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dotzip @dotzip.online · 01/09/2026

Tune your spaceship’s radio receivers to hear Robin, Chase, and AJ talk about the space-traveling, DIY-punk album Asterism by Claire Morwood ( @shimmerwitch! Listen here! - share.transistor.fm/s/672f2b14

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 17/08/2026

In this week's ep [ The Gang ] is joined by VERY special guest [ @rachelwatts.bsky.social ] to talk about [ Lost Wiki: Kozlovka ] by [ @yattytheman.bsky.social ]. A wiki-based detective game where you uncover the strange mysteries of a small village. Listen here! - share.transistor.fm/s/420f5ce7

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 20/07/2026

The whole gang is back! We haven't been together in 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 This week we're talking about the 35th anniversary of everyone's favorite surrealist epic, RUIN: Chapter 0 by @officialelectric.bsky.social! Listen here! - share.transistor.fm/s/d1f90a67

a pixelated knight looks out into a stunningly yellow sky with a multi-chromatic planet in the distance. text in the sky reads "OfficialElectric presents RUIN Chapter 0. it's rad as hell

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 15/07/2026

This week AJ and Chase complete a dark ritual by talking about @nightsignalentertainment.com and @greyalien.bsky.social's FORBIDDEN SOLITAIRE! Listen here! - share.transistor.fm/s/79f4468b

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 16/06/2026

It's out Birthiversary, so we all decided to play a game TOGETHER! This week, the whole crew talks about Book of Travels, the (soon to be not) TMORPG by Might and Delight! Listen here! - share.transistor.fm/s/6a3d753f

two characters stand on opposite sides of a stream. Dwarfed by the lush green forest around them, they wave hello to each other.

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 08/06/2026

Hey have you seen my diving gear? I bet the concierge that I could touch the bottom of the pool. This week Kim, AJ, and Robin (attempt to) check-in to The Norwood Suite by @cosmoddd.bsky.social! Listen here! - share.transistor.fm/s/e0af2cf4

screenshot from The Norwood Suite by CosmoD. A chef and a person in a bowler hat are playing chess in a library. The chef is looking at the screen saying "Stranger, can't you see I'm getting creamed here? This game's gonna ruin me."

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 27/05/2026

This week Robin, Chase, and AJ climb their way out of a megastructure with only their grit, some elbow grease, and the invaluable help of half a dozen friends in @ccharnul.bsky.social's Hypogea! Listen here! - share.transistor.fm/s/35323d59

a humanoid robot polevaulting over a gap in a collapsed metal bridge. behind is a large pool of water and squared concrete walls (from the Hypogea store page)

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 12/05/2026

Rumination on creativity and the self AND drum and bass?? Yeah, that’s zip-bait This week AJ and Robin talk about @dreamware.dev’s HYPERBEAT! Listen here! - share.transistor.fm/s/7db7237f

Two polygonal figures, one purple with a wide-brimmed witches hat, one outlined in white with a unicorn horn, yellow eyes around its head and yellow-outlined angel wings, walk along the edge of a lake. In its reflection is the same purple figure and a teal figure

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 08/05/2026

On this week's RAM, AJ is joined by Kate (@katerblossom.bsky.social) and Phil (@phil.70percentcomplete.com) to talk about the Neverway Prologue by @coldbloodinc.studio! ✨Listen here! - share.transistor.fm/s/7ed2f310 ☕Hear the full convo on our member feed! - ko-fi.com/dotzip

neverway cover art. fiona stares out of the screen with bright blue eyes. she's surrounded by flowers and skulls. text reading NEVERWAY in a blue font is in front of her. it's hauntingly beautiful

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 30/03/2026

Have you ever thought "Yeah I like Citizen Sleeper, but it's not wet enough,"? Well, dear reader, have we got some great news for you. This week, Chase and Robin talk about In Other Waters by @jumpovertheage.com! Listen here!🐙- share.transistor.fm/s/4178d861

