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A show about video games. A show that sometimes tells stories. Written and edited by @andrewvalentine.cc www.dialoguetree.cc

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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 05/10/2026
A caterpillar, a moth, a wolf, a dog. Over the scorching summer months, Bristol’s @wshed.bsky.social let you escape the heat, and become something else. A trailer for episode 051 of Dialogue Tree, an interview with game designer Alan Kwan, on his unsettling, thought provoking work, Scent. 🎧⬇️
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 01/10/2026
If you weren’t human, how would you see the world? In episode 051 of Dialogue Tree, I play out the dog days of summer at @wshed.bsky.social's SENTIENTS exhibition with curator @tokiallison.bsky.social, then talk to game director and artist Alan Kwan about his terrifying and beautiful work, Scent.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 29/09/2026
Look at it. Can’t wait to replicate my preferred Watch Dog x 10 deck in meat space.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 28/09/2026
As a title, it sure beats “We NEED to talk about THAT Nintendo Direct”
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 28/09/2026
What does @bassicfun.bsky.social think game developers should take from UFO 50? Let him talk you through it. Episode 050 of Dialogue Tree, on @mossmouth.bsky.social's mad and brilliant constellation of massive games masquerading as tiny ones, is available wherever you get podcasts. LISTEN ⬇️
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026
The point here is that Tom is an excellent video essayist. No histrionics, no baiting thumbnails. Thoughtful and mature with a quiet, understated wit that stands out in the space. Lastly, I can't help but admire anyone who reacted to the challenges of Barbuta by producing this.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026
What does @buliaros.bsky.social think is the secret to UFO 50's success? Well, there's loads, and here's one of them.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026
Think this just about covers it #My9Games
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 23/09/2026
“You should play it, preferably before reading the rest of this review, which is only going to spoil and dilute its squalid magic.” Deal.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 23/09/2026
There’s some fiction in episode 050, but one thing was true.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 21/09/2026
A slab, a killer, a shark. A trailer for episode 050 of Dialogue Tree. I explode instantly on contact with UFO 50, but fortunately, two experts lent their time to helping me understand this impossibly ambitious treasure trove of games. ⬇️
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 18/09/2026
2nd hand Prime 4 in my local game shop. £30 and I still couldn’t bring myself to do it.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 18/09/2026
OK FINE MAN
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 18/09/2026
Fiction, friction and full blown addiction. The latest episode of Dialogue Tree could only be about one game. Or rather, 50 of them. On episode 50, I'm joined by @buliaros.bsky.social and @bassicfun.bsky.social, aka Static Canvas and Bassicfun, to examine Mossmouth's mad indie monolith, UFO 50.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 14/09/2026
Real ones know
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 12/09/2026
What’s your best gaming anti-flex? Mine might be that it took me a lot longer to do this than you.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 11/09/2026
No new episode this week, so please enjoy this clip from the most recent one, a summary of my time with Mina, and a tease of something else. Episode 049 of Dialogue Tree, featuring The Duskbloods, Turnip Mountain and some nearly 10 year old Splatoon DLC, is available wherever you get podcasts.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 08/09/2026
Actual dream is Miyamoto to come out and say “y’know, Link to the Past is actually really overrated” before announcing a sequel to Zelda II in this art style
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 07/09/2026
122 hours
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 31/08/2026
What even is a Zork anyway? A trailer for episode 049 of Dialogue Tree, in which I play The Duskbloods, and a lot more besides. Available wherever you podcasts. Listen ⬇️
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 29/08/2026
Behold! The rock controller! Come in Steel Battalion fans, your time is up.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 28/08/2026
Where has Dialogue Tree been this week?
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 28/08/2026
Mix it up and start again. I played The Duskbloods, my first From Software game, and more. Episode 049 of Dialogue Tree is about those games. Includes mice, hermits, pigs, and discourse. LISTEN ⬇️
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/08/2026
And introducing… Meet the cast of episode 048, Ian, Lee and Sean, the motley crew with whom I’m taking a big walk through @househouse.com’s delightful new online co op adventure game. Hear the start of our adventure, some initial impressions and a bit about Benjamin Franklin, at the links below ⬇️
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 18/08/2026
At the charity shop. I’m buying. Whaddya want?
