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queensjournal.ca: https://www.queensjournal.ca/headphones-are-on-and-discourse-is-up-with-mixtape/

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Tuesday, May 26, 2026

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When Mixtape celebrated its release on May 7, players were conscripted into an internet war to debate its video game status.On the day of release, one of the most popular platforms covering major video game releases, Imagine Games Network [IGN] Senior Editor Simon Cardy controversially scored the game a 10/10. As IGN's first masterful score of 2026, the review places the game among the likes of The Last of Us, Elden Ring, and Baldur's Gate 3 for "set[ing] a new standard for coming-of-age stories in video games and does so with a masterful sense of style.”In Mixtape, players follow melomaniac, Stacey Rockford, who curates the perfect mixtape to soundtrack her last day with her friends, Van "Slater" and Cassandra, before escaping to New York City with the dream of be
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When Mixtape celebrated its release on May 7, players were conscripted into an internet war to debate its video game status.On the day of release, one of the most popular platforms covering major video game releases, Imagine Games Network [IGN] Senior Editor Simon Cardy controversially scored the game a 10/10. As IGN's first masterful score of 2026, the review places the game among the likes of The Last of Us, Elden Ring, and Baldur's Gate 3 for "set[ing] a new standard for coming-of-age stories in video games and does so with a masterful sense of style.”In Mixtape, players follow melomaniac, Stacey Rockford, who curates the perfect mixtape to soundtrack her last day with her friends, Van "Slater" and Cassandra, before escaping to New York City with the dream of becoming a music supervisor. Players interact with minigames that accompany Stacey's songs, but these actions do not influence the outcomes of decisions, giving the game little interactivity. 
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