Firewatch dev reproduces game universe's trashy paperback book in real-life for one f

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Firewatch developer Campo Santo and publisher Panic, Inc. are no stranger to clever fourth wall-breaking merchandise. One of the game's strangest features is that you can find a disposable camera in the 1980s Wyoming wilderness, take pictures in-game, then pay the publisher to send you physical copies of these complete with all the packaging of fictitious photo development company Fotodome. It's a neat trick, but with its latest labour of love Campo Santo has really outdone itself.
On the studio's merchandise store there's an option to buy blank journals designed to look like the paperback potboilers you can collect in Firewatch's forest. It's a cute piece of fourth wall-breaking fandom with some pretty nifty details, like a fake order form for the fictitious publisher tucked inside the back cover.
This order form for the made up book publisher Red Panda has a selection of various fictitious books to buy. These early 80s paperbacks have such titles as "Roger That, Over & Out", "The Boy Who Was a Cat", and "Love at First Site". Each one is listed with a price next to it that seems in keeping with the currency of the era.
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