It’s baaack.
That’s right – a mere 20 months later, we’re revisiting one of our most chaotic episode ideas, and it’s one where our listeners get to play along!
If you weren’t here yet in November 2024, you can go back and listen to Episode 27 to familiarise yourself with our totally-original-we-swear indie game draft picking process; or you can just take my word for it that it’s basically fantasy football with indie games and that Liam as ever gives a good explanation of the rules in the episode and that’s why I’m glossing over that bit… honest. It’s not because I’m still a bit confused or anything.
This time around we’ve done away with the framing concept of “we’re building our own consoles and choosing the launch titles” in favour of… well, honestly, we just kind of each assemble a list of great indie games based on some loose themes while yelling at each other a lot in a very friendly way, and we felt like that was probably enough? Oh, but this time around everyone gets one betrayal card, and you can imagine how that goes…
As a reminder, this is one where you can go to our lovely listener Discord and vote on who you think should win – and also, if you don’t want spoilers, please go and listen first and then come back to this description once you’re ready.
I’ll wait, don’t worry.
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Hi, nice to see you again!
Okay so here are the three “teams” – remember to go and vote for your favourite!
| Category | Liam | Rebecca | Rachel |
| Horror game | Lorelei And The Laser Eyes | Mouthwashing | Signalis |
| Cosy game | Unpacking | Tiny Bookshop | TOEM |
| A dating sim / game with strong canonical romance(s) | Stardew Valley | Slay The Princess | Mediterranea Inferno |
| A game you can complete in under 2 hours | The Beginner’s Guide | A Short Hike | Gorogoa |
| CAT GAME | Night In The Woods | Strange Horticulture | Citizen Sleeper 2 |
| A game with a sexy (or otherwise outstanding) cast | Promise Mascot Agency | Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood | The Seance At Blake Manor |
| Obscure game with under 50 reviews on Steam | Ballistic Zen | Camp Palut | Jump The Track |
| An acclaimed indie you personally didn’t get on with | Blue Prince | Outer Wilds | Slay The Spire |
| Exclusive release (upcoming in 2026/7) | Orbitals | Bad Magpie | Deltarune |
| Free pick! | Crow Country | Thank Goodness You’re Here | 1000XResist |
We’ll leave the poll open for two weeks, so listen in for the results and our reactions during our next LIVE(ish) and in-person episode, coming in August!
Even though the structure of this episode is just a little difference, hyperfixations remain as our constant final segment. Rachel has – of course – been playing The Mermaid Mask at long last, so look forward to her reactions in a future episode! Rebecca has finished reading underrated dark fairytale The Curator by Owen King, and also enjoyed a feminist horror double-bill of Evil Dead Burn and Obsession at a mercifully air conditioned cinema. And Liam has been happily binging another South Korean reality show, The Devil’s Plan.
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