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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 move is complete and his mic and computer are unpacked we should be returning to a regular schedule next week.

The Short Game is supported directly by our listeners on Patreon! Supporters at any level get access to our Discord, where we discuss games, plan episodes, and talk about what we are playing in real time. You can also support us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts!

You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame

Your hosts this week were:

• Raygan Kelly – @raygank
• Shane Kelly – @8bitShane
• Nate Heininger – @natestl
• Gary Butterfield – @garybuh

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 making you look and feel like a badass. What time is it? Bullet time! My Friend Pedro is available on Windows (Steam, GoG, Humble) and Switch. Regular price is $19.99, and it should take between 4–6 hours to complete depending on your preference to go in guns blazing or plan out your next move to maximize coolness.

The Short Game is supported directly by our listeners on Patreon! Supporters at any level get access to our Discord, where we discuss games, plan episodes, and talk about what we are playing in real time. You can also support us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts!

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Your hosts this week were:

• Nate Heininger – @natestl
• Laura Nash – @laurajnash

Our third and likely final episode on IFComp 2019 before the comp ends on November 15th. (Get your ratings in!) We covered the following games:

00:03:18: Chuk and the Arena by Agnieszka Trzaska
00:12:32: Remedial Witchcraft by dgtziea
00:20:29: URA Winner! by Carter Sande
00:30:08: Faerethia by Peter Eastman
00:40:16: Each-uisge by Jac Colvin
00:45:33: Saint City Sinners by dgallagher
00:49:22: Poppet by Bitter Karella

We also offered incomplete impressions on a few games:

00:57:37: Winter Break at Hogwarts by Brian Davies
01:00:27: Very Vile Fairy File by Billy Boling
01:04:06: Enceladus by Robb Sherwin
01:05:30: Meeting Robb Sherwin by Jizaboz
01:09:16: Things We Would Like To Play But Haven’t Yet

The Short Game is supported directly by our listeners on Patreon! Supporters at any level get access to our Discord, where we discuss games, plan episodes, and talk about what we are playing in real time. You can also support us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts!

You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame

Your hosts this week were:

• Raygan Kelly – @raygank
• Nate Heininger – @natestl
• Laura Nash – @laurajnash

What went wrong aboard the low earth orbit space station Observation, and what did you do to cause it? In Observation you’ll play as S.A.M., the AI in charge of maintaining the space station, assisting (or hindering?) Dr. Emma Fisher as she attempts to recover control of the station after a massive and mysterious disaster.

This is our Halloween game for the year, and although it’s more of a thriller than straight horror it was a great game for the season. It’s available on Windows (Epic Game Store) and PS4. Regular price is $24.99 but on EGS it’s on sale until 11/1. Expect it to take about 5-6 hours to complete.

The Short Game is supported directly by our listeners on Patreon! Supporters at any level get access to our Discord, where we discuss games, plan episodes, and talk about what we are playing in real time. You can also support us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts!

You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame

Your hosts this week were:

• Raygan Kelly – @raygank
• Laura Nash – @laurajnash

Our second episode covering IFComp 2019. This week we had a lively discussion of 13 games:

00:03:03: Skies Above By Arthur DiBianca
00:10:00: Limerick Heist By Pace Smith
00:17:32: The Legendary Hero Has Failed. by Tom Martin
00:22:04: Lucerne by Dimitri Kaviani
00:24:30: The good people by Pseudavid
00:31:30: Night Guard / Morning Star by Astrid Dalmady
00:36:13: The Surprise by Candy Meldromon
00:39:27: Girth Loinhammer and the Quest for the Unsee Elixir by Damon L. Wakes
00:46:21: Dull Grey by Provodnik Games
00:56:31: Rip Retold by Hipolito
01:00:01: For the Cats by Lei
01:05:43: Dungeon Detective 2: Devils and Details by Wongalot
01:13:56: Flygskam Simulator by Katie Benson

Thanks to all the authors and organizers of the comp! If there are games you have enjoyed in this year’s comp, be sure to let us know on Twitter, via our website, or on our Patreon supporter Discord!

The Short Game is supported directly by our listeners on Patreon! Supporters at any level get access to our Discord, where we discuss games, plan episodes, and talk about what we are playing in real time. You can also support us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts!

You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame

Your hosts this week were:

• Raygan Kelly – @raygank
• Shane Kelly – @8bitShane
• Nate Heininger – @natestl

Our 200th episode is a special milestone, and we’re spending it returning to the topic of our very first episode. Gone Home came out in August 2013 (our show started in April 2014) and its influence is still being felt today! We start by patting our selves on the back for keeping the podcast going for over five and a half years, then discuss the game, focusing on its legacy and influence across the industry.

Gone Home is available on pretty much every platform you can name these days including computers, phones, and tons of consoles. Expect it to take you about 2 hours to complete.

