I'm not usually the type of person that

I'm not usually the type of person that uses words, like, spiritual to describe an experience

with a video game.

And yet, it's the word I keep coming back to when I think about and when I talk about

the latest game from the game bakers, the developers of Fury and Haven, called

Cairn. You might have heard me talking about this climbing game on Remap Radio recently. I'm just so

taken by Cairn. It was a very emotional experience, not only one that was transportive in terms

of inhabiting a place and a character,

but getting to the end of it and feeling like, I think I understand why climbing is so appealing.

I don't think I want to do it. I'm not sure I want to go anything beyond hiking, but I get it.

And I understand the mindset, or at least I'm a little bit closer to understanding why you

want to climb a mountain that wants to kill you.

And as a result of that experience, I wanted to have a conversation with the people that

wanted to pursue designing the game that allowed me to have that experience, which is why

it was so lovely that I was able to revisit a new conversation

with the Game Bakers.

I chatted with them at Summer Game Fest.

Last year, the year before,

it all blurs together about Kairn

when it was first announced,

I believe at Keeley's Summer Game Fest presentation.

But now the game is out.

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