Gaming In The Wild - Video Game Reviews

We're just one episode away from the Gaming In The Wild tricentennial, and it's a packed episode with some Next Fest pre-game, CONTROL: Resonant mid-game thoughts, and an Onimusha: Way of the Sword wrap-up after hitting credits at 36hrs played. What a game! What a year!

In the roundup: over the hill, Burn With Me, Lies Of P (Switch 2 edition), Warhammer 40k: Boltgun 2, Hubert, Silver Pines, Valor Mortis.

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CONTROL: Resonant is here! It's one of the best and biggest releases of the year so far, so friend-of-the-pod Chris Becker (aka Super Nintendad) dropped by to discuss it. We also talk about Onimusha, Pragmata, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, Nivalis Nights, Sockpuppet Noir, and what GTAVI might bring.

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This week's pod looks at Onimusha: Way Of The Sword, another excellent game in Capcom's banner year. I also spend a while discussing a weird year for PlayStation's, when a two-year period of fumbling of their console war victory came to a head via a couple of major strategic and PR mishaps.

In the roundup: Alien Breed's anniversary, Combolands, Moomintroll, Mortal Shell II, Nighthawks, Well Dweller.

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This weeks episode is a grab bag, featuring a some game news from Gamescom, a rundown of five essential September releases, some gushing about CONTROL: Resonant. We chat about Gareth Damian Martin's teasing of Signet City, and then finish with some talk of Cursed Words and Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy.

Games talked about: Acornia, Löfsong, Penguin Colony, Pony Island 2, Moonlighter 2, Orbitals, Shroom And Gloom, Well Dweller, Nivalis Nights, Onimusha, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave.

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This week's pod is a spliced-together mechasode featuring hangout game phenom Big Walk, a first look at under-the-radar ARPG Lunarium, the forthcoming Weird Days: Job Simulator Steam event, and some final thoughts after hitting credits in Beast of Reincarnation.

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This episode covers six of August's most interesting indie releases, before going into detail on Power Wash Simulator 2's Star Wars DLC, and Game Freak's big swing: Beast of Reincarnation.

In the roundup: Big Walk, Sovereign Tower, Mortal Shell II, Blood Dungeon, A Plague Tale: Resonance — and how to get your hands on a free Steam code by support the podcast on Patreon!

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This week we open by stringing together some games industry news stories, and looking for a pattern: namely, Sony nixing discs, high hardware costs, and Xbox trialling streaming with ads. Then we move into lighter territory, with some thoughts on video game tarot decks, Shards Of Order, and Splatoon Raiders.

I also launch a brand new patron in partnership with PANIC!, esteemed indie publisher, and the makers of Playdate. New, returning, or upgrading patrons at the Midi tier+ can get a free Steam code for Time Flies, Blippo+, or Despelote — exactly the kind of artistic, interesting video games this podcast was made to talk about. It's also an excuse to lend GITW some (much needed) financial support. Just join up here and I'll be in touch with your code: http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild.

Special thanks to my Boss and Benefactor tier patrons: KingChamp, SusannaMaria, Drellesh, Rhyistic Studies, Nate, Noah, Jeremy 1, Jeremy 2, Andrew, and Glenn.

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This week's episode is a grab bag featuring some chat about the Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake, which is pretty true to the original, with some significant fixes; Cobalt Core, a nice little sick deckbuilder I picked up in the Steam Summer Sale; Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, another winning title in Capcom's banner year; and Vampire Crawlers, which won me over slowly until I'd played the whole dang thing.

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This week's episode is about the June Steam Next Fest. It was another huge event featuring over 5000 (!) demos — the GITW community played about 150 of them, and the show features a rundown of my top ten, and then the community vote for Best of the Fest.

In the roundup: Star Fox, Alabaster Dawn, Vampire Crawlers.

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This week is a tale of two deckbuilders, with reviews of Moonsigil Atlas, and the excellent and surprising Black Jacket, which does interesting things with how cards games and narrative design intersect.

In the roundup: Mina The Hollower, Summer Game Fest, gen ATLAS, Signet City, how to pronounce "Laufey", and more.

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