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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!
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Visit us online at https://dotzip.online
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Art by Tara Crawford
Music by _amaranthine
Additional sounds by Boqeh
Produced and Edited by AJ Fillari

Copyright: © 2024 dotzip

Latest Episodes:

Finding Humanity in Tacoma Mar 24, 2025

Show notes

Today we're talking about Tacoma by Fullbright Studios! A game about piecing together the past *in the future*.

Buy the game on Steam, Xbox, or Playstation! Check out Fullbright's other work on their website!

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Art by Tara Crawford

Theme music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Kim's big sleepy day
(00:59) - Shoutout to ii for the rec!
(03:08) - What is Tacoma?
(08:02) - Blanket warning for Gone Home spoilers
(08:23) - Comparing to Gone Home
(16:13) - Great game for nosy people
(22:11) - Being upsold | Spoilers
(25:55) - The worldbuilding | Spoilers
(36:20) - The final reveal | Spoilers
(38:24) - Shoutout to One Vein | Spoilers
(41:38) - The state of the world | Spoilers
(44:16) - Specific moments | Spoilers
(50:21) - The AI of it all | Spoilers
(55:15) - Big Takeaways
(55:36) - Chase's Big Takeaway
(01:01:22) - Kim's Big Takeaway
(01:05:07) - AJ's Big Takeaway
(01:08:41) - Punch up!

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Waking Up in Known Mysteries Mar 17, 2025

Show notes

Today we're talking about Known Mysteries by Kara Stone! A game about people helping people and surrealist art movements in the face of fascistic systems.

Play Known Mysteries for free on solarserver.games! Check out Kara Stones' other work on her website!

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Discussed in the episode

Known Mysteries is a lo-fi climate fable that runs off a solar-powered server on its developer's balcony by Edwin Evans-Thirlwell for Rock Paper Shotgun

Additional links

The quest for the solar-powered gaming console by Edwin Evans-Thirlwell for TechRadar

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Art by Tara Crawford

Theme music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Philadelphia AJ is here and he's ready to punch
(06:15) - What is Known Mysteries?
(10:52) - The visual aesthetics
(16:43) - Kim has a question
(17:26) - Oh right, the main thrust of the game
(21:28) - The Solar Server
(23:47) - Welcome to Spoilers
(24:21) - Chapter 1 | Spoilers
(34:28) - Chapter 2 | Spoilers
(51:32) - Chapter 3 | Spoilers
(01:02:40) - Kim's Big Takeaway
(01:05:08) - AJ's Big Takeaway
(01:07:06) - Chase's Big Takeaway
(01:14:15) - Really good video game
(01:14:54) - Organize!!!

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Having Fun in Sheepy: A Short Adventure Mar 10, 2025

Show notes

Today Kim and AJ (and NOT Gerald) are talking about Sheepy: A Short Adventure by MrSuicideSheep! A game about running, jumping, flying and then not doing any of that.

Get Sheepy: A Short Adventure on Steam! Check out MrSuicideSheep's Linktree

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Discussed in the episode

Sheepy: A Short Adventure (Original Soundtrack) | Tal Richards, Hahlweg, Sheepy on bandcamp

Additional links

THE SHEEPY PLUSH IS REAL BUY IT HERE!!!!!

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Art by Tara Crawford

Theme music by _amaranthine

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Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Gerald gets CANCELLED (Not Clickbait)
(01:35) - Some terrible news...
(02:15) - The bit gets redistricted
(04:34) - What is Sheepy: A Short Adventure?
(07:34) - It's a vibes-game with good mechanics
(09:20) - The MUSIC!!!
(14:49) - Enter Belgin by Tal Richards & Sheepy & Hahlweg
(15:10) - Okay so where did Sheepy go... | Spoilers
(15:57) - The Lore | Spoilers
(23:28) - When(s) does this happen? | Spoilers
(26:17) - MrSuicideSheep is an enigma | Spoilers
(28:02) - Talk about a big game in a small package, amirite | Spoilers
(29:06) - Big Takeaways
(29:45) - AJ's Big Takeaway
(31:06) - Woops we missed our favorite moment
(32:22) - Kim's Big Takeaway
(34:35) - The podcast: Over

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Playing So Many Video Games for Steam Next Fest Mar 03, 2025

Show notes

Today we're talking about February's Next Fest ! Help!!!!!

