The Short Game

Dive into the twisted world of a horror adventure where the task is to slay a princess—if you dare! Explore narrative complexity and moral dilemmas in gaming, echoing classics like 'Doki Doki Literature Club.' Discover how player choices shape unique outcomes and enhance emotional engagement through sound and art. The discussion meanders through cinematic themes, humorous movie reflections, and quirky real-life encounters, all while celebrating the richness of interactive storytelling and its replayability.

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We continue our coverage of IFComp 2023 with a few more games AND THEN WE GET KICKED IN THE NUTS!!!!

Gordy and the Monster Moon is a bite-sized exploration-driven game about a pumpkin astronaut going on spooky adventures. It’s also a tiny part of the Frog Fractions extended universe, brought to us by Jim Stormdancer....

This week we’re talking about Gunbrella, a game that gets in its own way more than anything we’ve played in a while.

This week we are kicking off our coverage of IFComp with coverage of a handful of games, including some new names and returning Short Game favorites. Looking forward to playing more over the coming month!

This week Shane and Raygan betray the premise of the podcast and have a nice long chat about Baldur’s Gate 3, an immense game we’re both enjoying immensely, with some digressions into D&D and (ding)...

As a follow up to our episode on our favorite mechanics, a listener suggested we talk about which ones we hate! So we did!

This week we’re celebrating PICO-8 games! PICO-8 is a fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games that runs on PC/Mac/Linux. Raygan, Nate, and Shane talk a little about the “console” itself, then review...

Set sail with your Short Game hosts on a spooky adventure about… fishing? This week we’re covering Dredge by Black Salt games, who describes it as “a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent.” What...