![]() ![]() This is a five track EP, with each roughly-hour-long episode culminating in one of the beat-laden, future-pop tracks that underpin it. That focus leads us to the music, the centrepiece of the experience. His vision and drive are plain to see through every aspect of We Are OFK, and while it’s clearly a collaborative piece he remains the focal point. Teddy Dief, co-designer of Hyper Light Drifter, is the lead here, both producing and providing Luca’s voice work, including the vocals on each track. ![]() The designers want us to like it as much as the fictional group want us to like their music. There were moments, albeit brief, where I was taken out of the narrative by a line that just rang a little hollow, but then part of We Are OFK’s charm is the knowing and self-aware anxiety that seems to permeate the whole project. I do wonder if, at times, it’s chasing the zeitgeist rather than riding it, skewing the question as to whether it’s almost too hip and relevant. Overall, it’s the pretty young things that the narrative centres on that you’ll be most invested in though there’s a outside change it might be Debug the digital cat. That said, if you’re into music or the work that devs do there’s more chance you’ll find the whole thing fascinating. The setting of the LA music scene, and to a lesser extent the game development scene, is perhaps the thing that isn’t as relatable. They also portray a spectrum of sexuality and gender that is not only timely it just feels right. The relationships it portrays between the friends, their significant others, and the other characters are better written than a host of west coast dramas could manage. Secondly, We Are OFK is genuinely sexy, romantic, touching and realistic. Carter’s dour, engaged tech wizard role seems to hide something beneath the surface it should be a red flag and you’ll likely spend the first couple of episodes shouting at their friends to check up on them. ![]() Itsumi is hyperactive, nervous, and thoroughly cute while she tries to balance work and life, while Jey’s powerful presence in the recording studio as a producer sits at odds with her demeanour when dealing with her parents. ![]()
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