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275: Mundaun

275: Mundaun

Episode 1 · · 52:10

Mundaun is a pleasant mountain hike gone dreadfully, dreadfully wrong. First person protagonist Curdin returns to his grandfather’s home in Mundaun, a secluded village in the Swiss A...

274: Peggle!

274: Peggle!

Episode 1 · · 01:06:14

Who would have thought we could talk for nearly an hour about Peggle, a game that according to Nate doesn’t even exist in his home timeline. The Short Game is supported direct...

273: Sneaky Sasquatch

273: Sneaky Sasquatch

Episode 1 · · 01:06:31

This overlooked open-world kitchen sink game might be Apple Arcade’s best exclusive. Sneaky Sasquatch looks on its surface like a light stealth game aimed at children, but get past i...

272: Knights of San Francisco

272: Knights of San Francisco

Episode 1 · · 01:13:53

In IFComp 2017, we were excited by the possibilities Filip Hráček showed in his comp game Insignificant Little Vermin, built with his bespoke choice-based system Egamebook. Now Hráče...

Short Game Classic – 108: Severed

Short Game Classic – 108: Severed

Episode 1 · · 54:11

This week we are re-releasing our episode on Severed, a game from Guacamelee developer Drinkbox Studios that originally released on Vita and has since been ported to just about every...

271: Apple Arcade, Revisited

271: Apple Arcade, Revisited

Episode 1 · · 01:05:05

This week we are renewing our Apple Arcade subscriptions and talking about some of the games we’ve checked out since the debut of the service. 00:01:57: Wonderbox00:07:42: Hitchh...

270: Before Your Eyes

270: Before Your Eyes

Episode 1 · · 52:09

Before Your Eyes is a short narrative game that uses your real life blinks (monitored via your PC’s webcam) as your primary interaction. It’s also an extremely moving story, well wri...

269: IFComp 2020 Wrap-Up

269: IFComp 2020 Wrap-Up

Episode 1 · · 01:30:21

Better late than never! This week we are looping back to our promised IFComp 2020 wrap-up, and discussing the four games in the top 10 that we didn’t cover during our colossal four-p...

268: Nintendo Game Boy™

268: Nintendo Game Boy™

Episode 1 · · 01:16:16

This week we’re reminiscing about the ultimate short game machine, the Game Boy, with special guest Jordan Starkweather. Jordan is a host of the Pocketoid podcast, the internet’s lon...

267: Yes, Your Grace

267: Yes, Your Grace

Episode 1 · · 01:13:51

Laura and Raygan dive into this character focused kingdom management simulator about a royal family having a really, really bad year. Yes, Your Grace is available on PC/Xbox (and ...

266: Hardspace: Shipbreaker

266: Hardspace: Shipbreaker

Episode 1 · · 54:44

This week Raygan and Shane have been spending time with Hardspace: Shipbreaker, an early access spaceship salvage simulator that is just on the verge of releasing its first real stor...

265: Cheat Week

265: Cheat Week

Episode 1 · · 56:47

This week we are talking abut some of the long game experiences we’ve had going in between short games lately. Nate talks about deck-building RPG SteamWorld Quest, Raygan has been pl...

264: Loop Hero

264: Loop Hero

Episode 1 · · 01:23:32

A nameless hero trudges endlessly through a world of darkness, walking an endless path and fighting the confused and desperate monsters of his forgotten homeland. Is the lost world e...

263: Ghostrunner

263: Ghostrunner

Episode 1 · · 53:40

This week we are talking about Ghostrunner, a first person platforming cyberpunk action slice-em-up tough-as-nails wallrunning robot ninja game from Polish developer One More Level. ...

262: A Hand With Many Fingers

262: A Hand With Many Fingers

Episode 1 · · 01:01:36

A Hand With Many Fingers by Colestia is a first person conspiracy research game. Using advanced tools such as a card catalog and a cork board, uncover the real life spy thriller myst...

Short Game Classic – 51: Her Story

Short Game Classic – 51: Her Story

Episode 1 · · 01:48:13

This week we were disrupted by the massive winter storms in Texas, so we are rereleasing this classic episode from 2015. Her Story is one of the best games we’ve covered on the show,...

261: Nuts

261: Nuts

Episode 1 · · 56:31

Why do these squirrels behave so strangely? Use cameras and other monitoring equipment to track their movement, and uncover the secret hiding in Melmoth forest in this… animal survei...

260: Bugsnax

260: Bugsnax

Episode 1 · · 01:17:57

Oh-oo-oh, we’re Talkin’ ’bout Bugsnax. We covered Young Horses previous game, Octodad: Dadliest Catch way back in 2014, and here in 2021 they’re back with a new and even weirder g...

259: Eliza

259: Eliza

Episode 1 · · 01:16:53

Eliza is a near-future sci-fi story about the culture of tech, mental health, and the moral and ethical questions around the creation, use, and misuse of the eponymous AI counseling ...

258: Carto

258: Carto

Episode 1 · · 59:20

We loved Carto, a friendly little puzzle adventure from developer Sunhead Games. It’s a breezy adventure that combines Carcassonne-style map tile laying puzzles with a cute adventure...