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We’ve all had unrequited feelings for one of our best friends at the hot springs, right? Right????

Today we're talking about A Year of Springs by npckc! A game about the endless complexity of being a woman and sending cute lil emojis.

Get A Year of Springs on Steam or itch!!! Follow npckc’s work on their website!

Discussed in the episode:
A YEAR OF SPRINGS soundtrack on Bandcamp
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Art by Tara Crawford

Theme music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Someone make a good way to take screenshots

(01:07) - Lifeguard Off-Duty

(02:07) - Who is npckc?

(03:16) - What is a Year of Springs

(05:21) - Hard to not spoil!

(08:23) - General subject matter

(12:18) - Beep boop

(12:25) - One Night, Hot Springs

(18:07) - Endings

(22:45) - The difference in perspectives

(25:36) - Last Day of Spring

(29:03) - Presents for transgender women

(30:56) - The texting is good!

(32:25) - Spring Leaves No Flower

(37:40) - An unexpected shift

(42:32) - Why is it so hard to be a woman!!!!!!

(44:14) - I guess I gotta talk to my boyfriend...

(45:22) - Endings

(46:47) - This one is for the girls

(51:07) - The Epilogue

(52:39) - Getting a new start

(55:46) - Big Takeaways

(55:56) - Kim's Big Takeaway

(59:26) - Robin's Big Takeaway

(01:04:17) - Good game!!!

(01:04:23) - Kim attempts the outro

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Today we're talking about Time Flies by Playables! A game about being a fly and then being another fly.

Get Time Flies on Playstation, Switch, Steam, Epic, or the App Store!!! Follow Playables work on their website!

Discussed in the episode:
EYEZMAZE
Robin's piece on Time Flies for Inverse
Allegheny Cemetery: The story behind the Egyptian mausoleum and sphinx by Joaquin Gonzalez for 90.5 WESA
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - We needed this

(01:22) - A Kim approved intro

(02:18) - What is Time Flies

(09:00) - The sound design

(10:18) - The art

(12:18) - A not spoiler spoiler

(12:34) - How many secrets did we find?

(13:41) - Standout stuff

(23:55) - Min/Maxxing life expectancy

(30:08) - How are we feeling about death?

(41:14) - A quick mechanical thing

(42:39) - Big Takeaways

(42:45) - Kim's Big Takeaway

(44:58) - AJ's Big Takeaway

(47:15) - Robin's Big Takeaway

(49:31) - How do I live a life like the fly?

(52:35) - Check the show notes!

(53:17) - Thank you for listening!

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Today we're talking about the February 2026 Next Fest! 

Discussed in the episode:
Games that will almost certainly be covered by dotzip
Unhomely - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2941990/Unhomely/
I’m Making a Monster - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4047160/Im_Making_a_Monster/

Brain goes burr
VHOLUME - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4131730/VHOLUME/
Tileweaver - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4006200/Tileweaver/
Cursed Words - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3856460/Cursed_Words/
Pachincro - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4200890/Pachincro/
The Loopler - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4150860/The_Loopler/
The Magus Circle - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2796640/The_Magus_Circle/
Runeomicon - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3160570/Runeomicon/
Modulus - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2779120/Modulus/
Raccoon - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3784030/RACCOIN_Coin_Pusher_Roguelike/

I love whatever is wrong you
Rewind 99 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3977290/Rewind_99/
Busbound - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2095420/Bus_Bound/
Nightfall Cafe - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3816920/Nightfall_Cafe/
All Will Rise - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3165340/All_Will_Rise/ (on Kickstarter: All Will Rise: a narrative courtroom deck-builder )
AtmosFar - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1798230/ATMOSFAR/
West - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4302000/West/

Shoutout to Newgrounds.com
Chipmatic - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3780950/Chipmatic/
Mining Merchant - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3744080/Mining_Merchant/

Maybe that zoloft didn't block ALL my emotions
Hozy - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3326230/Hozy/
Memento - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2474770/Momento/
inKONBINI - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2723430/inKONBINI_One_Store_Many_Stories/
A Study In Blue - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4280150/A_Study_in_Blue/
Deep Snow Delivery - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3281970/Deep_Snow_Delivery/

This one's on the computer
Lost Wiki: Kozlovka - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4018950/Lost_Wiki_Kozlovka/
Human.exe - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4016270/Humanexe/
MMO 98 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3907940/MMO_98/
Secrets of Suburbia - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3111050/Secrets_Of_Suburbia/

