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The Short Game is a weekly audio podcast about short video games (under 10 hours) hosted by @raygan.me, @shanevsevil.bsky.social, @laurajnash.bsky.social, and @natestl.bsky.social 🌐: https://shortgame.fm

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444: Deltarune Chapter 4 After a somewhat unplanned summer break, the Short Game crew is returning to talk about the fourth chapter of Deltarune!
15.09.2025 13:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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
15.07.2025 15:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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422: Deltarune Chapter 3 Toby Fox is back, and it's TV TIME!Previously:Episode 320 - Chapter 1Episode 324 - Chapter 2Episode 65 - UndertaleEpisode 66 - Undertale Spoilers
26.06.2025 13:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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 inc
11.06.2025 13:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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. S
30.05.2025 13:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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439: Despelote A video game memoir by Ecuadorian indie developers JuliΓ‘n Cordero and Sebastian Valbuena, and published by Panic, Despelote takes you back to a childhood in 2001 Ecuador, and the magical grip soccer
17.05.2025 19:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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 fo
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437: Expelled! Spoilers! We spent this week playing a bit more of Inkle's follow up to Overboard!, and made some shocking discoveries!
11.04.2025 03:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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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
01.04.2025 03:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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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 i
26.03.2025 06:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A one-hour, spoiler free review of Expelled! from the glorious hosts of the Short Game podcast!

12.03.2025 11:39 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

"Only inkle can do this."

<3

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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
12.03.2025 05:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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433: A Huge Year for Small Games Steam Next Fest just concluded and the Short Game team searched through the mountain of demos to discuss some of the most exciting games with short game energyΒ coming out this year.00:02 Intro04
04.03.2025 21:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks! Yep Windows (or SteamOS) only for now, but they did just announce a Switch port is coming! They’re also doing a sequel which I expect will be a paid game.

10.02.2025 21:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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432: Sheepy: A Short Adventure All four co-hosts are present and accounted for as we talk about ultra-short platformer, Sheepy: A Short Adventure. It's right there in the name!Sheepy is a FREE game on Steam and itch.io, and it
10.02.2025 14:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We are also doing video versions of the podcast now! youtu.be/q2T5UGv6CBQ?...

03.02.2025 15:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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431: Fight’N Rage Rats with Knives! It's time to finally talk about Fight'N Rage!This has been on the back burner for a while; it was first suggested to us nearly 4 years ago as a modern, mechanically interesting
03.02.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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430: Steam Deck Chat This week we are welcoming long time friend of the show Jason McIntosh (aka Jmac, aka Halstrick) who's joining us to talk about the Valve Steam Deck. It's been about three years since the Steam Deck
27.01.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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430: Steam Deck Chat This week we are welcoming long time friend of the show Jason McIntosh (aka Jmac, aka Halstrick) who's joining us to talk about the Valve Steam Deck. It's been about three years since the Steam Deck
27.01.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
LLM generated video β€œsuggestion” from YouTube with the title β€œThe Best Mouthwash for Gamers”

The description text reads: The best mouthwash for gamers is explored, considering factors important to gamers like taste, breath freshness, and how it impacts gameplay. This video provides a…..

LLM generated video β€œsuggestion” from YouTube with the title β€œThe Best Mouthwash for Gamers” The description text reads: The best mouthwash for gamers is explored, considering factors important to gamers like taste, breath freshness, and how it impacts gameplay. This video provides a…..

YouTube added this AI feature on the creator dashboard called "Inspiration" where it looks at your channel content and suggests video ideas for you.

I think it needs a little work.

25.01.2025 01:15 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Weird how long it took us to cover something by @sokpop.co but this was the perfect place to start.

23.01.2025 02:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks to @shortgame.fm for putting this game on my radar months ago. Can't wait to check it out this refurbished version on Steam. My gaming notebook is ready.

09.01.2025 20:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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429: Grunn How has it taken us ten yearsΒ to get around to covering a SokpopΒ game? The venerable but very weird indie collective has put out a fascinating perfectly normal gardening game.Β Ahem
20.01.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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428: Parking Garage Rally Circuit 🎢️ I'M ON ANOTHER... ON ANOTHER LEVEL 🎢️This week we are talking about the retro-inspired, Ska-infused rally car racer Parking Garage Rally Circuit. Race through the most iconic parking
13.01.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Really glad more people are discovering the Short Game of the Yearℒ️

03.01.2025 00:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hekki grace @shortgame.fm πŸ™

19.12.2024 18:19 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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427: Game of the Year 2024 It's Game of the Year time again! This week we're looking back at 2024 to pick the best short video game of the year, and recognize some other great games as well.00:00 Intro04:52 Game of the Yea
16.12.2024 14:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

the thread is full of more and more little guys, if every reply were this full of little guys the world would be happier

12.12.2024 23:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Before the Green Moon by @turnfollow.itch.io is one of the most unfairly overlooked games in recent memory. It’s an unusually narrative forward, short(ish)take on the farming sim, with hip N64ish throwback graphics and an incredibly unique setting. store.steampowered.com/app/2323580/...

04.12.2024 17:09 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0