The Short Game Podcast
1) 443: Fan Games on Steam Deck
The Steam Deck is the number one console(ish) platform for playing ILLEGAL GAMES that Nintendo doesn’t want you to play! This week we’re talking about games that STEAL intellectual property from the R...Show More
2) 422: Deltarune Chapter 3
Toby Fox is back, and it’s TV TIME! Previously:
3) 441: ENA: Dream BBQ
From the depths of Steam and YouTube comes ENA, a strange polygonal girl in a surreal hypercapitalist dreamscape. Your hosts were left wondering what the hell this was all about, and why is it so...
4) 440: Skin Deep
Indie game royalty Blendo aka Brendan Chung, creator of Thirty Flights of Loving and Quadrilateral Cowboy among others has come out of his cicada-like 7 year dev cycle with another instant classic. Sk...Show More
5) 439: Despelote
A video game memoir by Ecuadorian indie developers Julián Cordero and Sebastian Valbuena, and published by Panic, Despelote takes you back to a childhood in 2001 Ecuador, and the magical grip soccer h...Show More
6) 438: Many Nights a Whisper
We’re talking about Many Nights a Whisper, a short, meditative archery (kinda!) game from Red Strings Club developer Deconstructeam and Selkie Harbour. The Dreamer has prepared their entire life for o...Show More
7) 437: Expelled! Spoilers!
We spent this week playing a bit more of Inkle’s follow up to Overboard!, and made some shocking discoveries!
8) 436: Trash the Planet
This week, Laura and Nate dive into Trash the Planet, a free, browser-based resource-management game that subverts clicker mechanics to serve its narrative. You play as a group of raccoons who start o...Show More
9) 435: FlyKnight
Shane and Nate were buzzing about FlyKnight, a $5 indie dungeon crawler that surprised us with its humor and depth. In this episode, we break down what makes this tiny first-person RPG so fun, from...
10) 434: Expelled! An Overboard! Game
Expelled! is the latest game from all-star narrative design studio Inkle. It’s a follow up to our 2021 Game of the Year winner Overboard!, and it builds on that game’s strengths in every conceivable a...Show More