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Episode 40: The Indie Games Hall of Fame Vol 1 (with Katharine Castle)
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Katharine Castle of Rock Paper Shotgun returns to the podcast this week, as we each recommend five indie games we like. That's 15 recommendations in total! Plus: another baffling listener question about Yuji Naka.
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