Gaming In The Wild - Video Game Reviews

This week's episode takes a look at 2015 episodic graphic adventure Life Is Strange. It's a nostalgic game that's littered with pop cultural references from Twin Peaks to The X-Files to Groundhog Day, with a wonderful soundtrack and a story that's part paranormal mystery and part intimate character study, with moments of lightness set against some heavy themes. You can come say hi and follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch via http://linktr.ee/gaminginthewild. You can also support the show on Patreon to get exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community via http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild. You can also support the show at Ko-Fi if that’s your preferred creator platform: http://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. As always, thanks for listening!

These week I leaf through the pages of The Collage Atlas – a wonderfully delicate, aesthetic hand-drawn game that came out in 2020 for Apple Arcade. Also: an earthquake update, more praise for Fallout 4, and some news about the great games that are lined up for future episodes. You can come say hi and follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch via http://linktr.ee/gaminginthewild. You can also support the show on Patreon to get exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community via http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild. You can also support the show at Ko-Fi if that’s your preferred creator platform: http://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. As always, thanks for listening!

This week's episode is about one of the most cerebral, detailed gameworlds I've ever inhabited: it’s the award-winning Disco Elysium, by Estonian studio ZA/UM. It's a game that mixes a dense, layered, politically rich game world with a fear & loathing-style protagonist, an innovative "consciousness simulator", and an intriguing murder mystery. Also mentioned: Sea of Solitude and (yes, again) Fallout 4. You can come say hi and follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch via http://linktr.ee/gaminginthewild. You can also support the show on Patreon to get exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community via http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild. You can also support the show at Ko-Fi if that’s your preferred creator platform: http://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild.

This week’s episode journeys into the dark heart of an accomplished narrative-led adventure game – A Plague Tale: Innocence.  Also: an Iceland earthquake update, first impressions of promising puzzle game Maquette, and further impressions of NUTS and Fallout 4. You can come say hi and follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch via http://linktr.ee/gaminginthewild. You can also support the show on Patreon to get exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community via http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild. You can also support the show at Ko-Fi if that’s your preferred creator platform: http://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. As always, thanks for listening!

This week we take a step back in time to review 2014 title Entwined by PixelOpus, developers of Concrete Genie; and also a step into the future in the bleak but engaging wasteland of Fallout 4. Also mentioned: Solar Ash, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Nuts, Monument Valley, Maquette, and more. You can come say hi and follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch via http://linktr.ee/gaminginthewild. The podcast is listener supported, so if you enjoy it you can also support the show on Patreon and get exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s cosy Discord community via http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild.  And as always, thanks for listening! The music in this episode is from Entwined, Fallout 4 and Night In The Woods.

This week I painted the walls of a bleak post-industrial town with neon nature dreamscapes in the fantastic modern fairytale Concrete Genie. It's an original and innovative game by Pixelopus, a studio with an interesting origin story in its own right. Also mentioned: Furi, Mario Galaxy, a preview of 2021 games, and some very exciting news about a forthcoming composer interview. You can find me on social media (and support the show on Patreon, if you like!) via http://linktr.ee/gaminginthewild. Shares, reviews and ratings are also very much appreciated, if that's a thing on your chosen listening platform. And as always, thanks for listening!

This week's episode features two fascinating games. First it's a recommendation for the experiential origami nature odyssey Paper Beast – released in 2020 for Oculus and PSVR – followed by a critique of the bafflingly designed Cultist Simulator, which was recently ported to Switch. You can come say hi on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch via http://linktr.ee/gaminginthewild and support the show on Patreon to get exclusive episodes and more via http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild — or via Ko-Fi, if that’s your preferred creator platform, via http://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. And as always, thanks for listening!

This week's episode is an interview with Gareth Damian Martin, an artist, writer, and the developer of In Other Waters. It's an unusual game that offers you the chance to explore an alien ocean, experience an imaginative, detailed and plausible-seeming marine ecosystem, and to uncover a sci-fi mystery. It was an illuminating conversation that covers the game's conception, the ensuing research, writing and design, and the process of launching a game as a first-time developer. Follow Gareth on Twitter at @jumpovertheage and @InOtherWaters. You can also follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch via http://linktr.ee/gaminginthewild, and support the show on Patreon to get exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community – head to http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild for more info. You can also send a one-time tip via Ko-Fi if that’s your preferred creator platform: http://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. The music on this episode is by Amos Roddy. Additional thanks to Louis from Time Played 3hr for the audio help.  And as always, thanks for listening.

How time flies… it’s episode 40! That means the podcast is old enough to wonder why it doesn’t yet own a house and start worrying about doing more cardio. Lucky, then, that this week’s game is Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, which is a wonderfully innocent game about childhood, nature, birds, and the unbridled fun of summer holidays. Also mentioned: the Backbone iPhone controller, PSVR, Apple Arcade, South of the Circle, Necrobarista, Nuts, What The Golf?, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Art of Rally, In Other Waters, Disco Elysium, and more. You can come say hi and follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch via http://linktr.ee/gaminginthewild. You can also support the show on Patreon to get exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community via http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild, or tip the show at Ko-Fi if that’s your preferred creator platform: http://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. As always, thanks for listening!

This week's episode is a short one about two short touchscreen games: the Game Awards winning If Found... and the Apple Arcade's miniature feel-good RPG Guildlings.  Also touched upon: Linelight, Reigns, Necrobarista, Red Colony, Yakuza 0 and Resogun. You can come say hi and follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch via http://linktr.ee/gaminginthewild.  You can also support the show on Patreon to get exclusive episodes, sale recommendations, and an invite to the show’s Discord community via http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild.  Support also appreciated via Ko-Fi, if that's your preferred platform: https://ko-fi.com/gaminginthewild. As always, thanks for listening!