This week, the crew breaks down a trio of stellar indie releases that are well worth your time! On the episode we discuss:
🥕 Dosa Divas
🐟️ Fishbowl
🌄 Planet of Lana II
Watch or listen today!
Video: youtu.be/qdkggnZfQiQ
Audio: plnk.to/crossplayconvos
Video Game Trivia: Judgement Hour from PAX East 2026 is live!
Too many people to thank - come see who wins! @nolanerdcast.bsky.social @platanoranger.bsky.social @katerblossom.bsky.social @aspecificegg.bsky.social @mrbadbit.bsky.social @adamgumby.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k0v...
Adam crushed his first hosted panel.
I certainly wasn’t as calm and collected my first time out. Please watch it so hopefully he gets to do it again at a future PAX!
We have been playing Dosa Divas!
Here are our first impressions - full breakdown coming on next week's episode of the show! @lukewarmlewis.bsky.social @jacob.bsky.social
Dosa Divas, our cooking themed turn-based RPG is out now on Steam, Switch, Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox S|X
Two sisters and their upgradable spirit-mech cook delicious meals, fight corpos, build up your reputation with local communities, and reconcile with loved ones.
outerloopgames.com/dosa
Guested on @storyeverpod.bsky.social to talk about the third game in the To the Moon series! Shoutout once again to Dan for having me on the show for the 8th (!?!) time!
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The gang went down to Boston for PAX East 2026, played *so many* new video games and talked about 'em into microphones! On the show, we talk:
🪦 Grave Seasons
🩸 Inkblood
👻 Ghost Eater
🐈⬛ Memoria Wake
🤖 Replaced
And many many more! Listen on podcast services everywhere right now! plnk.to/leftbehind
We played a bunch of awesome games at PAX East! Check out our new episode to hear our impressions.
From a rad dinosaur Metroidvania to a wildly intriguing new take on the classic farming sim, there’s something for everyone in this episode! 🎉
We played many cool video games at PAX East 2026!
Some of my faves included:
🛼 Canvas City
🧑🌾 Grave Seasons
💠 Crystalmancers
🍣 Moldwasher
🗡️ Curse Chapter: Dawnthief
🦝 Do A Crime
Listen to the full recap below!
The crew is back from Boston to recap their favorite games from PAX East 2026!
Watch or listen today:
Video: youtu.be/mlGoH7ef4_0
Audio: plnk.to/crossplayconvos
Photo at the Blumhouse Games booth at PAX East. Two women sit at a laptop, looking at the screen with interest in their faces. The wall next to them displays the logo for Blumhouse Games and the wall behind them features framed key art for games like Grace Seasons and Fear the Spotlight
It was such an honor to get to meet with the lovely folks from @blumhousegames.com and @perfectgarbage.bsky.social to check out the demo for Grave Seasons!
We had a lovely interview with @emnays.bsky.social, which you can hear in our PAX recap episode (coming soon)!
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Claire's Game of the Show was #ShantyTown! We were giving the award to Erik Rempen - the solo dev on the project! @clairebearrose.bsky.social
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Joseph's Game of the Show was Tales of Tuscany from
Nico Papalia! Here we are giving out the award! @th3hoopman.bsky.social
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Luke's Game of the Show was Gnaw from Redstart Interactive! Here we are with Jon and the team from Redstart! @lukewarmlewis.bsky.social
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Jacob's Game of the Show was Crystalmancers from Vania Games! Here they are with Jack (creative lead) and Austin (programmer)! @jacob.bsky.social
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The team gave out four Game of the Show awards at PAX East 2026! Here are everyone's favourites! 🧵
This week, the whole crew joins the fun to discuss their time playing the delightful new Switch 2 release Pokémon Pokopia!
Watch or listen now on all podcast platforms.
Video: youtu.be/7Ye8jtq793w?...
Audio: plnk.to/crossplayconvos
We had a special guest on the pod this week fill in for @jacob.bsky.social... Check out our Pokopia review discussion dropping tomorrow! 👀
Graphic announcing the release of No Small Games' 100th episode!
We did it, babes! Episode 100 is HERE!!
A huge thanks to all of our dear friends and colleagues who contributed their messages on why indie games matter. Many of your favorite voices in indie gaming are featured here 💜
Listen below or wherever you get your pods
nosmallgames.com/2026/03/100t...
We played some awesome demos during Steam Next Fest! Tune into this week’s episode to hear all of our impressions. 🎉
We played so many Steam Next Fest demos! Come hear us talk about our faves, including:
🤖 Replaced
🚃 Denshattack
🚐 Outbound
🪙 RACCOIN
🧛♂️ Vampire Crawlers
👴 The Eternal Life of Goldman
🥩 Super Meat Boy 3D
Video: youtu.be/8HL8-HmexeQ
Audio: plnk.to/crossplayconvos
I'M ON “FUN” & GAMES SCREAMING ABOUT THE WII U AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Check out our new episode to hear about my time playing Fishbowl! I absolutely loved the demo and can’t wait to play more when it launches later this year! 💜
If you’re interested you can also wishlist and play the demo on Steam now ⬇️
Second episode of the week is live now!
@lukewarmlewis.bsky.social, @jacob.bsky.social & @th3hoopman.bsky.social review Hermit and Pig and talk through their time with the new Fishbowl demo!
Video: youtu.be/NeW2csr_wrE
Audio: plnk.to/crossplayconvos
Cairn is easily my favorite game I have played so far this year! Tune into this week’s episode to hear my full review and stick around as we discuss 3 other stellar recent indie releases. 😻
The gang is here with their first new episode of the week.
IT'S INDIE REVIEW ROUND-UP TIME with four banger new titles:
🐸 Big Hops
🤖 Mio: Memories in Orbit
🧗 Cairn
💔 Love Eternal
Video: youtu.be/q_eImBCrZVo
Audio: plnk.to/crossplayconvos
Big news,
Your boy is hosting a panel at PAX!
Game-Pardy! Is live March 26th, the opening Thursday night of the event
It’s a huge honor and im ready to rock Boston with my own craxy brand of trivia
More details to follow soon but check out the panel page below 👇
east.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu...
Joseph Hooper (@th3hoopman.bsky.social) is a wickedly talented writer with such a strong voice. His latest preview on Denshattack was a wonderful combination of funny and insightful:
theindieinformer.com/2026/02/19/d...
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Me after my cat poops on the vet at every visit
This week @jacob.bsky.social joins The Tier List to talk about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Is it truly the "ultimate" platform fighter, and does all that content make it an all timer?
Check episode descriptions to cast your vote
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hUm...
Audio: linktr.ee/TheTierList
