Night in the Woods is an story-focused adventure game that follows college dropout Mae Borowski as she comes home to distressed mining town Possum Springs and tries to reconnect with her family and friends. It’s a wonderfully written and animated story with tons of variety in the gameplay. Also, everyone is a talking animal.
Stick around after the spoiler break (at 45:28) for a discussion of the game’s themes and politics, as well as the ending and memorable story beats.
Night in the Woods is available for PS4, and on Mac/Windows/Linux via Steam and itch.io for $19.99. Expect it to take around 6 to 8 hours to complete.
This week we also have an after-show (at 01:12:00) discussion of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, a decidedly not-short game.
Links for this episode:

Late Night Work Club
@bombsfall on Twitter: “should be mentioned that the only NITW character with a canon voice/affect is Gregg. he’s the guy with the glasses. https://t.co/pteh6ncYkX”
Scott Benson on Curious Cat
Multi-album soundtrack by Alec Holowka available on BandCamp


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Your hosts this week were:

Raygan Kelly – @raygank
Nate Heininger – @natestl
Laura Nash – @laurajnash
Shane Kelly – @8bitShane

(00:00) - Intro
(45:27) - Spoiler Break
(01:12:01) - After Show: The Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild

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