Emmi & Annie Talk Indie

We introduce you to friend of the pod IAmTheSnuggler, and IAmTheSnuggler introduces us to The Case of the Golden Idol.  Chapters:  (00:00:31) Interview with IAmTheSnuggler (00:23:25) Nancy Drew Games in particular (00:34:11) The Case of the Golden Idol Links:  Check out IAmTheSnuggler on YouTube   A Rake’s Progress by William Hogarth (Wikipedia)  The Snuggler Saved My Life (Tim and Eric Sketch)  M...

New episode type alert! Annie and Emmi talk about a grab bag of games, shows, and books they’ve been consuming lately. Contents include Sol Cesto, Titanium Court, and Astrobot.  Chapters:   (00:00:31) New episode type!  (00:02:24) Sol Cesto  (00:10:25) Astro Bot  (00:20:42) Titanium Court  (00:36:11) Ribbit/Puzzmo and Pokopia (00:40:53) Books and TV and things  Games we’ve been playing: Sol Cesto...

Friend of the pod Robin Bea joins Emmi and Annie in a magical forest adventure where you date girls, wear cool shoes, and sell your soul to the devil.  Timestamps:  (00:00:29) News  (00:11:22) Interview with Robin Bea  (00:32:31) Little Goody Two Shoes  (01:51:03) Upcoming Games  News Links:   Interview with Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two ( Gamesindustry.biz , May 21, 2026)  Strauss Zelnick’s Wi...

We’ve been hibernating for a while, but now that spring is in full swing, we’re back. And we played a mouse game called Winter Burrow we’d like to tell you about.  Chapters:  (00:00:19) News  (00:03:19) State of Silksong  (00:06:22) Winter Burrow  (01:09:39) Upcoming Games  News:  Nintendo hiking Switch 2 prices ( GamesIndustry.biz , May 8th, 2026)  Winter Burrow Links:  Interview w/ Burly Bird Me...

Welcome to Emmi & Annie's year in review, including our definitive video game crush of 2025, episode stats, and a cocktail or two. Thanks for a great year of talking indie. We're really looking forward to the next one.  Girl Mode and the episode we guested on back in May   Emmi’s non-EATI recs  The Apothecary Diaries Manga Light novels Anime Coffee Rush board game   Delicious in Dung...

Emmi and Annie battle motion sickness to answer a ghost’s questions three.  Chapters:  (00:30) News  (06:45) State of Silksong  (10:32) Carimara Discussion  (01:08:22) Upcoming Games  News Links:  Netflix to buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion ( GamesIndustry.biz, Dec. 5 )  Netflix sells studio Spry Fox back to original owners ( PC Gamer, Dec. 5 )  Micron announces exit from Crucial consumer busine...

This week we’re talking Dave the Diver, killer whales, and the Ratatouille of it all in Part 2 of our Fishing Game Duology.  Chapters:  (01:02) News + State of Silksong (25:23) Dave the Diver (01:11:23) Upcoming Games  News Links:  NYT on the Saudi Arabia PIF being low on funds   Game Developer on the Unity/Fortnite partnership   NYT interview with Roblox’s CEO   Science Daily on new research on W...

Dredge, the yawning horror of that which we cannot change, and you. Part 1 of our Fishing Game Duology. Look out for Part 2 in a couple weeks.  Links:  80 Level interview with Black Salt Games (November 16, 2023)   The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice (November 6, 2025)   How poor leadership slows down game development (November 4, 2025)   Chapters:  (00:37) News + State of Si...

Slay ‘er? I barely know ‘er!  Beware: discussions of blood, gore, body horror, cannibalism, the works. Links:  Nota Press by Reba Elliott open for submissions for Game Books   Arimia Dev - Interview with Black Tabby Games (November 29th, 2024)   Gamespot - Review of Slay the Princess: The Pristine Cut (November 18th, 2024)   Favorite Childhood AMVs:  Naruto - Das Omen   Ouran High School Never End...

This one’s for the late game freaks.  Links:  EA considering private buyout (which has since been confirmed): https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/ea-private-deal-buyout-video-game-maker-808aefec   Hades II v1.0 out as of Sep 25: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145350/Hades_II   Infinity Nikki Girlcott context from Girl Mode’s Robin Bea: https://www.inverse.com/gaming/infinity-nikki-season-contr...

