Episode 1 · · 58:11
Death Crown stands out with a 1-bit pixel art meets metal album cover aesthetic, but it’s also something we don’t often see: a real time strategy game with a campaign that you can co...
Episode 1 · · 01:03:58
It’s been a pretty normal couple of weeks with nothing strange or concerning happening at all, so we’re curling into a ball and playing comfort food games. What’s comfortable will be...
Episode 1 · · 01:22:51
Kentucky Route Zero’s fourth act is its longest, most complex structurally, and might be its saddest yet. We continue our discussion of the game as well as the interlude Here & There...
Episode 1 · · 01:36:45
As you’ll hear in the intro we initially planned to discuss both Act III and Act IV on this episode, but we had such an interesting talk about Act III that we used up all our time. ...
Episode 1 · · 52:48
This week we’re returning to something we used to do semi-frequently: we’re highlighting some of our favorite video game music tracks! We haven’t done one of these in quite a while (...
Episode 1 · · 01:06:40
This week we are re-releasing our 2015 episode covering the Spider series from Tiger Style games. Both Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor and Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon are iOS...
Episode 1 · · 54:54
Speed Dating for Ghosts seems at first like a riff on the comedic-dating-sim-adventure-game in the vein of Dream Daddy or Monster High, but this short narrative game doesn’t ever do ...
Episode 1 · · 01:06:25
Guildlings is a charming mobile-first adventure RPG set in “a world of wizards and wifi.” We’ll be scribbling bad fan art of the characters in this Apple Arcade adventure for a long ...
Episode 1 · · 01:04:24
This week we’re discussing Wide Ocean Big Jacket, a story-game camping trip, from developer Turnfollow and publisher Tender Claws. Mord and her boyfriend Ben are on their first campi...
Episode 1 · · 51:18
Shane and Laura take the podcast where it’s never dared to go… up off of the couch! Ring Fit Adventure for the Nintendo Switch is yet another Nintendo attempt at a fitness game, but ...
Episode 1 · · 01:16:15
Kentucky Route Zero, both the game and this episode, have been a long time coming. With the 5th act of the long in-development magical realist adventure game finally coming on Januar...
Episode 1 · · 01:12:36
This week we’re breaking from our usual format to discuss the 2010s, and the arc that indie games (and gaming generally) have taken through the decade. The Short Game is suppor...
Episode 1 · · 01:45:21
As Nate put it, Katana Zero is a game that really goes for it. It goes for ALL of it. Incredible high speed acrobatic melee combat. Clever time-manipulation mechanics. A dialogue sys...
Episode 1 · · 01:26:54
2019 was a divided year in so many ways, so perhaps we should have expected a stalemate when picking a Short Game of the Year. All four hosts run down our exceedingly divergent Short...
Episode 1 · · 41:15
The Detective is back in his second mysterious adventure! We covered the first Frog Detective game earlier this year, and now we’re back with his most intriguing case yet. The Fro...
Episode 1 · · 01:40:38
Outer Wilds is a bit longer than the games we typically cover, but it was such a surprise favorite that we had to talk about it on the podcast before the end of the year. In Outer Wi...
Episode 1 · · 01:09:11
Bleak Sword is a dark fantasy action game with 1-bit diorama artwork and brutally difficult combat. It’s a surprise inclusion in the opening volley of Apple Arcade, since it’s tough ...
Episode 1 · · 50:05
A lot of developers have tried their hand at a first person physics puzzle game, but not many have put the artistry, innovation, and sheer time into them as William Chyr has put into...
Episode 1 · · 02:12:49
This week we’re re-releasing our episode on the best reason to own a 3DS, Link Between Worlds! This was a great episode thanks to guest host Gary Butterfield. Now that Raygan’s mo...
Episode 1 · · 01:02:01
Fans of John Wick, John Woo, Deadpool and/or Nate and Laura buddy hour — you’re in luck! We’re covering My Friend Pedro this week, a stylish shooter/platformer that prioritizes makin...