Not Your Mama's Gamer

This week we are talking about how to deal with gaming slumps, especially if you've never experienced one before. What We're Playing DoS2 Dispatch Legends co-op in Ghost of Yotei Slay the Spire 2 What We're Reading Kin by Tayari Jones Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman Steering the Craft by Ursula K. Le Guin Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of Eastern Storytelling by Henry Lien Juras...

This week we're talking about summer and travel gaming because it's that time of year! What We're Playing Pokopia Slay the Spire 2 Ghost of Yotei DnD Year 5 What We're Reading Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi Steering the Craft by Ursula K. Le Guin One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig Artemis by Andy Weir What We're Drinking Sixth Glass by Boulevard Brewing Company Diet Coke *Code received for streaming an...

This week we're talking with Sithe Ncube from Nyamakop about their new puzzle platformer, Relooted! Art Institute of Chicago Holds Stolen Sacred Nepali Artifacts: How Nepali antiquities got to Chicago museum English professor's discovery sounds international art alarm 'Give us back our gods': Inside Nepal's Museum of Stolen Art Black Voices in Gaming Interview with Relooted Team (mentioned on podc...

This week we're talking about the things that we are most looking forward to in 2026! What We're Playing Divinity Original Sin II Little Nightmares III Star Wars Outlaws Undusted Octopath Traveler 0 Final Fantasy Tactics Fox Curio’s Floating Bookshop What We're Reading When the Moon Hatched by Sarah Parker The Great Mann by Kylie Davis Lurie Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell When Trees Testif...

This week, as we are wrapping up the winter. gift giving season, we are talking about some of our favorite gift giving ideas! What We're Playing Team Fight Tactics Ghost of Yōtei BO7 * Arc Raiders, Moonlighter 2* Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato* What We're Reading The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Boradbent Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao The Great Mann by Kylie Davis Lurie What We're Dri...

This week we are talking about the games we keep playing or replaying and why. What We're Playing (Selections) Silksong Peak Metaphor ReFantazio Quartet* Bravely Default: Flying Fairy Borderlands 4 Dying Light: The Beast Fallout 76 What We're Reading Katabasis by R.F. Kuang Japanese Books (Genki 1; Kanji Look and Learn; Practical Japanese 1) Heir by Sabaa Tahir Silo by Hugh Howey What We're Drinki...

This week we are chatting and catching up after an (unintentional) summer hiatus! What We're Playing (Selections) Peak Expedition 33 Tiny Bookshop* Discounty* Birdigo* Metaphor ReFantazio Cult of the Lamb Repo Final Fantasy I and II What We're Reading Brindlewood Bay TTRPG Yellowface by R.F. Kuang Pet by Akwaeke Emezi Katabasis by R.F. Kuang Japanese Books ( Genki 1; Kanji Look and Learn; Practica...

This week we've all played Atomfall. by Rebellion and we're talking about the experience! What We're Playing Atomfall* Blue Prince Sunderfolk R.E.P.O. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Fallout 76 What We're Reading Fledgling by Octavia Butler Model Home by Rivers Solomon What We're Drinking Sneaky Sneaky Sprecher Orange Dream Xila by Flor de Luna *Code received for streaming and review purposes

This week we're talking about games and videogame pairings. Not specifically the music from the specific videogames, but music that we pair with the specific games that we are playing or thinking about. What We're Playing Atomfall* South of Midnight* Nobdy Saves the World Split Fiction Minecraft Fallout 76 What We're Reading Fahrenheit-182 by Mark Hoppus Model Home by Rivers Solomon What We're Dri...

This week we talk about book and game pairings. If you like these games you might like these books! Errata: Sam said  The Monsters We Defy by Justina Ireland and she meant to say by Leslye Penelope What We're Playing Monster Hunter Wilds Assassin's Creed Shadows* Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 What We're Reading The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang A Glimmer of Death by Valeria Wilson Wesley Sunrise on the Reap...

This week we talk about our most anticipated games of 2025. Will there be overlap? Will Victoria list Silksong...again? What We're Playing Hello Kitty Island Adventure Avowed * Party Animals Slay the Spire Board Game For the King II Streets of Rogue Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante Lethal Company What We're Reading Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark The Poisons We Drin...

This week we talk about the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 campaign. Caution: SPOILERS ABOUND! What We're Playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Luma Island Longvinter Balatro Stardew Valley FO76 Phasmophobia What We're Reading The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas The Ho...

