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A new year is upon us, and everyone’s decided to keep making video games. This week, we ease into 2025 by running down some of the games we’re most excited about playing in the coming year.
Timestamps
(01:30) The Worst Garbage game jam announcement!!
(05:30) Our 2025 most anticipated games
(56:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week?
Mentioned this week
Metroid Prime has been making gamers love reading since 2002
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It’s time once again for the most important and sincere awards show in all of gaming: The Girlies! Listen in as we hand out awards new and old, from Best Game That’s Just Mid to Best Inanimate Object.
Thanks to everyone who started listening or stuck with us in 2024! Happy New Year!!!
Timestamps
(00:30) What are we doing here?
(02:40) The awards begin
(1:39:45) GOTY discussion
Mentioned this week
The thing they say they’re mad at never actually matters
UFO 50 review: the 8-bit era returns in this fantastic retro collection
Solace State and the Return of Bio-awareness in Cyberpunk
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream: The Terror of Tamagotchi
Grief and Grace Along Route Zero
Planescape Torment: Never meet other people’s heroes
Ageism in Games: Stop Calling Old Games Outdated: A Self-Review of Anodyne
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There’s no way most of you little freaks ended up on the nice list this year, but we’re bringing you a gift anyway. For this edition of our annual game swap, we’re talking about 1000xResist and Lovely Lady RPG, two games with so little in common I can’t even write a cute little quip comparing them here.
Timestamps
(02:30) 1000xResist
(1:34:30) Fixer’s Song by Alex Mah & A Sum
(1:35:10) Lovely Lady RPG
(2:37:20) Untitled by Lutzl & Digital Poppy
(2:37:55) Willa and Robin haven’t been up to anything else this week
Mentioned this week
Talking for 5 Hours About 1000xResist - dotzip
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The Game Awards found some exciting new ways to be disappointing this year, but Fumito Ueda also announced a game so who can really be that mad? We talk through this year’s “awards show” then catch up with our mutual obsession, a game about fishing and wearing dresses.
Timestamps
(00:30) You do not have to hand it to Geoff
(1:01:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to? (feat. Infinity Nikki, Reverse 1999, Caves of Qud)
Mentioned this week
The Game Awards for Games Who Can't Afford the Game Awards
Next week we’ll be discussing 1000xResist and Lovely Lady RPG!
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We watched the PC Gaming Show as an amuse-bouche for The Game Awards, and found a few games to pique our interest plus one to pique our anger. Then we talk through a handful of games we’re either having fun with or anticipate doing so, and end by announcing our plans for the rest of the year, including what games we'll be discussing at length in the final episode of 2024!
Timestamps
(01:00) The ups and downs of the PC Gaming Show
(26:10) Toem 2 & Prisma sure look cool
(30:50) Dungeon crawling in Dungeon Antiqua
(37:20) Having fun being nice in Infinity Nikki
(46:20) Getting down to business (and announcing our annual game swap selections)
(58:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to? (feat. Sakura Quest, Girls Band Cry)
Mentioned this week
Is it Wizardry? Is it Final Fantasy? No! It's Dungeon Antiqua
Khara, Sunrise Animate Gundam GQuuuuuuX TV Series
Finding the You Inside in Psychroma - dotzip
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We’re both sleepy from cooking and/or eating big meals this week, so we’re meandering through a discussion of Fantasian Neo Dimension, Sony’s latest bad idea, and Ewan McGregor’s penis.
Timestamps
(00:40) Willa’s gonna tell you a little bit about Thanksgiving
(05:15) Fantasian Neo Dimension and Final Fantasy chat
(22:55) Arcane Season 2 (is bad)
(32:50) The PS5P
(38:30) Slitterhead minute
(41:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to? (feat. The Golden Compass, Velvet Goldmine, Stonetop)
Mentioned this week
Japanese RPGs are thriving this decade, so why isn't Final Fantasy?
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This week we’re mainly talking about Final Fantasy XIV Mobile and The Game Awards. Guess which one we get really riled up about.
Timestamps
(01:50) FF14 Mobile
(22:20) An incredibly cynical look at The Game Awards
(52:40) The Indie Game Awards seem cool-ish
(57:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to? (feat. Threshold, Sudden Death, Neurokino Retrograde, Wicked)
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Liz Ryerson on The Indie Game Awards
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Prisonculture shares a lot of good resources on Bluesky
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This week, we’re doing Game Awards discourse, playing a couple new and not-so-new games, and showing preferential treatment toward one listener with a return to our email pile.
Timestamps
(01:15) Who handles the fire in your relationship?
(4:40) It’s Game Awards discourse season!
(23:00) Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is fine
(27:10) Dragon Quest 3 (but not the one you’re thinking of)
(35:50) Sorry We’re Closed looks better than it feels
(42:35) Reading Ashley’s email
(1:05:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to? (feat. Look Back, riding bikes, generic fantasy)
Mentioned this week
Stunning Anime Look Back Appreciates the Work of Art
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Listen. We’re not doing great and we suspect you’re not either. After a brief chat about the election and Willa’s recent layoff, we dive into Mouthwashing, an emotionally challenging game that made us both feel like shit and is undoubtedly one of the year’s best.
If you’re looking for something positive to do with your energy after you’ve processed the results of the election, check the end of the shownotes for some hopefully helpful links.
Timestamps
(00:30) What a week it’s been (derogatory)
(01:20) Hey please take care of each other, things are pretty fucked
(07:45) The second annual layoff spectacular
(11:05) Cheering ourselves up with Mouthwashing, the saddest game ever made
(25:20) Mouthwashing spoilers begin [CW: mentions of sexual assault, suicide, alcoholism]
(55:20) Spoilers for Silent Hill 2 and Signalis, somehow
(1:04:00) The Mouthwashing scene that gave Robin a mental breakdown
(1:11:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to? (feat. Dungeon Inn, Witching Stone, Arcane season 2)
Mentioned this week
Ten Free Ebooks for Getting Free
Some help changing your name and gender marker
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Huge spreadsheets of mutual aid, justice orgs, and more
Prisonculture shares a lot of good resources on Bluesky
How to Change Your Legal Name and Gender 101
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It’s our second anniversary AND our 100th episode, a scheduling feat you wouldn’t believe was on purpose even if we tried to convince you it was. We take the time to answer some questions sent in by listeners over the past year, touching on our favorite games and inspirations, some podcasting inside baseball, and of course, the Mets.
Thanks for listening!!
Timestamps
(03:45) First gaming loves and breaking our parents’ rules
(11:55) The Girl Mode canon
(18:50) Sports games and comics
(26:20) Our critical inspirations
(32:50) X-Men by Girl Mode Studios
(36:45) Fixing the video game timeline
(44:00) Finding our podcasting voice/underdiscussed games/the Mets as RPG protagonists
(56:10) Thanks for listening!
(59:25) What else have Willa and Robin been up to? (feat. Dragon Age: The Veilguard, The Vampire Lovers, Late Night with the Devil)
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We stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.
Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.
Palestine Red Crescent Society
Palestine Children's Relief Fund
Demand a ceasefire from your representatives
Game Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packet
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