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 23/03/2026

What if everyone* was bad for a bunch of different reasons? *NOT Tutu This week Kim and AJ talk about @ggdg.bsky.social's DEVASTATINGLY BEAUTIFUL visual novel Soul of Sovereignty! Listen here💐 - share.transistor.fm/s/6d856ac1

cover art for dotzip by AJ's beuatiful, wonderful fiance Tara. a closeup of Loic with the inn in the background. glowing text that says "Dot.Zip" is behind him. it's gorgeous

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 19/03/2026

In this week’s episode we ask the age-old question “Why is it so god damn hard to be a woman???” Robin and Kim (aka Robim) talk about @npckc.net’s visual novel anthology A Year of Springs! Listen here! - share.transistor.fm/s/eb8369c9

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 02/03/2026

Next Fest is finally over and we can now look over the horizon into a new year full of two more Next Fests. The whole gang is back talking about *63* of the demos that they played over the last week! Help!!! Listen here! - share.transistor.fm/s/f8219142

a screenshot from Bobo Bay (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1889810/Bobo_Bay/) that says "Dave Matthews Wins!" over a top down view of a green fiels

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 01/03/2026

February Next Fest episode recorded. See you tomorrow.

Pic of a discord message from Chase: “Had to do this after talking about demos for 3 hours” with a pic of chase’s hand touching grass

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 23/02/2026

Reach out your jpeg of a hand and click on the link below to listen to our episode about Eclipsium, a surreal first person horror game about…well, we’ll get into it! share.transistor.fm/s/f04e9468

Still from the video game Eclipsium depicting a pixelated hospital room and, in the foreground, the hands of the player character. The left hand holds a blue key, while the right hand is outstretched in front of them.

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 18/02/2026

A strong, seaward gust tousles your hair as you squint up at the sun. Behind you, something lands gently. Turning around you see... Kim! She's back! This week Kim and AJ are talking about Toroa: Skycall by @atawhaigames.bsky.social! Listen here! - share.transistor.fm/s/6410d8e6

a beautiful portrait of a Tarāpuka Tuatoru, or Red-Billed Gull, saying "Chips make my tummy hurt." It is sitting in a bed of kelp with a Toroa, or Northern Royal Albatross

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 09/02/2026

Gotta write this post quick, my mom is expecting me back in a couple minutes. This week Chase and Robin are joined by @matt.bsky.social to talk about the "soccer game about people", despelote (@despelote.game)! Listen here!: share.transistor.fm/s/7e7fd177 Support the show!: ko-fi.com/dotzip

the cover of the video game "despelote" with a stylized "dot.zip" title. it's made to look like it's in a windows 95-style window

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 02/02/2026

Hey welcome! Feel free to have a look around! No, you can't use the washroom. This week Robin and AJ talk about going-shopping-at-night-in-a-new-city simulator Dépanneur Nocturne by @ko-op.com! Listen here!: share.transistor.fm/s/15c3c15a

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 26/01/2026

Testing… testing… is this communication window working?? Today Robin and AJ talk about The Sea Will Claim Everything (part of The Lands of Dream) by @jonaskyratzes.bsky.social!! It’s unbelievably good and horribly topical!! Listen here!: share.transistor.fm/s/64e9e067

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 11/12/2025

The last regular ep of the year is a Chim episode that is *technically* about the delightful Bubumbu! Listen here! - share.transistor.fm/s/bd813ed4

an illustration of a two-tiered cake with a smaller cake, a pie, and a pie slice (and a hidden puzzle piece!) enjoying a bbq in a field

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 12/11/2025

The Dark Queen if Mortholme is kind of like my cat waking me up at 3am because she’s hungry; trying to make me stronger in hopes that I will one day best her in mortal combat. Listen here!: share.transistor.fm/s/71ef0e54

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 04/11/2025

Scary: Without a Dawn Scarier: Dawn of Bright Chase (thank you @robinbombus.bsky.social)

It’s the Teletubbies, but instead of the baby in the sun it’s Bright Chase. Behold his frightening power

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 29/10/2025

In lieu of special episode art this week, Tara made one of the most narrowly scoped fan edits of all time. Enjoy.

