{"id":24084,"date":"2026-07-24T12:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T10:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/an-anthem-for-the-co-dependent-bad-magpies-corvid-carnage-with-a-side-of-existential-angst\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T12:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T10:37:15","slug":"an-anthem-for-the-co-dependent-bad-magpies-corvid-carnage-with-a-side-of-existential-angst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/an-anthem-for-the-co-dependent-bad-magpies-corvid-carnage-with-a-side-of-existential-angst\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018An anthem for the co-dependent\u2019: Bad Magpie\u2019s corvid carnage with a side of existential angst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Going by the mantra, if you want to make someone laugh, make them cry first, the game\u2019s developers have created a lonely magpie who fills the void by wreaking havoc<\/p>\n<p>Amid the gleeful anarchy of Bad Magpie\u2019s debut trailer, there\u2019s a striking note of melancholy. The game\u2019s protagonist \u2013 a wounded corvid that creates havoc wherever she goes \u2013 calls out forlornly as a flock of her kind passes above, with a conspicuous gap in their formation.<\/p>\n<p>Milktooth games designer and co-founder Daisy Fernandez has had this particular image in her head for years. Lying in the grass one afternoon during the 2020 lockdowns, she looked up and saw a V-shaped pattern in the sky, poignantly incomplete. \u201cIt really stuck with me,\u201d she says. \u201cI posted about it online and someone told me about a \u2018missing man\u2019 formation, which is an aerial salute to a fallen pilot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2026\/jul\/24\/bad-magpie-preview-milktooth\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/937a8296f2930257b2b9ff2c7de7c9916a8f9269\/489_9_1134_907\/master\/1134.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e290d341d2e7b42927e95628a39e142b\" title=\"\u2018An anthem for the co-dependent\u2019: Bad Magpie\u2019s corvid carnage with a side of existential angst\" \/>Going by the mantra, if you want to make someone laugh, make them cry first, the game\u2019s developers have created a lonely magpie who fills the void by wreaking havoc<br \/>\nAmid the gleeful anarchy of Bad Magpie\u2019s debut trailer, there\u2019s a striking note of melancholy. The game\u2019s protagonist \u2013 a wounded corvid that creates havoc wherever she goes \u2013 calls out forlornly as a flock of her kind passes above, with a conspicuous gap in their formation.<br \/>\nMilktooth games designer and co-founder Daisy Fernandez has had this particular image in her head for years. Lying in the grass one afternoon during the 2020 lockdowns, she looked up and saw a V-shaped pattern in the sky, poignantly incomplete. \u201cIt really stuck with me,\u201d she says. \u201cI posted about it online and someone told me about a \u2018missing man\u2019 formation, which is an aerial salute to a fallen pilot.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going by the mantra, if you want to make someone laugh, make them cry first, the game\u2019s developers have created a lonely magpie who fills the void by wreaking havoc Amid the gleeful anarchy of Bad Magpie\u2019s debut trailer, there\u2019s a striking note of melancholy. The game\u2019s protagonist \u2013 a wounded corvid that creates havoc &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/an-anthem-for-the-co-dependent-bad-magpies-corvid-carnage-with-a-side-of-existential-angst\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018An anthem for the co-dependent\u2019: Bad Magpie\u2019s corvid carnage with a side of existential angst<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24084"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}