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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The Steam Deck is the number one console(ish) platform for playing ILLEGAL GAMES that Nintendo doesn't want you to play! This week we're talking about games that STEAL intellectual property from the RICH FAT CATS…Read morePodcast: Play in new window | Download
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Toby Fox is back, and it's TV TIME! Previously: Episode 320 - Chapter 1 Episode 324 - Chapter 2 Episode 65 - Undertale Episode 66 - Undertale SpoilersRead morePodcast: Play in new window | Download
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From the depths of Steam and YouTube comes ENA, a strange polygonal girl in a surreal hypercapitalist dreamscape. Your hosts were left wondering what the hell this was all about, and why is it so…Read morePodcast: Play in new window | Download
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Indie game royalty Blendo aka Brendan Chung, creator of Thirty Flights of Loving and Quadrilateral Cowboy among others has come out of his cicada-like 7 year dev cycle with another instant classic. Skin Deep is…Read morePodcast: Play in new window | Download
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A video game memoir by Ecuadorian indie developers Julián Cordero and Sebastian Valbuena, and published by Panic, Despelote takes you back to a childhood in 2001 Ecuador, and the magical grip soccer held over the…Read morePodcast: Play in new window | Download
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We’re talking about Many Nights a Whisper, a short, meditative archery (kinda!) game from Red Strings Club developer Deconstructeam and Selkie Harbour. The Dreamer has prepared their entire life for one impossible shot that will…Read morePodcast: Play in new window | Download
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We spent this week playing a bit more of Inkle's follow up to Overboard!, and made some shocking discoveries!Read morePodcast: Play in new window | Download
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This week, Laura and Nate dive into Trash the Planet, a free, browser-based resource-management game that subverts clicker mechanics to serve its narrative. You play as a group of raccoons who start out collecting trash…Read morePodcast: Play in new window | Download
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Shane and Nate were buzzing about FlyKnight, a $5 indie dungeon crawler that surprised us with its humor and depth. In this episode, we break down what makes this tiny first-person RPG so fun, from…Read more
