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Edge Guard

Taking a closer look at games on the fringe

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196 - Otteretto

196 - Otteretto

This week, we play Otteretto, a puzzle game about making palindromes from colored tiles. We swap strategies, agree that ... Read more

20 Apr 2022

39mins

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195 - Edge Guard Seminar: The Woolly World of Wordle-Likes

195 - Edge Guard Seminar: The Woolly World of Wordle-Likes

It’s another Edge Guard Seminar special episode! This week, we take aim at the many Wordle clones that have taken the wo... Read more

23 Mar 2022

1hr 4mins

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194 - Bloodborne PSX

194 - Bloodborne PSX

This week, we play Bloodborne PSX, a “demake” of the original game in the style of a Playstation 1 game! We talk about t... Read more

27 Feb 2022

39mins

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193 - Below the Ocean

193 - Below the Ocean

This week, we play Below the Ocean, an unusual take on the puzzle platformer genre that features an old-timey deep sea d... Read more

20 Feb 2022

47mins

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192 - Slovak Games

192 - Slovak Games

This week, we play a series of Slovakian text adventure games from the late 80s, which were recently restored and transl... Read more

6 Feb 2022

42mins

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191 - From Jam to Gem: Inscyption

191 - From Jam to Gem: Inscyption

This week marks the debut of our new recurring segment: “From Jam to Gem,” an exploration of game jam games that later g... Read more

15 Jan 2022

53mins

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190 - Mot‘s Grand Prix

190 - Mot‘s Grand Prix

This week, we play Mot’s Grand Prix, a retro pseudo-3D F1 racing game that hearkens back to classic racers from the 80s ... Read more

26 Dec 2021

42mins

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189 - Courage the Game

189 - Courage the Game

This week, we talk about Courage: The Videogame, a game that purports to be built from the files of an unfinished PS1 ga... Read more

12 Dec 2021

40mins

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188 - i wish you were not here (room69)

188 - i wish you were not here (room69)

This week, we explore “i wish you were not here,” a virtual art exhibition built inside Google Streetview. We discuss th... Read more

21 Nov 2021

38mins

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187 - [fr0g] clan official server 24/7 zk map (for stranger)

187 - [fr0g] clan official server 24/7 zk map (for stranger)

This week, we play (it’s a mouthful)... “[fr0g] clan official server 24/7 zk map (for stranger),” a game designed by mka... Read more

6 Nov 2021

42mins

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