Games and Feelings

As an advice podcast, it is our solemn responsibility to give good and actionable advice. We will be very silly while we do so, but we will do our best. We hope you feel that we have fulfilled that brief. Sponsor - Ravensburger jigsaw puzzles , available on Amazon or at your local game store!   Find Us Online - ask questions: gamesandfeelings.com/questions - patreon: patreon.com/gamesandfeelings -...

Eric is turning a chair around like a cool teacher and telling you the straight dope about the AAA games he’s playing on PS5. Next week, we’re taking off for American Thanksgiving. The week after that, we’re doing a BIG advice episode with Jasper AND Amanda, so submit your questions!   Find Us Online - ask questions: gamesandfeelings.com/questions - patreon: patreon.com/gamesandfeelings - twitter:...

This is how Eric + Jasper episodes go: first, we make some jokes about Eric being the Avatar, Jasper shares the weirdness of getting recognized on the Internet. But then we spend the majority of the episode dissecting the differences between TTRPG games at home and for actual play, in which media are audiences allowed to pick apart play decisions, and how our media diet in 2023 blends the performa...

Welcome back to The Replay where Eric & Amanda reply to the questions that people write in to advice columnists about games! In this episode, we’re looking at Outside Magazine’s advice column run by Blair Braverman. We cannot guarantee adorable sleddogs in this episode, but we can guarantee interrogation of the types of people who write in to advice columns!   Questions My Nephew Is a Great At...

This episode is a celebration of October 20th, or the end of Bone and Joint Health Action Week! But really, Eric and Mischa beat the two games that came out on that day and we’re doing a joint review of the games. Same questions, different games, good videogame podcast content.   What’s your favorite October 20th holiday? And here’s the Kotaku article about too many games coming out in October and...

Shhhhh, we are such sleepy boys. Please, keep it down. Actually, you can get very loud and excited for the best organized professional development event we’ve ever been to (AND it was part of a DEI initiative!). But only get loud for that, we need to sleep otherwise.   Sponsor - Visit HeroForge.com to start designing your custom miniature today - Ravensburger jigsaw puzzles , available on Amazon o...

Elliot and Brian sit down with Eric Silver ( Join the Party ) to discuss the “LA-ification” of actual plays and the ethos of the “New York School” of TTRPG podcasts.  Talk of the Table is hosted by ⁠Elliot Davis⁠ and ⁠Brian Flaherty⁠ . Edited by ⁠Brian Flaherty.⁠ Produced by ⁠Many Sided Media *****   Find Us Online - ask questions: gamesandfeelings.com/questions - patreon: patreon.com/gamesandfeel...

Toon Town Cincinnati is a hard place to live, but we got two of the best fake cops working the beat: Detective Snuffles and Martin. That's right: this is an Actual Play podcast now, at least for part of it.   Check out the Tiny Library for this game and many more micro ttrpgs! https://cardboard.monster/en-us/products/tiny-library   Housekeeping - THE MULTICREW DRIVE!! Join by Oct 1 for sick perks...

Welcome back to The Replay where Eric & Amanda reply to the games questions that people write in to advice columnists. This episode, we have a wild grab back that really surveys all that Advice Columns have to offer: beach NIMBYism, incredibly rich people problems, racial microaggressions at work, and fantasy football.   Do you want more Replay? Then sign up for the patreon at patreon.com/game...

Let’s get this out of the way at the front: Eric and Jasper will come to your games-themed bachelor party. Ask them, they will show up. They will also answer numerous advice questions because they’re coming down from being silly in person and need to be Serious Advice Givers.   Remember to send in all your games-related questions to gamesandfeelings.com/questions   Sponsors - Elderwood Academy , w...

From the Empty Space in Manchester, we did a live show! The first half is the Games and Feelings we know and love; the second half is Jasper’s Quiz Show Revenge. Thank you to Paul Foxcroft for coming up from London, Jasper for letting us stay at his house, everyone who rocked it in the audience, the entire city of Manchester, and halloumi.   Sponsors - Ravensburger jigsaw puzzles , available on Am...

We’re recording at Jasper’s house in Manchester and we’re really enjoying making the dumbest jokes about soccer right into each other’s eyes. Yes, we do answer game advice questions, but the bigger question is why did Eric keep eating the marmite?   Sponsors - Elderwood Academy , where code feelings will get you 10% off at elderwoodacademy.com - Ravensburger jigsaw puzzles , available on Amazon or...

Welcome back to The Replay where Eric & Amanda reply to the games questions that people write in to advice columnists. This episode, we’re talking A LOT about situations that you shouldn’t use games to solve. I know these are advice column people but DANG.   Do you want more Replay? Then sign up for the patreon at patreon.com/gamesandfeelings !   Questions Eras Tour tickets Godparent Competiti...

