Episode 1 · · 52:46
Raygan and Nate are a little late to the party with this chat about the virally popular casual bullet hell Vampire Survivors. Plus a lengthy digression about popcorn! The Shor...
Episode 1 · · 01:08:26
Nate, Shane, and Laura discuss the mouse-bouncing tactical pachinko RPG Beast Breaker, from Asher Volmer’s studio Vodeo Games. Beast Breaker is available on Nintendo Switch and on...
Episode 1 · · 01:11:06
The Itch.io bundle for Ukraine (organized by Necrosoft Games) included a ton of great stuff. We spent some time this week combing through the nearly 1000 games and other works in the...
Episode 1 · · 01:33:14
The sequel (or “sister game”) to 2018’s Far: Lone Sails returns us to a world in which driving a train/boat requires an awful lot of running around. The Short Game is supporte...
Episode 1 · · 01:10:04
A world in which dodgeball is the solution (and cause) of every problem! Dodgeball Academia is a somewhat overlooked sports RPG released in 2021 for PC and consoles (and included in ...
Episode 1 · · 01:24:25
We’re taking a break from our regular format this week and doing an all What’s Making Us Happy This Week episode. First, Shane talks about the out-of-the-box experience of his new Qu...
Episode 1 · · 01:15:36
Webbed from Sbug Games is a puzzle platformer starring a charming little spider on a quest to save her boyfriend. It has incredible movement and webbing mechanics, and fantastic anim...
Episode 1 · · 01:09:09
The biggest surprise of Wonder Labyrinth is that it was made at all. Team Ladybug‘s 5-10 hour Symphony of the Night clone inspired game is based on a nearly forgotten early anime pro...
Episode 1 · · 55:54
ElecHead is a little robot with a high voltage head. Touch any surface to electrify it, or throw your head to electrify things at a distance, but pick it up in 10 seconds or explode!...
Episode 1 · · 01:09:46
Tux & Fanny began as a 2019 film by Albert Birney, released in parts on Instagram and as a feature-length film on Vimeo. Barney has since developed the idea into a video game that mi...
Episode 1 · · 01:02:08
This week we’re talking about Sable, a long-in-development open world coming-of-age story set on a beautiful but desolate alien planet. Afterward, in the What’s Making Us Happy segme...
Episode 1 · · 01:09:51
Word games are ubiquitous, and almost universally short, but most are too slight to make for a full Short Game episode. This week we’re starting by discussing the virally popular Wor...
Episode 1 · · 52:14
We are pondering our orb this week, with Shane and Raygan talking about Exo One, a game that is hard to describe as anything other than “Flappy Bird meets 2001: A Space Odyssey“ in 3...
Episode 1 · · 01:10:12
Our slightly belated GOTY 2021 episode is here, and we’re honoring our favorite games of this complicated year. (If you’re a patron, you can also tune in for our unedited horse-tradi...
Episode 1 · · 01:29:58
It’s absolutely inconceivable that we have been doing this for 300 episodes. We’re celebrating this milestone by answering your questions and a few of our own, and generally just han...
Episode 1 · · 01:38:31
We’re still talking about Inscryption, a game that… well there’s a lot to talk about here. Next week is episode 300!! The Short Game is supported directly by our listeners ...
Episode 1 · · 01:12:10
We’re spending the next two episodes talking about Inscryption, the wild new deckbuilding roguelike meets escape-room horror game from Pony Island developer Daniel Mullins. We’re tak...
Episode 1 · · 01:04:34
The second game from Witchbeam, the developers of Short Game favorite Assault Android Cactus, is completely different but equally great. Unpacking is an intricate pixel art game abou...
Episode 1 · · 01:16:53
IFComp 2021 voting closes TODAY! Our third and final episode on IFComp 2021 just before the close of the comp covers four absolute bangers. We will return in a few weeks to discus...
Episode 1 · · 01:14:05
Despite some high profile and popular examples, the deck-building roguelike genre is a hyper-specific niche comprised of such a small number of games that every major new entry still...