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This week it's all about Penguin Colony, a game that Willa and Robin like in concept and purpose more than execution. Also, Final Fantasy Resonance sure is Final Fantasy. Timestamps: (00:18) Robin's love of Soviet cartoons, House House being awesome (04:41) Penguin Colony talk (spoilers dispersed throughout, it's a short game, go play it) (39:40) Final Fantasy Resonance is fine I guess...

After a plaintive plea to support our good friend Tom Cruise, we once again dive into some great reporting by Rebekah Valentine. Then for this week’s games, Robin takes a look at two extremely idiosyncratic Early Access releases, and we briefly look forward to a couple of games about hot pixelated women by veteran indie studios. Timestamps: (00:30) Go see Digger or Willa WILL scream (08:05) People...

Robin doesn't know who The Savannah Bananas are. Anyway, Willa doesn't find Scotland scary in Silent Hill and thinks Ace Combat 8 needs to be gayer. Meanwhile, Robin gets sewing in Dressmaker. Timestamps: (00:44) Talking recent bad news (CW: sexual violence) (08:06) Zoe goes to the Metaverse (10:29) Willa calming vacation simulator; or, Silent Hill: Townfall (15:00) Dressmaker (28:20) More...

After a short news segment on layoffs we could have had basically any week this year, Willa continues to explain why Control Resonant failed to resonate. Then Robin relives the worst parts of her barista days in Roman Sands RE:BUILD, and Willa contends with vampires and the even more monstrous generative AI use in Blood of a Dawnwalker. Timestamps: (01:00) More Xbox layoffs pt. 10,000 (05:11) Retu...

This week, Willa and Robin talk about two big releases: Wolverine and Control Resonant. You will be shocked to hear which one they have more nice things to say about. Then it is on to vampires in Nighthawks, collected criticism, and Cold Stone Creamery. Timestamps: (00:45) Wolverine first impressions (19:10) Control Resonant corner (33:57) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat...

This week, Nintendo tests our patience with two Directs that should have been one email.  Timestamps: (01:00) At least the music was good (12:46) Another fucking Direct  (34:15) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Furious, Isle of Reveries, the idea of Drakengard 3) Support us on Ko-fi! Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online! Join The Worst Garbage Discor...

This week Robin and Willa play catch up with the many showcases that happened when we took a week off. That means GTA VI, Gamescom (but mostly the Witcher), and State of Play. Also, some Control talk and our usual antics. Timestamps: (00:30) And now, the weather (01:16) GTA VI lets you hold hands 10/10  (05:58) Gamescom Opening Night Live was pretty boring but the Witcher is awesome  (15...

Tune in to hear two hot women with problems talk about two games with hot women and problems. Timestamps: (02:50) Plague Tale 3: Resonance: A Plague Tale Game: Legacy (28:10) Fields of Mistria (45:47) South of Midnight and making combat optional (48:55) A little more Fields of Mistria (51:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Ghost in the Shell check-in, Spider-Man comma...

This week, Robin isn't a fan of the nun with a gun in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. We also talk about the X-Men (typical), baseball (typical), Spider-Man, and Big Walk. Timestamps: (00:19) Direct from Netflix, it's Girl Mode (01:27) X-Men news (06:32 ) About the WPBL opening weekend (21:35) Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave direct (30:34) More demos from Robin (36:04) What else have Willa and Robin be...

What do baseball and D&D have in common? I don’t know but we’re playing games inspired by both. Listen in this week for lots of RPG and VN talk and let’s go Firebells! Timestamps: (01:50) Toxic Yuri VN Jam 2 redux (9:55) Esoteric Ebb (24:16) Original Sin 2  (33:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. WPBL, The Odyssey, Little Blue Encyclopedia again, Ghost in the S...

It's Toxic Yuri VN Jam season! Willa and Robin talk about a handful of selections from the latest jam. Then it's on to the Incident at Galley House, which is like if TR-49 was a good game. Timestamps: (00:30) Toxic Yuri VN Jam 2 (15:400) The Incident at Galley House (beware SPOILERS) (49:52) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel...

The present remains bleak for video games, so this week we're playing games from the past, which remain safe until executives find a way to lay people off via time travel. I'm sure it won't take long. Timestamps: (00:15) New monkey just dropped (03:50) Checking in on the game industry: It’s Still Bad (11:50) Y’all heard of Gravity Rush? (25:20) Dread Delusion (34:50) FFXIV Mobile (briefly) (36:40)...

This week has a lot of X-Men talk for a non X-Men episode. Beyond that Robin has played some Luna Abyss and Willa does a check in on Marvel Rivals, because of X-Men. It all comes back to X-Men. Timestamps: (00:54) Dazzler the musical (01:35) Checking in on Xbox… still bad (11:07) Jubilee the vampire and too much Marvel Rivals talk (20:51) Luna Abyss (29:20) What else have Willa and Robin been up t...

