The Short Game is a podcast celebration of video game storytelling and craft, in video games you’ll actually finish! We choose one great, short game per episode, and discuss it in depth. Episodes release Monday mornings in your podcast app of choice!
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It's Game of the Year time again! This week we're looking back at 2024 to pick the best short video game of the year, and recognize some other great games as well. 00:00 Intro04:52 Game…Read morePodcast: Play in new window | Download
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This Thanksgiving week the hosts gathered to play a bit of a game, trying to match short games to randomly chosen genres and adjectives. What's a David Lynchian Platformer, or an "I Want To Go…Read morePodcast: Play in new window | Download
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What a story. 1000xRESIST is one of the best works of science fiction we've seen in a game, and it opens new territory at the intersection of visual novels, adventure games, and interactive fiction while…Read morePodcast: Play in new window | Download
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An unsettling game for the tail end of spooky season. Mouthwashing is a non-linear narrative horror game about a doomed space freighter and her crew. Please enjoy Dragonsbreath X mouthwash.Read morePodcast: Play in new window | Download
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We cover a few more games before the close of the comp. Get those votes in! 00:00 IFComp 2024 Part III 01:50 An Account of Your Visit to the Enchanted House & What You Found…Read morePodcast: Play in new window | Download
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This has been recommended to us a lot, so we finally decided to clean out those drawers and organize those bookshelves. A surprisingly fun series of tiny organization puzzles which added up to an interesting…Read morePodcast: Play in new window | Download
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Laura and Raygan talk about another handful of games from this year's interactive fiction competition. [00:00:52] LATEX, LEATHER, LIPSTICK, LOVE, LUST by THE BODY & THE BLOOD [00:21:46] A Very Strong Gland by Arthur DiBianca…Read more
