{"id":112018,"date":"2020-04-25T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/361818"},"modified":"2020-04-25T15:32:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T15:32:00","slug":"video-game-deep-cuts-xcoms-cloudpunk-industries-of-titan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/25\/video-game-deep-cuts-xcoms-cloudpunk-industries-of-titan\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Game Deep Cuts: XCOM&#8217;s Cloudpunk Industries Of Titan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i><small> The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra\u0092s community.<br \/>The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company. <\/small><\/i><\/strong> <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.substack.com\/image\/fetch\/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd4035e6-c25d-4679-88bb-3e00a071ee74_800x299.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/cd4035e6-c25d-4679-88bb-3e00a071ee74_800x299.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:299,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:79902,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null}\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/video-game-deep-cuts-xcoms-cloudpunk-industries-of-titan.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re back again! Regarding this week\u2019s header pic, the Japan Retro Game Association&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/attract-mode\/an-important-message-from-the-japan-retro-game-association-238203dcbe43\">is refurbishing Super Famicom (Super Nintendo) consoles<\/a>&nbsp;<em>\u201cto [provide to] 100 households with kids who have to stay at home due to the coronavirus.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>How wholesome.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, I hope everyone is still dealing OK (enough) with the super weird real-life situation still playing out. I\u2019m still on sabbatical, working on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/gamediscoverability.substack.com\/\">my game discoverability newsletter<\/a>&nbsp;&amp; this one, and wrestling a small child who is definitely not at preschool. Wish me luck!<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Simon, curator<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>The Current: Recent Games In The Spotlight<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.substack.com\/image\/fetch\/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F01645d21-f3a7-457b-8772-fe703eb4bcab_800x258.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/01645d21-f3a7-457b-8772-fe703eb4bcab_800x258.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:258,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:93741,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null}\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/video-game-deep-cuts-xcoms-cloudpunk-industries-of-titan-1.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul readability=\"-0.40076335877863\">\n<li readability=\"1.6030534351145\">\n<p><strong>Cloudpunk<\/strong>&nbsp;(Steam, PC &#8211; pictured) is \u201ca&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/cloudpunk-review\/\">story-driven delivery game<\/a>&nbsp;set in a stunning voxel metropolis\u201d, and looks gorgeous.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Culture: Game Culture &amp; Deep Dives<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.substack.com\/image\/fetch\/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0108b74d-526d-432f-8a9d-529f635641ed_800x269.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/0108b74d-526d-432f-8a9d-529f635641ed_800x269.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:269,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:51590,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null}\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/video-game-deep-cuts-xcoms-cloudpunk-industries-of-titan-2.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The Past: Game History<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.substack.com\/image\/fetch\/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F04eed7e9-6ee5-4e15-803f-7fd27e039501_794x282.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/04eed7e9-6ee5-4e15-803f-7fd27e039501_794x282.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:282,&quot;width&quot;:794,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:43677,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null}\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/video-game-deep-cuts-xcoms-cloudpunk-industries-of-titan-3.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The Other Goodness<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.substack.com\/image\/fetch\/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9cffee81-1ba0-4565-a184-44d3fc300f4a_800x301.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/9cffee81-1ba0-4565-a184-44d3fc300f4a_800x301.png&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:301,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:423335,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null}\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/video-game-deep-cuts-xcoms-cloudpunk-industries-of-titan-4.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s so much out there &#8211; this is just a chunk! See you next week, folks\u2026<br \/> Simon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra\u0092s community.The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company. We\u2019re back again! Regarding this week\u2019s header pic, the Japan Retro Game Association&nbsp;is refurbishing Super Famicom (Super Nintendo) consoles&nbsp;\u201cto [provide to] 100 households with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}