A special thank you to my co-hosts for sticking with me and the show for these many years. -RK

The Short Game is supported directly by our listeners on Patreon! Supporters at any level get access to our Discord, where we discuss games, plan episodes, and talk about what we are playing in real time. You can also support us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts!

You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame

Your hosts this week were:

• Raygan Kelly – @raygank
• Shane Kelly – @8bitShane
• Nate Heininger – @natestl
• Laura Nash – @laurajnash

This is the 25th year of the competition (!!!) and there are a record breaking 82 entries! We’re kicking off our coverage of IFComp 2019 with discussion of the first 8 games we’ve played.

Due to travel and other conflicts it’s just Raygan and Laura for this episode, but Shane and Nate will be back next week for our special 200th episode. After that we’ll be continuing our IFComp coverage with two more episodes. Be sure to let us know what games you’ve enjoyed in the comp so far!

00:01:10: What Is IFComp?
00:07:03: About Our IFComp Coverage
00:10:20: Zozzled by Steph Cherrywell
00:25:47: Turandot by Victor Gijsbers
00:34:54: Eye Contact by Thomas McMullan
00:38:12: Flight of the CodeMonkeys by Mark C Marino
00:44:33: Sugarlawn by Mike Spivey
00:52:37: Pas De Deux by Linus Åkesson
01:01:08: Let’s Play: Ancient Greek Punishment: The Text Adventure by Pippin Barr
01:06:09: Out by Viktor Sobol
01:09:23: What’s Making Us Happy This Week?
01:15:34: Outro

The Short Game is supported directly by our listeners on Patreon! Supporters at any level get access to our Discord, where we discuss games, plan episodes, and talk about what we are playing in real time. You can also support us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts!

You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame

Your hosts this week were:

• Raygan Kelly – @raygank
• Laura Nash – @laurajnash

Suddenly this horrible goose is all anyone is talking about.

Untitled Goose Game, developed by House House and published by Panic, is a game about being a horrible goose and causing trouble for everyone you meet for no reason other than f**k you I’m a goose. We have brought friend of the show and bird correspondent Mark Bramhill back on the show to discuss this great game and terrible, terrible bird.

The Short Game is supported directly by our listeners on Patreon! Supporters at any level get access to our Discord, where we discuss games, plan episodes, and talk about what we are playing in real time. You can also support us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts!

You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame

Your hosts this week were:

• Raygan Kelly – @raygank
• Nate Heininger – @natestl
• Laura Nash – @laurajnash
• Mark Bramhill – @mcbramhill

Simogo is a legendary developer on iOS. We’ve covered their work in the past, especially the stunning Year Walk. Sayonara Wild Hearts is a big departure from their previous games. Get a load of this marketing copy:

Sayonara Wild Hearts is a dreamy arcade game about riding motorcycles, skateboarding, dance battling, shooting lasers, wielding swords, and breaking hearts at 200 mph.

As the heart of a young woman breaks, the balance of the universe is disturbed. A diamond butterfly appears in her dreams and leads her through a highway in the sky, where she finds her other self: the masked biker called The Fool.

Journey through a custom-written pop soundtrack, chase scores, and set out to find the harmony of the universe, hidden away in the hearts of Little Death and her star-crossed allies: Dancing Devils, Howling Moons, Stereo Lovers and Hermit 64.

Let’s Pop!

We try to sound competent as music critics on this episode, and it kinda works out!

Sayonara Wild Hearts is available on PS4 and Nintendo Switch for $12.99, and as a part of an Apple Arcade subscription. Expect it to take around 2 hours to complete.

The Short Game is supported directly by our listeners on Patreon! Supporters at any level get access to our Discord, where we discuss games, plan episodes, and talk about what we are playing in real time. You can also support us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts!

You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame

Your hosts this week were:

• Laura Nash – @laurajnash
• Raygan Kelly – @raygank
• Shane Kelly – @8bitShane

Marketed as a “pinbrawler” or top-down, pinball-inspired, hack-and-slash dungeon crawler, Creature in the Well seems designed to appeal to Raygan’s specific tastes. It’s tough as nails, and occasionally frustrating, but this is a truly unique game that manages to follow through on its strange promise of injecting pinball (or break-out) mechanics into the tried and true action RPG formula.

Creature in the Well is available for Nintendo Switch as well as Xbox One and Windows for $14.99. It’s also available as part of a Game Pass subscription on Xbox and PC. Expect it to take around 5 hours to complete.

The Short Game is supported directly by our listeners on Patreon! Supporters at any level get access to our Discord, where we discuss games, plan episodes, and talk about what we are playing in real time. You can also support us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts!

You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame

Your hosts this week were:

• Raygan Kelly – @raygank
• Shane Kelly – @8bitShane
• Nate Heininger – @natestl