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A show about big games in small packages! Join AJ, Kim, Robin, and Chase every week to talk about short video games, indie tabletop games, and maybe other stuff! --- Visit us online at https://dotzip.online --- Art by Tara Crawford Music by _amaranthine Additional sounds by Boqeh Produced and Edited by AJ Fillari

  1. 17h ago

    Defining Humanity in Momotype

    Now when you measure your Monotype make sure to go all the way to the tips of the ear or else it won't be accurate. Also make sure you don't let it watch TV. Today we're talking about Momotype by Rimatoad and Glazed Goose! A game about taking care of a new pet and collective consciousness. Get Momotype for FREE on Steam or itch.io!!! Discussed in the episode: Ebb and Flood by _amaranthine on BandcampBig Momma's House on WikipediaSephonie published by Analgesic Productions on SteamThe Selfish Gene on WikipediaI'm da king of da highway--- Support us on Ko-fi! Visit our website! Follow us on YouTube! Follow the show on Bluesky! Check out The Worst Garbage Online! --- Art by Tara Crawford Theme music by _amaranthine Additional sounds by Boqeh Produced and edited by AJ Fillari --- Timecodes: (00:00) - Height reveals (02:48) - AJ enjoys silence now (03:34) - Shoutout Jake!!!!!!!!!!!! (04:24) - What is Momotype? (06:14) - Feelings and where it goes (08:41) - The aesthetics (09:34) - The pitch of the story (13:46) - The game is free!! (14:28) - SPOILERS (14:37) - Ding dong (15:30) - PSA FOR SIGNALIS (16:16) - Story/route overview (17:55) - Trying to determine what determines the endings (25:36) - Intentional detachment (29:18) - Anthropomorphizing AI right now (35:18) - More random thoughts (37:54) - Big Takeaways (38:01) - Chase's Big Momma (38:34) - Chase's Big Takeaway (43:41) - Robin's Big Takeaway (47:20) - AJ's Big Takeaway (50:58) - Does Mike Tyson believe in the afterlife? (52:19) - That's Momotype! (52:30) - Thanks for listening! ★ Support this podcast ★

  2. Oct 5

    Cranking It in Foghorns Drown

    and by "it", haha, well. let's justr say.    My ferry. Today we're talking about Foghorns Drown by Studio Laaya! A game about driving a ferry and talking to fish. Get Foghorns Drown on Steam!!! Follow Studio Laaya's work on their itch page! Discussed in the episode: Threshold by Julien Eveillé on SteamAtlas of AI a book by Kate Crawford on Bookshop.org--- Support us on Ko-fi! Visit our website! Follow us on YouTube! Follow the show on Bluesky! Check out The Worst Garbage Online! --- Art by Tara Crawford Theme music by _amaranthine Additional sounds by Boqeh Produced and edited by AJ Fillari --- Timecodes: (00:00) - Oh what a Foghorn's Drown moooorning (this is an Oklahoma joke. Do you like it?) (00:59) - Howdy pardner (01:25) - What is Foghorn's Drown (04:46) - The vague time period (08:45) - Talking about the Foghorn (12:36) - In this one spooky things happen3 (12:53) - The atmosphere and aesthetics (18:24) - SPOILERS (18:31) - So there's this fish (20:45) - What is happening (26:20) - Where we conclude (28:36) - The fish (31:53) - Taking a smoke break (33:04) - Certified Jumpscare Moment (36:09) - There is fishing (36:24) - Big Takeaways (36:30) - Robin's Big Takeaway (42:42) - Kim's Big Takeaway (47:24) - Kim wrangles the outro like a champ ★ Support this podcast ★

  3. Sep 28

    Choosing How to Live in Imago Season

    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)--- Support us on Ko-fi! Visit our website! Follow us on YouTube! Follow the show on Bluesky! Check out The Worst Garbage Online! --- Art by Tara Crawford Theme music by _amaranthine Additional sounds by Boqeh Produced and edited by AJ Fillari --- Timecodes: (00:00) - Everybody gets the long intro today because the ep was late3 (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! ★ Support this podcast ★

  4. Sep 21

    The Demon Isn't a Metaphor in The Life We've Chosen

    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--- Support us on Ko-fi! Visit our website! Follow us on YouTube! Follow the show on Bluesky! Check out The Worst Garbage Online! --- Art by Tara Crawford Theme music by _amaranthine Additional sounds by Boqeh Produced and edited by AJ Fillari --- 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!!! ★ Support this podcast ★

