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Warp speed.
I've always wanted to know more about Kirby, and the release of Air Riders was the perfect excuse for that. I spoke to Eliza from @kirbyinformer.com all about her site, the new game, several other games, and all points in between.
Episode 029 of Dialogue Tree is available now.
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I've always wanted to know more about Kirby, and the release of Air Riders was the perfect excuse for that. I spoke to Eliza from @kirbyinformer.com all about her site, the new game, several other games, and all points in between.
Episode 029 of Dialogue Tree is available now.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Warp speed.
I've always wanted to know more about Kirby, and the release of Air Riders was the perfect excuse for that. I spoke to Eliza from @kirbyinformer.com all about her site, the new game, several other games, and all points in between.
Episode 029 of Dialogue Tree is available now.
Links ⬇️
I've always wanted to know more about Kirby, and the release of Air Riders was the perfect excuse for that. I spoke to Eliza from @kirbyinformer.com all about her site, the new game, several other games, and all points in between.
Episode 029 of Dialogue Tree is available now.
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Bristol people!
One of your best artists, Edie Woolf, went on this podcast to talk about her work, career and the very best rhythm games out there. If you like video games, music and, well, really good art, you might like this.
One of your best artists, Edie Woolf, went on this podcast to talk about her work, career and the very best rhythm games out there. If you like video games, music and, well, really good art, you might like this.
Together now
*flick stylus, laugh, repeat*
A trailer for episode 027 of Dialogue Tree, starring Edie Woolf on the art of Otto’s Galactic Groove and the art of the rhythm game.
Available wherever you get podcasts:
www.dialoguetree.cc/episodes/027...
*flick stylus, laugh, repeat*
A trailer for episode 027 of Dialogue Tree, starring Edie Woolf on the art of Otto’s Galactic Groove and the art of the rhythm game.
Available wherever you get podcasts:
www.dialoguetree.cc/episodes/027...
November 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Bristol people!
One of your best artists, Edie Woolf, went on this podcast to talk about her work, career and the very best rhythm games out there. If you like video games, music and, well, really good art, you might like this.
One of your best artists, Edie Woolf, went on this podcast to talk about her work, career and the very best rhythm games out there. If you like video games, music and, well, really good art, you might like this.
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Art, rhythm, and the art of the rhythm game. I spoke to artist, illustrator and writer Edie Woolf about her work, philosophy and love of rhythm games. We also played a bunch and talked about them!
Episode 027 of Dialogue Tree is available now wherever you get podcasts.
Step on the gas.
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Episode 027 of Dialogue Tree is available now wherever you get podcasts.
Step on the gas.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Art, rhythm, and the art of the rhythm game. I spoke to artist, illustrator and writer Edie Woolf about her work, philosophy and love of rhythm games. We also played a bunch and talked about them!
Episode 027 of Dialogue Tree is available now wherever you get podcasts.
Step on the gas.
Links ⬇️
Episode 027 of Dialogue Tree is available now wherever you get podcasts.
Step on the gas.
Links ⬇️
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2,900 demos. 1 solo developer. 1 climbing turnip.
A trailer for episode 026 of Dialogue Tree, featuring @lukesanderson.bsky.social on the actual best climbing game of Steam Next Fest, available now wherever you get podcasts.
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A trailer for episode 026 of Dialogue Tree, featuring @lukesanderson.bsky.social on the actual best climbing game of Steam Next Fest, available now wherever you get podcasts.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
2,900 demos. 1 solo developer. 1 climbing turnip.
A trailer for episode 026 of Dialogue Tree, featuring @lukesanderson.bsky.social on the actual best climbing game of Steam Next Fest, available now wherever you get podcasts.
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A trailer for episode 026 of Dialogue Tree, featuring @lukesanderson.bsky.social on the actual best climbing game of Steam Next Fest, available now wherever you get podcasts.
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2,900 demos. One...unbeetable...game.
Episode 026 of Dialogue Tree, starring @lukesanderson.bsky.social on his game Turnip Mountain, and the best of the October 2025 Steam Next Fest, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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Episode 026 of Dialogue Tree, starring @lukesanderson.bsky.social on his game Turnip Mountain, and the best of the October 2025 Steam Next Fest, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
2,900 demos. One...unbeetable...game.
