982. 1Upsmanship: The Midnight Walk (Feat. John Liot)

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Michael and guest host / Friend of the Bean John Liot discuss the indie adventure game The Midnight Walk. As a little flame boy, you light your way through a linear but deceptively simple puzzle games. The boys discuss its mechanics, story, and experience playing this fairly short game. Features: John Liot: https://www.instagram.com/johnliot/ Michael Swaim: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelswaim.bsky.social Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store

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0:00.0	Hey, listen! What up shipheads?
0:27.9	The shippiest, the head shipman.
0:30.9	I'll work on it and get back to you.
0:33.0	Michael Swame here, totally unhinged and unbound by the other MythBuster, Adam Ganser, who would be,
0:43.4	you know, the walrissy guy, not that Adam is, the guy I'm referencing is, who goes like,
0:48.8	you can't do that. That's too much fun. Not that game. That's too independent.
0:55.8	It's got to have a Zelda in it.
0:56.8	But he ain't here.
1:03.3	So I get to disparage him in those ways that I love so well and welcome you.
1:13.2	To a very special one-upsmanship where I've released Adam to go be wed, be married to a person he loves, and not worry about any of this piddly bullshit for a bit. And that's what's happening. So I'm going to take that space to dive
1:20.4	deeper into a game only previously referenced on our Game of the Year episode. Spoilers,
1:26.6	or go listen to that episode now if you don't want to be spoiled in.
1:30.7	Two, one, we are live. This was my game of the year. So we're covering the Midnight Walk, my game of the year for 2025.
1:39.5	And for reasons that I think will unfold, including its shortness, because he's also a new father, I think we'll become apparent as we take a midnight walk.
1:51.4	I invited friend of the show John Leo on to discuss it.
1:55.5	Welcome, John.
1:56.4	Hoy, hoi.
1:57.3	We're talking about a game by Moon Hood.
2:00.7	They did.
2:01.5	The only other thing I'm aware of they did was called Lost in Random.
2:05.2	I did play that and won't speak to it greatly because I imagine you didn't play it because you recently had a baby and you probably aren't playing much.
2:14.0	Is that right, sir?
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