dotzip

By dotzip

A show about big games in small packages! Join AJ, Kim, Robin, and Chase every week to talk about short video games, indie tabletop games, and maybe other stuff!

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February 23, 2026Trying to Make Sense of the World in Eclipsium
i ain't interpreting all that. i'm happy for you tho. or sorry that happened
Today we're talking about Eclipsium by Housefire! A game about walking around and unspeakable things happening to your hand.

Get Eclipsium on Steam!!! Follow Housefire's work on their website!

Discussed in the episode:
AJ on The Worst Community Report
AJ's 2025 Game of the Year video on YouTube
Eclipsium (Original Game Soundtrack) by Hudson Bikichky on Bandcamp
AJ's playthrough of the beginning of Eclipsium on YouTube
Finding Emilie by Radiolab
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Theme music by _amaranthine and check out his new project Foster Hope!

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari

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Timecodes:
(00:00) - Listen to AJ on The Worst Garbage Community Report :-)
(01:45) - Welcome to the game
(03:31) - What is Eclipsium?
(04:58) - What'd we think
(08:30) - Bugs?
(10:00) - The music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The sound!!!!!!!!!!
(13:10) - The hand and the things done to the hand
(15:42) - Heading to spoilers
(16:11) - Chase wants to talk about the images
(20:01) - Kim wants to talk about judgment
(22:48) - Robin wants to talk about it literally
(25:16) - AJ wants to talk about the opting-in
(27:24) - What death means and religious imagery
(34:21) - Going to the panopticon
(47:27) - They can't ALL be PT!!!
(50:03) - An actually interesting series of hallways
(56:47) - Big Takeaways
(56:59) - AJ's Big Takeaway
(59:42) - Chase's Big Takeaway
(01:04:08) - Kim's Big Takeaway
(01:06:19) - Robin's Big Takeaway
(01:09:39) - The end of the game hot damn
(01:09:57) - Thanks for listening!
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1h 13min
February 16, 2026Gliding on the Wind in Toroa: Skycall
Guy whose only played Sayonara Wild Hearts: "I'm getting a lot of Sayonara Wild Hearts energy in this game."

Today we're talking about Toroa: Skycall by Atawhai Interactive! A game about gliding and just hangin' out.

Get Toroa: Skycall on Steam!!! Follow Atawhai Interactive's work on their website!

Discussed in the episode:
The sourdough shaping video that AJ talked about by Matthew James Duffy on YouTube Shorts(tm)
TWG Steam Curator Page
Making Kin with the Machines, Archer et al. from the Journal of Design and Science by MIT Press
Royal Albatross Centre
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Timecodes:
(00:00) - The end of a 20 minute conversation
(02:31) - We're not fighting!!!
(03:43) - fort.nite ????
(05:52) - Oh right the podcast
(06:12) - What is Toroa: Skycall
(07:36) - This game feels AMAZING
(10:21) - The MUSIC
(11:38) - The game is steeped in culture
(13:46) - Talking to other animals
(17:02) - Songs of the sea have been dulled by the drums of progress
(21:48) - The game wants you to just hang out
(23:05) - Bird heaven????
(28:49) - Everything is connected
(33:57) - You get where you're going
(35:57) - Made with love
(36:31) - Everything is connected!!!
(37:15) - Big Takeaways
(37:17) - Kim's Big Takeaway
(42:31) - AJ's Big Takeaway
(47:09) - Help the Northern Royal Albatross!!!
(47:38) - Thank you for listening!
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52min
February 09, 2026Watching the World Cup in despelote with Matt Horton (Flow State, In Sequence)
This is a sports game! Well it's a game that centers around a sport... Er, it's a game that has a sport as a central narrative piece... uh...

Today we're talking about despelote by Julián Cordero and Sebastián Valbuena! A game about soccer and tuning out the adults in your life.

Get despelote on Steam, Switch, or Playstation!!! Follow Julian's work on his website! Follow Sebastián on his website!
Follow Matt on his YouTube channel, Flow State!