Episode 026 of Dialogue Tree, starring @lukesanderson.bsky.social on his game Turnip Mountain, and the best of the October 2025 Steam Next Fest, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
Links ⬇️
Episode 026 of Dialogue Tree, starring @lukesanderson.bsky.social on his game Turnip Mountain, and the best of the October 2025 Steam Next Fest, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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A casual reminder that Dialogue Tree is no longer on Spotify. The analytics say that was the 2nd most popular platform for the show, so it *is* kind of a big deal for me to pull the show off there, in terms of reach.
October 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A casual reminder that Dialogue Tree is no longer on Spotify. The analytics say that was the 2nd most popular platform for the show, so it *is* kind of a big deal for me to pull the show off there, in terms of reach.
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An exciting young developer, and one of the highest rated games of the year.
Episode 025 of Dialogue Tree, featuring @namataka.bsky.social on development, ideas and how best to use bombs in games, and guest starring @monolithfiji.bsky.social, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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Episode 025 of Dialogue Tree, featuring @namataka.bsky.social on development, ideas and how best to use bombs in games, and guest starring @monolithfiji.bsky.social, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
An exciting young developer, and one of the highest rated games of the year.
Episode 025 of Dialogue Tree, featuring @namataka.bsky.social on development, ideas and how best to use bombs in games, and guest starring @monolithfiji.bsky.social, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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Episode 025 of Dialogue Tree, featuring @namataka.bsky.social on development, ideas and how best to use bombs in games, and guest starring @monolithfiji.bsky.social, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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I played Pokémon Red more than Tetris. Then, I dropped the series forever.
I want to go back. @nathanellingsworth.bsky.social shows me how.
Episode 024 of Dialogue Tree, featuring Nathan Ellingsworth on a career in journalism, the magic of Pokémon and everything Legends Z-A, is out now.
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I want to go back. @nathanellingsworth.bsky.social shows me how.
Episode 024 of Dialogue Tree, featuring Nathan Ellingsworth on a career in journalism, the magic of Pokémon and everything Legends Z-A, is out now.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I played Pokémon Red more than Tetris. Then, I dropped the series forever.
I want to go back. @nathanellingsworth.bsky.social shows me how.
Episode 024 of Dialogue Tree, featuring Nathan Ellingsworth on a career in journalism, the magic of Pokémon and everything Legends Z-A, is out now.
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I want to go back. @nathanellingsworth.bsky.social shows me how.
Episode 024 of Dialogue Tree, featuring Nathan Ellingsworth on a career in journalism, the magic of Pokémon and everything Legends Z-A, is out now.
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Dialogue Tree feat. a car ride, ambient loops, crowd noise and some great music. Also, emotional catharsis (feat. Yazoo).
A night out.
Episode 023 of Dialogue Tree, one possible soundtrack to one possible night out, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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Episode 023 of Dialogue Tree, one possible soundtrack to one possible night out, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Dialogue Tree feat. a car ride, ambient loops, crowd noise and some great music. Also, emotional catharsis (feat. Yazoo).
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So above, so below.
Episode 019 of Dialogue Tree, on Hollow Knight, a lost year, and what comes next, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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Episode 019 of Dialogue Tree, on Hollow Knight, a lost year, and what comes next, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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September 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
So above, so below.
Episode 019 of Dialogue Tree, on Hollow Knight, a lost year, and what comes next, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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Episode 019 of Dialogue Tree, on Hollow Knight, a lost year, and what comes next, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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A good problem to have.
@rupertcole.bsky.social and @honeyboy.glassjury.com, composers of the soundtracks to indie hits from @potipoti.studio and @gamemakerstoolkit.com, share their thoughts on puzzle games, and how to design music for them.
Episode 018 of Dialogue Tree, available now.
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@rupertcole.bsky.social and @honeyboy.glassjury.com, composers of the soundtracks to indie hits from @potipoti.studio and @gamemakerstoolkit.com, share their thoughts on puzzle games, and how to design music for them.
Episode 018 of Dialogue Tree, available now.
Links ⬇️
August 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A good problem to have.
@rupertcole.bsky.social and @honeyboy.glassjury.com, composers of the soundtracks to indie hits from @potipoti.studio and @gamemakerstoolkit.com, share their thoughts on puzzle games, and how to design music for them.
