TALK THIS: It's Dangerous to Podcast Alone

In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Elite Beat Agents and Mina the Hollower, and what your government can do for you. Also featuring Zelda comparisons, the rights to cover songs, and fighting with depth perception.

In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about their last six weeks of gaming and they still aren't making friends. Also featuring keeping it a little stupid, having the juice, and bringing video games into the theater.

In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Pandora's Tower and Unfair Flips, and the troublesome need to spend time with people you care about. Also featuring pure skill, what makes something fun, and the prisoner's dilemma.

In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about traversal in games and the two (or three) extremes of good traversal systems. Also featuring demands for a "skip" button, why we want to jump off or slide down things, and the theoretical elimination of fast travel.

In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss the SteamWorld series and Saros and what can be traced back to The King in Yellow. Also featuring leaving things up to interpretation, ice cream flavors, and Christopher Nolan's exclusive movie making techniques.

In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about hair in video games and the types of styles they wish they could pull off in real life. Also featuring the perils of clipping, Sephiroth's hair routine, and where games still need to improve on the subject of hair.

In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Hearthstone and MIO: Memories in Orbit and everything you can and can't do with cards. Also featuring body metaphors, keeping things under control, and what makes a Soulslike.

In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about their last six weeks in gaming and accidentally make all the same wrong choices. Also featuring the allure of dollhouses, seeing things on the back of our eyelids, and 11th grade English class books.

In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss F.E.A.R. and BALL x PIT and the torrid doomed romance within the latter. Also featuring the terror of small girls, the rights to titles, and good old foursquare.

In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about how to approach a video game backlog and why gamers are so obsessed with doing that to begin with. Also featuring lessons from booktok, pro-con lists for making lists, and making better decisions.

In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Syphon Filter and Hollow Knight Silksong and the many different meanings of the word "bug." Also featuring having some nice brunch, the legacy of Bubsy 3D, and cruel gaming tricks.

In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about fruit in games and whether not Pac-Man is a vegetarian. Also featuring expensive grapes, Mario banana biology, and what a Wumpa should taste like.

In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Pony Island and Unbeatable and the terror of posting on Facebook today. Also featuring individualism, a lack of collected data, and using the microphone for gameplay.

In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about their last six weeks of gaming, including their radical cannon plans. Also featuring how to handle a big twist, tethering the Switch to life support, and the pleasure of a dollhouse.

In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Crazy Taxi and Cairn and the power of learning from a fellow arcade kid. Also featuring taxis into space, climbing how you like, and a good blog series.

In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about time in game, including real-clock and day-night cycles, and the inconvenience of time travelling your game system. Also featuring the overwhelming options of life, save data corruption, and dealing with scary nighttime monsters.

In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine and FBC: Firebreak and why we should abandon the slop moniker. Also featuring HR name lists, what the guy's name is in Ocean's Eleven, and new board game ideas.

In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about card games in games, and Madelyn resists the urge of Balatro in all ways. Also featuring a brass-based music drop, the card dimension, and the difference between cheating in poker and cheating in Magic the Gathering.

In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Koudelka and Routine and the fake version of the Vatican that has secret agents. Also featuring custom controller potential, theme park criticism, and more space religion.

In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about their last eight weeks of gaming. Oh boy, that's a lot of weeks. Also featuring 2-person momentum controls, class choice punishment, and the approaching end (of Madelyn's Switch battery).

In this special episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about anything but games - we also read books! Also featuring hype moments and aura (again?), that cover for romance novels, and an inability to find new music.

In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and Absolum and the ubiquity of roguelike features. Also featuring the power of negative emotions, a lack of lore knowledge, and spamming a light punch.

In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about phones in games and why you can't just scroll fake TikTok. Also featuring what a switchboard is, how many friends you can leave on read, and our times of digital surveillance.

In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Geometry Wars and Look Outside and the appeal of many particle effects. Also featuring teeth where they shouldn't be, programmer art, and different representations of people made out of fruit.

In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about musical instruments in games and the inability to remember where buttons are. Also featuring ukelele dubiousness, canonical musical abilities, and the need for more bards.