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127: Card Thief & Missile Cards

127: Card Thief & Missile Cards

Episode 1 · · 01:08:34

This week we’re shuffling together two different card-based mash-up games on iOS. Card Thief is a stealthy dungeon crawl in card form, and Missile Cards takes Atari Missile Command a...

126: Little Nightmares

126: Little Nightmares

Episode 1 · · 45:16

Little Nightmares is a side scrolling puzzle-platform-horror-action game by frequent Media Molecule collaborator Tarsier Studios. It’s the first major independent work developed by t...

125: Apple Design Award Winners 2017 (with guest host Mark Bramhill)

125: Apple Design Award Winners 2017 (with guest host Mark Bramhill)

Episode 1 · · 01:08:58

Mark Bramhill of the Welcome to Macintosh podcast joins us to discuss the winners of this year’s Apple Design Awards. The ADAs are Apple’s yearly recognition of outstanding design in...

124: Ludum Dare 38

124: Ludum Dare 38

Episode 1 · · 49:49

Guest host Jupiter Hadley joins us to discuss the Ludum Dare 38. Ludum Dare is a game jam/competition where game developers attempt to create a game from scratch in 48 (or 72) hours....

123: The Sexy Brutale

123: The Sexy Brutale

Episode 1 · · 01:06:36

The Sexy Brutale is a stylish adventure puzzle game set against the background of a lavish casino mansion, trapped in a single, endlessly looping day. It’s a co-production between Sp...

122: What Remains of Edith Finch

122: What Remains of Edith Finch

Episode 1 · · 01:41:02

What Remains of Edith Finch is the second game from The Unfinished Swan developer Giant Sparrow and creative director Ian Dallas. It’s a sort of anthology game; a collection of famil...

121: Kero Blaster

121: Kero Blaster

Episode 1 · · 51:36

Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya helped define “indie” game development with his freeware masterpiece Cave Story. Several years later, his follow up was a strange and possibly under appreciated...

120: Snipperclips

120: Snipperclips

Episode 1 · · 50:07

Cut Yourself! (Editor’s Note: Please do not cut yourself.) This week we’re talking the about the sort-of-first-party Nintendo Switch exclusive puzzle game Snipperclips. Break off a t...

119: Blaster Master Zero

119: Blaster Master Zero

Episode 1 · · 43:53

We’re hopping aboard Sophia III with Jason Frudnick to help him find his pet frog Fred in this remake/sequel to the classic NES shooter/platformer hybrid. We start with a brief discu...

118: Dungeons & Dragons ⚔ Short Game Style!

118: Dungeons & Dragons ⚔ Short Game Style!

Episode 1 · · 01:26:49

The Short Game’s official Dungeon Master (that’s Shane) shares his tips on fitting Dungeons & Dragons into your life. D&D is having a bit of a moment lately, but it can still feel li...

117: Night in the Woods

117: Night in the Woods

Episode 1 · · 01:25:06

Night in the Woods is an story-focused adventure game that follows college dropout Mae Borowski as she comes home to distressed mining town Possum Springs and tries to reconnect with...

116: Linelight

116: Linelight

Episode 1 · · 38:21

Linelight is a minimalistic puzzle game from Brett Taylor and his one-man development studio My Dog Zorro. It’s an action puzzle game distilled down to an incredibly streamlined form...

115: 2064 – Read Only Memories

115: 2064 – Read Only Memories

Episode 1 · · 01:07:23

2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk visual novel adventure game from Midboss, the same diverse team behind the GaymerX convention and Gaming in Color, a documentary about LGBTQ p...

114: Puyo Puyo (Series)

114: Puyo Puyo (Series)

Episode 1 · · 48:47

With the English language release of Puyo Puyo Tetris right around the corner (alongside the Nintendo Switch) we take the opportunity to nerd out about our shared love of Puyo poppin...

113: The Room

113: The Room

Episode 1 · · 49:57

The Room series is one of the best selling short game franchises on iOS, known for its beautiful animation and tactile mechanics. Each of the three entries expands on the physical pu...

112: Pony Island

112: Pony Island

Episode 1 · · 01:10:33

Pony Island is two-and-a-half hours of puzzles and surprises. Don’t be put off by its retro-glitch aesthetic or its apparent self-satisfied transgressiveness. Once you break through ...

111: Overcooked

111: Overcooked

Episode 1 · · 48:20

Couch co-op comes to the kitchen this week as we talk about Overcooked, a culinary party game from Ghost Town Games. Overcooked was one of the most talked about local multiplayer exp...

110: Game of the Year 2016

110: Game of the Year 2016

Episode 1 · · 44:55

Recorded and edited just before we drop the guillotine on 2016, it’s our Short Game game of the year round up! Stick around for some gaming memories of 2017, and a drunken message of...

109: Virginia

109: Virginia

Episode 1 · · 01:28:06

Virginia is a “first person interactive drama” that tells a mysterious story of an FBI agent on her first. It’s most notable for its unusual editing style, inspired by film and the g...

108: Severed

108: Severed

Episode 1 · · 52:19

Severed is a dungeon crawling touch-based action RPG by Guacamelee! developer Drinkbox Studios. First released as a Playstation Vita exclusive, it has since been released on iOS, And...