Episode 018 of Dialogue Tree, available now.
Links ⬇️
@rupertcole.bsky.social and @honeyboy.glassjury.com, composers of the soundtracks to indie hits from @potipoti.studio and @gamemakerstoolkit.com, share their thoughts on puzzle games, and how to design music for them.
Episode 018 of Dialogue Tree, available now.
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A still life revisited. Episode 016 of Dialogue Tree, on a short, profound experience I didn't see coming, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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August 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A still life revisited. Episode 016 of Dialogue Tree, on a short, profound experience I didn't see coming, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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4 minutes dunking on a sacred cow followed by 31 minutes of excruciating punning. You can’t afford *not* to listen.
Punching up. Finding joy with an old enemy.
Episode 015 of Dialogue Tree, on the game everyone is going bananas for, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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Episode 015 of Dialogue Tree, on the game everyone is going bananas for, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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July 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
4 minutes dunking on a sacred cow followed by 31 minutes of excruciating punning. You can’t afford *not* to listen.
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I’m on holiday, but the Virtual Boy never got a break, so neither do we.
Episode 014 of Dialogue Tree, celebrating the 30th birthday of a landmark disaster, is available now wherever you get podcasts. Features unexpectedly good music, expectedly bad games, and an honest to goodness book.
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Episode 014 of Dialogue Tree, celebrating the 30th birthday of a landmark disaster, is available now wherever you get podcasts. Features unexpectedly good music, expectedly bad games, and an honest to goodness book.
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July 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I’m on holiday, but the Virtual Boy never got a break, so neither do we.
Episode 014 of Dialogue Tree, celebrating the 30th birthday of a landmark disaster, is available now wherever you get podcasts. Features unexpectedly good music, expectedly bad games, and an honest to goodness book.
Links ⬇️
Episode 014 of Dialogue Tree, celebrating the 30th birthday of a landmark disaster, is available now wherever you get podcasts. Features unexpectedly good music, expectedly bad games, and an honest to goodness book.
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In which I dramatise my suffering, read an essay, and play some great music, including one personal all timer.
A radio show. Chillwave, in the heatwave
Episode 013 of Dialogue Tree, on coping with rising temperatures with a certain type of video game, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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Episode 013 of Dialogue Tree, on coping with rising temperatures with a certain type of video game, is available now wherever you get podcasts.
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July 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In which I dramatise my suffering, read an essay, and play some great music, including one personal all timer.
I think this turned out pretty ok so it'd be cool if you gave it a listen 🎧
This week, something different.
In episode 012, I interview @supergroovy.net, the founder of the YouTube channel that became the focal point for a creative community that gave a second life to an almost forgotten game.
Meet @videodojo.games, the team that built Game Builder Garage.
In episode 012, I interview @supergroovy.net, the founder of the YouTube channel that became the focal point for a creative community that gave a second life to an almost forgotten game.
Meet @videodojo.games, the team that built Game Builder Garage.
July 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I think this turned out pretty ok so it'd be cool if you gave it a listen 🎧
A band whose passive toxicity has infected multiple generations of musicians and journalists who should know better. There is nothing, *nothing*, quite like this band to bring out the laziest journalism going.
July 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A band whose passive toxicity has infected multiple generations of musicians and journalists who should know better. There is nothing, *nothing*, quite like this band to bring out the laziest journalism going.
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Happy to have been invited to contribute to @underplayedpod.bsky.social's season opener, and even happier to have not tanked it completely. I'm not saying how I contributed. You'll have to listen.
(which you should be doing anyway, as it's a great show that excels at constructive commentary)
(which you should be doing anyway, as it's a great show that excels at constructive commentary)
A new episode kicking off our 8th season is here! We’re reviewing Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut from @blacktabbygames.com alongside our guest @djstormageddon.com! We’re also reviewing games from @optillusiongames.bsky.social and @witchbeam.com.au!
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6bhB...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6bhB...
July 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Happy to have been invited to contribute to @underplayedpod.bsky.social's season opener, and even happier to have not tanked it completely. I'm not saying how I contributed. You'll have to listen.
(which you should be doing anyway, as it's a great show that excels at constructive commentary)
(which you should be doing anyway, as it's a great show that excels at constructive commentary)
New games, and a brief appearance from one very old one.
3 different worlds, a walk, the woods, and the sea.
