The Campo Santo Quarterly Review
A quarterly journal written and curated by the ombudsman of a San Francisco video game developer.
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My Uncle Works for Nintendo
My Uncle Works for Nintendo
A month before Campo Santo announced the cost of buying a copy of Firewatch, one person predicted with absolute confidence what the price…
Duncan Fyfe
Mar 31
Ace Ginger’s Dangerous Day
Ace Ginger’s Dangerous Day
Long before Firewatch, I lived in a two bedroom apartment with Campo Santo Co-Founder Jake Rodkin and my best friend Adam “Ace Ginger” Nace…
Sean Vanaman
Mar 31
The End of Firewatch
The End of Firewatch
On Campo Santo’s debut, Thomas Pynchon, and finding meaning in anti-climax. (Spoilers, but click on it for the page views.)
Duncan Fyfe
Mar 31
Friday Night in the City of Bears
Friday Night in the City of Bears
Life in the small town of Churchill, just south of the Arctic Circle, where polar bears roam the streets. Fiction.
Duncan Fyfe
Mar 31
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How to Play Firewatch
How to Play Firewatch
After more than two years in development, Firewatch — Campo Santo’s mystery adventure game about a fire lookout in Wyoming — will see…
Duncan Fyfe
Dec 31, 2015
A Hard Place to Feel Comfortable
A Hard Place to Feel Comfortable
It’s the weirdest house in America, and it killed the man who built it. Here’s what happens when you break into it.
Duncan Fyfe
Dec 31, 2015
The Art of Fiction #5: Steve Gaynor
The Art of Fiction #5: Steve Gaynor
“You only get to do so many things. What do I feel like I want to make, and is worth making because nobody else would make it?”
Duncan Fyfe
Dec 31, 2015
The Bear Who Dreamed of Fire
The Bear Who Dreamed of Fire
Everyone knows Smokey Bear. But what about the real-life bear cub who the US government chose to be his flesh-and-blood avatar on Earth?
Duncan Fyfe
Dec 31, 2015
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Advance Praise for Firewatch
Advance Praise for Firewatch
Sean Vanaman, the Campo Santo co-founder, has been intensely busy writing and re-writing Firewatch. I thought he could use some cheering up…
Duncan Fyfe
Oct 10, 2015
Survival Horror
Survival Horror
There’s been a mine fire burning underneath Centralia, PA for 50 years. Why do people still live there, and why do they hate Silent Hill?
Duncan Fyfe
Oct 10, 2015
The Art of Fiction #4: David Gaider
The Art of Fiction #4: David Gaider
How did managing an Edmonton hotel help BioWare’s David Gaider create the world of Dragon Age? The answer may not surprise you.
Duncan Fyfe
Oct 10, 2015
These American Woods
These American Woods
When they weren’t chopping wood, the lumberjacks of North America loved to invent goofy monsters. Duncan examines the Lumberjack’s Bestiary…
Duncan Fyfe
Oct 11, 2015
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Some Golden Dreamers
Some Golden Dreamers
Patrick Ewing on leaving Twitter at the peak of its success for a supporting role at a small, independent video game developer.
Campo Santo
Jul 24, 2015
The Art of Fiction #3: Tim Schafer
The Art of Fiction #3: Tim Schafer
On the 20th anniversary of Full Throttle, game designer Tim Schafer talks about writing his classic of weird, biker-samurai noir.
Campo Santo
Jul 24, 2015
In the Basement of the King
In the Basement of the King
There is something romantic about drinking in hotel bars–unless it is in the daytime, or the person drinking is a child.
Campo Santo
Jul 24, 2015
Run This Town
Run This Town
“The phrase ‘the Sydney Ducks are quacking in the pond’ was a thing said knowingly in the wake of some horrible crime.”
Campo Santo
Jul 24, 2015
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Stars of Campo Santo
Stars of Campo Santo
Look, I’ll just get right to this. I got an astrological forecast done for Campo Santo.