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List of games in order of appearance

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Art by Tara Crawford

Music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:

(00:56) - It's Next Fest baby
(07:24) - Squeakross
(09:31) - Is This Seat Taken?
(11:52) - The Art of Reflection
(15:15) - Post Trauma
(18:57) - Labyrinth of the Demon King
(21:51) - The Light keeper is Gone
(25:44) - Wanderstop
(33:25) - WaxHeads
(34:41) - Haste Broken Worlds
(38:45) - Cubic Odyssey
(43:23) - Wordatro
(45:27) - Reignbreaker
(46:05) - Kabuto Park
(49:28) - Aethermancer
(52:44) - Unyielder
(57:10) - Hypogea
(59:30) - Demon Tides
(01:03:35) - Monster Train 2
(01:06:33) - Another Round
(01:09:44) - Centum
(01:11:45) - Qualia
(01:15:37) - Neongarten
(01:19:01) - Islands and Trains
(01:20:27) - Koira
(01:24:03) - The Bench
(01:25:54) - Price of Flight
(01:28:28) - Last Report
(01:29:47) - Nomad Idle
(01:33:10) - A Pizza Delivery
(01:36:21) - Moon River
(01:38:27) - Your House
(01:39:56) - Inhuman Resources
(01:42:10) - Solarpunk
(01:46:00) - Run TavernQuest
(01:48:51) - Stellations
(01:53:46) - The King is Watching
(01:57:10) - NITRO GEN OMEGA
(01:57:32) - Beat, Heart, Beat
(01:58:24) - Metro Gravity
(01:59:18) - Genokids
(02:02:40) - If you start playing all of these games now, you'll be done by next Next Fest

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Self-Actualizing in Perfect Tides w/ Remy Siu Feb 24, 2025

Show notes

Today we're talking about Perfect Tides by Three Bees! A game about growing up in a resort town and living a life on the early internet.

Get Perfect Tides on Steam, GOG, or itch! Check out Meredith Gran's other work on her website and follow her on Bluesky! Wishlist Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam!!!

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Follow Remy on Bluesky! Check out his work on his website! Check out sunset visitor 斜陽過客's website! Buy 1000xRESIST on Steam or Switch!!!!

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Discussed in the episode

Perfect Tides (Original Soundtrack) by Daniel Kobylarz on bandcamp
Nextel Chirp on YouTube
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton on Drawn and Quarterly

Additional links

Meredith Gran on YouTube
Fireside Chat featuring Meredith Gran and Tony Howard-Arias by Fellow Traveller on YouTube
Meredith Gran Interview | Perfect Tides: Station To Station by Cressup on YouTube

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Check out The Worst Garbage Online!

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Art by Tara Crawford

Theme music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - We're renaming Early Access
(00:29) - A normal episode that we are feeling normal about!!!!!!!!!!!
(01:38) - What is Perfect Tides?
(02:57) - Why Remy chose Perfect Tides
(06:24) - Point and Click games
(09:41) - The game is honest
(19:40) - Shilling for Perfect Tides
(21:17) - Perfect Tides by Daniel Kobylarz
(21:53) - Mara's family | Spoilers
(30:50) - Lily | Spoilers
(35:52) - New Reunion by Daniel Kobylarz
(36:20) - Lily | Spoilers
(40:54) - The Narrator | Spoilers
(43:04) - The Jason of it all | Spoilers
(48:06) - Staggle and The Internet | Spoilers
(01:04:14) - Timothy and Judaism | Spoilers
(01:09:38) - Final Fantasy VII Spoilers (for real) | Spoilers
(01:12:38) - Calling out a few more specific things | Spoilers
(01:14:24) - Big Takeaways
(01:15:01) - Chase's Big Takeaway
(01:19:46) - Kim's Big Takeaway
(01:22:16) - Remy's Big Takeaway
(01:29:14) - AJ's Big Takeaway
(01:33:57) - That's Perfect Tides!
(01:34:17) - Thank you Remy!
(01:36:04) - Thank you so much for listening<3
(01:37:15) - Tides Punk by Daniel Kobylarz