What the fuck (affectionate)
Panthalassa - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2955720/Panthalassa/
WOODROT - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3896040/WOODROT/
THREE VERSES³ - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3139120/THREE_VERSES/
Burden Street Station - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3126340/Burden_Street_Station/

Feast for the Eyes
Petrichor - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4168440/Petrichor/
Phonopolis - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1206070/Phonopolis/ (nocaps on YouTube: i played every game by Amanita Design)
Titanium Court - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/Titanium_Court/
Helix: Descent N Ascent - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2736370/Helix_Descent_N_Ascent/
Pluto - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3057670/Pluto/
HYPNOS - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2861210/HYPNOS/

The dotzip award for the most questionable idle animations
Super Alloy Crush -  https://store.steampowered.com/app/3092360/Super_Alloy_Crush/

Hot girl walks
Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4149700/Dreamcore_Rabbit_Hole/
Plum Road Tea Dream - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3206340/Plum_Road_Tea_Dream/
Walk the Frog - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3336240/Walk_The_Frog/
nophenia - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3979330/nophenia/
Gloomveil - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3156020/Gloomveil/

Women su...

i ain't interpreting all that. i'm happy for you tho. or sorry that happened
Today we're talking about Eclipsium by Housefire! A game about walking around and unspeakable things happening to your hand.

Get Eclipsium on Steam!!! Follow Housefire's work on their website!

Discussed in the episode:
AJ on The Worst Community Report
AJ's 2025 Game of the Year video on YouTube
Eclipsium (Original Game Soundtrack) by Hudson Bikichky on Bandcamp
AJ's playthrough of the beginning of Eclipsium on YouTube
Finding Emilie by Radiolab
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Art by Tara Crawford

Theme music by _amaranthine and check out his new project Foster Hope!

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari

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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Listen to AJ on The Worst Garbage Community Report :-)

(01:45) - Welcome to the game

(03:31) - What is Eclipsium?

(04:58) - What'd we think

(08:30) - Bugs?

(10:00) - The music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The sound!!!!!!!!!!

(13:10) - The hand and the things done to the hand

(15:42) - Heading to spoilers

(16:11) - Chase wants to talk about the images

(20:01) - Kim wants to talk about judgment

(22:48) - Robin wants to talk about it literally

(25:16) - AJ wants to talk about the opting-in

(27:24) - What death means and religious imagery

(34:21) - Going to the panopticon

(47:27) - They can't ALL be PT!!!

(50:03) - An actually interesting series of hallways

(56:47) - Big Takeaways

(56:59) - AJ's Big Takeaway

(59:42) - Chase's Big Takeaway

(01:04:08) - Kim's Big Takeaway

(01:06:19) - Robin's Big Takeaway

(01:09:39) - The end of the game hot damn

(01:09:57) - Thanks for listening!

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Guy whose only played Sayonara Wild Hearts: "I'm getting a lot of Sayonara Wild Hearts energy in this game."

Today we're talking about Toroa: Skycall by Atawhai Interactive! A game about gliding and just hangin' out.

Get Toroa: Skycall on Steam!!! Follow Atawhai Interactive's work on their website!

Discussed in the episode:
The sourdough shaping video that AJ talked about by Matthew James Duffy on YouTube Shorts(tm)
TWG Steam Curator Page
Making Kin with the Machines, Archer et al. from the Journal of Design and Science by MIT Press
Royal Albatross Centre 
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - The end of a 20 minute conversation

(02:31) - We're not fighting!!!

(03:43) - fort.nite ????

(05:52) - Oh right the podcast

(06:12) - What is Toroa: Skycall

(07:36) - This game feels AMAZING

(10:21) - The MUSIC

(11:38) - The game is steeped in culture

(13:46) - Talking to other animals

(17:02) - Songs of the sea have been dulled by the drums of progress

(21:48) - The game wants you to just hang out

(23:05) - Bird heaven????

(28:49) - Everything is connected

(33:57) - You get where you're going

(35:57) - Made with love

(36:31) - Everything is connected!!!

(37:15) - Big Takeaways

(37:17) - Kim's Big Takeaway

(42:31) - AJ's Big Takeaway

(47:09) - Help the Northern Royal Albatross!!!

(47:38) - Thank you for listening!

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