GAMETHING
GAMETHING is an audio book-club about videogames. Each episode, experimental game designer Pippin Barr and oral historian David Wolinsky choose a game to play separately and exchange answering machine messages about it until the tape runs out. The result is a conversation about anything and everything (mostly everything) they find interesting about videogames.
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Episodes
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
In which we play Titanic II: Orchestra for Dying at Sea (2022), and let the current take us.
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A place between places, a song half-remembered, a gift shop at the end of the world. These, and other GAMETHINGS.
Titanic II: Orchestra for Dying at Sea was developed and published by flan. It was a finalist for the IGF Nuovo Award in 2023.
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
In which we play SpyParty (2018), an asymmetric game of deception, precision, and the delicate art of not getting shot.
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A fancy party. A lurking sniper. Move like a machine, think like a human, hope for the best. These, and other GAMETHINGS.
SpyParty was developed by Chris Hecker and John Ciminio and published by Chris Hecker. It was an honorable mention for the IGF Nuovo Award in 2011.
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
In which we play THAT NIGHT, STEEPED BY BLOOD RIVER (2020), forging our own signatures, driving in the mountains, and—is someone going to pick up the damn phone?!
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You check in, but maybe not as yourself. You wander, but never arrive. These, and other GAMETHINGS.
THAT NIGHT, STEEPED BY BLOOD RIVER was developed and published by Taylor Swietanski. It was a finalist for the IGF Nuovo Award in 2021.
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
In which we play Cosmic Top Secret (2018), and piece together a crumbling dad bod.
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A Cold War mystery, a crumpled-up spy, and intelligence as child’s play. Oh, and now you're a paper airplane. These, and other GAMETHINGS.
Cosmic Top Secret was developed by Klassefilm and Those Eyes and published by Klassefilm. It was a finalist for the IGF Nuovo Award in 2018.
Tuesday May 06, 2025
Tuesday May 06, 2025
In which we play Storyteller (2012), and decide who lives, who loves, and who solves their problems with a sword to the face.
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Drag. Drop. Fate. These, and other GAMETHINGS.
Storyteller was developed and published by Daniel Benmergui. It won the IGF Nuovo Award in 2012.
Tuesday May 13, 2025
Tuesday May 13, 2025
In which we play Storyteller (2023), and stop us if you've heard this one before.
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Second chances, story problems, and Oedipus in five tiles. These, and other GAMETHINGS.
Storyteller was developed by Daniel Benmergui and published by Annapurna Interactive. An early version won the IGF Nuovo Award in 2012.
Tuesday May 20, 2025
Tuesday May 20, 2025
In which we come face-to-face with the shock of the Nuovo—until even that fades. And the nominees are...
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