Discussed in the episode:
A Sportslike Manifesto by Grapefruit Games
Despelote review: miraculous slice-of-life soccer game pulls a hat trick by Moises Taveras for Digital Trends
Additional links:
Despelote with Moises Taveras by Tales from the Backlog on YouTube
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Timecodes:
(00:00) - The sausage gets made
(00:19) - Babby's first intro
(01:34) - The Sports Corner
(04:20) - What is despelote?
(08:13) - Sportslike
(11:24) - Witholding the big stuff
(13:35) - Making it back to the bench
(14:36) - The first ten minutes
(18:39) - Standout moments
(26:07) - Being a child among adults
(31:24) - What happened...
(32:43) - Turn the game on!
(35:06) - Crossing narrative lines
(37:22) - The very end
(41:11) - Big Takeaways
(41:16) - Matt's Big Takeaway
(44:12) - Robin's Big Takeaway
(46:27) - Chase's Big Takeaway
(49:43) - Thank you Matt for coming on!
(49:53) - Chase attempts an outro
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52min
February 02, 2026Going Shopping in Dépanneur Nocturne
Would you mind picking me up a mystery skull while you're out?

Today we're talking about Dépanneur Nocturne by KO_OP! A game about getting little treats and going to the washroom.

Get Dépanneur Nocturne on Steam!!! Follow Ko_OP's work on their website!

Discussed in the episode:
_amaranthine's (Jake's) new project Foster Hope on bandcamp!
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Timecodes:
(00:00) - Eldot Ring
(00:21) - ahem
(00:34) - Snow day!!!!!!
(01:38) - What is Depanneur Nocturne?
(02:31) - This is a game about existing in a new place
(10:11) - The backroom
(11:25) - Going to the washroom
(15:31) - Sharing little secrets
(18:27) - The cashier
(23:01) - Our big takeaways for our beautiful partner
(29:40) - Big Takeaways
(29:53) - AJ's Big Takeaway
(31:42) - Robin's Big Takeaway
(33:16) - A beautiful game about going shopping
(33:52) - Thanks for listening!
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37min
January 26, 2026Saying "No" in The Sea Will Claim Everything
In this one AJ and Robin experience every human emotion at once!

Today we're talking about The Sea Will Claim Everything by Jonas Kyratzes! A game about a sentient house and needing to read more philosophy. This game was suggested by Alex! If you'd like to suggest a game head over to our website!

Get The Lands of Dream collection on Steam!!! Follow Jonas Kyratzes' work on their website!

Discussed in the episode:
The Sea Will Claim Everything walkthrough and review on jayisgames.com (for the love of god don't click anywhere else around the website lol)
Emergence blog post on Jonas Kyratzes' website
Fear of Twine: Zombies and Elephants (Verena Kyratzes) on YouTube
Life Support by Veran Kyratzes
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Timecodes:
(00:00) - Remember that you have free will
(00:52) - The podcast intro equivalent of waking up in a pitch dark hotel room
(01:43) - The saga of The Lands of Dream
(04:52) - What is The Sea Will Claim Everything?
(08:09) - It's goofy!
(14:12) - Some advice
(14:59) - Some of the first text things you see
(15:18) - "The Sea Will Claim Everything, part II" by Chris Christodoulou, The Sea Will Claim Everything
(17:41) - Welcome to Underhome
(24:43) - Out into the world
(31:46) - The Isle of Stars
(34:20) - The Isle of Becoming
(38:58) - "Grains of Sand" by Chris Christodoulou, The Sea Will Claim Everything
(40:36) - Saying "No"
(40:49) - "Victory March" by Chris Christodoulou, The Sea Will Claim Everything
(41:15) - Saying "No"
(43:36) - The Oracle
(47:41) - Goodbye
(48:28) - "The Sea Will Claim Everything, part II" by Chris Christodoulou, The Sea Will Claim Everything
(52:31) - The packaging
(52:47) - SPOILERS FOR GREAT GOD GROVE
(52:59) - The packaging
(54:21) - All abooooard!
(54:27) - AJ's Big Takeaways
(56:59) - Robin's Big Takeaway
(58:42) - Hoo baby that's a video game
(59:14) - A little bit of diving
(01:00:34) - Thank you for listening!
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1h 5min
January 19, 2026Moving Forward in Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sometimes every single part of the game is so good that you simply can't articulate it completely.
Today we're talking about Sayonara Wild Hearts by Simogo! A game about playing a pop album and therapeutic movement!
Get Sayonara Wild Hearts everywhere!!! Follow Simogo's work on their website!