Episode 011 of Dialogue Tree, Playlist #2, is available now, wherever you get podcasts.
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Episode 011 of Dialogue Tree, Playlist #2, is available now, wherever you get podcasts.
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July 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
New games, and a brief appearance from one very old one.
I wrote and recorded a podcast looking back on 10 years of @mrsambarlow.bsky.social's Her Story. It was fun to make, and I think it's an ok listen.
Here's a trailer if you're curious.
Here's a trailer if you're curious.
Her Story, @mrsambarlow.bsky.social's milestone interactive movie game, was released 10 years ago this week. I played it for the first time, then wrote and recorded a podcast about it.
Here is a trailer for episode 010 of Dialogue Tree, on "10 years of Her Story".
youtu.be/ElkwL19p31c
Here is a trailer for episode 010 of Dialogue Tree, on "10 years of Her Story".
youtu.be/ElkwL19p31c
010: 10 years of Her Story - a trailer
YouTube video by Dialogue Tree
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June 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I wrote and recorded a podcast looking back on 10 years of @mrsambarlow.bsky.social's Her Story. It was fun to make, and I think it's an ok listen.
Here's a trailer if you're curious.
Here's a trailer if you're curious.
In which I get carried away with the patch notes for @squidshock.bsky.social’s wonderful debut game.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Play wherever you get your eye poppingly hard Metroidvanias.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Play wherever you get your eye poppingly hard Metroidvanias.
Give me 30 minutes, and I think I can convince you to play my favourite game from 2024, the excellent debut from @squidshock.bsky.social, Bö: Path of the Teal Lotus.
I shout in this one. That was fun.
I shout in this one. That was fun.
White knuckles, clenched teeth, absolute joy.
Episode 009 of Dialogue Tree, on the best* game of 2024, is out now on all podcast platforms.
*my favourite
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Episode 009 of Dialogue Tree, on the best* game of 2024, is out now on all podcast platforms.
*my favourite
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June 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In which I get carried away with the patch notes for @squidshock.bsky.social’s wonderful debut game.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Play wherever you get your eye poppingly hard Metroidvanias.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Play wherever you get your eye poppingly hard Metroidvanias.
Bananza looks ridiculous, overstuffed and brilliant.
And oh that Tears of the Kingdom reference.
And oh that Tears of the Kingdom reference.
June 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Bananza looks ridiculous, overstuffed and brilliant.
And oh that Tears of the Kingdom reference.
And oh that Tears of the Kingdom reference.
Not to be too dramatic, but "Finally We Are No One" genuinely changed how I listened to music. When I heard that album, it made me listen to what is there, rather than what is not. It led me to appreciating and enjoying so much *more* music, whether it sounded like múm or not.
It's fucking amazing.
It's fucking amazing.
June 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Not to be too dramatic, but "Finally We Are No One" genuinely changed how I listened to music. When I heard that album, it made me listen to what is there, rather than what is not. It led me to appreciating and enjoying so much *more* music, whether it sounded like múm or not.
It's fucking amazing.
It's fucking amazing.
OHGOD OHGOD OHGOD OHGOD
An Icelandic memory & múm's new single, from their first full-length album in 12 years 🖤
goldflakepaint.ghost.io/170-mum-mild...
@morrmusic.bsky.social
goldflakepaint.ghost.io/170-mum-mild...
@morrmusic.bsky.social
170: múm - Mild At Heart
I have a memory seared into my brain. I was on a trip to Iceland Airwaves, and had travelled from Reykjavik to Akureyri for a couple of days away from the capital city. I'd spent the day on a coach tr...
goldflakepaint.ghost.io
June 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
OHGOD OHGOD OHGOD OHGOD
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White knuckles, clenched teeth, absolute joy.
Episode 009 of Dialogue Tree, on the best* game of 2024, is out now on all podcast platforms.
*my favourite
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Episode 009 of Dialogue Tree, on the best* game of 2024, is out now on all podcast platforms.
*my favourite
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June 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
White knuckles, clenched teeth, absolute joy.
Episode 009 of Dialogue Tree, on the best* game of 2024, is out now on all podcast platforms.
*my favourite
Links ⬇️
Episode 009 of Dialogue Tree, on the best* game of 2024, is out now on all podcast platforms.
*my favourite
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