Outer Wilds is a bit longer than the games we typically cover, but it was such a surprise favorite that we had to talk about it on the podcast before the end of the year. In Outer Wilds you play as an astronaut exploring his tiny solar system and uncovering the mysteries of the vanished species that came before. It’s a game that does exploration and discovery in a way I’ve never seen before.

Because the game is so much about uncovering story through exploration, we wanted to be especially careful about spoilers, so we’ve added a record breaking two spoiler breaks to this episode. Listen up to the first spoiler break for more or less totally spoiler free discussion of the game and its mechanics. Continue past the first spoiler break for a discussion of some unique early game twists. Listen past the second spoiler break for a full on spoiler-cast where we’ll be discussing the ending and what we uncovered.

Outer Wilds is available on PC (Epic Game Store) as well as Xbox One and PS4. Expect it to take around 15 hours to complete.

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Your hosts this week were:

• Raygan Kelly – @raygank
• Shane Kelly – @8bitShane
• Nate Heininger – @natestl

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