The Short Game
The Short Game
A podcast about video games that respect your time
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Apr 13, 2015 • 57min
42: Pinball! – Physical and Simulated Pinball Games
Wait, isn’t this a video games podcast? Well, kinda. This week, we’re talking about pinball! We start with a discussion of playing real, actual, physical pinball in 2015. It’s getting hard to find pinball games...
Apr 6, 2015 • 49min
41: Escape Goat 2
A goat that solves puzzles to escape a magical tower with the help of his little mouse friend. Sure why not. This week we play Escape Goat 2 by MagicalBeanTime and published by Doublefine. This...
Mar 30, 2015 • 36min
Shortisode 4: More Game Music!
Following up on our previous Shortisode on Game Music, this week we discuss… more game music! Nate wasn’t able to join us last time, so we hear his picks and those of some listeners and...
Mar 23, 2015 • 1h 11min
40: Grim Fandango
Grim Fandango is arguably the last mass-market adventure game, and is indisputably a great classic of the genre. Tim Schaffer’s last LucasArts adventure is a stunning amalgam of film noir storytelling, Mexican day of the...
Mar 16, 2015 • 1h 22min
39: Life is Strange – Chapter 1 (Chrysalis)
This week begins our sort-of-book-club on the ongoing episodic adventure game Life is Strange. Told in what can only be described as the “Telltale” style, this series of 5 episodes follows Max Caufield, an 18...
Mar 10, 2015 • 1h 5min
38: Alto’s Adventure and Endless Runners
This week our podcast literally can not stop running/falling/snowboarding as we discuss the Endless Runner genre. This sometimes celebrated, sometimes maligned mobile focused offshoot of the platform genre is (believe it or not) full of...
Mar 2, 2015 • 1h 11min
37: Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
This week’s topic is Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition. (That’s a long title for such a short game!) Guacamelee is a “Metroidvania” with combo-based, beat-’em-up combat, and it’s a game we’ve been looking forward to...
Feb 24, 2015 • 1h 7min
36: 80 Days
“I have entered into the service of a new gentleman. It would seem he is a gambling man.” 80 Days by Inkle Studios is a video game adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic novel of world...
Feb 16, 2015 • 38min
Shortisode 3: Game Music
This week we’re taking another short break from regular format to talk about our favorite video game music! Did we miss your favorite soundtrack? (We probably did!) Let us know! We’ll play followup to this...
Feb 9, 2015 • 1h 19min
35: The Swapper
The Swapper is a surprisingly awesome 2D puzzle platformer from small Finnish indie developers Facepalm Games. Released for PC/Mac/Linux in May 2013, it’s now also available for current generation Playstation and Nintendo consoles. Its puzzle...
