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This week, we've both been playing the hot new release that's taken the world by storm: the rhythm-based fishing game Sinker Sound. Then, Willa's adventures in the back catalog continue with Final Fantasy and Resident Evil, and Robin has played a pair of weird and wonderful indie sim games. Timestamps: (00:15) Donate to Robin’s truffle dog startup (03:45) Gone fishin’ in Sinker Sound (14:35) Games...

This week, we remember the halcyon days of when we cared about Final Fantasy 14, experience what it’s like to watch a gaming awards show that doesn’t make you want to claw your own eyes out, and discover that every once in a while a lesbian with a sword isn’t enough to make your game good. Timestamps: (00:15) It’s all great over here (01:45) Remember when we cared about Final Fantasy 14? (07:40) T...

Just because we haven't played Resident Evil: Requiem doesn't mean we can' talk about the discourse surrounding it and the franchise's odd position of rewriting vs reckoning with its past. Also: Silksong and Willa educating Robin on the Tom Cruise cake. Timestamps: (00:26) Daylight saving time kicks our ass (and then a weird rabbit hole of tangents) (05:56) Resident Evil… Requiem… discourse (light...

We talk about Marathon and the state of live-service titles in this one, and we could not have predicted Highguard would announce its shutdown between recording and release. Then it's to the Spencer Mansion for Willa and to Next Fest for Robin. Timestamps: (00:18) Resident… Evil? (01:24) Marathon (15:14) Resident… Evil! (25:40) Robin's selected Next Fest picks (36:07) What else have Willa and Robi...

This week, everything is bad in the world of AAA, and not just for the usual reasons. After running through the latest disasters at PlayStation and the sinking ship that is Xbox, Willa once again puts on clown makeup to await the next game from Yoko Taro, and Robin takes solace in games that are just okay. Timestamps: (00:30) The Olympics, etc. (08:50) Finally some gaming talk (it’s all bad) (17:1...

This week, we do a quick Olympic check-in before running through the State of Play and its many (un)interesting announcements. Robin and Willa do, however, come up with a groundbreaking idea to fix 007. Then it's a pair of games, one new and one old. Timestamps: (00:38) More olympic talk (03:25) State of the State of Play (34:20) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Love Ete...

This week, we talk almost as much about the Olympics as we do about video games.  Timestamps: (00:35) Video games? More like Winter Games (16:20) Nintendo Direct happened this week (25:45) Close enough. Welcome back, Dauntless. (28:40) More Bioshock talk somehow (35:00) Elden Ring with Seamless Co-op rips (37:55) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. The Starving Saints,...

Somehow Willa and Robin eventually get through the many detours of this episode (hand injuries, bisexual Zohran, etc.) to talk about some games. There is a report on Zoe saving the galaxy and heading to Rapture as well as Robin going up in Valkyrie Saga and Cairn.  Timestamps: (00:11) Willa’s housewife injury (03:06) Cursed blades RANKED (04:06) Talking about not talking about critical discou...

After taking a break for the longest week in human history (and the customary annual lay-off of one of our hosts), we’re back to talk about two interesting games: one we like and one we don’t. How novel.  Timestamps: (00:10) The Gay Bachelor, etc. (04:50) TR-49 (mechanical and light story spoilers start) (23:30) TR-49 story spoilers start for real (26:30) TR-49 story spoilers start for real f...

It's prediction time! First we tally up the scores from 2025 to see who the winner of an undecided prize is. Then it's into the future as Robin, Willa, and Zoe (via Willa reading her notes because we won't let her back on the pod) tell you what 2026 will hold for gaming with 100% accuracy. Timestamps: (00:35) Robin's dogs, the Pitt, and some Mets talk (03:43) Our 2025 predictions, which did not go...

To ease into the new year Robin and Willa took it easy and are basically giving you the audio version of those lists every outlet puts out in January. We also talk about Zoe's exploits in Mass Effect and Robin's exploits in getting one over on her landlord. Timestamps: (00:12) It's raining cats and possibly ceiling debris (1:22) A lot of 2026 games getting namedropped (37:00) What else have Willa...

It’s the Girlies! You know the drill. If you don’t, just listen and you’ll get it. It’s like an awards show but better. Thanks for listening this year! You can find a whole list of winners (with a couple of visual aids) here . Timestamps: (00:15) The Girlies! (51:30) Spoilers for Carimara and Old Skies (54:25) Spoilers end (1:22:00) Spoilers for Carimara and Silent Hill f (1:24:20) Spoilers e...

It’s the annual Girl Mode Game Exchange, the episode where we force each other to play one of our favorite games of the year, under penalty of death. This year, we chose Wanderstop and Baby Steps, two games about the struggle to find self-worth that take two very different paths to get there. Only one is obsessed with making you look at donkey dicks, for instance. This year, we were both pretty su...