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Deploying Hole in Donut County Feb 17, 2025

Show notes

Today we're talking about Donut County by Ben Esposito! A game about delivering donuts(?) and hanging out in a hole underneath your town with everyone that hates you.

Buy Donut County on Steam, Playstation, Xbox (also available with Gamepass), GoG, the App Store, or Google Play! Check out Ben Esposito's other work on his website!

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Discussed in the episode

Donut County (Original Soundtrack) by Daniel Koestner on album.link
I can't stop pretending to be a sink hole by Joshua Rivera for The Week

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Visit our website!

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Check out The Worst Garbage Online!

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Art by Tara Crawford

Music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Welcome to dotRANT
(01:47) - AJ, Kim, Chase, and Gerald are here once again!
(04:03) - What is Donut County?
(13:18) - Talking about the whole Hole-game | Spoilers
(16:29) - Surprise it's about capitalism!!! | Spoilers
(20:59) - Good levels and mechanics | Spoilers
(25:00) - Big Takeaways
(25:22) - Chase's Big Takeaway
(30:15) - Freak games
(31:18) - Kim's Big Takeaway
(35:11) - AJ's Big Takeaway
(39:01) - That IS the podcast

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Emerging from the Loam in worm girlfriend dating simulator w/ Robin Bea Feb 10, 2025

Show notes

Today we're talking about worm girlfriend dating simulator by Christine Mi! A game about waking up as a worm and flinging yourself wildly around someone else's apartment.

Download or play worm girlfriend dating simulator on itch! Check out Christine Mi's other games on itch, and check out her other work on her website!

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Listen to Girl Mode!

Follow Robin on Bluesky!

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Discussed in the episode

Yuki's Palpitating, Passionate, Phenomenal, and quite frankly Proficient quest for a (hot) girlfriend!!! by milkky on itch.io
Pixel Puzzle Makeout League by Rude Ghost by Rude Ghost on itch.io
Hatoful Boyfriend by Mediatonic and Hato Moa on Steam
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator by Game Grumps on Steam
the mountain is as it always was by Christine Mi on itch.io
monarch by Christine Mi on itch.io

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Check out The Worst Garbage Online!

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Art by Tara Crawford

Music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Kim I swear it was a joke I love you so much
(00:29) - Not your father's guest spot
(03:07) - What is worm girlfriend dating simulator (NOT PORN)
(05:00) - Worms can't commit time theft
(05:34) - The controls are the main antagonist of the game
(08:33) - It's hard bein a worm that everyone thinks is cute
(10:23) - More like SOILers | Spoiler
(13:01) - No spoilers, just worm facts
(14:44) - Anyway back to the ending | Spoilers
(16:26) - Spoilers for Yuki's Palpitating, Passionate, Phenomenal, and Quite Frankly Proficient Quest for a Hot Girlfriend
(18:19) - Spoilers for Pixel Puzzle Makeout League
(19:34) - More dating sims
(25:31) - Christine Mi's other games
(27:39) - Big Takeaways
(27:52) - Robin's Big Takeaway
(29:07) - Kim's Big Takeaway
(31:03) - AJ's Big Takeaway
(33:30) - Wow we talked about the video game!

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Broadcasting Live! in VOID 1680 AM Feb 03, 2025

Show notes

☕You can hear AJ's entire VOID 1680 AM playthrough/broadcast on our Kofi page for just $5!☕
If you just want to listen to the playlists of music from Kim and AJ's playthroughs you can follow the links down below!

