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Yes, we talk about Hollow Knight: Silksong in this episode, but first Robin and Willa have to salivate over the reveal that we are getting a new Fire Emblem game next year.  Time stamps: (00:20) Willa’s a tradwife (02:54) Non-Fire Emblem Direct news (14:00)  Us being crazy about new Fire Emblem (25:28) Shaw! (the Silksong segment) (53:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this we...

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Robin and Willa played some games this week, just not the same ones. First up is the detailed world of Artis Impact, followed by the sleek and simple mechanics of Öoo. They both rock!  Timestamps: (01:35) Worst Girl Mode episodes, ranked (03:47) Artis Impact (25:00) Öoo  (37:34) A short Peak update (it is still cool) (38:18) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Ali...

This week, we watched Nintendo’s little showcase, which was fine. Then we both played Heartworm, a game that we like a lot, despite all the things we don’t like about it. Finally, Robin talks about some old lady shit and a new podcast, and Willa reads a good book. Timestamps: (01:06) A little Nintendo Direct (03:25) Too cool for Americans (04:45) Regarding mouth sounds (06:05) The rest of Nintendo...

We’ve got a grab bag of things this week (that includes mini grab bags hidden within). Robin and Willa discuss the latest Nintendo Direct, including everyone’s love of Philabieldia, and then go over previews for Battlefield (boo) and Silent Hill f (boo, but in a scary way not a bad way) before checking up on what games they’ve been playing.  Timestamps: (02:30) Nintendo Direct gives us the go...

Everything that was bad last week is even worse this week. Itch has followed Steam in delisting a ton of games for either including offensive sexual content or just gay people. Who can even tell the difference? We follow that exasperating conversation with what we’ve been playing this week, mostly consisting of games about a whole bunch of toxic lesbians. Timestamps: (01:00) Everything got worse (...

Episode 133 - The Cultural Vandalism Corner This week Robin and Willa talk about the horrors of horse girl racing, the horrors of pulp point-and-click adventure The Drifter, the horrors of regulating games, and the beauty of the New York Mets baby, let's go Mets, it's all about the Mets! Timestamps: (00:13) Sponsored by TK water brand  (04:24) Umamusume: and they were roomates (12:44) The Dri...

We took last week off from recording and, what do you know, we ended up playing a lot of games in the meantime. This time, we’re talking about girls who are horses, cats who are girls, and card games that are magic. This week also marks Press Start joining The Worst Garbage network so go check them out!! Timestamps: (00:25) We’ve gone to the audience (03:10) Peak - It’s still good (10:00) P5X - A...

There has not been a lot of news for us to discourse about lately, so we are doing what every good content creator does for engagement: make a bad list. Come for Willa and Robin suffering through a task of their own making as they choose the best games of the 21st century, stay for updates on what Willa’s neighbor is doing with their backyard.  Timestamps: (00:13) Judging our neighbors (04:09...

We’re coming to you live from the heat dome this week, so assume anything wrong with this episode is due to our brains poaching in our skulls. In the meantime, we’ve been playing fishing games and porn games and old games and racing games and all kinds of other games and we’re here to talk about them in no particular order.  Timestamps: (00:20) Welcome to the heat dome (02:50) Sinker Sound (1...

This week, we've played an unconscionable number of demos, so we run through a whole bunch of the ones we mostly liked at Steam Next Fest and the Tribeca Festival. Then, Willa interviews Tribeca Games vice president Casey Baltes with a tin can inside a submarine apparently and Robin tries her hardest to make it listenable. Timestamps: (00:20) Just a whole bunch of nothing (04:35) Dice Gambit (10:3...

The worst part of the year was even worse this year. We slogged through Summer Game Fest and a few showcases that didn’t suck and now we’re here to talk about what we saw there and why everyone’s so mad. CW: Discussions of disordered eating in Consume Me from 52:30 to 57:05 Timestamps: (00:20) Our mortal enemy, summer (01:30) State of Play had a few good games (13:15) Ciri Showcase and Unearthed T...

We have a handful of games to talk about this week, including an excellent new farming game, a so-so story from the creator of Katamari Damacy, and a turn-based RPG about death (no, not that one). Timestamps: (00:30) Corndog update (04:10) Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is the second coming of Harvestella (24:50) To a T is cute I guess (40:55) Galactic Glitch is simple fun (44:10) Danchi Days is...

