Gaming In The Wild - Video Game Reviews

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!

This week's episode is about existential point 'n' click adventure The Longing. To untangle the mysteries of this deeply eccentric and uniquely challenging game, I called in some expert reinforcements in gamecritics.com editor, So Videogames podcast host and all-round great guy Brad Gallaway.  Also mentioned this episode: Omno, Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. You can hear the So... Videogames! podcast on your favourite podcast service, or here: https://gamecritics.com/category/podcasts/so-videogames. If you enjoy the show, please do come say hi on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch via http://gaminginthewild.carrd.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 a mix and match. It covers Annapurna-published narrative adventure Last Stop, Inkle's "youdunnit" murder game Overboard!, and the new mobile edition of absolutely bananas balletic blast-em-up My Friend Pedro. Also mentioned: Griftlands, The Falconeer - Warrior Edition, Glyph. If you enjoy the show, please do come say hi on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch via linktr.ee/gaminginthewild. 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 patreon.com/gaminginthewild to join up! You can also support the show via Ko-Fi if that’s your preferred creator platform: ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. And as always, thanks for listening!

This week’s episode is about brand new indie darling Death’s Door, the first game by two-person studio Acid Nerve, published by Devolver. It’s a lovingly crafted game about a very bird day on the office for young fledgling crow tasked with reaping a giant soul. Also mentioned this episode: Winds & Leaves, Slay The Spire. If you enjoy the show, please do come say hi on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch via http://gaminginthewild.carrd.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 a conversation with Dyala Kattan-Wright, the creator of the conversational deck-builder Signs of the Sojourner. It's a memorable story presenting a warm and humane vision of our climate future. It landed on consoles earlier this year, and was featured in the Itch.io bundle for Palestine aid, so if you supported that campaign, you already own it. Check it out on the Echodog games website at https://www.echodoggames.com. (Side-note: I made a mistake during editing, so there's a pronounced echo on my voice throughout - but luckily not Dyala's. I hope it's not too distracting! Sorry!)   Also mentioned this episode: Wasteland 3 and Outriders. If you enjoy the show, please do come say hi on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch via http://linktr.ee/gaminginthewild.  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!

I skated over a few Gamepass titles last episode, but this week it's time to dive on in. The featured game is addictive but difficult card-battler Nowhere Prophet, and I also discuss indie monster game Carrion and the wonderful fairytale Zelda & Pikmin inspired adventure game The Wild At Heart. Oh, and I take five minutes to dunk on Bethesda's two multiplayer efforts, Fallout 76 & Elder Scrolls Online.  You can come say hi and follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch via http://linktr.ee/gaminginthewild. If you'd to support the show on Patreon, I'm very grateful – in return, you get early access, exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community – go to http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild for more info. 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!