If you can get past the purposefully bad boston accents at the start of this episode you can hear Willa and Robin talk about Echoes of Aincrad's smooth brain demo, Xbox sucking, and PlayStation also sucking. Timestamps: (00:34) Labubu missile, Winnie the Pooh, Boston molasses flood. Now that is what I call the fourth of July (04:41) Echoes of Aincrad demo (13:24) Robin on Code RAPID, Entropy (16:3...

Happy Pryde! Catch up with the story so far in episodes 26 , 38 , 56 , 72 , 95 , and 139 . Follow along this week here . Support us on Ko-fi! Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online! Join The Worst Garbage Discord! Follow us and send us questions! Follow Robin! Follow Willa! Music  Street Food by FASSounds Things are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some t...

This week, Willa went to Tribeca to play some games and Robin stayed home to do the same. Timestamps: (00:20) A three-martini lunch (04:00) Tribeca Games (4:55) Bad Magpie (8:40) Demi and the Fractured Dream (15:00) Drifted (17:15) Forever Ago (23:00) Kidbash (24:25) Lofsöng (28:50) Rivage (32:55) Rebounder (36:05) Rockbeasts (38:30) Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! (42:20) There Ar...

It has been a busy Summer Game Fest and all the events from the State of Play to the Nintendo Direct. This week Willa and Robin dive into what announcements piqued their interest, namely all the ones with vampires (of which there were many).  Timestamps: (00:20) Cryptid talk? (02:48) A whole lot of Summer Game Fest week announcements (54:08) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week...

This week Willa and Robin step out of their comfort zones by playing Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, a game about being a girlfailure who really wants to make out with mean women. Also: Mina the Hollower and 007 First Light. Timestamps: (00:24) What's the deal with ZA/UM? (09:30) Zero Parades! (we spoil the hell out of this thing throughout) (01:53:57) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this...

This week, we’ve got it all: old games, boring games, games we don’t play, and even things that aren't games at all but rather raccoons. Timestamps: (00:20) Robin’s new roommate (03:00) Hello Kitty urban legends (07:30) Directive 8020 (28:00) Marathon PvE (31:00) Uncharted 4: Game’s fun, game’s bad (38:45) A little game called Final Fantasy 11 (55:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this...

Wasn’t being a teenager great? Isn’t music magical? Don’t you want to play a whole game that’s basically that sentiment repeated for three hours? Timestamps: (00:20) Spinning our wheels to avoid talking about Mixtape (04:20) We can no longer avoid talking about Mixtape (51:50) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Call of the Elder Gods, The Dad Rock That Made Me A Woman)&nbs...

Willa and Robin go into the game grab bag this week. Robin has been gambling in Bobo Bay, wielding the elements in Elementallis, and totally not romancing a living statue in Sovereign Tower. Willa, meanwhile, is building civilizations in Amberspire. Timestamps: (00:26) Tune in next week for our thoughts on [Redacted] (01:13) Bobo Bay and Elementallis (16:15) Amberspire (32:11) Sovereign Tower (37:...

This week, Willa and Robin confront their respective greatest enemies: theater kids and math. First, we go long on Titanium Court, and why neither of us found it as groundbreaking or as hard to explain as you may have heard. Then we talk about Sol Cesto, a game you’ve probably heard less about because the universe is as cold and uncaring as the probability that makes Sol Cesto great. Timestamps: (...

Artemis II might be back from the moon but Willa and Robin aren't. This week it's the Pragmata extravaganza, come along as we dive into Capcom's new action game that's pretty dang good! Timestamps: (00:13) Sponsored by Orbitz (00:48) Pragmata extravaganza (53:15) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Moves of the Diamond Hand, Invincible)   Mentioned this week: Noth...

This week, we’re only half paying attention to the show because we're thinking about the Moon. When we turn our attention briefly away from the Artemis II livestream, Willa talks about the bad new Life is Strange game and Robin played a smattering of new indies but she’s too tired to say much about them.  Timestamps: (00:20) Shoutout to the Moon (02:45) A walk through Life is Strange Discours...

Zoe graces us all with her presence to regale us with tales of her time spent saving the galaxy and exploring the highs of Rapture and the lows of Columbia. Spoilers abound for the entire Mass Effect trilogy and Bioshock 1, 2, and Infinite. Timestamps: (00:19) Welcome to the Zo Rowe Show (02:17) The Mass Effect trilogy (57:25) The Bioshock trilogy (1:35:50) What else have Willa, Robin, and Zoe bee...