This week Willa and Robin run through all the announcements at The Game Awards, including: Tomb Raider for the straights, DILF Leon, and Control with a man. Boooooo. Also, more Old Skies talk because it's just that good! Timestamps: (00:12) Zoe probably wants to stab Willa (medically) (02:05)  A lot of time spent on Game Awards reveals   (45:00) Less time on Day of the Devs and Whol...

For what ended up being a shorter episode this week, Willa has returned to the land of chocobos and Robin has returned to the land of evil chocobos. Plus, skateboards, mechs, catgirl card games, and famous dead men. Timestamps: (00:15) Shoutout to Finland (01:45) Why are we not playing Final Fantasy 11 right now? (08:20) Skate Story (12:30) Outward 2: A game that hates you (18:40) Detective Instin...

This week we are talking gays in space (Metroid Prime 4) and gays in time (more Old Skies) and then Willa and Robin pick what games to exchange for the end of year season because the Girlies will be here before you know it! Timestamps: (02:00) Too much talk about Willa's Thanksgiving movie watching (07:10) Metroid Prime 4 (31:04) HORSES not "Horses" (38:16) More Old Skies (also briefly Birdcage an...

This week, we start with hypothetically cool new hardware and Metroid Prime’s hot new feature: mansplaining. Then we move onto games we’ve played, focusing on anticipated talking-to-hot-women simulator Demonschool (unless it gets delayed again in the six hours before this episode posts). Timestamps: (01:45) The Girl Mode News Desk: Steam Machines (15:50) Note: Myles MacKenzie died on the way back...

Episode 148 - It's terrible, I could not recommend it more This one's got everything you love: Dunkalatte talk, Willa's neighbors doing construction in the middle of a recording, Robin playing a game where you are a little mouse, but the main event is – of course – Willa going on an extended rant about a game she hates that most people love. Timestamps: (00:14) Robin joins the Dunkalatte cult&nbsp...

It’s the week after Halloween and we’re finally talking about horror games. After an extended bullshit session to start, we work our way around to mousegirl soulslikes, talking to ghosts with your crush, trick or treating, finding yourself on Bajor, and being the nosiest bitches at the seance. Timestamps: (00:15) A bunch of nonsense (04:10) Anti-recommendation for Hinako Note (07:30) Gamer news: S...

This week it’s a lot of slop talk. Remakes are slop. Cozy games are slop. Law & Order Executive Producer Dick Wolf is slop. Everything is slop. We also check in on Hades 2 and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. Timestamps: (00:25) It’s all downhill from here (02:27) More Hades 2 (06:35) Halo on PlayStation and why remakes suck (18:52) Dick Wolf presents AI cop slop (21:20) Cozy games disc...

Jesus, it’s Next Fest again? Guess it’s time to talk about some demos. Timestamps: (00:20) Disrespecting Baja Blast (2:20) Next Fest (3:40) Opus Prism Peak (8:15) Skate Story (12:00) Sleep Awake (16:15) Reanimal (22:00) Constance (25:00) Winter Burrow (28:20) Ambrosia Sky (32:40) Verho: Curse of Faces (35:20) The Legend of Khiimori (40:45) Mosaic of the Strange (42:50) Dungeon Bodega Simulator (46...

Episode 144 - The Soon To Be Mrs. Robin (Your Name Here) Bad news, there is barely any beverage talk in this one. Good news, Robin is open to her hand in marriage being bought. Oh, we also spend a lot of time talking about the importance in having conviction in critical thinking and why Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is great Timestamps: (01:06) Learning about our audience (3:36) Critic corner (22:00)...

This week, we’re still talking a bit about Hades II, sandwiched between slime farms, psychic babies, Tetris-likes, and Willa’s beverage-based spinoff podcast. Timestamps: (00:40) More coffee talk (5:40) Slime Rancher 2 (09:35) Hades 2 (mid-to-endgame spoilers start at 15:20) (18:30) Goodnight Universe  (26:40) Falling Block Jam   (31:40) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this wee...

This week Willa and Robin are talking about suffering… but for fun! Consume Me and Baby Steps take up most of the episode but there is still time for brief thoughts on Blippo, Hades 2, and Willa’s coffee tips. Time stamps: (01:15) Willa’s Dunkalatte tips (04:55) Consume Me [Trigger Warning: discussion of eating disorders]   (27:20) Baby Steps  (44:27) Blippo+  (49:26) Willa’s e...

This week we’re very tired and spend a long time talking about milk. I don’t know man. Then, Willa is apparently in the good part of Silksong and Robin talks about what she doesn’t like about Hades 2, a game that’s mostly good. Time stamps: (00:20) Coffee milk, Willa’s divorce, etc. (05:30) So Willa’s been playing some more Silksong [ Light Act 2 boss spoilers from 8:00-9:30 ] (11:00) We should pl...