{"id":112687,"date":"2020-05-09T20:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T20:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/362710"},"modified":"2020-05-09T20:37:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T20:37:00","slug":"video-game-deep-cuts-the-donkey-kong-snowrunning-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/05\/09\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-donkey-kong-snowrunning-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Game Deep Cuts: The Donkey Kong Snowrunning Team"},"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%2Fea28de0f-fbc1-4bb8-9274-257efbb49c1e_800x354.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\/ea28de0f-fbc1-4bb8-9274-257efbb49c1e_800x354.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:354,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:145542,&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\/05\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-donkey-kong-snowrunning-team.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>[Like slogging through the mud in a busted-up truck? Snowrunner\u2019s your game!]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s another installment of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/videogamedeepcuts.substack.com\/\">Video Game Deep Cuts on Substack<\/a>, in our 932nd week of self-isolation. That\u2019s about right, huh? At least our digital video games &amp; interesting articles\/videos still seem to arriving promptly. Bon appetit!<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Simon, curator<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>The Current: New Games To Consider<\/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%2Fc738a7ae-c9e4-42e7-88a7-d2bedc625bde_800x331.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\/c738a7ae-c9e4-42e7-88a7-d2bedc625bde_800x331.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:331,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:126840,&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\/05\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-donkey-kong-snowrunning-team-1.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul readability=\"7.0810810810811\">\n<li readability=\"3.0326797385621\">\n<p><strong>Levelhead<\/strong>&nbsp;(Xbox Game Pass, PC, Switch, iOS, Android) is a \u2018leaving Early Access\u2019&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.148apps.com\/reviews\/levelhead-review\/\">super-fun \u2018platformer maker\u2019 game<\/a>&nbsp;from the Crashlands devs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li readability=\"0.67741935483871\">\n<p><strong>Wintermoor Tactics Club<\/strong>&nbsp;(PC, Switch) is a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpgfan.com\/reviews\/Wintermoor_Tactics_Club\/\">strategy RPG &amp; visual novel combo<\/a>&nbsp;about high school D&amp;D shenanigans. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2E2nZmiMqyk\">Trailer<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li readability=\"0\">\n<p><strong>Old World<\/strong>&nbsp;(PC Early Access @ Epic Games Store) is Soren Johnson (Civ IV\/Offworld Trading Company)\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YAfjWuTZaqo\">latest intriguing 4x strategy game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li readability=\"3.0361445783133\">\n<p><strong>Snowrunner<\/strong>&nbsp;(PC, PS4, Xbox) is the latest in the Spintires series, involving lots of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-05-04-snowrunners-another-beautiful-game-about-getting-nowhere-slowly\">slow, low-gear heavy vehicle maneuvering<\/a>&nbsp;in rough terrain. It\u2019s weird\/good!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li readability=\"1.1558441558442\">\n<p><strong>Someday You\u2019ll Return<\/strong>&nbsp;(PC, pictured) is an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gamingtrend.com\/feature\/reviews\/fatherhood-at-its-finest-someday-youll-return-review\/\">atmospheric first-person psychological horror game&nbsp;<\/a>which has great visuals, but&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/pc\/someday-youll-return\">mixed reviews<\/a>&nbsp;to date.&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%2Fe6a356a3-d48a-4991-b0fe-eb5b5bc3d14e_800x341.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\/e6a356a3-d48a-4991-b0fe-eb5b5bc3d14e_800x341.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:341,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:45941,&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\/05\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-donkey-kong-snowrunning-team-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%2F078ef232-6e41-4a7f-bf0b-0c427973da79_800x374.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\/078ef232-6e41-4a7f-bf0b-0c427973da79_800x374.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:374,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:72325,&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\/05\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-donkey-kong-snowrunning-team-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%2Ff3fd1e3c-fe02-4ac2-a888-76a66dec2d76_800x335.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\/f3fd1e3c-fe02-4ac2-a888-76a66dec2d76_800x335.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:335,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:106838,&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\/05\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-donkey-kong-snowrunning-team-4.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hope you liked this particular set of links &#8211; and see you next week!<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simoncarless.com\/about\/\">Simon<\/a>.<\/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. [Like slogging through the mud in a busted-up truck? Snowrunner\u2019s your game!] And here\u2019s another installment of&nbsp;Video Game Deep Cuts on Substack, in our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112687","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\/112687","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=112687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}