Sorry it took so long to get back. We got lost in this mansion where the layout changed every day. We've been subsisting on turnips and bananas since June. As always, spoilers abound.  Featuring a new recurring segment, the State of Silksong.  News Links:  Indie game delays due to Silksong release (Game Developer )  A recap of recent Nintendo Direct (Polygon)   Hades II v1.0 Coming Soon Trail...

Annie and Emmi revisit games from their respective childhoods. Annie brings Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst, a game about being friends with your ex, and Emmi brings Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It’s Dark Outside, a star vehicle for Pamela Adlon. Spoilers for games that are decades old.  This episode was deeply cursed with recording issues, roommate noises, and college youths having a party do...

Gird your chthonic loins for the Hades II Early Access anniversary. Emmi and Annie talk muscle mommies, lunar lasers, and so many spoilers. No section on upcoming games this week because we simply had too much to say about Hades II. Corrections:  Emmi misspoke when she said Giant Bomb was sold from CBS to Fandom. The 2020 sale of Giant Bomb was from CBS to Red Ventures. Red Ventures then sold Gian...

In their first itch.io Snack Mix episode, Emmi and Annie scale fish, believe and forget, and descend into the depths. Snack along at the links below.  Games discussed: Scale the Depths Bulbo’s Belief System   my father’s long long legs   Upcoming/newly released games:   Locomoto (Apr 8)  Blue Prince (Apr 10)  Rusty Rabbit (Apr 17)  Beholder: Conductor (Apr 23)  News links:  US Switch 2 Stockpile a...

For April Fools’, Emmi & Annie play a little game called Balatro. Upcoming/newly released games:   The Chef's Shift (Mar 30)  PEPPERED: an existential platformer (Apr 7)  Tiny Garden (Apr 8)  Maliki: Poison of the Past (Apr 22)  News links:  https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-announces-new-lending-feature-for-digital-games   https://www.polygon.com/gaming/547367/time-cops-mission-of-l...

Annie is a know-it-all. Emmi is a know-it-none. No news or upcoming games this week because we spend too long talking about which anthropomorphic animals from Aviary Attorney we would kiss.  Vive la France.  Links:  2014 Siliconera interview with Darya Noghani and Mandy Lennon   Original Kickstarter for Aviary Attorney   The Public & Private Life of Animals by J.J. Grandville and P.J. Stahl  ...

Emmi & Annie played two games with very different styles. Emmi was disturbed by Mouthwashing's body horror; Annie was disturbed by Europa's cuteness. These problems are the same.  TW for discussion of sexual assault. Maddie Myers on motion sickness in Indiana Jones Mouthwashing playthrough Annie referenced  Gene Park interview with writer of Mouthwashing   Liz Ryerson , who recommend...

Emmi and Annie played Death of the Reprobate. Content warnings for: Hieronymus Bosch, tomfoolery, bird violence.  ---  BBC article about 2011 23-day PSN outage  Polygon article about PSN outage  Emmi wants this Infinity Nikki outfit and she’s stressed about it. This is the pizza box Playdate case that Annie has.  Upcoming games:   Ale Abbey (Feb 18 - Early access)  Unbridled: That Horse Game (Feb...

Annie has personal news. Emmi makes an inaccurate Nintendo prediction. And they discuss Drova, which Emmi quit after a shift while Annie put in a 40-hour work week.  --- An important note about timing/content: we recorded this shortly after the 2024 election and spent some time up top discussing how we were handling it. We hope we don't sound in any way glib about a situation that's obvi...

Emmi and Annie play Potion Permit, and discuss the tradition of bad mayorship in video game towns. Upcoming games mentioned (now out): Totally Spies! - Cyber Mission Dragon Age: The Veilguard Europa Drova: Forsaken Kin Prim Intro/Outro music: Bit Forest Intro music by Bertsz -- https://freesound.org/s/545457/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Follow us on bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/eati.games

In which Emmi & Annie introduce themselves, and talk about why they like video games so much. Special guest in the subtext: guilt around lack of productivity brought on by the American-Protestant work ethic. Show notes: Here’s a decent overview of explicit vs implicit memory Joint-media engagement paper Emmi was drawing from: Takeuchi, L., & Stevens, R. (2011). The new coviewing: Designing...

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