This week, Robin and Willa have a conversation no one will disagree with about a game everyone is being reasonable about. We talk through why Clair Obscur, the FRPG of the year, didn’t live up to the hype for either of us, and inevitably detour into why criticism is good and cool and doesn’t have to make you a killjoy. Timestamps: (00:30) Setting le tableau (or, don’t yell at us about Clair Obscur...

CW: Brief reference to suicide between (01:05:00) and (01:05:45) This week, Robin and Willa dive into the work of Selkie Harbour , developer of the recent (and excellent) Many Nights a Whisper. We get into the interesting parallels and outliers among the studio’s catalog and come away more excited about ice skating than we ever thought possible. We also completely spoil all of these very short gam...

This week, Robin talks to the delightful hosts of the equally delightful Emmi & Annie Talk Indie podcast. We discuss a whole mess of games, with tangents on sexualizing playing cards, furry-friendly pizza restaurants, the games that taught us to type, and learning the name for a group of butterflies. Timestamps: (00:20) Introducing Emmi and Annie (who talk indie)! (14:30) Making dogs immortal...

Like everyone else, we’re still reeling from the destruction of Polygon and Giant Bomb, but trying to do more than curl up into the fetal position about it. After the most constructive takes on games media we can muster, we talk through a few great games Robin's played recently, put a pin in a not-great one, and check in with Willa’s three favorite things (the Mets, weird New York lore, and gay mu...

This week, critic and essayist Autumn Wright joins Robin to talk about Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, a game about growing up as a queer woman that’s just as messy as the real thing. We discuss how the game still works even when it’s fraying at the edges and wonder whether the mid-budget talky game can survive even if Don’t Nod doesn’t. Timestamps: (00:20) Welcome Autumn! (24:50) Tape 1 ending sp...

This week, we played a bunch of different games and now we’re gonna talk about them. I don’t know what else you want. Timestamps: (01:25) News we don’t care about and jokes we do (03:00) Sunderfolk (21:10) Mandragora (29:30) Shadow of the Colossus (35:50) Metroid Prime (44:30) What have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Season of the Witch, The River Has Roots, Taco Bell Quarterly) Musi...

The worst February of our lives continues with the release of Hogwarts Legacy. We discuss how the media failed to take its significance seriously, why our reactions are about more than just a game, and why, yes, supporting it does make you a bad person.  We cap off this week’s fun-filled episode with a genuinely much cheerier segment recommending some great games by and about trans people tha...

Since we’re sure you’re not sick of hearing about the Switch 2, we’re covering the Direct from a couple weeks ago before moving on to the Triple-i Initiative (featuring indie publisher Ubisoft) and a remake of The Talos Principle. Then, of course, Mets updates and baseball players who are “just roommates.” Timestamps (02:20) Switch 2 hardware (16:40) Switch 2 games (37:50) Triple-i Initiative (48:...

While we take the week off, we’re re-airing a 2023 interview with Rue Dickey, who’s currently organizing the TTRPGs for Trans Right Ohio charity bundle on Itch.io. In the episode, Willa and Robin speak to Rue about a similar, very successful bundle they organized for trans charities in Florida two years ago. Listen in as we discuss the realities of fundraising, why tabletop games are so darn gay,...

This week, Nintendo sends off the Switch with one of the weirdest Directs ever and we’re here to talk through the 30 percent of it that was actually interesting to us. Then, after a brainstorming session about Sabrina Carpenter and Xenoblade Chronicles, we half-heartedly predict what’s coming at the Switch 2 Direct that you probably just watched. Timestamps (00:20) All of our beautiful boys are ba...

This week, Willa and Robin are playing the game everyone is playing for the first and maybe last time this year. Then, a game where you kill God, and an awards show that doesn't make you want to kill the concept of video games. Timestamps (00:20) Assassin’s Creed Shadows is pretty good for a AAA game (49:20) Light spoilers for one Assassin’s Creed Shadows quest (51:30) Attacking and dethroning God...

This week, Willa and Robin have each played a big, anime-ass RPG, but only one turned out to be the right kind of boring. Timestamps (2:00) Atelier Yumia and the Bad Video Game Title (15:40) What does it mean to remake a game? (19:40) Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition (43:05) Reignbreaker, briefly (45:20) Itch wildfire relief bundle roundup (51:25) What else have Willa and Robin been up t...