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This week the team shares some good couch co-op games for new gamers to dip their toes into, and share highlights from a team session playing Deep Rock Galactic.

Hosts Anne and Chanté are joined by narrative director Ben McCaw and lead quest designer Tim Stobo, as they take us through the events of the devastating Carja Civil War and its aftermath.
Highlights include their discussion into how Mad Sun-King Jiran and his son, Avad, were developed; how the team balance what we learn about the world from data points or conversation; how side quests show us the aftermath of the Red Raids and the Civil War, and what the team wanted us to learn from these quests; and how the team worked on bringing the Liberation into the game.
Ben McCaw is the narrative director on Horizon Forbidden West, and was lead writer on Horizon Zero Dawn and The Frozen Wilds. Tim Stobo is lead quest designer on Horizon Forbidden West, and was senior quest designer on Horizon Zero Dawn.
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Stay tuned for our next episode, where we’ll be putting the machines of Horizon Zero Dawn under the microscope.
ESRB Rating: Teen with Blood, Drug Reference, Language, Mild Sexual Themes and Violence.

Happy new year! The team settles into 2022 by sharing what they played over the holidays, and their favorite T-rated games.

Hosts Anne and Chanté are joined by narrative director Ben McCaw and principal character artist Arno Schmitz, as they delve deeper into the dangerous Shadow Carja and cult of the Eclipse.
Highlights include their discussion into how the Eclipse differs from the Shadow Carja; the relationship between the Carja and Shadow Carja; how the Shadow Carja treat their own people; and the insignia we see whenever we see the Eclipse, and where that symbol came from.
Ben McCaw is the narrative director on Horizon Forbidden West, and was lead writer on Horizon Zero Dawn and The Frozen Wilds. Arno Schmitz is principal character artist on Horizon Forbidden West, and was senior character artist on Horizon Zero Dawn.
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Stay tuned for our next episode, where we’ll be going deep into the Carja Civil War, and learning all about what it was like for the world of Horizon during this time.
ESRB Rating: Teen with Blood, Drug Reference, Language, Mild Sexual Themes and Violence.

The team is back to round out the year with a lengthy Game of the Year discussion. Plus, we chat with Celia Schilling from Yacht Club Games about Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon.

Hosts Anne and Chanté are joined by senior writer Annie Kitain and principal character artist Arno Schmitz, as they examine the cultures, fashion, and beliefs found in the different tribes across the world of Horizon.
Highlights include their discussion into how the team approach creating the tribes; how the team use fashion to make it easy for players to differentiate between tribes; why the Carja seem the most advanced out of all the tribes we meet in Horizon Zero Dawn; and how the team designed the Tenakth and Utaru characters we see to look so different from all the other tribes.
Annie Kitain is a senior writer on Horizon Forbidden West. Arno Schmitz is principal character artist on Horizon Forbidden West, and was senior character artist on Horizon Zero Dawn.
Want to be a part of the conversation? Follow Guerrilla on:
Twitter: @Guerrilla
Instagram: @guerrillagames
And subscribe on YouTube: @Guerrilla. You can also watch this episode there!
Stay tuned for our next episode, where we’ll be talking about the Shadow Carja and the cult of the Eclipse.
ESRB Rating: Teen with Blood, Drug Reference, Language, Mild Sexual Themes and Violence.