Discussed in the episode:
Sayonara Wild Hearts Analysis – Use of Tarot in Game Design and Narrative by Angie for Backlog Crusader
Additional links:
Fading Memories (Demos and unused tracks from Sayonara Wild Hearts) on YouTube
How Simogo built Sayonara Wild Hearts' best stage by Matt Leone for Design Room
Teddy Girls: The Style Subculture That Time Forgot by Laura Havlin for AnOther (fashion that inspired SWH's design)
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Timecodes:
(00:00) - Fem unc?
(01:26) - Welcome to 2026!
(02:05) - Welcome to 2026 (correct version)!
(03:06) - What is Sayonara Wild Hearts?
(04:55) - How was it?
(12:56) - Spoilers
(13:38) - Favorites?
(18:54) - The effect of switching stuff up so much
(24:04) - There are levels to this game
(25:18) - The game is good and we don't know what else to say
(31:08) - Big Takeaways
(31:29) - Chase's Big Takeaway
(34:33) - AJ's Big Takeaway
(35:14) - Robin's Big Takeaway
(37:17) - It's a good one!
(40:00) - Think about sleeping and hire Robin
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43min
January 12, 2026Picking the Slate! - January to Marchish | fart.piss 3
Welcome Robin to dotzip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In this one we pick 11 games that we'll be playing over the next few months! Don't forget there's a NextFest in there too! Hah ha ! Hehe! Ho hoh!!!!
Check out AJ's video about their top 12 games of 2025!!!
Discussed in the episode:
PODCAST: felvidek (2024) by Leaving the Party
Eclipsium is G O O D dotzip stream archive
Cucumber Quest by gigi d.g.
The Slate! (check the website for the release order!):
The Sea Will Claim everything - https://store.steampowered.com/app/337720/The_Lands_of_Dream/(suggested by Alex!)
Sayonara Wild Hearts - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1122720/Sayonara_Wild_Hearts
Despelote- https://store.steampowered.com/app/2367820/despelote/
Eclipsium - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2419670/Eclipsium/
A Year of Springs - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1688580/A_YEAR_OF_SPRINGS/
Before your eyes - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1082430/Before_Your_Eyes/
Soul of Sovereignty (prelude) - https://gigidigi.itch.io/soulsov (suggested by Amet!)
In Other Waters - https://store.steampowered.com/app/890720/In_Other_Waters/
Cr33p - https://try-froggery.itch.io/cr33p
Toroa: Skycall - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2003490/Toroa_Skycall/
Depanneur Nocturne - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1285160/Depanneur_Nocturne/
Hypnagogia - https://sodaraptor.itch.io/hypnagogia
Hypogea - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2980260/Hypogea/
Formless Star - https://splendidland.itch.io/formless-star
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Timecodes:
(00:00) - DS(N)i(ece)
(02:16) - How do we podcast again?
(02:35) - BIG EPISODE!
(06:00) - Welcome to fart.piss!
(06:03) - Selections begin!
(06:58) - The Sea Will Claim Everything
(08:39) - Sayonara Wild Hearts
(12:05) - despelote
(14:07) - Eclipsium
(19:19) - A Year of Springs
(21:21) - Before Your Eyes
(24:39) - Soul of Sovereignty (prelude)
(26:12) - In Other Waters
(28:08) - Cr33p
(29:51) - Toroa: Skycall
(31:33) - Depanneur Nocturne
(33:10) - hypnogogia
(34:41) - Hypogea
(35:53) - Formless Star
(39:13) - The lineup!
(40:00) - February NextFest Cometh
(40:50) - Thanks for listening!
