The Short Game

The Short Game


Latest Episodes

402: Terra Nil
April 22, 2024

It’s the ultimate video game power fantasy: the power to clean up after ourselves. Terra Nil is a unique “city builder” in the lineage of Sim City, but with tasks you with revitalizing a wilderness...

401: Open Roads
April 08, 2024

After an incredibly troubled development, we finally have the latest game from the team that brought you Gone Home and Tacoma Sort of. Open Roads, from publisher Annapurna and the developers known he

400: Episode 400 Trivia Spectacular!
April 01, 2024

400 episodes. Nearly 10 years. I absolutely can not believe it. To celebrate, Laura put together an incredibly well produced trivia night game for us to play! Who knows the most about the last 10...

A Quick Word on Slice & Dice 3.0
March 25, 2024

Slice & Dice is a game that just keeps giving, and we dont just mean incredible dice-rolling gameplay. Since we last covered Slice & Dice, it has received two major updates. As we prepare for...

398: Home Safety Hotline
March 19, 2024

As we close in on Episode 400 (where did the time go?) Shane and Raygan are talking about weird-horror phone bank simulator Home Safety Hotline. Is that caller suffering from bedbugs, or Bed Teeth? Ta

398: Grab Bag! Mario and More
March 11, 2024

This week we go rogue and chat about a whole bunch of games Super Mario Wonder (short to mid-length), Helldivers 2 (long!), and an assortment of daily games (seconds to minutes!).

397: Balatro
March 04, 2024

A card based roguelike that is arguably related to Poker has been blowing up recently, so naturally we gave it a shot. Turns out, yeah, its good!

396: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
February 26, 2024

Debatably a short game, but indisputably a classic. Raygan has played SotN many times but the rest of the crew is experiencing it for the first time. What will they make of this revolutionary 1997...

395: Subpar Pool
February 19, 2024

Golf + pool + the developer behind holedown? Be still our hearts. Subpar Pool brings polish and charm to the (pool) table, with tons of variations and challenges to keep it fresh we highly...

394: The Forever Labyrinth
February 14, 2024

When inkle drops a surprise release, we dive in and this time, we dove into a maze of art from museums around the world. The Forever Labyrinth is a totally free, browser-based replayable narrative.