The way I title these episodes refers to the questions inside (which are great, especially if you’re trying to getting your friends to pick up your niche hobbies or you’re trying tiptoeing around your friends’ drama). But this episode may be defined by the constant, middling Jason Statham impressions. So imagine the title is really “Jasper makes fun of Eric’s attempted British accents, but Eric sh...

A new podcast guest approaches! It’s Claire Aubin , a PhD graduate of the University of Edinburgh, where she researched “the comparative individual agency of Holocaust perpetrators in the post-war United States immigration process.” AKA Claire knows knows a lot about Nazis. And she’s an avid TTRPG and video gamer, so Eric and she are diving into how to best make a villain without exposing people t...

This episode has everything: emo guitar riffs, football updates, even more Eric and Jasper messing around, and the wildest advice we’ve ever given on the show.   LIVE SHOW! Games and Feelings is coming to MANCHESTER, UK on August 19, 2023 for a live show!!! It’s Eric, Jasper, Amanda, and a special UK guest! Get your tickets at gamesandfeelings.com/live !   Sponsor - The Valari, a high-quality pill...

Games and Feelings is coming to MANCHESTER, UK on August 19, 2023 for a live show!!! It’s Eric, Jasper, Amanda, and a special UK guest! Get your tickets at gamesandfeelings.com/live !   Also, Eric recommends some games to get you through the next week. Everyone wish Mischa a happy vacation, and see you in England!!!   Find Us Online - ask questions: gamesandfeelings.com/questions - patreon: patreo...

A new podcast guest approaches! It’s Brian Flaherty of My First Dungeon ! He joins Eric and Jasper to talk about the form, function, and feelings behind making content out of TTRPGs. We really GET INTO IT, so we’re very excited to share this one.   Sponsor - The Valari, a high-quality pillow that makes gaming (or any hobby) more comfortable. Use code GF10 for 10% off at valari.gg   Find Us Online...

Welcome back to The Replay where Eric & Amanda reply to the games questions that people write in to advice columnists. This episode, we’re talking office politics in D&D games and fantasy football and if you need to Get Good at Scrabble to save your marriage.   Do you want more Replay? Then sign up for the patreon at patreon.com/gamesandfeelings !   Links & Questions - Fantasy Football...

We like sports and we don’t care who knows!   Stuff We Talked About Antonio Conte's exit from Tottenham Epic celebrations go viral after Napoli wins first Serie A title in 33 years France parade World Cup in Paris as fans welcome heroes home    Sponsor - The Valari, a high-quality pillow that makes gaming (or any hobby) more comfortable. Use code GF10 for 10% off at valari.gg   Find Us Online - as...

WYFPATISSNAY is back to ask the BIG QUESTIONS of Dr. Moiya McTier ( Pale Blue Pod , Exolore , The Milky Way )! Pokemon is just a kids’ game, but how do the traditions, mythos, and Poke-powers relate to real-life humans? And, of course, I’m gonna say something nice about her AND tell her about her new favorite Pokemon.   Follow Eric on TikTok if that’s a place you hang out!   Stuff We Talked About...

A new podcast guest approaches! It’s Andy Farrant and Luke Westaway, from Mom Can’t Cook, Oxventure, and Outside Xbox and Outside Extra, respectively. They’re joining Eric and Jasper for our first four-player episode to answer questions about adult siblings needing to keep their cool when playing games, keeping characters from different D&D campaigns separate, and whether Eric’s choice for a v...

Welcome back to The Replay where Eric & Amanda reply to the games questions that people write in to advice columnists. This episode, we dive deep into two incredibly buckwild advice questions. They’re not about games, per se, but isn’t content creation a game of it’s own?   Do you want more Replay? Then sign up for the patreon at patreon.com/gamesandfeelings !   Links & Questions - Dear Pr...

A new podcast guest approaches! It’s journalist and video producer Carlos Maza ! He’s joining Eric to answer questions about playing in TTRPG to process and escape *gestures around* all this, feeling frustrated by your current campaign, and what to do when you can’t get in touch with your DM. You also don’t want to miss the line in Carlos’ Wikipedia page that absolutely roasts him.   Take the annu...

Vibes! Reconnecting! Tears of the Kingdom! It’s Year 2 of G&Feelings and Eric and Jasper are hanging out and doing a soft reset.   Sponsors - Check out the patreon and support G&F Season 2: patreon.com/gamesandfeelings   Find Us Online - ask questions: gamesandfeelings.com/questions - patreon: patreon.com/gamesandfeelings - twitter: twitter.com/gamesnfeelings - insta: instagram.com/gamesnf...