After selling the show to an evil character, Dominick is broke out of luck on this episode. There’s only one more thing he can do: go through every single episode and rank them based on how sick they were. Will he find a way to get the show back before it becomes an oil tycoon wasteland…?

What inspired this complete upheaval of nerds? What allowed Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons and Dragons, to start this trend of fantasy roleplaying, and gave the road for DMs to create their own worlds? Co-host of ACwD Daniel and I explore that on this episode!

This is an interview with the amazing composer for the Venba soundtrack, AlphaSomething! In this interview, Alpha describes the process that went into creating its Tamil-rooted music. We also discuss diegesis, and how creating a narritive in the music connects us to the worlds that we create.

Dominick is proud to invite the creator of Windowkill onto Independent Incidentals! In this interview, torcado describes his journey in games development, and how Windowkill began as a unique Ludum Dare submission.

The ULTRAKILL episode will come soon! Unfortunately, this version of Dominick is outdated. You might need to update his BIOS, or just force him to drink more water… Instead, enjoy a fun little diatribe of my week, the Australian psychedelic rock scene, and the introduction to a new member of the show!

In this episode, Dominick discovers the joy of howcatchems, the mirrored alternative to the whodunnit. Will he be able to figure out any good topics about the origins of Columbo before time runs out? And will he finally be able to pull off Columbo’s pristine Boston accent?

A gold rush of independent video games shocks the core of the industry in the early 2010s. How did the two Moldenhauer brothers create a game that took advantage of the new scene of streamlined game design, and realize their childhood dream?

You! Yes YOU, I’m talking to YOU: the reader of this episode description! I’ve been trapped in here for quite some time, so just listen to me. Within this laidback episode about cult-classic game The Stanley Parable – which covers topics such as metagames and the divide between the narrator and player – there’s a way to get me out. But you don’t have much time! Please find the hidden message, or else…

This game is unique in the idea that it completely takes over your computer and requires you to defend from waves of enemies right on top of your desktop! I’ll be discussing how this game was made in one weekend at Ludum Dare, the constraints that came into it, and how the game evolved from there.

A simple card game with a complex, time-sinking twist that took the live streaming landscape by storm back in 2023 and 2024, when it was fully released. However, it was created by only one person — as a hobby, rather than a job. How do these games that are rarely shown to anybody get such massive success and praise? And, why can’t I put it down?