Off the Shelf is an interview format where we bring a guest on the show to talk about the following scenario: “Imagine you have a library full of books that represent to you the greatest video game narratives. If I were to pull 5 books at random off of those shelves, what would I find? How did each book earn a spot on your shelf?”

This week, I had the honor of interviewing Jake from The Pre-Order Bonus podcast. Below you will find episodes of The Pre-Order Bonus podcast that cover the games we discuss on this show:

Pentiment

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Chained Echoes

Arco

Untitled Goose Game

The discussion of each game contains spoilers, so please refer to the timestamps below to avoid those as needed. It’s a long episode, so feel free to skip around!

(00:00) Introduction

(09:30) Pentiment

(40:00) A plague Tale: Innocence

(59:30) Chained Echoes

(01:15:50) Arco

(01:36:40) Untitled Goose Game

(01:55:25) Closing Comments

If you enjoy the show please join our discord to stay up to date on the podcast. I also made a guest appearance on Jake’s Indie Impression episode for Before the Green Moon here, if you want to check that out. Thanks for listening!

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