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Edge Guard

Taking a closer look at games on the fringe

Ranked #1

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105 - Assimilation

105 - Assimilation

This week, we play “Assimilation” a game with no genre listed but which Jordan describes as a “stealth platformer with s... Read more

25 Aug 2019

35mins

Ranked #2

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76 - Grace Bruxner Presents: The Haunted Island, A Frog Detective Game

76 - Grace Bruxner Presents: The Haunted Island, A Frog Detective Game

This week, we play as amphibious investigators in “Grace Bruxner Presents: The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game” (i... Read more

3 Feb 2019

40mins

Ranked #3

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125 - Karlson

125 - Karlson

This week, we play Karlson, a zany action-platformer-shooter by Dani Dev on Itch. The slow-motion shooting bits prompt c... Read more

2 Feb 2020

46mins

Ranked #4

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77 - Black Room

77 - Black Room

This week, we explore “Black Room,” a dreamlike exploration game by Cassie McQuater about trying to use an old trick you... Read more

10 Feb 2019

47mins

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128 - Tales from Off-Peak City Vol. 1

128 - Tales from Off-Peak City Vol. 1

This week, we play “Tales from Off-Peak City, Vol. 1,” the newest game from Cosmo D. Like all his games, it’s weird-- in... Read more

23 Feb 2020

1hr 7mins

Ranked #6

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104 - Undefeated

104 - Undefeated

This week, we play a student game called UNDEFEATED, in which you play as a superhero who beats the shit out of bad guys... Read more

18 Aug 2019

39mins

Ranked #7

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130 - Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2020

130 - Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2020

This week, we play the Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2020, a collection of games by various creators that evoke the PS1 era. It’... Read more

8 Mar 2020

46mins

Ranked #8

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121 - AI Dungeon 2

121 - AI Dungeon 2

We play something a little bit different this week: AI Dungeon 2, a text adventure game by Nick Walton that experiments ... Read more

22 Dec 2019

54mins

Ranked #9

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73 - Make It Juicy

73 - Make It Juicy

This week, we check out a new kind of object of discussion for the podcast: “Make it Juicy,” a game/presentation designe... Read more

13 Jan 2019

40mins

Ranked #10

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120 - Dead Sector

120 - Dead Sector

This week we play Dead Sector, a student game that Blake describes as the “Dark Souls of Deadspace.” We talk about how i... Read more

15 Dec 2019

42mins

Ranked #11

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124 - Museum of the Saved Image

124 - Museum of the Saved Image

In this week’s episode, we play Museum of the Saved Image, an explorable museum of desktop clutter by itch.io user “flan... Read more

26 Jan 2020

40mins

Ranked #12

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133 - Oh Snake

133 - Oh Snake

This week, we play “Oh, Snake!” by Henning Koczy, an interesting take on the endless runner genre, with a snake-inspired... Read more

5 Apr 2020

36mins

Ranked #13

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75 - Kaiju Super Datetech

75 - Kaiju Super Datetech

This week, we play about Kaiju Super Datetech, a game about building a giant robot to go on a date with Godzilla. We tal... Read more

27 Jan 2019

38mins

Ranked #14

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98 - Neon Boost

98 - Neon Boost

In this episode, we play Neon Boost, a speed-based parkour game built around wall running and rocket jumping. We talk a ... Read more

7 Jul 2019

40mins

Ranked #15

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127 - Remnants

127 - Remnants

This week, we play Remnants, a melancholy exploration game about an abandoned world by June Flower. We talk about how th... Read more

16 Feb 2020

36mins

Ranked #16

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78 - Initen

78 - Initen

This week, we play Initen, a game about using sound to rejuvenate a desolate landscape that was designed by a team of st... Read more

17 Feb 2019

42mins

Ranked #17

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79 - becalm

79 - becalm

Things get super c h i l l in this episode about Becalm, a short and relaxing game about sailing through a colorful seas... Read more

24 Feb 2019

37mins

Ranked #18

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80 - The Norwood Suite

80 - The Norwood Suite

This week, we check out another game from Cosmo D, whose game Off Peak we awarded an Edgie to last year: The Norwood Sui... Read more

3 Mar 2019

57mins

Ranked #19

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81 - How to be a Tree

81 - How to be a Tree

Have you ever wanted to know how to be a tree? Well, if so, good news, because this week we play a game that teaches you... Read more

10 Mar 2019

40mins

Ranked #20

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CROSSNIQ+

CROSSNIQ+

In this episode, thanks to the generosity of designer Max Krieger, we check out the pre-release build of CROSSNIQ+! If y... Read more

11 Aug 2019

46mins

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