CW: Brief reference to suicide between (01:05:00) and (01:05:45)

This week, Robin and Willa dive into the work of Selkie Harbour, developer of the recent (and excellent) Many Nights a Whisper. We get into the interesting parallels and outliers among the studio’s catalog and come away more excited about ice skating than we ever thought possible. We also completely spoil all of these very short games, so consider taking a couple hours to play through all of them if you don’t want to hear about them first!

Timestamps:

(01:20) X-Men belongs to the dolls

(02:45) A walking tour of Selkie Harbour’s itch page

(6:15) A Message for the Stone King

(12:15) The Well

(19:30) Everything You Didn’t Get To Do

(31:50) Sunset Shift

(40:20) I.C.A. Calendar Photoshoot 2023 (see Robin's calendar here)

(46:10) Rêverie

(51:30) The Anglerfish Project

(58:35) Wrapping up Selkie Harbour

(1:00:40) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Easy Delivery Co., Apocalypse Hotel, a great piece on Superhot VR, Blue Prince)

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This week, Robin talks to the delightful hosts of the equally delightful Emmi & Annie Talk Indie podcast. We discuss a whole mess of games, with tangents on sexualizing playing cards, furry-friendly pizza restaurants, the games that taught us to type, and learning the name for a group of butterflies.

Timestamps:

(00:20) Introducing Emmi and Annie (who talk indie)!

(14:30) Making dogs immortal in Many Nights a Whisper

(43:30) A food service soap opera in The Chef’s Shift :3

(1:02:55) Christine Mi’s games make us want to make games

(1:23:00) Growing a story in Tiny Garden

(1:26:45) Worshipping the devil after gym class in Expelled!

(1:39:00) What else have Annie, Emmi, and Robin been up to this week? (feat. traumatic YA books, gacha-based disappointment, The Apothecary Diaries, Changes of Heart, Look Back, a 29-year-old calling herself old and instantly killing Robin)

Mentioned this week:

Listen to EATI!

Follow Emmi, Annie, and EATI on Bluesky

Annie, Emmi, and EATI’s websites

A very good Christine Mi comic

Dotzip on Worm Girlfriend Dating Simulator

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Like everyone else, we’re still reeling from the destruction of Polygon and Giant Bomb, but trying to do more than curl up into the fetal position about it. After the most constructive takes on games media we can muster, we talk through a few great games Robin's played recently, put a pin in a not-great one, and check in with Willa’s three favorite things (the Mets, weird New York lore, and gay mutants).

Timestamps:

(00:20) Meet today’s guest, Willa Rowe

(01:20) The shocking delay of GTA 6, which no one saw coming

(06:00) RIP Polygon and Giant Bomb

(12:30) The future of games media, if there is such a thing

(21:21) Navigating games journalism in its death throes

(25:20) You don’t need to pay $80 for games

(30:10) Many Nights a Whisper

(36:30) Ending spoilers for Many Nights a Whisper

(38:00) StarVaders fuuuuuucks

(40:05) We will talk about Clair Obscur at a later date

(41:05) Brief LudoNarraCon shoutouts

(43:30) Surprise Mets/Astoria the turkey update

(46:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. The X-Men, Super Cub)

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Mentioned this week:

Selkie Harbour

Many Nights A Whisper Lets You Decide What Wishes Are Worth Granting

I Can’t Believe How Good StarVaders’ Deckbuilding Riff On Space Invaders Is

Willa’s deranged Clair Obscur thread

LudoNarraCon talks

The Senga Genesis post

Hazel’s Anime Countryside video

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