Gaming In The Wild - Video Game Reviews

This week’s show is about JETT: The Far Shore, an intriguing sci-fi exploration game with a cosmic story, a stellar soundtrack, and an international Space Station full of gameplay issues. But before that, I talk about my experience with a brand new Switch OLED (yay!), and why I find video games to be a fantastic way to shake off stress and anxiety.  If you enjoy the show, you can come say hi on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch - find the links at http://gaminginthewild.com. If you'd like to support the show on Patreon, you can do so from $1 per month and get exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community – go to http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild for that. You can also support the show via Ko-Fi if that’s your preferred creator platform: http://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. And as always, thanks for listening!

This week’s show looks at Lake: a subtle, unusual, "aggressively mundane" small-town story game about delivering mail and making life choices. Links to the VR festival discussed in the show: RIFF XR: http://riff.is/riff-xr Notes on Blindness: http://notesonblindness.co.uk/vr Hana Hana http://hanahana.world The Under Presents http://tenderclaws.com/theunderpresents Also mentioned: The Medium, Mundaun, Black Book. If you enjoy the show, you can come say hi on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch - find the links at http://gaminginthewild.com. If you'd like to support the show on Patreon, you can do so from $1 per month and get exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community – go to http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild for that. You can also support the show via Ko-Fi if that’s your preferred creator platform: http://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. And as always, thanks for listening!

This week's episode is about cosy black & white photography game TOEM, which I discuss with special guest Adam from Switch Indie Fix. Adam did a summer of "No New Games", where he only played titles from his backlog spreadsheet for six whole months, so we discuss how that experience was for him also.  Also mentioned this episode: Golf Club Wasteland, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Psychonauts 2 and Paper Mario: Origami King. You can head straight to our TOEM review at the 32 minute mark if you wish.  If you enjoy the show, you can come say hi on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch - find the links at http://gaminginthewild.com. If you'd like to support the show on Patreon, you can do so from $1 per month and get exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community – go to http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild for that. You can also support the show via Ko-Fi if that’s your preferred creator platform: http://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. And as always, thanks for listening!

This week's episode is an in-depth interview with Daniel Fineberg and Gregorios Kythreotis, who developed sci-fi exploration game Sable together under the banner Shedworks. Thanks to Daniel & Greg for making time to discuss the inspirations, game world, narrative structure, history, architecture and wildlife of their excellent debut game. Sable is out now on Xbox Gamepass and Windows. Episode 74 of Gaming in the Wild was a full review of the game – check that out here. If you enjoy the show, please do come say hi on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch - find the links at http://gaminginthewild.com.  This podcast is listener supported via Patreon. Supporters get extra episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community. You can join at http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild, or support the show via Ko-Fi if that’s your preferred creator platform: http://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. And as always, thanks for listening!

This week's longer-than-usual episode is about Sable, a lyrical sci-fi exploration game in which a young woman embarks on a coming of age journey through an expansive desert littered with natural wonders, memorable encounters, sparse camps, and hulking derelict spacecraft. It's a wonderful game with a calm mood and meticulous, thoughtful design throughout, from architecture, to outfits, to your customisable hover bike, to the modular narrative structure. If you enjoy the show, please do come say hi on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch - find the links at http://gaminginthewild.com. If you'd to support the show on Patreon, I'm very grateful – you’ll get exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community in return. Go to http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild to join up! You can also support the show via Ko-Fi if that’s your preferred creator platform: http://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. And as always, thanks for listening!

This week’s show is about the joyful, eye-popping psychedelic voyage of The Artful Escape. Strap on your telecaster and check any delicate musical sensibilities at the door to best enjoy this thrilling sci-fi odyssey. Hear the insightful developer interview I mention in the podcast on Pixel Sift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d4PAVZHK3g. Also mentioned: God of War, Sable, TOEM, The Forgotten City, Black Book, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. If you enjoy the show, please do come say hi on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch - find the links at http://gaminginthewild.com. If you'd to support the show on Patreon, I'm very grateful – you’ll get exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community in return. Go to http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild to join up! You can also support the show via Ko-Fi if that’s your preferred creator platform: http://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. And as always, thanks for listening!

This episode looks at three very different building games – the under-structured endless creative mode of Townscaper, the overly points-based Islanders, and a game that hits the Goldilocks zone: Cloud Gardens. It's a mellow but melancholic light free-form puzzler in which you drop endless human trash into abandoned post-industrial dioramas, until wild plants completely overgrow them.  Also mentioned this episode: Death Trash, Psychonauts 2, Lake. If you enjoy the show, please do come say hi on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch - find the links at http://gaminginthewild.com. If you'd to support the show on Patreon, I'm very grateful – you’ll get exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community in return. Go to http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild to join up! You can also support the show via Ko-Fi if that’s your preferred creator platform: http://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. And as always, thanks for listening!

This week’s show is about Griftlands, Klei Entertainment’s classy deck-battling RPG. It stacks systems-upon-systems-upon-systems, but also features top-tier writing, a detailed scenario, and several great story campaigns. Also mentioned this episode: Ni No Kuni - Wrath of the White Witch. If you enjoy the show, please do come say hi on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch - find the links at http://gaminginthewild.com. If you'd to support the show on Patreon, I'm very grateful – you’ll get exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community in return. Go to http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild to join up! You can also support the show via Ko-Fi if that’s your preferred creator platform: http://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. And as always, thanks for listening!

This week’s episode is about the controversial point ’n’ click home-invasion thriller Twelve Minutes. As a show that prefers to spotlight great titles and skate over bad ones, this is a rare instance of a negative feature review – however, in this case, it felt worth talking about. The game's story twists and problematic elements come with well-flagged spoiler and content warnings at the 27 minute mark. Also mentioned this episode: Breath of the Wild, Griftlands, Horace, Fallout 4: Far Harbour & Nuka World, Red Dead Online, Psychonauts 2, Fantasian, No Longer Home. If you enjoy the show, please do come say hi on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch - find the links at http://gaminginthewild.com. If you'd to support the show on Patreon, I'm very grateful – you’ll get exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community in return. Go to http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild to join up! You can also support the show via Ko-Fi if that’s your preferred creator platform: http://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. And as always, thanks for listening!

This week’s episode features a mini-review of a simple bouncing ball game called Glyph, before a more in-depth look at recent Gamepass addition OMNO. This lovely adventure-puzzle-platformer doesn’t break any new ground, but it does everything very well, resulting in a mellow, relaxing, frictionless experience. There's a rare instance of me praising a game's map! So stay tuned for that. Also mentioned this episode: Children Of Morta, Yakuza: Like A Dragon, 12 Minutes, No Longer Home, Griftlands. If you enjoy the show, please do come say hi on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch - find the links at http://gaminginthewild.com. If you'd to support the show on Patreon, I'm very grateful – you’ll get exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community in return. Go to http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild to join up! You can also support the show via Ko-Fi if that’s your preferred creator platform: http://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. And as always, thanks for listening!