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A book club for gaming narratives. Hosts will discuss their experience with a game and its story via book club style discussion questions, submitted by listeners. This podcast provides a unique perspective on the gaming discourse, focused on reflection and application.

26. Juli

|BTL| Ambrosia Sky - Developer Interview

Between the Lines (BTL) is a sub-series of the Pages of Play podcast where we explore hidden gem indie games. In this episode, Erik and Caleb interview Kaitlin Tremblay, narrative director at Soft Rains, the studio behind Ambrosia Sky. This discussion contains spoilers for Act 1 of the game. Ambrosia Sky is a story-driven immersive sim about exploring an asteroid colony devastated by an unknown contamination. The game's first act released on Steam November 10th, 2025 and Act 2 is scheduled to release on August 6th, 2026. You can find out more about the game and Soft Rains below: Steam Page Soft Rains website Soft Rains bluesky The wonderful music in this episode comes from the Jusant soundtrack by Guillaume Ferran. Check it out here. Contents: (00:00) Intro w/ Kaitlin (01:34) Interview (33:47) Closing
13. Juli

|14| Tides of Tomorrow

David, Caleb, and Erik follow eachother around a plastic-punk world, for better or for worse. Pages of Play podcast is a book club for gaming narratives, where the hosts discuss their personal experience with a game and its story via book club style discussion questions submitted by listeners. Please join our discord so that you can chat with the amazing Pages of Play community and ask discussion questions to be featured on our next episode! The wonderful music in this episode comes from the Jusant soundtrack by Guillaume Ferran. Check it out here. Contents: (00:00) Intro (04:10) Q1 (15:10) Q2 (31:10) Q3 (45:10) Spoiler Wall: Story Recap (49:26) Q4 (01:03:51) Q5 (01:11:53) Q6 (01:19:26) Q7 (01:33:30) Closing References from the show: Erik's Tides of Tomorrow Review on So Many Games Follow our Tides of Tomorrow story seeds in-game, here: David’s story seed: 3182-7724 Caleb’s story seed: 6270-8647 Erik story seed: 1061-9859
7. Juni

|OTS| The Short Game

Off the Shelf is an interview format of the Pages of Play Podcast where we bring a guest on the show to talk about the following scenario: “Imagine you have a library full of books that represent to you the greatest video game narratives. If I were to pull 5 books at random off of those shelves, what would I find? How did each book earn a spot on your shelf?” This week, I am joined by Raygan, host of The Short Game. Below you will find a link to The Short Game website, where you can find all the avenues to connect and listen to their show: https://shortgame.fm/ The discussion of each game contains spoilers, so please refer to the timestamps below to avoid those as needed. (00:00) Introduction & Spoiler Policy (09:46) Gone Home (21:20) Night in the Woods (32:22) The Wizard Sniffer (43:03) Immortality (52:38) 1000xResist (59:52) Bonus Game! (01:01:12) Closing Comments If you enjoy the show please join our discord to stay up to date on the podcast. Thanks for listening!
29. Mai

|13| Relooted

David, Caleb, and Erik nab some artificats and run! They will never think of museums the same way again. Pages of Play podcast is a book club for gaming narratives, where the hosts discuss their personal experience with a game and its story via book club style discussion questions submitted by listeners. Please join our discord so that you can chat with the amazing Pages of Play community and ask discussion questions to be featured on our next episode! The wonderful music in this episode comes from the Jusant soundtrack by Guillaume Ferran. Check it out here. Contents: (00:00) Intro (04:27) Q1 (18:22) Q2 (35:52) Q3 (41:15) Q4 (48:19) Spoiler Wall: Story Recap (52:18) Q5 (01:00:41) Q6 (01:07:55) Closing References from the show: Relooted Review Ben Myres Interview
12. Apr.

|BTL| Relooted - Developer Interview

Between the Lines (BTL) is a sub-series of the Pages of Play podcast where we explore hidden gem indie games. In this episode, Erik and David interview Ben Myres, CEO and creative director at Nyamakop, the studio behind Relooted. This is a very "meaty" interview, as Ben puts it, so we hope you enjoy going layers deep into the making of this game with us. Relooted is an Africanfuturist heist game that explores contemporary issues through purposeful game design and writing. The game released on Steam February 10th, 2026, which you can find ⁠here⁠ on Steam, or you can check out the developer's ⁠website⁠ for more details. The game is also currently on Gamepass at the time of writing. The wonderful music in this episode comes from the Jusant soundtrack by Guillaume Ferran. Check it out ⁠here⁠. Contents: (00:00) Intro w/ Ben (02:53) Interview (55:05) Closing
1. März

|12| TR-49

David, Caleb, and Erik venture deep into the archives of a codebreaking machine in search of a stolen book. Pages of Play podcast is a book club for gaming narratives, where the hosts discuss their personal experience with a game and its story via book club style discussion questions submitted by listeners. Please join our discord so that you can chat with the amazing Pages of Play community and ask discussion questions to be featured on our next episode! The wonderful music in this episode comes from the Jusant soundtrack by Guillaume Ferran. Check it out here. Contents: (00:00) Intro (04:08) Q1 (18:18) Q2 (26:14) Q3 (39:15) Spoiler Wall: Story Recap (42:19) Q4 (49:24) Q5 (01:02:42) Q6 (01:06:53) Q7 (01:19:19) Closing References from the show: My Perfect Console w/ Jon Ingold
14. Feb.

|BTL| Forgotlings - Developer Interview

Between the Lines (BTL) is a sub-series of the Pages of Play podcast where we explore hidden gem indie games. In this episode, Erik and Caleb interview Alfred Nguyen, the creative director at Throughline Games, about the studio's upcoming game, Forgotlings. Forgotlings releases on Steam February 17th, 2026. Wishlist the game here on Steam, or check out the developer's website for more details on the release dates across other platforms. The wonderful music in this episode comes from the Jusant soundtrack by Guillaume Ferran. Check it out here. Contents: (00:00) Intro w/ Alfred (02:22) Interview (01:02:17) Closing
11. Feb.

|MOM| The Meeting of Makers

The Meeting of Makers is a sub-series of the Pages of Play podcast where we bring together various content creators to discuss the art and craft of making content. The panel for this episode includes the following folks: John: Gaming in the Wild Jason: So Many Games Dave: Tales from the Backlog Dan: The Greatest Story Ever Played Michael: Tiny Game Chronicles Rick: Pixel Project Radio The wonderful music in this episode comes from the Jusant soundtrack by Guillaume Ferran. Check it out here Contents: (00:00) Intro (03:10) Panel (01:08:21) Closing (01:11:21) Outtakes

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A book club for gaming narratives. Hosts will discuss their experience with a game and its story via book club style discussion questions, submitted by listeners. This podcast provides a unique perspective on the gaming discourse, focused on reflection and application.

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