Wanderstop Performs an Autopsy on the Cozy Game Genre

The Besties

Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Wanderstop is the new game from developer Ivy Road, founded by Davey Wreden, Karla Zimonja, and C418. What looks like a farming game is an exploration of burnout, anxiety, and the "to-do" list nature of video games. It's not for everyone but it might be for you!

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0:00.0	I got a, um, a rog ally X, because I'm going to be traveling.
0:07.4	It's, it's because your brother got one and you were, you felt a little bit of a job.
0:10.5	It's exactly.
0:11.0	I mean, not even a question. I won't even, I'm 44 years old. I'm done pretending. Yeah.
0:15.0	Yeah. He had one. I didn't even know what it was. Didn't even know if I wanted it. Just sounded fun. He had it. It's like letters. I can't have one on tour and then Justin not sees it in his life.
0:23.9	He doesn't have.
0:24.5	Because then he'll have to find a best by that.
0:26.1	This is easy.
0:26.7	Like yeah.
0:27.1	Yeah.
0:27.6	Russ.
0:27.8	Yeah.
0:28.0	But then I am going to be traveling to Ireland and I got a hard, I got a case for it, obviously, because I want to be safe.
0:39.0	And then I was like, this is going to be perfect.
0:41.0	And then I got the case.
0:42.5	Uh-oh.
0:42.9	And I don't actually think that I'm actually going to be, I don't think I'm going to be having a giant case.
0:51.7	Yeah, Justin's currently for our audio listeners, which is everyone.
0:55.5	Justin is currently holding up a case, the dimensions of which I would say about six
1:00.1	inches deep, maybe eight inches wide, and then about a foot and a half long.
1:05.9	And it does have a big strap around it that says Republic of gamers in enormous unignorable letters.
1:13.1	So. That's me from the Republic of Gamers. This is my briefcase. We've come with an offer to you.
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