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Today we're talking about VOID 1680 AM by Bannerless Games! A game about making a playlist and deep music library introspection.

Get VOID 1680 AM digtally on itch and physically on Bannerless Games' shop! Check out Bannerless Games' other work on itch and follow Ken Lowery on Bluesky!

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Discussed in the episode

VOID 1680 AM stream archive playlist on YouTube
A Science Odyssey: Radio Transmission: FM vs AM on PBS.org
Kim's playlist
AJ's playlist

Additional links

Bannerless Games on YouTube
Bannerless Games on Linktree

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Art by Tara Crawford

Music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Name me a problem eating a bagel coulnd't fix. I'll wait.
(01:18) - Shoutout to the Gerald-heads
(02:19) - What is VOID1680 AM
(08:22) - Surprise! You've been listening to music for a long time!
(13:20) - The game felt different
(18:09) - Kim's playthrough
(34:22) - AJ's playthrough
(01:00:40) - Fun game!!
(01:01:04) - Big Takeaways
(01:01:09) - Kim's Big Takeaway
(01:02:09) - AJ's Big Takeaway
(01:03:39) - Tell us about things on our website!?

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Delving into the Cookieverse in Nested Jan 27, 2025

Show notes

☕The member version of this episode has an extra TEN MINUTES of pre-show conversation. To hear the whole convo you can back on Kofi for just $5/month!☕

Today we're talking about Nested by Ortiel! A game about opening menus and finding God. This game was suggest be Amet! Thank you Amet!

Play Nested in your browser! Keep up with Ortiel on their website!

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Discussed in the episode

Cookie Clicker
'Eggman Game' Full Sketch | I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson on YouTube
Powers of Ten™ (1977) by Eames Office LLC on YouTube

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Visit our website!

Support the show on Kofi!

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Check out The Worst Garbage Online!

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Art by Tara Crawford

Music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Stray Kids and local holidays
(01:55) - To learn more about the mummer's day parade join our Kofi! (or search it up I guess)
(03:10) - Yaaaaaay...
(03:51) - What is Nested?
(05:25) - Shoutout to Amet!
(06:30) - Have we all played Cookie Clicker?
(08:22) - Nested.
(13:07) - Time to get existential
(21:13) - Who are WE?
(24:36) - Zooming out
(26:15) - Time for Controversy
(32:05) - You gotta shift focus to see the beauty of the universe. Wow.
(33:52) - A shipment of Big Takeaways is arriving
(34:30) - AJ's Big Takeaway
(35:04) - Chase's Big Takeaway
(37:41) - Kim's Big Takeaway
(39:47) - Thank you Amet!!
(39:56) - Cookie Clicker check-in
(41:09) - Thank you for listening!

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Sleeping to the Beat in Melatonin Jan 20, 2025

Show notes

Today we're talking about Melatonin by half asleep games! A game about trying to sleep and dreaming in triplet rhythms.

Get Melatonin on Steam, Switch, or PS5! Keep up with half asleep on their website! Follow them on Bluesky!

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Discussed in the episode

Technology by cademakesmusic on YouTube
Melatonin 2xLP on iam8bit

Additional links

Melatonin Deluxe OST on the streaming platform of your choice

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Visit our website!

Support the show on Kofi!

Follow us on Twitch!

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Check out The Worst Garbage Online!

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Art by Tara Crawford

Music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - An onslaught of disease and sponsors
(02:15) - What is Melatonin
(03:39) - We've got rhythm (and accessibility options)
(08:17) - Levels that got us
(15:50) - Is there a story?
(22:44) - Are there *ever* stories?
(25:30) - The game is good!
(29:09) - Woops we're still goin
(30:03) - Chase's Big Takeaway
(35:26) - Kim's Big Takeaway
(38:53) - AJ's Big Takeaway
(40:55) - Another zippy in the pants!

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