The Short Game
The Short Game
A podcast about video games that respect your time
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Feb 2, 2015 • 59min
34: Machinarium
Machinarium, a point and click adventure game by Czech game developers Amanita Design, is our topic this week. Released in 2009, it was their first full-length adventure game after numerous web-based titles. It has been...
Jan 28, 2015 • 1h 7min
33: To The Moon
To The Moon by Freebird Games is our topic this week. When it came out in 2011 this game was hailed as a triumph of video game storytelling. Using the visual language of 90s RPGs,...
Jan 19, 2015 • 57min
32: Gunpoint
Gunpoint by Tom Francis aka Suspicious Developments is our topic this week. Tom Francis began his game industry career with 9 years as a writer for PC Gamer, and this game is his response to...
Jan 13, 2015 • 1h 17min
31: Interactive Fiction
The Short Game attempts to discuss an entire genre-defying medium of game design: text-based interactive fiction. That’s right, we’re talking about old-school text adventures, but also newer developments like Twine games and more interactive text...
Jan 5, 2015 • 1h 1min
30: Call of Juarez – Gunslinger
The fourth game in the Call of Juarez series is its first download-only title. Gunslinger follows Silas Greaves, an over-the-top bounty hunter, whose narration carries the show and whose quest for vengeance drives the plot....
Dec 22, 2014 • 47min
29: Game of the Year
In the final show for 2014, we are counting down our picks for The Short Game game of the year: 3 – Shovel Knight Shovel Knight is an incredible throwback to the NES, but with...
Dec 4, 2014 • 1h 31min
28: A Dark Room
A Dark Room is an incredibly simple and yet incredibly deep and even moving game, unexpected qualities in the “idle games” genre. From the App Store page, you begin with this simple and evocative description:...
Nov 26, 2014 • 39min
Shortisode 2: Wait, We Like Long Games!
In this special Thanksgiving holiday edition of The Short Game, we talk bout some of our favorite long games. We named this show the wrong thing! Shortisodes are a break from our regular format; a...
Nov 19, 2014 • 1h 5min
27: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Update: It took some time after playing this game to get to know the developer, Adrian Chmielarz, on Twitter and through his other writing. While we feel this game is an interesting technical and artistic...
Nov 11, 2014 • 37min
26b: The Walking Dead (w/ guest host Gary Butterfield) Part 2
The shocking conclusion to last week’s episode! Gary Butterfield of Watch Out For Fireballs joins us for an extra-long episode on the groundbreaking adventure game The Walking Dead by Telltale games. This is a game...
