Sometimes the game makes you feel so bad that you can't make a joke about it.

Today we're talking about Without a Dawn by Jesse Makkonen! A game about being alone and looking out the window.

Get Without a Dawn on Steam.

🚨CONTENT WARNING: HALLUCINATIONS, PARANOID DELUSIONS, OBSESSIVE THINKING, SELF-HARM, DISTURBING IMAGERY🚨

Discussed in the episode:

• Interview with Jesse Makkonen by Wayne Goodchild for Eneba

Additional links:

• Without a Dawn is a haunting campfire story by Phil Bothun for 70 Percent Complete

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Art by Tara Crawford

Theme music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:

• (00:00 ) - dot.hang out


• (00:39 ) - Chase is BACK


• (03:36 ) - You don't have to play all the games we do!!!!


• (05:41 ) - It's still Octoadber, baby


• (06:12 ) - What is Without a Dawn


• (07:03 ) - BIG CONTENT WARNINGS!!!! CHECK THE SHOW NOTES!!!!!


• (08:22 ) - ASCII art!!


• (10:56 ) - How this game handles delusions


• (16:22 ) - Ringo is in this game


• (16:37 ) - What's the PJ situation


• (17:19 ) - The blinds


• (18:22 ) - What is happening and is it important?


• (21:22 ) - The ending


• (30:07 ) - Why not a vampire?


• (33:11 ) - Big Takeaways


• (33:13 ) - AJ's Big Takeaway


• (35:37 ) - Kim's Big Takeaway


• (37:02 ) - Chase's Big Takeaway


• (45:03 ) - Wa-hoo!