{"id":114075,"date":"2020-06-12T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/364715"},"modified":"2020-06-12T21:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T21:15:00","slug":"video-game-deep-cuts-the-last-of-us-the-first-little-orpheus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/06\/12\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-last-of-us-the-first-little-orpheus\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Game Deep Cuts: The Last Of Us, The First Little Orpheus"},"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,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F027f865b-10a8-4b0c-8c1a-397c1cf8531c_800x368.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\/027f865b-10a8-4b0c-8c1a-397c1cf8531c_800x368.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:368,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:44033,&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\/06\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-last-of-us-the-first-little-orpheus.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This, by my rough estimation, is edition number 199 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/videogamedeepcuts.substack.com\/\"><strong>Video Game Deep Cuts newsletter<\/strong><\/a> (now on Substack), crazily. That\u2019s a few links &#8211; probably towards 50,000 over the entire life of the darn newsletter. But what\u2019s going to be different for issue 200? Well, different links, for starters\u2026<\/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,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff12d0e9-d495-4b56-93b9-fa3f1dc959f2_800x315.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\/ff12d0e9-d495-4b56-93b9-fa3f1dc959f2_800x315.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:315,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:28374,&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\/06\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-last-of-us-the-first-little-orpheus-1.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul readability=\"7.40625\">\n<li readability=\"2.078431372549\">\n<p><strong>Little Orpheus<\/strong>&nbsp;(Apple Arcade, pictured) is the latest game from Dear Esther devs The Chinese Room, &amp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesixthaxis.com\/2020\/06\/12\/little-orpheus-review\/\">looks like a lush, adventurous 2D side-scroller<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li readability=\"2.55\">\n<p>Also out next week,&nbsp;<strong>Desperados 3<\/strong>&nbsp;(PS4, Xbox, PC) is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G_qim8Z7FTE\">an anticipated return<\/a>&nbsp;to the long-dormant Western stealth strategy game franchise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li readability=\"3.5810810810811\">\n<p>Just leaving Epic Store exclusivity,&nbsp;<strong>Atomicrops<\/strong>&nbsp;(Switch, PS4, Xbox, PC) is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/reviews\/2020\/6\/9\/21285454\/atomicrops-review-pc-switch-bullet-hell-stardew-valley-farming-sim-raw-fury\">a messed-up \u2018bullet hell\u2019 farming game<\/a>, quite an intriguing combo.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li readability=\"1.7073170731707\">\n<p><strong>Disintegration<\/strong>&nbsp;(PC, PS4, Xbox) is an FPS\/RTS hybrid from one of Halo\u2019s creators which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/review\/disintegration\/disintegration-review-a-strategic-misstep\">is getting mixed reviews<\/a>&nbsp;for not quite winning at either of the genres.&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,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8ae0be83-ce3b-4c69-8a7c-e8127dcde088_800x352.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\/8ae0be83-ce3b-4c69-8a7c-e8127dcde088_800x352.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:352,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:38156,&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\/06\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-last-of-us-the-first-little-orpheus-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,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbf24799-61d0-465d-8c89-353b45bca65c_800x346.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\/fbf24799-61d0-465d-8c89-353b45bca65c_800x346.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:346,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:42432,&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\/06\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-last-of-us-the-first-little-orpheus-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,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d569b3b-3d37-431c-9157-1b1537bcedf8_800x373.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\/2d569b3b-3d37-431c-9157-1b1537bcedf8_800x373.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:373,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:275611,&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\/06\/video-game-deep-cuts-the-last-of-us-the-first-little-orpheus-4.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading, and see you next week!<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. This, by my rough estimation, is edition number 199 of the Video Game Deep Cuts newsletter (now on Substack), crazily. That\u2019s a few links [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114075","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\/114075","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=114075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}