Our episode this week is all about The Forest, a game officially released in 2018 from Endnight Games. This is a survival horror game, where you play as a plane crash survivor on a forested peninsula (shocker), on a mission to find your son. We talk about the beginning of Lost, building bases, pescatarian lizards, getting lost in caves to the point where you almost rage quit the game, jet packs, and morally dubious endings. Time Stamps: 00:13 Introductions 04:03 Main Topic – The Forest 26:22 The Forest story discussion – contains spoilers! 33:13 The Forest final thoughts 35:12 What we’re playing next (Doom 2016) 36:20 Some preliminary thoughts on Elden Ring 55:33 Ending Spiel (What we’re loving this week) From the show: Games featured in our Ending Spiel: Doom (what we’re playing next), Elden Ring, Horizon Forbidden West, Destiny 2: Witch Queen This article echoes some of Rachel’s thoughts on Elden Ring: https://www.thegamer.com/elden-ring-is-not-the-greatest-game-of-all-time/ Elden Ring does not have cross-play, but it has cross-gen capabilities: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/elden-ring-does-it-have-cross-play-or-cross-gen/1100-6500914/#:~:text=Elden%20Ring%20has%20what's%20known,instance%2C%20you%20can%20play%20together. Random period fashion videos that we’re digging: - Bernadette Banner’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSHtaUm-FjUps090S7crO4Q/videos - Karoline Zebrowska’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1V6iMUCPtg Find us: Website: https://utterlyunqualifiedgaming.com/ Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/utterlyunqualifiedgaming/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/uugamingpodcast Facebook: http://facebook.com/utterlyunqualified Musical credit: "Into the Game" by SilentCrafter/ "Pixel Pig" by Di Young