Listen "131: Tacoma"
Episode Synopsis
Fullbright’s followup to Gone Home finally arrived last month, and we’re floating in to investigate. Tacoma is a sci-fi exploration/narrative storytelling game set aboard a moon-orbiting space station 70 years in the future. You play a contractor sent to investigate a disaster aboard the station, learning what happened through environmental detail and AR surveillance recordings. Uncover the events personal stories of the six crewmembers who made Tacoma home, and discover how they responded to the disaster that threatened their lives.
Tacoma is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux (via Itch.io, Steam, and GOG) and on the Xbox One. Expect it to take 2-4 hours to complete.
Our spoiler break for this episode is at [00:37:42]
Links for this episode:
The Short Game episode 1 – Gone Home
Sleep No More (2011 play)
Tacoma – Fullbright (Links to purchase/download)
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Your hosts this week were:
Raygan Kelly – @raygank
Nate Heininger – @natestl
Laura Nash – @laurajnash
(00:00) - Intro & Pre-Spoiler Discussion
(37:42) - Spoiler Break
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