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Feb 21, 2025

We're joined by Trent Kusters (League of Geeks) and Kayin (I Wanna Be The Guy) to discuss Porgy, the 22nd game in the UFO 50 collection.

"Strange happenings near the coast! Dive deep and get to the bottom of what's fishy in the sea."

Next week: Onion Delivery

Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.

 

Discussed on this episode:

Kayin’s Porgy Blog Post – ”On Backtracking”
https://kayin.moe/backtracking  

Games: Agency as Art – C. Thi Nguyen
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/games-9780190052089?cc=us&lang=en& 

A Play of Bodies – Brendan Keogh
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262037631/a-play-of-bodies/ 

Shadow The Past’s Porgy Speedruns (1st World Record run)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoYXGkX2_IA&t=1s 

Game Maker’s Notebook – 17 Year Development Journey with Caves of Qud
https://interactive.libsyn.com/17-year-development-journey-with-caves-of-qud 

 

Kayin’s website
https://kayin.moe/about  

Kayin on bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/kayin.moe 

Trent on bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/trentkusters.bsky.social

 

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