The latest game from Short Game favorite Inkle has proved to be a bit divisive. Laura enjoyed it, but Raygan hit some major issues that spoiled the experience. It made for an interesting conversation ..read more

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! [00:00:00] Intro [00:06:28] Xanthippe’s Last Night with Socrates by Victor Gijsbers [00:16:05] 20 Exchange Place by Sol FC [00:20:10] LAKE Adventure by B.J. Best [00:28:01] The Vambrace of Destiny by Arthur DiBianca [00:37:24] Dysfluent by Allyson Gray [00:43:44] Help! I Can’t Find My Glasses! by Lacey Gren [00:48:14] One King to Loot them All by Onno Brouwer [00:50:59] Outro ..read more

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) Magic the Gathering ..read more

You’re here to slay the princess. Don’t believe her lies. This horror adventure (visual novel?) sets you a simple if trope-reversing task right in the title, then blows the doors off with an extraordinarily wide branching structure. There’s a lot to talk about with this one! slaytheprincess.com The Magnus Archives Standard Patterns in Choice-Based Games by Sam Kabo Ashwell Chapters | Slay the Princess Wiki | Fandom ..read more

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We continue our coverage of IFComp 2023 with a few more games AND THEN WE GET KICKED IN THE NUTS!!!! [00:02:39] LAKE Adventure Follow-up by B.J. Best [00:08:27] Assembly by Ben Kirwin [00:19:05] The Whisperers by Milo van Mesdag [00:26:38] Fix Your Mother’s Printer by Geoffrey Golden [00:35:32] CODENAME OBSCURA by Mika Kujala [00:43:01] Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head by The Hungry Reader [00:48:54] DICK MCBUTTS GETS KICKED IN THE NUTS by Hubert Janus [00:57:54] All the Troubles Come My Way by Sam Dunnachie ..read more

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

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

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 a ton of games, including: Celeste Mimic What is a Cart? Pico Driller The Shadow King Combo Pool To A Starling Super Crane Bug Dusk Child Shelled Shinobi Mai-Chan’s Sweet Buns ..read more

From Flying to Fleas, this week we’re just about some of our favorite mechanics from the many games we’ve covered over the years ..read more