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This week, we’re only half paying attention to the show because we're thinking about the Moon. When we turn our attention briefly away from the Artemis II livestream, Willa talks about the bad new Life is Strange game and Robin played a smattering of new indies but she’s too tired to say much about them.
Timestamps:
(00:20) Shoutout to the Moon
(02:45) A walk through Life is Strange Discourse Hall
(25:00) So that brings us to Reunion
(35:50) Robin played some games, too
(45:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. thinking about the Moon, Sunburn)
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How Hidden Nazi Symbols Were the Tip of a Toxic Iceberg at Life Is Strange Developer Deck Nine
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Zoe graces us all with her presence to regale us with tales of her time spent saving the galaxy and exploring the highs of Rapture and the lows of Columbia. Spoilers abound for the entire Mass Effect trilogy and Bioshock 1, 2, and Infinite.
Timestamps:
(00:19) Welcome to the Zo Rowe Show
(02:17) The Mass Effect trilogy
(57:25) The Bioshock trilogy
(1:35:50) What else have Willa, Robin, and Zoe been up to this week? (feat. His Motor Bike, Her Island, Project Hail Mary, The Mets, and knitting)
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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 have not come a long way since Final Fantasy 13
(18:30) The Resident Evil Curriculum
(23:25) Cooking for critters in Creature Kitchen
(28:35) Petting slimes in Dungeon Bodega Simulator
(33:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. the hit television show Bones, the hit television show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the hit television show One Piece)
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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) The IGF Awards
(21:15) No Games for Genocide
(24:55) 1348 Ex Voto
(56:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. getting a camera, Dragon's Dogma Online)
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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 (lightest of spoilers throughout)
(38:09) Resident Evil 2 Remake
(45:35) Robin finally likes Silksong
(56:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. getting a camera, Dragon's Dogma Online)
Mentioned this week:
Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster on Resident Evil: Requiem
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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 Robin been up to this week? (feat. Bridgerton season 4, putting yourself out there and making friends)
(37:00) Bridgerton spoilers start
(38:35) Bridgerton spoilers end
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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)
(17:15) RIP Bluepoint
(30:10) A bunch of Yoko Taro news
(44:10) Robin self-medicating with 7/10 games
(57:33) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Love Story, A Year of Springs)
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The biggest gaming series are going indie
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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 Eternal , Verho - Curse of Faces)
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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, Nothing)
(45:10) Olympics talk reprise
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Harvestella Review: Sometimes the best gourmet meals are the simplest dishes
Gore Verbinski's BioShock Movie Would Have Somehow Included Both of the Game's Endings
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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 discourse
(06:21) More detours, this time about Zohran Mamdani
(07:26) Mass Effect and BioShock in 2026
(27:37) Valkyrie Saga and Cairn
(46:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Recovery of an MMO Junkie , Journal with Witch)
Mentioned this week:
The Toxic Positivity Problem by Critical Error
If You Ask Nicely by Autumn Wright
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