GAMETHING

GAMETHING

By Pippin Barr, David Wolinsky, and Mark ChainsLeisureVideo Games
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GAMETHING episodes

  • Storyteller (2012)

    In which we play Storyteller (2012), and decide who lives, who loves, and who solves their problems with a sword to the face.

    ๐ŸŽญ๐Ÿ“œ๐Ÿงฉ๐Ÿ‘ธ๐ŸŸ ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ›๏ธ๐Ÿงšโ˜๏ธโœจโœ‚๏ธโœˆ๏ธ

    Drag. Drop. Fate. These, and other GAMETHINGS.

    Storyteller was developed and published by Daniel Benmergui. It won the IGF Nuovo Award in 2012.

    34 min
  • Cosmic Top Secret (2018)

    In which we play Cosmic Top Secret (2018), and piece together a crumbling dad bod.

    ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐโ›๏ธ๐Ÿงญ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ง๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ‘ด๐Ÿšท๐Ÿ’โŒ

    A Cold War mystery, a crumpled-up spy, and intelligence as childโ€™s play. Oh, and now you're a paper airplane. These, and other GAMETHINGS.

    Cosmic Top Secret was developed by Klassefilm and Those Eyes and published by Klassefilm. It was a finalist for the IGF Nuovo Award in 2018.

    33 min
  • THAT NIGHT, STEEPED BY BLOOD RIVER (2020)

    In which we play THAT NIGHT, STEEPED BY BLOOD RIVER (2020), forging our own signatures, driving in the mountains, andโ€”is someone going to pick up the damn phone?!

    ๐Ÿ›Ž๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฝโœ‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’โœ๏ธ๐ŸšŒ๐ŸŽน๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฆนโ›“๏ธโ€๐Ÿ’ฅ

    You check in, but maybe not as yourself. You wander, but never arrive.โ€‹ โ€‹These, and other GAMETHINGS.

    THAT NIGHT, STEEPED BY BLOOD RIVER was developed and published by Taylor Swietanski. It was a finalist for the IGF Nuovo Award in 2021.

    33 min
  • SpyParty (2018)

    In which we play SpyParty (2018), an asymmetric game of deception, precision, and the delicate art of not getting shot.

    โŒ–๐Ÿคจ๐Ÿชž๐Ÿค–๐Ÿซฅ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ“Š๐Ÿ“ฑโณ๐Ÿง๐Ÿž

    A fancy party. A lurking sniper. Move like a machine, think like a human, hope for the best. These, and other GAMETHINGS.

    SpyParty was developed by Chris Hecker and John Ciminio and published by Chris Hecker. It was an honorable mention for the IGF Nuovo Award in 2011.

    33 min
  • Titanic II: Orchestra for Dying at Sea (2022)

    In which we play Titanic II: Orchestra for Dying at Sea (2022), and let the current take us.

    ๐Ÿ›ณ๏ธ๐Ÿ›ณ๏ธ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿคท๐Ÿชฆ๐ŸŽฅ๐Ÿ›Ÿ๐ŸŽต๐Ÿค ๐Ÿ“ธ๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿงช

    A place between places, a song half-remembered, a gift shop at the end of the world. These, and other GAMETHINGS.

    Titanic II: Orchestra for Dying at Sea was developed and published by flan. It was a finalist for the IGF Nuovo Award in 2023.

    34 min
  • Five Nights at Freddyโ€™ses (2014, 2023)

    In which we play and watch Five Nights at Freddyโ€™ses (2014, 2023), take on the night shift, and don't even get to try the pizza.

    ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿปย 

    These, and other GAMETHINGS.

    Five Nights at Freddyโ€™s was developed and published by Scott Cawthon. Five Nights at Freddyโ€™s is a movie.

    49 min
  • Dooms (1993, 2004, 2005, 2016)

    In which we play and watch Dooms (1993, 2004, 2005, 2016), and confirm that somehow, it runs on not only a computer but also a DVD player.

    ๐Ÿ“ผ๐Ÿ โž–๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ”ฆ๐ŸŒš๐Ÿ“โฐ๐Ÿฆจ๐Ÿคทโœ‚๏ธ๐ŸŽญ๐Ÿช“๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿ“œ๐Ÿช–๐Ÿ”ฎ

    These, and other GAMETHINGS.

    Doom was developed and published by id Software. Doom 3 was developed by id Software and published by Activision. Doom was developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks. Doom is a movie.

    50 min

About GAMETHING

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GAMETHING is an audio book-club about videogames. Each episode, experimental game designer Pippin Barr and oral historian David Wolinsky choose a game to play separately and exchange answering machineโ€ฆ