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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 · 15h
The wait for Acid Nerve’s next game is my GTA VI
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 16h
Kate putting in the work so we don’t have to 🎧
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 19h
Wish Peter happy holidays by reading his great piece on how VGM composers are dealing with the current instability in the space. This article is made up so many interviews from so many great musicians that I don't really understand how he put it together: nowplaying.cool/how-indie-ga...
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How Indie Game Composers Are Surviving the Layoff Storm
As 2026 shapes up to be another record year for video game layoffs, composers find themselves on the front lines. Feeling the squeeze, they open up about how they keep their heads above water.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 20h
Alan is a unique developer and artist. His work is broad, varied, and unlike much you can experience elsewhere. Dive in to all his work here: www.kwanalan.com/game
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Game / VR | Alan Kwan
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 20h
There's more here via Doxumentale: "Beyond Film: Alan Kwan on Scent and the Role of Video Games" www.doxumentale.de/magazine/bey...
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Beyond Film: Alan Kwan on Scent
We sat down with Alan Kwan to discuss his video game, Scent, and the roles this format can play in the non-fiction world, and further.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 20h
Further reading via @killscreendotcom.bsky.social: "What Happens When You Can Do Nothing in a War Zone?" www.killscreen.com/alan-kwan-sc... p.s. I love Kill Screen
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Scent: Why I Want You to Play as a Fragile War Dog
Alan Kwan's new game, Scent, offers you a role not as a soldier, but as a lone dog wandering a desolate war zone. You are simply a witness without power.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 20h
It's the weekend. Here's an out of body experience you can have without the 24 subsequent hours of regret and/or lost keys. Scent is an eye opening work. You can hear about it in episode 051, and learn more about the game here: www.kwanalan.com/scent
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Scent | Alan Kwan
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 01/10/2026
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 01/10/2026
A bit of local history, some impressions of SENTIENTS, a look at Scent, two interesting conversations and a lot of weird sounds. Ring in the longer nights wherever you get podcasts. Dialogue Tree: www.dialoguetree.cc/episodes/051... Pocket Casts: pca.st/kbej8mqm
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Dialogue Tree | 051: Open your animal eyes: Alan Kwan on SENTIENTS and Scent
Dog days of summer. Alan Kwan: https://www.kwanalan.com/  Watershed: https://www.watershed.co.uk/  Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack.com/p/051-open-your-animal-eyes-alan-kwan  Artwork: http...
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 01/10/2026
SENTIENTS was an exhibition of video games and virtual reality experiences held over the summer at Bristol's Undershed gallery. Alan Kwan's uncomfortable and unforgettable Scent was a part of that. Here, I talk to the curator of the space, then the searching, uncompromising mind behind that game.
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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 · 30/09/2026
HOLY INCREDIBLE THREAD BATMAN @paellagenius.bsky.social on the stunning animated launch trailer for previously featured game on Dialogue Tree, @brlka.com’s LOVE ETERNAL, a brilliant, spooked hardcore platformer that I think about every day.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 30/09/2026
Got tickets to see the Zelda concert with my best pal, the guy who introduced me to video games, so that will be a totally normal experience and not in any way a harrowing reminder of the passage of time.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 30/09/2026
Vivid memories of Stranger In A Strange Land on repeat on my childhood Sony Discman
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 29/09/2026
Imagine if we all repost this so much that Square notice and get Lena to do the soundtrack to FFXVII
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kuraine @lena.fyi · 29/09/2026
literally surviving primarily because of the relationships i've made with developers who thankfully want to keep me around for their next releases. no big sprawling rpg with a giant music budget in my future, likely, but a girl can still dream of an industry that wants to take risks again :-)
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 29/09/2026
I played LTTP for the first time last year. I did not have a good time.
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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 · 29/09/2026
Probably worth mentioning that my year+ journey from terror to acceptance to unequivocal love of UFO 50 left me in a position where I had no option but to pre-order this.
