://variety.com/2024/gaming/news/xdefiant-canceled-ubisoft-layoffs-1236235023/
Aaron Greenberg's tweet praising how well Hi-Fi Rush did across their measurements - https://x.com/aarongreenberg/status/1649431572137779203