Gaming in the Wild is five! And to celebrate, here's a special episode: a rundown of the 20 best indie games I've covered since the podcast began.

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Thanks for listening everyone! and extra-special thanks to everyone in the Discord community. Here's to five more years ! <3

This week's podcast features an interview with Andy Robertson, the veteran game critic who's launching Ludocene, a new kind of game discovery app. We also reflect on the launch of the Ultros: Design Works book and the podcast's forthcoming fifth birthday, including our community Kentucky Route Zero playthrough!

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Thanks for listening everybody! Onwards!

(00:00) Musical intro

(00:30) Pod begins

(01:34) Ultros: Design Works is Go!

(05:45) Podcast 5th Birthday & Patreon Drive

(09:30) Andy Robertson on the Ludocene App

**Note: CS2 SPOILERS WITHIN!**

I'm joined this week by Citizen Sleeper 2 creator Gareth Damian Martin, who dropped by on the eve of the game's release to talk about space kelp, slamhounds, farm stacks, and how they created one of the most compelling sci-fi worlds in all of video games.

See a video version and sub to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtf6G9RAHJc

Listen to my Citizen Sleeper 2 review: https://open.spotify.com/episode/49XofEg52vW0s8g0pijdGi?si=5d957facf19948cf

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Thanks for listening!