The Short Game
The Short Game
A podcast about video games that respect your time
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Dec 28, 2015 • 1h 4min
70: Game of the Year 2015
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...
Dec 21, 2015 • 52min
69: Ori and the Blind Forest
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 of bright characters...
Dec 9, 2015 • 42min
68: Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and the Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
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, one of the creators...
Nov 24, 2015 • 28min
67: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes has more in common with party games played with boards or cards than with most video games. You play it in person with friends, one of whom is the bomb-defuser,...
Nov 16, 2015 • 1h 6min
66: Undertale Spoilers!
We’re back with more discussion of Undertale, but this time we’re talking about the story, characters, and endings! This all-spoiler episode follows up on our spoiler free discussion of the game, so if you haven’t...
Nov 9, 2015 • 52min
65: Undertale
The initial version of this episode had a sound issue with Shane’s track that has since been corrected. If you hear any gaps in the audio, please delete and re-download the episode. Sorry for the...
Nov 4, 2015 • 1h 38min
64: Life is Strange Wrap-up (Episodes 3-5)
In this special episode of The Short Game we are recapping the final acts of Life is Strange, a game we started covering when its first episodic chapter released early this year. If you are...
Oct 26, 2015 • 1h 4min
63: More IFComp 2015
Continuing on with our coverage of IFComp (the Interactive Fiction Competition) we’re back with brief impressions of 11 more games from this year’s whopping 55 entries. Be sure to check out Episode 61 for more...
Oct 19, 2015 • 50min
62: The Beginner’s Guide
This week we’re talking about The Beginner’s Guide, the new game from Davey Wreden. Wreden’s first game, The Stanley Parable, was the topic of the second episode of The Short Game way back in the...
Oct 10, 2015 • 58min
61: IFComp 2015
IFComp, the interactive fiction competition, is the longest running and most important event in the interactive fiction scene. Each year dozens of interactive fiction authors submit new work of all kinds, from hardcore parser puzzle...