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 17/08/2026
“Higher. Higher. Too high!” A trailer for episode 048 of Dialogue Tree, in which I’m joined by my friends Ian, Lee and Sean to start a big walk through @househouse.com’s new co op puzzle adventure game. To be continued. LISTEN ⬇️
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 17/08/2026
The real friends were the carpal tunnel syndromes we developed along the way. Beat Turnip Mountain. Congrats. @lukesanderson.bsky.social. Cursed your name out loud several times during the climb, but you made a super fun game.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 16/08/2026
Anyway go listen to a podcast about Big Walk: www.dialoguetree.cc/episodes/048...
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 16/08/2026
That was weird. (Then I had my bike stolen from outside the library and me my 9 year old had to walk the rest of the way home but it was a freebie from a neighbour so I’m not too distraught)
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 16/08/2026
On the way back, we came across this pop up rave at another disused railway station.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 16/08/2026
You go through this sick tunnel on the way.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 16/08/2026
Annual cycle to the converted train station cafe complete. Here’s the outside, and the toilet.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 14/08/2026
The first small steps. On episode 048 of Dialogue Tree, my friends Ian, Lee and Sean join me to start a big walk through @househouse.com's new online co-op adventure. There's a bit of science, a bit of The Simpsons, and some deeply stupid banter. These birds have legs. LISTEN ⬇️
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 10/08/2026
Me: A ranked all the arcade games, cool, I’m done with Splatoon Raiders. Splatoon Raiders: Unlock this sparkly gold outfit by getting to level 30 of Bottomless Buffet. Me: Yes master
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 07/08/2026
Splatoon Raiders but with local co-op where P2 is your Bot Buddy
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 05/08/2026
What makes Nintendo unique? And why is it ok when they fail? In this clip from episode 047 of Dialogue Tree, @tokyogamelife.bsky.social tells me what makes Nintendo unique amongst game developers, and how they continue to innovate and push the industry forward. Also feat. The Nintendo Love Tester.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 04/08/2026
This game about the climbing turnip will be the death of me (my thumbs)
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 04/08/2026
Current personality
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 03/08/2026
puzzmo.com/play/circuit... Better at Circuits than I am the post game of Splatoon Raiders
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 02/08/2026
Listen up, it’s going down. A trailer for episode 047 of Dialogue Tree, in which I’m joined by the inimitable @tokyogamelife.bsky.social to talk about Japan, Tokyo, the 3 games Nintendo released in a month and what they say about where the company is today. Hear all about this Nintendo summer ⬇️
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 01/08/2026
GOTY
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 31/07/2026
Booyah! On episode 047 of Dialogue Tree, I'm honoured to be joined by the wonderful @tokyogamelife.bsky.social to talk Tokyo, Japan, all those new Nintendo games and what they all mean. From booyahs and beats to bombs and barrel rolls, it's a Nintendo summer, and we're all invited. LISTEN ⬇️
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 30/07/2026
Internet: “Nintendo isn’t weird anymore.” Nintendo: “How sexy should we make the dancing manta ray?”
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 28/07/2026
Nearing the end of Splatoon Raiders now but can’t stop thinking about that time it all got a bit, uh, weird.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 27/07/2026
Day #4
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 27/07/2026
Day #3
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 25/07/2026
3.5 hours
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/07/2026
Day #2
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/07/2026
Summer holidays, a thread. ☀️🧵 Day #1
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 23/07/2026
We infer sensitivity and philosophical intent in the best sportspeople, that may or may not exist. I'll do the same. While those around him were losing their heads, Messi kept his, and sat alone, beatifically, watching the trophy ceremony stage being built. A man at peace with the end.
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