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87: The Order: 1886

87: The Order: 1886

Episode 1 · · 01:14:52

This week we played the infamously short game The Order: 1886. Can time (and bargain bin pricing) redeem this beautiful flop? The claws come out as out panel debates the good, the ba...

86: Warbits

86: Warbits

Episode 1 · · 42:30

This week we’re talking about Warbits, the long awaited iPhone game that captures the feeling (and many of the specific mechanics) of the popular portable turn based strategy Advance...

85: The Wolf Among Us

85: The Wolf Among Us

Episode 1 · · 49:25

This week we discuss Telltale’s mystery/noire adventure set in the Fables comic book universe, The Wolf Among Us. Released episodically starting in October 2013, this was Telltale’s ...

84: Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery EP

84: Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery EP

Episode 1 · · 46:56

Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery EP celebrated its 5th anniversary recently, and we’re looking back at its art and influence. If you missed this game when it first launched on the iPad...

83: Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

83: Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Episode 1 · · 27:38

This week Laura and Raygan briefly discuss ghostly postage, haunted mansions, and cleansing clerics. Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is our main topic. It’s the fourth game in ...

82: Game Dev Story

82: Game Dev Story

Episode 1 · · 48:34

We’re all game devs this week as we discuss Kairosoft’s Game Dev Story. This early iPhone game was recently updated for newer devices, and the it’s as strange and inexplicably fun as...

81: Assault Android Cactus

81: Assault Android Cactus

Episode 1 · · 43:43

Assault Android Cactus is a fast paced arcade inspired twin-stick shooter that pits a cast of heavily armed androids against wave after wave of killer robots. We missed this overlook...

80: Jazzpunk

80: Jazzpunk

Episode 1 · · 30:49

This is a weird one! Jazzpunk is comedy adventure game with a Dadaist bent developed by indie duo Necrophone Games and published by Adult Swim. It was released in February 2014 on S...

79: Until Dawn

79: Until Dawn

Episode 1 · · 56:52

Until Dawn is a 2015 horror-movie-styled adventure game for the Playstation 4 from relatively unknown developer Supermassive Games. It’s unusual for being a “Triple-A” adventure game...

78: Superhot

78: Superhot

Episode 1 · · 53:41

Superhot is a first person shooter where time only moves when you do. That’s the elevator pitch that launched the original version of Superhot from a 2013 7 Day FPS game jam contende...

77: Firewatch

77: Firewatch

Episode 1 · · 01:12:02

Firewatch is a narrative first-person mystery game set in a the Wyoming wilderness. It blends the storytelling of “walking simulators” like Gone Home with the narrative dialogue of ...

76: Oxenfree

76: Oxenfree

Episode 1 · · 01:02:24

Oxenfree is the first game from Night School Studio, a team with roots at Telltale and Disney. Dialogue takes center stage here, as a bunch of teenagers set off to spend the night on...

75: Tharsis

75: Tharsis

Episode 1 · · 42:51

In Tharsis, you command the crew of the badly damaged Mars mission Iktomi, scrambling to keep the ship’s systems active and the crew alive. In form it’s closer to a solo board game t...

74: Bird Week!

74: Bird Week!

Episode 1 · · 35:57

Birds. Nature’s weirdest dudes. This week, we date birds, we defend birds in court, we shoot birds, and we… I guess birds eat bread right? We’re talking rounding up four games that f...

73: Journey

73: Journey

Episode 1 · · 57:00

Journey by thatgamecompany and designer Jenova Chen is the game most often suggested to us by listeners, and for good reason. This 2 to 3 hour wordless game experience changed the cr...

72: Cibele

72: Cibele

Episode 1 · · 27:50

Laura and Raygan discuss Cibele by Nina Freeman and Star Maid Games. Autobiographical and naturalistic to a fault, Cibele tells the story of game designer Nina’s first romance (?) wi...

71: Mushroom 11

71: Mushroom 11

Episode 1 · · 29:54

Mushroom 11 is a puzzle platformer with a truly unique movement mechanic. You control a green blob (the Mushroom) by destroying and pruning its cells bit by bit and allowing it to mo...

70: Game of the Year 2015

70: Game of the Year 2015

Episode 1 · · 01:03:36

With just a few days left in 2015 we round up our favorite short games of the year. 3) Her Story 2) Tie between Rocket League and The Magic Circle   The Short Game Game of the Yea...

69: Ori and the Blind Forest

69: Ori and the Blind Forest

Episode 1 · · 51:38

We finally catch up on a game we’ve meant to play since March. Ori and the Blind Forest is a beautiful Miyazaki inspired Metroidvania style romp through a lush forest landscape full ...

68: Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and the Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist

68: Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and the Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist

Episode 1 · · 42:10

Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and the Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist is a 15 minute free heist game from Crows Crows Crows, a new development studio headed by William Pugh, o...