The Short Game

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The podcast currently has 685 episodes available.

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November 06, 2014 26a: The Walking Dead (w/ guest host Gary Butterfield)
This week, we talk about zombies. Gary Butterfield of Watch Out For Fireballs joins us for an extra-long episode on the groundbreaking adventure game The Walking Dead by Telltale games. This is a game...
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1h 30min
November 06, 2014 26a: The Walking Dead (w/ guest host Gary Butterfield)
This week, we talk about zombies. Gary Butterfield of Watch Out For Fireballs joins us for an extra-long episode on the groundbreaking adventure game The Walking Dead by Telltale games. This is a game...
...more
1h 30min
October 31, 2014Shortisode 1: To Hell With Long Games!
The Short Game is experimenting with our format this week, and you’re the guinea pig! We’re calling these shortisodes; half-length (or less) episodes in which we break from our regular format of talking in depth about one game per episode and talk instead about… whatever we want! This will allow us to still get something in your feed each week (cough late cough) while we move to our bi-weekly-ish format.
In this, our first shortisode, we discuss some of the points raised in Ben Kuchera’s recent Polygon article, “To hell with longer games, tell me how SHORT your game is.” We couldn’t agree more.
Links for this episode:
To hell with longer games, tell me how SHORT your game is – Polygon
THE VANISHING OF ETHAN CARTER REVIEW: DISAPPEARING TRICK – Polygon
The Entertainment Software Association – Industry Facts – The average age of a game player is 31, average age of a game purchaser is 35!
The Short Games Revolution – Adrian Chmielarz
City Connection
Teslagrad
You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame
Your hosts this week were:
Raygan Kelly – @raygank
Shane Kelly – @8bitShane
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27min
October 31, 2014 Shortisode 1: To Hell With Long Games!
The Short Game is experimenting with our format this week, and you’re the guinea pig! We’re calling these shortisodes; half-length (or less) episodes in which we break from our regular format of talking in depth...
...more
27min
October 31, 2014 Shortisode 1: To Hell With Long Games!
The Short Game is experimenting with our format this week, and you’re the guinea pig! We’re calling these shortisodes; half-length (or less) episodes in which we break from our regular format of talking in depth...
...more
27min
October 22, 201425: Little Inferno
This week, Laura joins us again to discuss Little Inferno, a game so unique that it defies description. Here, we’ll give it a go: Little Inferno is a game in which you order items from catalogs, burn them in a beautiful interactive fireplace, and somehow this earns you more money to buy more things to burn.
Sound intriguing? We didn’t think so! Yet somehow, developers Tomorrow Corporation (of World of Goo fame) turn this strange, casual game concept into a two-to-four hour experience that we all found deeply emotionally and intellectually satisfying. If you’re into games as art and games as culture, you’ll want to check this one out. A great and utterly unique game, and a great episode of The Short Game.
Availability
Little Inferno on the Wii U eShop – $9.99
Little Inferno on Steam for Mac, PC, and Linux – $9.99
Little Inferno for iOS (iPad and iPhone) – $4.99
Little Inferno for Android – $2.99
Previously offered as a part of Humble Indie Bundle 8.
Links
Muppet Character Birthdays – The Muppet Wiki
Bit Brigade plays Mega Man 2 – YouTube
Bit Brigade on iTunes
Metroid Metal – BandCamp
Slime Girls – Vacation Wasteland EP (The source of our AWESOME theme song)
Slime Girls on StoreEnvy – Pre-Order the Vacation Wasteland EP Cassette!
Mortal Kombat Theme Song, 10 Hours – YouTube
Star Trek TNG Ambient Engine Noise (Idling for 24 hrs)
Jhonen Vasquez
Cow Clicker, a Facebook game about Facebook games by Ian Bogost
Little Inferno’s message explained by Tomorrow Corporation – Digital Spy
You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame
Your hosts this week were:
Raygan Kelly – @raygank
Shane Kelly – @8bitShane
Nate Heininger – @natestl
Laura Nash – @laurajnash
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1h 37min
October 22, 2014 25: Little Inferno
This week, Laura joins us again to discuss Little Inferno, a game so unique that it defies description. Here, we’ll give it a go: Little Inferno is a game in which you order items from...
...more
1h 37min
October 22, 2014 25: Little Inferno
This week, Laura joins us again to discuss Little Inferno, a game so unique that it defies description. Here, we’ll give it a go: Little Inferno is a game in which you order items from...
...more
1h 37min
October 16, 201424: Watch Out For Fireballs!
This week, we talk to the hosts of the incredible retro gaming and game design analysis podcast, Watch Out For Fireballs!
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross chat with us about how they run their excellent show, and give us their recommendations for short games that have stood out to them in terms of quality. This was a lot of fun.

Links
Watch Out for Fireballs!
Portland Retro Gaming Expo – Classic Video Game Convention – Portland, Oregon
Game Design Companion: A Critical Analysis of Wario Land 4
Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Silent Hill HD Collection – Playstation 3
Our Transistor episode
Check out Watch Out For Fireballs!
Support them on Patreon!
A few notable Episodes:
Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem
Alpha Protocol
Extrasode 74: Alpha Protocol (With Chris Avellone)
You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame
Your hosts this week were:
Raygan Kelly – @raygank
Shane Kelly – @8bitShane
Our guests this week were:
Gary Butterfield – @GaryBuh
Kole Ross – @koleross
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56min
October 16, 2014 24: Watch Out For Fireballs!
This week, we talk to the hosts of the incredible retro gaming and game design analysis podcast, Watch Out For Fireballs! Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross chat with us about how they run their excellent...
...more
56min

FAQs about The Short Game:

How many episodes does The Short Game have?

The podcast currently has 685 episodes available.