#bershy

[p4perhearts]

Bershy — on stage at Workplay Theater in Birmingham, AL

[psychokillermp4]

[vladimir-todd]

Our petals are so beautiful..

[penny-in-a-well]

[digitalstickzac]

TITLE: Radio

BY: Bershy

FEATURED IN: Dispatch

[novvuh]

[notpetewentzx]

like no i’m gonna talk about this forever.

mark my words, this girls gonna go triple platinum once she releases an album.

[vloxl]

Radio - Bershy

I didn't play Dispatch myself but I will admit that I watched the streamer Slimecicle play the entire game in ONE SESSION and it was extremely compelling (he played it in one session, I didn't watch the full vod straight through). I thought it was a pretty fine game that well-represents the average mainly story-driven gaming genre. It's fun, doesn't take itself too seriously, balances high stakes with realistic reasons for said stakes, and has a dog that almost every player would die for. However, I did find the game hollow and lacking in the actual difference in choices made by the player. It definitely does feel like the kind of game that the majority of people would end up talking about just to realize that there were no substantial differences between any of their character progressions. I understand that this game isn't actually trying to be the next Witcher or Detroit Become Human but I think this genre really shines when given the whole spectrum of possible endings. Heck, even try throwing bear sex into Dispatch just like Baldur's Gate.

However, this isn't a review of the game Dispatch. This is a review of what it's like to play that game just to hear this amazing song and think, "holy shit I have to listen to this all the time!" This kind of general sentiment exists really for most if not all the games on the Dispatch official OST, but it is an especially apt label for Bershy's Radio. This song is a perfect embodiment of all the lightheartedness captured in the game and the real love that exists between the characters as well as the love that you develop for them as a player. This is seen in the fact that this song plays during the house party scene where it feels like everyone is really becoming a family.

The lyrics of this song really point to a romantic love interest that is functioning as the singer's muse or purpose or raison d'etre but I can't really listen to the song without separating it from the idea of community and finally placing yourself in a real found family. It feels like a piece of candy sitting underneath your tongue and slowly releasing dopamine to your brain and heart. It also frustratingly reminds me of how much amazing music exists in the world by artists that I'll just never know. Everybody please stream this entire OST!