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Sorry this episode is late, I was playing Combolands.
Today we're talking about Imago Season by Lunar Finch! A game about uprising and have cool antennae.

Get Imago Season on Steam or itch.io!!! Follow Lunar Finch's work on their blog!

Discussed in the episode:
Melons (this is the game Chase can't remember the name of)
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Everybody gets the long intro today because the ep was late<3

(01:58) - The One Where They Say Something Funny and Then Start The Show

(02:26) - Today Chase and Temporary Robin

(02:50) - What is Imago Season?

(05:22) - The power of Seeing a Face

(06:35) - Basic details

(09:24) - Bethesdish and dice rolls

(14:43) - SPOILERS

(14:49) - Story setup

(19:24) - Choices and making the "right" ones

(23:33) - The factions

(28:50) - Video game... good

(30:36) - Morphosis

(34:06) - Ending the game

(39:12) - Big Takeaways

(39:21) - Chase's Big Takeaway

(45:32) - Robin's Big Takeaway

(52:26) - A good video game!

(52:37) - Thanks for listening!

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I'm going on vacation and frankly I can't focus enough to come up with a joke. C ya l8r - AJ
Today we're talking about The Life We've Chosen by Cryoslight! A game about being depressed and chatting with your demon friend.
Get The Life We've Chosen on itch.io!!! Follow Cryoslight's work on their itch page!

Discussed in the episode:
Shark Tombstone in Pittsburgh on Atlas Obscura
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Another Pittsburgh cemetary landmark

(01:31) - Sorry Robin

(02:26) - What is The Life We've Chosen?

(04:07) - AJ finds the Auto button

(05:02) - Generally

(06:20) - It's a visual novel so it's all spoilers sorry lol

(06:52) - Visiting the spoiler demon

(06:59) - Preconceptions about the story

(09:59) - A better place to start

(16:14) - The relationship with Ella

(21:50) - Going deeper into the endings

(27:22) - The flip at the end

(28:41) - Big Takeaways

(28:51) - AJ's Big Takeaway

(31:51) - Robin's Big Takeaway

(34:54) - That's the video game.

(35:09) - Thank you for listening!!!

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Strap in. It's gonna be a bitsy ride.

Today we're talking about 10 Bitsy games by 8 developers! Games about love, and life, and death, and rats, and birds, and making a cake for your girlfriend!

Check out the bitsy tag in itch.io!

Games we talked about (all on itch):
ENDLESS SCROLL by Cecile Richard
Under a Star Called Sun by Cecile Richard
Novena by Cecile Richard
Cowgirl Boots by shrimptoastie
the mountain is as it always was by christine mi
The SnakeMother • Le Serpent-Mère by Adebreg
The Museum Of Mid 2000s Forum Signatures by Niandra!
Cloverheart by rowan tobias
i had another dream about you last night by caanti
MEDUSA by Ether, Hidden Vale

Discussed in the episode:
Celestial Coffee Quest by Wavey Games on itch
Our episode on Grow Light
Grow Light by danielle taphanel on itch
Three Lesbians in a Winter Special by Digital Poppy on itch
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Asking for Robin's Kalita Wave recipe

(01:19) - Celestial Coffee Chronicles (thank you TK for the suggestion)

(02:05) - What are Bitsy games??

(06:08) - 10 Bitsy games!

(07:01) - Endless Scroll by Cecile Richard

(14:35) - Under a Star Called Sun by Cecile Richard

(23:39) - novena by Cecile Richard

(27:44) - Cowgirl Boots by shrimptoastie

(33:54) - the mountain is as it always was by christine mi

(41:47) - The "hey wow neat!" Showcase

(42:02) - The SnakeMother • Le Serpent-Mère by Adebreg

(43:54) - The Museum Of Mid 2000s Forum Signatures by Niandra!

(47:46) - Cloverheart by rowan tobias

(50:26) - i had another dream about you last night by caanti

(55:43) - MEDUSA by Ether, Hidden Vale

(01:00:31) - That's the last one!

(01:00:36) - Big Takeaways???

(01:00:49) - AJ's Big Takeaway

(01:01:19) - Robin's Big Takeaway

(01:02:32) - Everybody should make a Bitsy game!!!

(01:03:26) - Thanks for listening!!!

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🚨CONTENT WARNING: There is a lengthy description of a psychotic episode from about 45:56 to 57:52. Nothing bad happens and no one is harmed, but there are descriptions of hallucinations and delusions🚨
AJ and Kim had the pleasure of talking to AJ Gonzalez of Official Electric (developer of RUIN: Chapter 0) about how he got started in games, how to get to the point in art and games, and why the Official Electric merch is so damn good.
Check out Official Electric on their website or on itch.io!

Discussed in the episode:
Our RUIN episode
JUNK? by Official Electric
Nothing Gallery (get all 35 film collectibles to get the PDF that we talk about!)
RUIN Ch.O Suite on Bandcamp
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Welcome!!!

(01:32) - Who is AJ Gonzalez?

(11:43) - Normal games and weird art

(16:07) - Getting to the point

(19:38) - Who is this for?

(21:16) - When did Official Electric come about?

(26:03) - Performance art?

(28:15) - Are these games about games?

(32:06) - The Cigarette Break

(37:30) - The PDF

(45:56) - [CW: LENGTHY DESCRIPTION OF A PSYCHOTIC EPISODE] The purpose of disorientation

(57:52) - Does RUIN feel like catharsis?

(59:02) - The future of Official Electric

(01:00:50) - Check out AJ's work!

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Still can't believe that actual Neptune is in this game lmao
Today we're talking about Asterism by Claire Morwood! A game about uncovering the origins of a mysterious space signal and doing it yourself.
Get Asterism on itch.io or Steam!!! Follow Claire Morwood's work on her website!

Discussed in the episode:
Asterism Devlogs
Asterism OST on bandcamp
It's been done before, but not by YOU. by Nneka Julia on YouTube
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - dirt.pig

(01:22) - Welcome to oink.zip

(02:27) - The end of Moon Summer

(03:29) - What is Asterism?

(05:10) - The artstyles are SICK

(13:04) - The pacing

(19:52) - Spoilers

(20:02) - Favorite levels

(27:09) - Touching on the narrative

(32:08) - We did cry at the end

(33:09) - Big Takeaways

(33:43) - AJ's Big Takeaway

(37:32) - Chase's Big Takeaway

(40:19) - Robin's Big Takeaway

(46:35) - Games can be anything!!!

(47:23) - Thanks for listening!

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