{"id":114400,"date":"2020-06-20T20:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/365203"},"modified":"2020-06-20T20:03:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T20:03:00","slug":"video-game-deep-cuts-summer-in-maras-shipbreaker-wildfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/06\/20\/video-game-deep-cuts-summer-in-maras-shipbreaker-wildfire\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Game Deep Cuts: Summer In Mara&#8217;s Shipbreaker Wildfire"},"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%2Fbb54bed1-6ad2-4282-a454-294be492213b_800x349.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\/bb54bed1-6ad2-4282-a454-294be492213b_800x349.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:349,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:70198,&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-summer-in-maras-shipbreaker-wildfire.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>[Actually, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/game\/terracide\">very first game I worked on<\/a>&nbsp;as a pro game designer was&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/imageshack.com\/i\/pbKff8u0j\">bundled with a 3D card<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s issue number 200 (I think!) of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/videogamedeepcuts.substack.com\/\">Video Game Deep Cuts on Substack<\/a>, so thanks for all of those still sticking around.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, betwen 2,500 and 3,000 people actually open and read each of these newsletters across Substack and Gamasutra, and as many as 250 click through on each individual link, so\u2026 that\u2019s great! Will keep it going as long as I can\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.simoncarless.com\/\">Simon<\/a>, curator<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>The Current: New(er) 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%2F424f96b5-5286-460c-b2a4-cf9bc0c5ed4a_800x324.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\/424f96b5-5286-460c-b2a4-cf9bc0c5ed4a_800x324.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:324,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:43350,&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-summer-in-maras-shipbreaker-wildfire-1.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul readability=\"-0.82\">\n<li readability=\"0.82\">\n<p><strong>Hardspace: Shipbreaker<\/strong>&nbsp;(PC, Early Access) is an impressive-looking first person salvager (FPS?) where the focus is on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2yg9ETuBdRI\">looting derelict spaceships<\/a>.&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%2F5cedf42e-27c4-4fb3-896b-c6dfbb6b1b63_800x325.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\/5cedf42e-27c4-4fb3-896b-c6dfbb6b1b63_800x325.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:325,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:79740,&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-summer-in-maras-shipbreaker-wildfire-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%2F1454cfe5-fba4-4db7-82c4-e925aa426b86_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\/1454cfe5-fba4-4db7-82c4-e925aa426b86_800x352.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:352,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:120449,&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-summer-in-maras-shipbreaker-wildfire-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%2Fa20424f5-28e0-4835-8e2d-c4b10d4e0745_800x343.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\/a20424f5-28e0-4835-8e2d-c4b10d4e0745_800x343.jpeg&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:343,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:151315,&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-summer-in-maras-shipbreaker-wildfire-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. 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