I’m not usually a fan of kids in games because, as noted in this episode of The Electronic Wireless Show audio files, they entered the eerie valley pretty quickly. But this is the fun season, so we’re talking about the times when we judged the kids in games to be really good.
We do have quite a few connections in the end, especially the one where Matthew will be playing on the side of Warhammer, and of course, we ask Matthew for his thoughts on Mr. Beast. This week’s Cavern Of Lies is in Nate’s control, which means he’ll take us to Dwarf Fortress, with predictable results.
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Music by Jack de Quidt, an adult.
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Obviously no discussion of good kids in the game is complete without mentioning Hugo from A Plague Tale: Innocence, who is very good just … is a child. And he can control rats too.
We talk about Clementine’s enduring popularity from Zombie Game.
Although it’s not technically a PC game yet, of course we have to give it Dad Of War, where your son Atreus is a sort of arrow drone as well as a child.
Lots of kids and dads in BioShock and we’re a bit confused about the specifics of the whole thing.
Nate likes the strange blood of Crusader Kings 3and gave a brief shout out to the hedgehogs in Frostpunk. They are the real MVPs
Recommendations This week’s epic fantasy book Jade City by Fonda Lee, kind of a murder mystery anthology itself a mystery book Alex Pavesi .’s Eight Detectivesand a box of meat from Deer box.
