Single-session video games

Gaming.

Uh, now this is, the idea of this show was kind of like, it was, it started as a short game, like a game that you can kind of knock over in a few hours, um, and you can kind of complete it from start to finish in just a single session-

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... uninterrupted.

Nothing you have to remember between sleeps or from one, one session to the next.

I think this is an uncommon way to kind of play video games-

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...

but certainly not unheard of.

Uh, and so I think the first obvious question is, do any of us remember maybe a recent example or just any example whatsoever of a game that they legitimately booted up and completed in a single session? Maybe an evening, maybe a day after work, maybe you had the day off and you just crammed through a video game.

Um, and was that intentional, or did it just kind of sneak up on you that the credits started rolling? You're like, "Oh, okay, this was a few hours." Does anybody have an example?

Well, the other day, um, so this is actually something that me and Charlie, my wife, like to do a lot.

It's like a good way to wind down, and she has a huge collection of pretty small games-

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... um, because we're both of the opinion that games trend too long these days, and we actually really love to look for a game that is not that long and probably can be finished in one sitting.

Um, and so, uh, one we finished, one we played just rec- recently is called Creature Kitchen, which is a really cute little, I guess you could call it a cozy game, and it's got that retro, uh, like PS1 style graphics going on.

Um, or maybe PS2 really.

Um, and it's a cute little game where you're just in this little col- cottage with, with a lot of little creatures around, both real creatures like raccoons and cats and stuff, but also mythical creatures.

Um, and your only job is to make them a little snack.

Aw.

A- and the, the goal is you look-

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... around this cottage for ingredients to make them a little snack.

And so part of the game is experimenting with the dishes to see what you can make and finding recipes.

Um, and others is, like, finding the creatures themselves.