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44min
December 22, 2025Themes of the Year 2025! | RAM
Surprise! Kim and AJ sat down and discussed their games of the year in the context of the themes that jumped out to them! What will be crowned Theme of the Year by the end of it?? Only one way to find out!
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Discussed in the episode (🚨Spoilers for games and themes, but no spoilers for the TOTY winner🚨):
Themes of the year spreadsheet
Exercising Power and Control in the Face of Hegemony
of the Devil
Michel Foucault and the panopticism theory of disciplinary power on Wikipedia
Q-Up
Leila
FACEMINER
Occlude
Faustian bargain on Britannica
The Dark Queen of Mortholme
Öoo
Centum
DEAD LETTER DEPT
Known Mysteries
Fear and The Mind
Eclipsium
The Children of Clay
Without a Dawn
Phoenix Springs
Interstate 35
Life's Weird, Huh?
Eclipsium
Centum
Mini Mini Golf Golf
Occlude (or not)
Strange Jigsaws
Unfair Flips
Q-Up
A Pizza Delivery***
Why Do We Puzzle?
Strange Jigsaws
The Worst Puzzle of All-Time | Design Delve on YouTube
Your House
Occlude
Leila
Is This Seat Taken
Dark Queen of Mortholme
Öoo
(and Bubumbu)
Work is Terrifying
Constance
DEAD LETTER DEPT
Children of Clay
Qualia
FACEMINER
The Dark Queen of Mortholme
Q-Up
A Pizza Deilvery
(and Easy Delivery Co.)
Environment's Fucked
Known Mysteries
FACEMINER
Centum
Mini Mini Golf Golf
Artificial? Intelligence??? (slash Technology)
FACEMINER
Qualia
Making Kin with the Machines by Jason Edward Lewis, Noelani Arista, Archer Pechawis, and Suzanne Kite for Journal of Design and Science
Mini Mini Golf Golf
Centum
Q-Up
Phoenix Springs
ChatGPT made me delusional by Eddy Burback on YouTube
of the Devil
DEAD LETTER DEPT
Legacy
Hades 2
Carimara: Beneath the forlorn limbs
Interstate 35
Phoenix Springs
Mini Mini Golf Golf
Your House
Sometime It's Just Nice to Go Fishing
Cast n Chill
PEAK
Unfair Flips
Subscribe to our Kofi to see AJ's playthrough!
Kabuto Park
Q-Up
(and like all of the other games on this list)
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Timecodes:
(00:00) - Hey remember RAMs???
(00:47) - Check out ZOTY if you haven't yet!
(01:09) - GOTY but make it dotzip
(02:33) - Structure of the episode
(03:15) - The year of Discrete Experiences
(08:50) - A very good place to start (Hegemony)
(09:00) - Exercising Power and Control in the Face of Hegemony
(12:30) - Q-Up SPOILERS
(16:02) - Exercising Power and Control in the Face of Hegemony
(32:23) - Fear and The Mind
(35:36) - Eclipsium SPOILERS!!!
(41:29) - Fear and The Mind
(43:09) - Life's Weird, Huh?
(47:16) - Centum SPOILERS!!!
(50:14) - Life's Weird, Huh?
(51:01) - Why Do We Puzzle?
(57:12) - Why do we puzzle? (derogatory)
(58:37) - Work is terrifying
(01:04:41) - Environment's Fucked
(01:11:01) - Cleanse the palette or keep digging the hole?
(01:11:33) - Artificial? Intelligence??? (slash Technology)
(01:28:11) - Legacy
(01:41:35) - Sometimes It's Just Nice to Go Fishing
(01:49:36) - Crowning the Theme of the Year
(01:51:37) - TOTY is the bag!
(01:52:06) - Hey that's it. See you next year!
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1h 54min
December 15, 2025Zip of the Year 2025!
Today we're talking about 44 video games by a bunch of different people! Join us as we arbitrarily draft all the games we've played this year! Thank you so much for listening! See you next year!!!!!
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Discussed in the episode
video game.