  5. Sep 14

    Feeling the Spectrum of Human Emotion in Bitsy Games

    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 RichardUnder a Star Called Sun by Cecile RichardNovena by Cecile RichardCowgirl Boots by shrimptoastiethe mountain is as it always was by christine miThe SnakeMother • Le Serpent-Mère by AdebregThe Museum Of Mid 2000s Forum Signatures by Niandra!Cloverheart by rowan tobiasi had another dream about you last night by caantiMEDUSA by Ether, Hidden Vale Discussed in the episode: Celestial Coffee Quest by Wavey Games on itchOur episode on Grow LightGrow Light by danielle taphanel on itchThree Lesbians in a Winter Special by Digital Poppy on itch--- Support us on Ko-fi! Visit our website! Follow us on YouTube! Follow the show on Bluesky! Check out The Worst Garbage Online! --- Art by Tara Crawford Theme music by _amaranthine Additional sounds by Boqeh Produced and edited by AJ Fillari --- 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!!! ★ Support this podcast ★

  6. Sep 4 ·  Bonus

    Talking Weird Art with AJ Gonzalez (Official Electric, RUIN: Chapter 0)

    🚨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 episodeJUNK? by Official ElectricNothing Gallery (get all 35 film collectibles to get the PDF that we talk about!)RUIN Ch.O Suite on Bandcamp--- Support us on Ko-fi! Visit our website! Follow us on YouTube! Follow the show on Bluesky! Check out The Worst Garbage Online! --- Art by Tara Crawford Theme music by _amaranthine Additional sounds by Boqeh Produced and edited by AJ Fillari --- 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! ★ Support this podcast ★

  7. Aug 31

    Hearing the Songs of the Universe in Asterism

    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 DevlogsAsterism OST on bandcampIt's been done before, but not by YOU. by Nneka Julia on YouTube--- Support us on Ko-fi! Visit our website! Follow us on YouTube! Follow the show on Bluesky! Check out The Worst Garbage Online! --- Art by Tara Crawford Theme music by _amaranthine Additional sounds by Boqeh Produced and edited by AJ Fillari --- 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! ★ Support this podcast ★

    Hearing the Songs of the Universe in Asterism

  8. Aug 24

    Documenting The End in Umurangi Generation (+ Macro DLC)

    I'm having a hard time getting the Cheerwine and the portrait of the personification of existential dread in the same shot with the telephoto lens. Today we're talking about Umurangi Generatoin by ORIGAME DIGITAL! A game about taking photos and choosing how to live. Get Umurangi Generation on Steam or Switch!!! Follow ORIGAME DIGITAL's work on their website! Discussed in the episode: The Cheerwine Official StoreThe Article Where I Talk About Umurangi Generation In Full Detail (Total F*ckin Spoilers Ahead), Part One by Kaile Hultner on No EscapeInterview: Naphtali Faulkner on developing indie smash 'Umurangi Generation' by Jonathan Peltz on inverse5 Years Ago, One Of The Most Brilliant Photography Games Perfectly Captured The Present Moment by Robin Bea on inverseAdditional links: The Umurangi Generation is Asking You To Care by Celia Lewis for Vista Magazine on MediumWhat a video game about a futuristic Tauranga can tell us about our present by Dan Taipua for The Spinoff--- Support us on Ko-fi! Visit our website! Follow us on YouTube! Follow the show on Bluesky! Check out The Worst Garbage Online! --- Art by Tara Crawford Theme music by _amaranthine Additional sounds by Boqeh Produced and edited by AJ Fillari --- Timecodes: (00:00) - Picklesburgh and Kielbasafest (01:21) - Welcome back to penn.dot (02:17) - What is Unmurangi Generation? (03:50) - This game is About Stuff (05:12) - The photography is fun (15:51) - The way the mechanics aid the story (17:41) - All photography has a bias! (21:35) - The soundtrack!!! The art!!! (24:02) - Spoilers! (25:08) - Speeding through the narrative (30:07) - What the Macro DLC focuses on (39:59) - Big Takeaways (40:26) - Robin's Big Takeaway (43:42) - AJ's Big Takeaway (45:51) - The game is amazing!!!!!! (46:52) - Thanks for listening! ★ Support this podcast ★

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A show about big games in small packages! Join AJ, Kim, Robin, and Chase every week to talk about short video games, indie tabletop games, and maybe other stuff! --- Visit us online at https://dotzip.online --- Art by Tara Crawford Music by _amaranthine Additional sounds by Boqeh Produced and Edited by AJ Fillari

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  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
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