JoeCam.Net – The SML Podcast – Episode 359: Returning Travelers, Traveling Returners

Another big one with Josh Barron, Ian Martyn, and Masha Lepire of The Travelers returning to the show to discuss their upcoming album Heart of the Forest (Music from Secret of Mana)!

We start off with Josh, Ian, and Masha all joining to talk about the album, new genres and styles for the album, the variety of musicians and influences on the project, plans and hopes to support it with live performances, and how Tom Miller threw me off by calling them The Returners in chat. Then he joined for an epic 30 seconds of wonder. It’s always a fun chat with The Returners, but once they head out it’s time for reviews!

Jacob Garner kicks off the reviews joining me as I review the Gamevice controller for iOS & Andoid from Gamevice since a snow storm prevented him from getting it then he listens to me cover Part Time UFO, a mix of crane game and physics stacking from HAL Laboratory. Pernell Vaughan and I check out the Switch release of Payday 2, the four player co-op heist shooter from Overkill Software & Starbreeze. Pernell checks out Twin Robots: Ultimate Edition, a co-op puzzle platformer from Thinice Games & Ratalaika Games.

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil brings the N64 FPS classic to Xbox One with shiny visuals, online multiplayer, and tons of options from Nightdive Studios. Pernell & I review Bridge Constructor Portal mixes the bridge building physics puzzler with the Portal craziness for an awesome time from ClockStone & Headup Games. Pernell checks out Siege Saga, a 2D physics puzzle sandbox from PlayZilla.tk.

Chris Taylor joins to cover the Switch release of Toki Tori 2+, the puzzle platformering adventure from Two Tribes. Grid Mania is a challenging logical Rubiks-like puzzle game on Switch from FX Valley & QubicGames. Radiation Island from Atypical Games is a survival adventure stranded in an alternate reality.

Scott “K4rn4ge” Smith joins to review Headbutt Factory a mysterious VR/MR headbutting experience in a virtual land in the sky from Gemdrops. Finally, George “norg” Nowik joins to talk the Switch release of The Final Station, the horde infested survival/train sim from Do My Best Games & tinyBuild.

This episode features four songs from Heart of the Forest, the new Secret of Mana album from The Travelers & Materia Collective releasing March 16th!

The Travelers – Angel’s Fear
The Travelers – Calm Before the Storm
The Travelers – Into the Thick of It
The Travelers – Dawn of the Mana Sword

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