This week we talk about gifts we are giving and getting this gift giving season (or any time of year). What We're Playing Last Time I Saw You* Inscryption Nobody Saves the World Lies of P Metaphor: ReFantazio What We're Reading The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis What We're Drinking Stone Imperial Seasonal Stout Coffee and sadness *Code received for streaming and review purposes

This week we talk about the Call of Duty series in some critical, yet random, ways. What We're Playing Balatro Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Fallout 76 Wingspan Papers Please Bayonetta Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon Metaphor: ReFantazio What We're Reading What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez From Dissertation to Book by William Germano What We're Drinking Mountain Dew Sparkling I...

This week we talk about short games and the purpose they serve for us as individuals. What We're Playing Balatro Castaway Critter Cove* Spiritfarer Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Fallout 76 Lies of P PlateUp Still Wakes the Deep What We're Reading Starter Villain by John Scalzii Star Wars: Thrawn Treason by Timothy Zahn What We're Drinking Sapporo Uncle Nearest and Fever Tree Ginger Ale Water *C...

We're back from hiatus and we've survived the first half of 2024. What We're Playing Balatro Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Deep Rock Galactic Fallout 76 Fields of Mistria FFVII Reunion Hues and Cues  (board game) Lies of P Piles (card game) PlateUp Still Wakes the Deep Very, Very Valet What We're Reading The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendency by Timothy Zahn Avatar...

This week we talk about the games that we are most looking forward to in 2024...maybe. What We're Playing Ship of Fools Disney Speedstorm Board Games (Sherlock Holmes, Avatar: Crosswords of Destiny, RISK: Medieval Europe) Return from Core* PalWorld What We're Reading Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Star Wars Thrawn What We're Drinking Pineapple Monster Ultra Sprite Old Rasputin Russi...

This week we are talking about our favorite games of 2023 as we look forward to 2024. What We're Playing Dead by Daylight Baldur's Gate 3 Palia Born of Bread* Bilkin's Folly* Call of Duty* *Code Received for streaming and review purposes What We're Reading Avatar Comics The Legacy of Yangchen by F.C. Yee Thrawn by Timothy Zahn The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon What We're Drinking M...

This week we are talking about living our best (or worst) lives among the stars in Starfield. What We're Playing Starfield Inscryption Baldur's Gate 3 Moving Out 2, Persona 5 Royal Illiterati Call of Duty Fae Farm* Tiny Witch* *Code Received for streaming and review purposes What We're Reading Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Thrawn by Timothy Zahn In Every Generation A Slayer is Born: How Buffy Stak...

This week we are talking about the cozy aesthetic and how your faves can be problematic. What We're Playing Sims 4* (with Horse Ranch DLC) Pikmin 4 Palia Venba* Atelier Marie Persona 5 Tears of the Kingdom Dicey Dungeons Railway Empires 2 7 Wonders Duel Diablo 4 *Code Received for streaming and review purposes What We're Reading Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Thrawn by Timothy Zahn Avatar Legends R...

This week we are talking about the games that have had the biggest impact on our lives. What We're Playing Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Diablo IV Jedi: Survivor Minecraft Fallout 76 Sanake.io Crime O'Clock* Noob: The Factionless* Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life* *Code Received for streaming and review purposes What We're Reading Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland Fourth Wing by Rebecc...

This week Sam and Jordyn and joined by material artist Christian Vasquez and environment artist Leah Augustine to talk about working in the games industry as artists. Links of note: Chris Vasquez (he/him) https://www.artstation.com/chrisnvasquez Leah Augustine (she/her) https://www.artstation.com/leahaugustine What We're Playing Potionomics Travelers Rest Valorant Deceive Inc* PUBG Resident Evil 4...

This week Jordyn and Victoria get the opportunity to interview her about games and her history working in and around games. What We're Playing Potionomics Dredge Stardew Valley Dinkum Golf Club Wasteland Return of the Obra Dinn Wasteland 3 What We're Reading Babel by R.F. Kuang What We're Drinking Ace Pineapple Cider Sprite Modern Times Coconut Stout Water, lots of water

This week Sam and Jordyn sit down with Amanda Gardner from The Deep End Games to talk about their upcoming game (March 7, 2023!), Romancelvania . What We're Playing Potionomics Pokemon Violet Fire Emblem Engage Octopath Traveler II Destiny 2: Lightfall* Majora's Mask What We're Reading Babel by R.F. Kuang Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson What We're Drinking Black...

This week Sam sits down with Jordyn and Victoria to talk about queer characters and games that we love. Recorded on Valentine's Day. What We're Playing Potionomics Fire Emblem Engage Warlords Battlecry III Age of Empires Devour Avatar Generations What We're Reading Ophie's Ghosts by Justina Ireland Babel by R.F. Kuang Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour Dawn of Yangchen by F.C. Yee What We're Drinking...