Beethoven and Dinosaur’s last game was more a psychedelic prog rock concept album than a game – and that’s absolutely fine. I said it at the time, when I was writing for a rival publication and music magazine. The game, The Artful Escape, is a love-letter to all of us that have ever dreamed of being rock stars. The game speaks, directly, to anyone that’s grown up loving music – and, also, who is A Little Bit Weird.
The developer has been quiet for a while now, but at the big summer Xbox Showcase of 2024, the platform holder gave Beethoven and Dinosaur the stage once again. And what an encore. If the gorgeous art style and fuzzy nostalgic filter didn’t get me, the confirmation that the game will be set to a soundtrack of DEVO, Roxy Music, Lush, The Smashing Pumpkins, Iggy Pop, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Joy Division did.
I was born in 1991, so a lot of this music is actually a little before my time, but I grew up with an old punk dad and a motown-loving mum, and found prog rock and skateboarding myself in my teenage years. It feels like Mixtape is made specifically with me in mind – I couldn’t ask for a game more aligned with what I want if you put a gun to my head.
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