The Short Game
The Short Game
A podcast about video games that respect your time
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Jul 8, 2019 • 1h 13min
Short Game Classic – 21: Crypt of the Necrodancer
We covered Crypt of the Necrodancer in 2014, before the game left early access. Since we will be covering it’s Zelda-infused sequel Cadence of Hyrule next week, and the original episode has dropped off of...
Jul 1, 2019 • 55min
187: Board Games
In this episode of a podcast that is definitely about video games, we’re talking about our favorite board games we’ve played this year. Laura is mid-way through a cross country move and her regular microphone is packed...
Jun 24, 2019 • 1h 20min
186: GameClub with Eli Hodapp
Eli Hodapp, formerly of TouchArcade, joins us this week to talk about his new venture GameClub. We’ve long bemoaned the state of premium games on the iOS App Store, and the team at GameClub are...
Jun 17, 2019 • 60min
185: Apple Design Awards 2019
Mark Bramhill of the excellent Welcome to Macintosh podcast joins us again to talk about this year’s crop of Apple Design Award winning games. This feels like a strange transition year for Apple in gaming, and we have...
Jun 10, 2019 • 43min
184: Gato Roboto
Gato Roboto is a retro-styled Metroid-like starring Kiki, a cute kitty in a powerful mech suit. Freshman developer Doinksoft and veteran indie publisher Devolver Digital bring us this 1-bit black and white adventure that might...
Jun 3, 2019 • 51min
183: A Plague Tale: Innocence
A Plague Tale: Innocence is a beautiful if gruesome stealth action game from Asobo Interactive. Set in 12th century France, you’ll play as Amicia De Rune, a girl from a noble family in the French countryside,...
May 27, 2019 • 1h 10min
182: Micro Mages
Micro Mages is a NES homebrew with remarkably modern game design. Morphcat Games managed to fit an entire 4-player Towerfall-inspired co-op platfomer into just 40kb. It’s an incredible feat of 6502 assembly programming, and an...
May 20, 2019 • 1h 8min
Short Game Classic – 36: 80 Days
Raygan is traveling this week, so in lieu of a full episode we are re-releasing a classic travel-themed Short Game that has just dropped off of the RSS feed. 80 Days was a break out...
May 13, 2019 • 32min
181: The Haunted Island, A Frog Detective Game
After last week’s big episode, Laura and Raygan are taking a moment to relax into a charming little game about a frog. Developer Grace Bruxnor’s The Haunted Island, A Frog Detective Game is a lovely...
May 7, 2019 • 1h 57min
180: Heaven’s Vault
The developer of Short Game favorite 80 Days returns with an ambitious new game, and we are joined by a new guest! Laura Garofalo is a Roman cultural historian and Latinist with experience on archeological...