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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
Dialogue Tree: www.dialoguetree.cc/episodes/050... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/0... Pocket Casts: pca.st/q55rh844
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Dialogue Tree | 050: Play forever? Understanding UFO 50 w/ Static Canvas and Bassicfun
Fiction, friction, full blown addiction. Static Canvas: https://www.youtube.com/@Buliaros18-Static-Canvas Bassicfun: https://www.youtube.com/@bassicfun78  Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack....
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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 · 27/09/2026
I once wrote a podcast with a 23 minute intro. The only 4,000 words you regret are the ones you don’t write.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 27/09/2026
There is no God, only Japandroids. Never seeing them live is one of my biggest life regrets.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 27/09/2026
Last Wish booster here, because kids films that are about death are better than kids films that aren’t.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 25/09/2026
Pretty sure I did this bit in Silksong
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 25/09/2026
Kind of funny that the Dudley’s arc with the Hardyz and Edge and Christian has greater emotional range and kinetic action than all of Wolverine.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 25/09/2026
The article references some fourth wall breaking elements, including some very Sanity sounding mechanics. This will be a 7/10 hardware specific weirdo classic destined to feature on hidden gem lists for decades and I’m 100% getting it.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 25/09/2026
Want to mark us collectively heading into the business end of 2026 with 2 hours examining and dramatising the best game of 2024? Yes, you can. A trailer for episode 050 of Dialogue Tree. Links to listen in the replies.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 25/09/2026
I love this take
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 25/09/2026
Depraved and inspirational in equal measure
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 25/09/2026
The best bits in Onimusha are when you beat a boss and feel like a God then immediately get cut clean in half by one of the basic grunts
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 25/09/2026
I appreciate how this pulls apart the flaws in each system, but mostly, it’s my favourite Wolverine dunk because it references The Dudley Boyz.
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D Von Dudley Bubba Ray Dudley
ALT: D Von Dudley Bubba Ray Dudley
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026
Spiritual sequel to Eternal Darkness is go
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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
Silksong boy eh?
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026
Check out Tom's appearance on episode 050 of Dialogue Tree here: Dialogue Tree: www.dialoguetree.cc/episodes/050... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/0... Pocket Casts: pca.st/q55rh844
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Dialogue Tree | 050: Play forever? Understanding UFO 50 w/ Static Canvas and Bassicfun
Fiction, friction, full blown addiction. Static Canvas: https://www.youtube.com/@Buliaros18-Static-Canvas Bassicfun: https://www.youtube.com/@bassicfun78  Shownotes: https://adialoguetree.substack....
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026
(Yes, that's a hand drawn map of the game world)
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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
I also like this one, The Inalienable Horror of Big Things: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PlP...
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The Inalienable Horror of Big Things | Static Canvas
YouTube video by Static Canvas
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026
Another is his most recent essay, on the excellent, horrible, torture/triumph sim, Cairn: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpvO...
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How To Climb a Mountain | Static Canvas
YouTube video by Static Canvas
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026
A few video recommendations. The obvious starting point is the one that prompted me to reach out to him: youtu.be/fteDBQWdwT4?...
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UFO 50, One Year On | Static Canvas
YouTube video by Static Canvas
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026
If you're not aware of Tom's work and are curious for more (and you should be), here's his excellent YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@Buliaros18-...
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Static Canvas
Static Canvas is a series that explores the space between game design, where mechanics expand beyond their literal interpretation, in an effort to understand why we *really* love games Bluesky: @buli...
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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
Ha, nowhere near me, but still, nice itinerary 🚋
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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 · 24/09/2026
Without wanting you to dox yourself or anything...were you in the South West? That picture looks like somewhere pretty close to me! Whatever the case, hope you had a good time.
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026
GWR? Are you…in the UK?
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 24/09/2026
*podcasting
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Now This Is Pod Racing
ALT: Now This Is Pod Racing
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dialogue tree @dialoguetree.cc · 23/09/2026
Song good
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