May 7, 2026
With Mixtape out today, the tiny number of coming of age games gets just that little bit bigger
A couple of years ago, The Artful Escape devs Beethoven & Dinosaur announced their next game, Mixtape . It caught my eye at the time in no small part to having an art style that actually looks like Something as opposed to the vast sea of realism simulators out there. In particular, I was fond of its choppy, post-Into-the-Spiderverse animation, and the licensed music soundtrack, despite being very dad-core (maybe even...
A couple of years ago, The Artful Escape devs Beethoven & Dinosaur announced their next game, Mixtape . It caught my eye at the time in no small part to having an art style that actually looks like Something as opposed to the vast sea of realism simulators out there. In particular, I was fond of its choppy, post-Into-the-Spiderverse animation, and the licensed music soundtrack, despite being very dad-core (maybe even grandad-core for some of you, at this point), did it some favours for me too. Now, it's out! And brings up a pertinent point about genre. Read more
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