Campo Santo
Jul 24, 2015
Lost Boys
Lost Boys
Last November, these questions started to be asked: who does Campo Santo’s environment artist Jane Ng think she is, and should she be fired…
Campo Santo
Jul 24, 2015
The Art of Fiction #2: Meg Jayanth
The Art of Fiction #2: Meg Jayanth
A cooler person than me would have known the name Meg Jayanth before she wrote her most popular work: the video game 80 Days.
Campo Santo
Mar 27, 2015
Lies of the North
Lies of the North
“That is Crocker Land. I am certain that strange animals will be found there, and I hope to discover a new race of men.”
Campo Santo
Jul 24, 2015
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From the Desk of a Campo Santo Ombudsman
From the Desk of a Campo Santo Ombudsman
“I don’t actually know what you do.”
Campo Santo
Jul 24, 2015
Overland Limited
Overland Limited
“Mad from life’s history / Glad to death’s mystery / Swift to be hurl’d / Anywhere, anywhere / Out of the world”
Campo Santo
Jul 24, 2015
Ombudsman Regina
Ombudsman Regina
“My heart beats for the dead hearts that beat no longer. I don’t even care if that sounds pretentious.”
Campo Santo
Jul 24, 2015
Black River
Black River
“Get your gun.”
Campo Santo
Jul 24, 2015
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A Note from the Campo Santo Ombudsman
A Note from the Campo Santo Ombudsman
Summer is here, and with it a special summer issue of the Campo Santo Quarterly Review.
Campo Santo
Jul 10, 2015
A Wolf Destroyed by Fire
A Wolf Destroyed by Fire
Fifty miles north of San Francisco, in the small town of Glen Ellen, lies the Wolf House.
Campo Santo
Jul 10, 2015
The Art of Fiction: Sean Vanaman
The Art of Fiction: Sean Vanaman
Like James Joyce, Sean Vanaman was born in Ireland, and is a writer, and there the coincidences sort of peter out.
Campo Santo
Jul 10, 2015
Cocktails at Pamplona
Cocktails at Pamplona
“That toe belonged to an American. A friend of Ernest Hemingway, the American writer. You see? Already this is fascinating.”
Campo Santo
Jul 10, 2015
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From the Bureau of the Campo Santo Ombudsman
From the Bureau of the Campo Santo Ombudsman
No longer will the name Firewatch be associated fire and rescue software solutions. Throw those brands in the garbage.
Campo Santo
Jul 10, 2015
Moss Day
Moss Day
Olly Moss is at his desk from eight until six, working with a huge array of computer monitors and a printer the size of a tanning bed.
Campo Santo
Jul 10, 2015
Unbearable Lightning
Unbearable Lightning
Roy Sullivan was a park ranger better known for having survived more lightning strikes in his life than any other human.
Campo Santo
Jul 10, 2015
Out of State
Out of State
“…Half of the time they got drunk or did something terrible with a goddamn bear anyway, and what can you do, who even knows.”
Campo Santo
Jul 10, 2015
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From the Desk of the Campo Santo Ombudsman
From the Desk of the Campo Santo Ombudsman
Campo Santo has decided to appoint me as a public ombudsman, and my first official declaration is that this decision was correct and good.
Campo Santo
Jul 10, 2015
After Months of Development, a Veil is Lifted
After Months of Development, a Veil is Lifted
What better scoop for the debut issue of the Campo Santo Quarterly Review than the reveal of Campo Santo’s unannounced first game?
Campo Santo
Jul 10, 2015
Rippey’s Requiem: A San Francisco Tail
Rippey’s Requiem: A San Francisco Tail
The history of San Francisco is rich with fascinating and inspiring characters, but this story is just about a man who kicked a dog.
Campo Santo
Jul 10, 2015
In the Name of Campo Santo
In the Name of Campo Santo
It’s an exciting question: where did the name Campo Santo come from, anyway?
Campo Santo
Jul 10, 2015
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