Gary Butterfield of Duckfeed.tv joins us to discuss West of Loathing, the hilarious stick-figure open-world RPG by Asymmetric. West of Loathing originally released last summer on Steam, but it recently launched as a console exclusive on Nintendo Switch. This is an extremely funny game, but it also respects your time in ways that other RPGs and open world games could learn a lot from. Thanks to Gary for a great discussion.
West of Loathing is available on Steam for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, and on the Nintendo Switch eShop, for $11. Expect it to take around 10 hours to complete. Spoiler break at [00:56:36].
What’s making us happy this week?
- Laura: Korean reality show The Genius
- Nate: The Saint Louis Pride Parade
- Raygan: Mario Tennis Aces
- Shane: Hive
- Gary: John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City
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Your hosts this week were:
- Raygan Kelly – @raygank
- Shane Kelly – @8bitShane
- Nate Heininger – @natestl
- Laura Nash – @laurajnash
- Gary Butterfield – @garybuh