2021 Games of the Year Part 1 - MUNDAUN, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY & UNPACKING

2021 Games of the Year Part 1 - MUNDAUN, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY & UNPACKING

Author: SIFTER December 31, 2021 Duration: 30:44

It's that time of the year, where we sit down and consider all the amazing games we've played in 2021. This is part one of two episodes featuring the SIFTER team.

  • Nicholas Kennedy shares the genre-subverting MUNDAUN by Hidden Fields, a horror game that brought a lot of joy
  • Fiona Bartholomaeus teams up with a rag tag crew in Marvel's GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY by Eidos-Montreal
  • Mitchel Loh takes time to put everything in it's right place in UNPACKING by Witch Beam Games

SIFTER is produced by Nicholas Kennedy, Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer.

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