Independent Incidentals - Ep. 40: Undertale, OneShot, and Meta-Narratives
The titular Undertale. Look at its visage and sigh a breath of wonder. Venerate Toby with your gamer fingers and your reading eyeballs. Also look towards Oneshot, and think to yourself, how the hell do these game work? I mean, breaking the forth wall is one thing, but telling a meaningful story? And changing my desktop wallpaper to hide messages within the computer itself? How does it work!!!!?
11 Mar 2026
Independent Incidentals - Ep. 39: Telltale Games
Telltale was one of the pioneers of an interactive genre of game that played more like a TV show or a movie than a full “game”. Even still, they were insanely popular and doted on for years for their innovations — being able to place a player into a game that had moral choices that were thought to make an impact. What changed? How did this house of cards come crashing down?
4 Mar 2026
Independent Incidentals - Ep. 38: Papers Please
CODE RED. THE SHOW IS NOW A LET’S PLAY. I REPEAT, DOMINICK PLAYS THE GAME THAT HE’S DISCUSSING. And that game is Papers Please, one that requires you to make simple but stressful choices to survive within a nation under a totalitarian regime. Will you BUCKLE??
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