406: Children of the Sun

After a somewhat unplanned summer break, the Short Game crew is returning to talk about the fourth chapter of Deltarune! 

The Steam Deck is the number one console(ish) platform for playing ILLEGAL GAMES that Nintendo doesn’t want you to play! This week we’re talking about games that STEAL intellectual property from the RICH FAT CATS... 

Toby Fox is back, and it’s TV TIME! Previously: 

This week's game idea theme is cookies and in that spirit Isaac brings us the aptly named Cookie Shooter! It's a first person shooter... with a cookie theme. Yup. Claire's game is a Battletech-inspired Gingerbread man game! Then we discuss savescumming and building it into games. ... Show More

Claire's idea brings us on an adventure to discover pieces of a secret code to find big treasure! Isaac's idea has us scavenging a post-apocalyptic wasteland for... laserdiscs? And VHSes! That's right, an alternate history post-apocalypse game where Blockbuster (don&# ... Show More

Quest Questingson conquers all of the continents of Continentia in this foundational strategy game. The king's sceptre has gone missing, and as a result both he and the kingdom itself are falling into ruin. It's up to you to track down all of the villains who conspired to ... Show More

At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, Ready Player One is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut - part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese r ... Show More

Please support our Podcast by clicking the link below. Thank You! https://anchor.fm/theaudiobookspodcast/support Summary: "And Then There Were None" is a dramatic adaptation of the best-selling crime novel by Agatha Christie. The story follows 10 strangers who receive an unusual ... Show More

This week I talk about a small solo RPG called Anamnesis.  This is a game about forgetting your past and then rediscovering who you are.  I found it hard to start because you begin with no information and you are making it all up as you go along!  That even goes for the setting!  ... Show More

This week's ~USER SUBMITTED~ game theme is Armor! Isaac's game is about roaming a post-apocalyptic equipping a rusting tank with state of the art... cardboard armor!? And Clair pitches an idea about shedding your hard protective exterior and exposing your vulnerable self for the ... Show More

Please support our Podcast by clicking the link below. Thank You! https://anchor.fm/theaudiobookspodcast/support Summary: "And Then There Were None" is a dramatic adaptation of the best-selling crime novel by Agatha Christie. The story follows 10 strangers who receive an unusual ... Show More

We get invaded by hackbar, the boys go wheeling, grem attempts to kill every one with a tree, and then some stuff gets shot. Solid weekends where had by all.  

This week Julius and I talk about looooong games. These are games that take 3 or more hours to play! Serioulsy, these are the kind of games I wish I could play more often but find it hard to get out on the table... <sigh> 03:44 7th Continent (BGG) 04:25 Sleeping Gods - Distant Sk ... Show More