This is a sports game! Well it's a game that centers around a sport... Er, it's a game that has a sport as a central narrative piece... uh...
Today we're talking about despelote by Julián Cordero and Sebastián Valbuena! A game about soccer and tuning out the adults in your life.
Discussed in the episode:
Additional links:
- Despelote with Moises Taveras by Tales from the Backlog on YouTube
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Art by Tara Crawford
Additional sounds by
Boqeh
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Timecodes:
- (00:00) - The sausage gets made
- (00:19) - Babby's first intro
- (01:34) - The Sports Corner
- (04:20) - What is despelote?
- (08:13) - Sportslike
- (11:24) - Witholding the big stuff
- (13:35) - Making it back to the bench
- (14:36) - The first ten minutes
- (18:39) - Standout moments
- (26:07) - Being a child among adults
- (31:24) - What happened...
- (32:43) - Turn the game on!
- (35:06) - Crossing narrative lines
- (37:22) - The very end
- (41:11) - Big Takeaways
- (41:16) - Matt's Big Takeaway
- (44:12) - Robin's Big Takeaway
- (46:27) - Chase's Big Takeaway
- (49:43) - Thank you Matt for coming on!
- (49:53) - Chase attempts an outro
What is dotzip?
A show about big games in small packages! Join AJ, Kim, Robin, and Chase every week to talk about short video games, indie tabletop games, and maybe other stuff!
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Visit us online at https://dotzip.online
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Art by Tara Crawford
Music by _amaranthine
Additional sounds by Boqeh
Produced and Edited by AJ Fillari