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Timecodes:
(00:00) - Picking the order
(00:55) - Welcome to the Zip of the Year 2025!!
(01:23) - How we do this
(03:23) - AJ is nervous
(04:51) - The ZOTY begins
(05:38) - Game #1
(09:44) - Game #2
(12:07) - How bartering works
(12:49) - Game #2 (cont.)
(20:35) - Game #3
(27:21) - Game #4
(34:12) - Game #5
(38:06) - Chase gives AJ a gift
(40:23) - Game #6
(46:55) - Game #7
(57:27) - Game #8
(01:01:46) - Unsettling implications of a core element of ZOTY
(01:02:22) - Piss #9
(01:06:42) - Game #10
(01:11:15) - Game #11
(01:17:00) - Game #12
(01:21:43) - Game #13
(01:24:07) - Game #14
(01:27:11) - Game #15
(01:32:01) - Intermission
(01:33:47) - It's been 2 weeks
(01:34:15) - Game #16
(01:38:02) - Game #17
(01:40:11) - Game #18
(01:42:58) - Game #19
(01:46:13) - Game #20
(01:49:25) - Game #21
(01:50:55) - Game #22
(01:54:17) - Game #23
(01:56:44) - Game #24
(02:00:50) - Game #25
(02:02:15) - Game #26
(02:04:13) - Game #27
(02:06:13) - Game #28
(02:09:33) - Game #29
(02:11:52) - Game #30
(02:16:40) - Game #31
(02:19:03) - Game #32
(02:20:50) - Game #33
(02:22:47) - Game #34
(02:25:40) - A flag
(02:26:06) - Game #35
(02:28:09) - Gmae #36
(02:30:10) - Game #37
(02:31:46) - Game #38
(02:32:52) - Game #39
(02:33:54) - A proposal
(02:34:55) - Game #39 (cont.)
(02:37:26) - Game #40
(02:38:32) - A false alarm
(02:39:19) - Game #41
(02:40:03) - Game #42
(02:41:48) - Game #43
(02:43:50) - Game #44
(02:45:35) - Welcome to Call of Doty 1.5
(02:47:04) - A quick GOTY shoutout!
(02:48:01) - Themes?????
(02:53:54) - Kim reveals her final bargaining chip
(02:56:06) - Thank you so much for listening!!!!
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December 08, 2025Finding Perfect Fits in Bubumbu
Alton Brown is BACK makin' Good Eats-style videos on YouTube. I really think th-- what? Oh right this podcast is about video games sorry.
Today we're talking about Bubumbu by An Otter Team! A game about solving puzzles and making a penguin happy by giving it a little bowtie.
Get Bubumbu on Steam. Follow An Otter Team's work on their website!

Discussed in the episode:
Wikipedia page for The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein
Daniel Sloss’ ‘Jigsaw’ Is Causing Tons of Break Ups 💔 Graham Norton Show on YouTube
Willa's thread about her playthrough of Dispatch on Bluesky
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Timecodes:
(01:00) - Who are you? Why are you here?
(01:52) - What is Bubumbu
(04:54) - The base level of a puzzle game
(07:35) - Games as toys
(08:37) - The game is good!
(09:09) - Spoilers??
(10:21) - Spoilers OVER
(11:45) - Big Takeaways
(11:56) - Kim's Big Takeaway
(13:59) - Chase's Big Takeaway
(23:41) - We're done talking about the video game now
(23:48) - Pluribus
(26:32) - The act of consuming in community
(30:45) - Chase has played some Dispatch
(40:54) - Wrapping up
(43:06) - ZOTY is comin!
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