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.

There's also a Tails Of Iron 2 code giveaway for new, returning, or upgrading patrons: join at http://patreon.com/gaminginthewild to grab a code. Every patron helps the show to continue existing!

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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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