ATR #52: Indie Games Vol. 3 – Inside and Telltale Games!

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What time is it? GAME TIME! By that I mean it is time for another installment of the fan-favorite segment – Indie game spotlight! That Guy Named John is joined by This Guy Named Steve as they talk about “Inside” and “Batman: The Telltale series”.

The first game they talk about is a phscological puzzle platform called “Inside” by “Playdead”, and you can find more information by going to there website here: Playdead.com. Next on the list is “Batman: The Telltale Series”, by “Telltale”, which is a very story driven game where very action has multiple choices that change the way the game unfolds. You can check them out here: Telltale.com.

Before we dive into the episode, I wanted to talk about the new podcast exposure incentive that I came up with, which should hopefully give some podcasts a broader audience.
Here is the plan:

Take a screenshot of your top 6 podcasts from your podcast app
Upload it to social media and use the hashtag: #top6podcasts and tag your favorite hosts and shows
Share and retweet others using the same hashtag

The goal is to share you favorite podcasts with people without being limited to the 140 characters on Twitter. I will be retweeting anything I see that uses the hashtag, so join in and see what difference we can all make!

Time codes for this episode:

0m:00s – 3m:00s: Introduction of the #top6podcasts idea

3m:00s – 5m:45s: Intro to this edition of the Indie Game spotlight

5m:45s – 13m:00s: Recap of games that we have covered on previous episodes, plus Steve talks about his upcoming work writing reviews of puzzle rooms on Roomescapeartist.com .

13m:00s – 21m:00s: Steve talks about his first suggestion, which is the game “INSIDE”

21m:00s – 32m:00s: Steve talks about his second suggestion which is “Batman: The Telltale Series”

32m:00s – 50m:00s: John’s review and rating of “INSIDE”

50m:00s – 1h:03m: John’s review and rating of “Batman: The Telltale Series”

1h:03m – 1h:10m: John’s review and rating of the Telltale game for “Game of Thrones”

1h:10m – 1h:13m: Steve talks about his new side gig/ passion project; writing reviews of puzzle rooms for Roomescapeartist.com .

1h:13m – 1h:17m: Final thoughts and wrap up
Thank you to Steve for joining me on this latest Indie Game spotlight! You can find Steve on Twitter: @steveblog, Instagram: @standinside plus you should check out his video work with National Geographic Expeditions at his website: http://standinsidemedia.com/.

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