Show Notes
In this episode, hosts Alan and Syrenne are joined by Joseph Mansfield for his threepeat appearance on the podcast to discuss the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase 2025 and the recently premiered Thinky Direct!
This episode has a video version that you can watch here: https://youtu.be/RVNMsXXeatk
A copy of each of our shortlist of recommended games, some of which did not get discussed in the episode:
Games Discussed:
Bonfire Peaks - Lost Memories Parts 2+3
Gentoo Rescue
Kiko's Apple Adventure
Spooky Express
Compress(space)
Shape Sender Deluxe
Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
Map Map: A Game About Maps
Schrodinger's Cat Burglar
Pup Champs
He Who Watches
Blue Prince
Isles of Sea and Sky
868-BACK
Memory's Reach
The Button Effect
Other recommendations we ran out of time to discuss:
Stuffo the Puzzle Bot
Hiding Spot
SOLAS 128
Linelith
Is this Seat Taken
Headlong Hunt
The Court of Wanderers
Toki Tori 2+
LOK Digital
Echo Weaver
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