Today Fran and Jason talk a walk through Wyoming with Delilah and Henry in Campo Santo's Firewatch from 2016. Don't forget to use your antlers!
Spoilers begin at 1:19:00
Credits- Field Notes: How Devs Recreate Wilderness In Gameshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/making-of-ethan-carter-firewatch#more-243319M
- Firewatch: hope and heartbreak in the American wilderness https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/01/firewatch-american-wilderness-campo-santo
- The Art of Firewatch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdxQ3HlhTE8
- Firewatch's Wyoming fosters a bigger, weirder adventure than I expected https://www.pcgamer.com/firewatchs-wyoming-fosters-a-bigger-weirder-adventure-than-i-expected/
- Why less is more when it comes to Firewatch’s beautiful trees https://www.pcgamer.com/why-less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-firewatchs-beautiful-trees/
- Field Notes: How Devs Recreate Wilderness In Games https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/making-of-ethan-carter-firewatch#more-243319M
- Firewatch: hope and heartbreak in the American wilderness
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/01/firewatch-american-wilderness-campo-santo
Francisco is a game designer and engineer, while Jason brings a literary background to each game analysis as they piece together the why and how of our favorite games. If you'd like to support the show please join us on Discord or leave us a review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts-we've love to chat!
----------------------------
Join the conversation on Discord, it's free!
https://linktr.ee/useyouritems
Follow Jason at: @skilled-drizzler.bsky.social
Follow Fran at: frantastico | Instagram | Linktree
Follow us at: useyouritems.bsky.social
----------------------------
Art and Research by Francisco Martin
Editing by Jason Weiss
Theme music by William O'Rourke
Popular Podcasts
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!
The Joe Rogan Experience
The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.