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 06/10/2025

This week we talk about mechanical-keyboard-simulator DEAD LETTER DEPT. There's also something in there about your job slowly sucking the life out of you or something?? Idk, I only remember the keyboard sounds. Listen here! - share.transistor.fm/s/efeb863a

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 25/08/2025

*CLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACK* Today we're talking about The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother! Listen here: share.transistor.fm/s/d3238206

podcast art stylized to look like an open window on a PC. the background of the window is layered and blurred split-flap displays. the center of the window is a polaroid of a family with "dotzip" written below in a metallic bubble font

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 18/08/2025

If you start a podcast as a bit but then start genuinely deriving joy from it, is it still a bit? --------------- - [YES] - [IF IT MAKES YOUY TRULY HAPPY DOES IT MATTER?] --------------- Today we're talking about qualia by @cmy2k.games! Listen here: share.transistor.fm/s/8fddc782

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 11/08/2025

No new ep today due to some file troubles. BUT FEAR NOT! AJ will be streaming today’s game, narrative peggle-like Jump the Track, over on twitch at 12pm eastern today. Follow us over there so you get notified! twitch.tv/dotziponline

Key art for Jump the Track. In the foreground a character with red hair pulled into a ponytail and wearing a blue hoody and black sweatpants is crouched on a curb. Behind him a character is standing wearing a yellow hoody and glasses on a chain. The background is colorful neon lights and posters in a cyberpunk-esque future

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 16/07/2025

Mini Mini Golf Golf is just a golf game! Nothing to see here! share.transistor.fm/s/232120cb

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 14/04/2025

Come on a tour of the galaxy with AJ and special guests Scout (@humblegoat.bsky.social) and Robin (@robinbombus.bsky.social) as they talk about their amazing time making sentient mushroom cosmonauts in @devindecibel.bsky.social's Pale Dot! Listen here: share.transistor.fm/s/e3f4c3b8

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 10/03/2025

What if you could run AND jump?? Sheepy is brave enough to ask these questions share.transistor.fm/s/a68dac5e

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 18/12/2024

FYI, there will not be a regular episode of the show next Monday! Instead there will be...something else...

a mysterious golden eye reflecting the silhouette of some flying bird of prey...what could this mean?

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 12/11/2024

Attention Ko-fi members! We recorded an episode about The Yawhg last week and while it’s not set to release on the main feed for a few more weeks, the themes discussed felt timely so we decided to release it early to members 💖 available now in the members-only feed!

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 16/09/2024

You know that game that's all about inheriting revolution and what it means to move outside of societal norms? No, not that one. We're talking about Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventurer! Listen here!: share.transistor.fm/s/72b7fc28

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 13/09/2024

In next week’s episode Chase and AJ #finishthepuzzle in Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure! arranger.quest

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 08/07/2024

Get along lil Zippers! It’s Outlaw Summer! Our semi-regular, western-themed, mini-series! Crack open a cold one (can of beans) and snuggle up under the only blanket with your completely platonic best friend that you DON’T want to kiss… unless🫣 share.transistor.fm/s/9ac6f3ac

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 27/05/2024

For this week's episode we played Eye of Ra, a game about checking your email, reading the news, and occasionally firing a big space laser powered by the righteous light of a vengeful sun share.transistor.fm/s/44c92502

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 17/05/2024

Curious what games we're playing for our first few episodes? Check out the nifty schedule below! Be sure to check out our website for links to the store pages of all of these games, and while you're there submit a game why don't you?

Stylized text that spells out "the.list" above a list of dates that we will be playing games. May 20, Birth ; May 27th, Eye of Ra ; June 3rd , Artefact ; June 10th , Gone Home

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dotzip @dotzip.online · 13/05/2024

Hey! We're dotzip, a podcast about big games in small packages. Each Monday, hosts @ajfillari.bsky.social, @ohkimmies.bsky.social, and @chaseallhart.com discuss a short indie video game or TTRPG. Our first episode, about Madison Karrh’s "Birth," drops May 20!

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