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Unconsoleable

Guess what? Not all video games are about shooting people in the face or driving recklessly! Games have evolved into a rich and varied medium where there’s something for everyone. No gaming experience? No console? No idea where to start? Enter your heroines, Anna Tarkov and Jessica Dennis.

Latest Episodes:

**138: It's Not You, It's Us** May 10, 2017

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye
After 137 wonderful episodes, we bid you, our faithful listeners, the very fondest of farewells. We've arrived at the metaphorical fork in the road, and we don't even care what a dreadful cliché that is. We hope you've had as much fun, learned as much, and generally had as good a time as we have with Unconsoleable.
Remember, aloha means goodbye, but it also means hello and love: so to you, our listeners, *aloha!*
Keep in touch:
@jessicadennis and @annatarkov on twitter
Anna's new venture, Indie Sidekick
Email Anna
Email Jessica

**137: Doggins 2: First Blood** May 03, 2017

The Real Doggins viewing one of his many awards

They make charming games, have an adorable dog, work side by side while staying happily married, and did we mention the cute dog?
Who are these fabulous guests? Why, it's Brooke and David Condolora of indie game studio Brain & Brain, of course.
We chatted with the dynamic duo about how they got started in games, struck out on their own, and possibly invented the quiet adventure genre in the process.
We also dug into a recent op-ed about narrative in games that has been making the rounds lately, and Brooke and David weighed in.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, our other merch, and email us if you too have a cute dog we should meet :-)
Stuff we mentioned:
Burly Men at Sea (iOS, Android & Steam)
Doggins (iOS & Android)
King’s Quest IV
Star Trek episode “Spock’s Brain”
Alastair Humphreys
Oregon Trail
Odell Lake
Apple IIGS
Oregon Trail postmortem at GDC 2016
Fangamer merch
Society6 merch
Thimbleweed Park viewmasters
Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise (iOS & Android)
Sword & Sworcery (iOS, Android & Steam)
Mini Metro (iOS, Android & Steam)
Amanita Design
Kentucky Route Zero
Ian Bogost’s piece
Papers, Please
The Wind Rises
Hidden Folks (iOS & Steam)

**136: Game Training** Apr 25, 2017

It counts as exercise if you're sitting on one of those balls

Practice makes perfect, and massive congratulations are in order for Jessica. Why? You'll find out right at the top of the episode.
As is often the case, the App Store is experiencing a bit of a drought right now, but good stuff is coming. In the meantime, we experience the crap and the mediocre stuff and tell you all about it :-)
Meanwhile, Facebook continues to believe it'll be a force in games, but we're not so sure, and neither are the devs we spoke to. And in something of a reversal, we have developers being crappy instead of gamers. It might all be ok, though, with a little in-game retail therapy headed our way soon, but could we try not being crappy too? Nintendo, that also means you :-/
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, our other merch, and email us if you’d like to finance our game merch addictions :D
Stuff we mentioned:
Alan’s episode
Pocket Card Jockey
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
Matt Ditton’s episode
Fairyland Story (iOS only)
Shooty Skies (iOS & Android)
Snipperclips
Lost Maze (iOS & Android)
Vignettes (iOS only)
Please Don’t Touch Anything (iOS & Android)
App Unwrapper
Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise (iOS & Android)
July 4, 1956 (iOS only)
The Last Door (iOS, Android & Steam)
Invert (iOS & Android)
Tetris music
Maize Wallin
Tape it Up (iOS only)
Topsoil
Ninja Pizza Girl
Nicole Stark
Facebook still trying to court developers
Ben at Mighty Games
Developers being shitty
Shopify is partnering with Unity
Candy Crush + Moschino
No more NES Classic Minis

**135: Hint Whales** Apr 19, 2017

A pod of hint whales

His games drive us nuts, but we can't help loving them anyway. So after much trash talk, we welcome puzzle master extraordinaire (and Unconsoleable listener!) Alan Hazelden to the show.
Alan tells us a bit about what he did before making devilishly challenging puzzle games, how he goes about designing and testing his games, which developers he looks up to, and even his favorite pizza toppings :-)
But wait, there's more! We also tell Alan how he can turn his games into F2P gold mines so the next time he comes on the show, he can have a Notch house of his very own :-p Of course we kid. None of that will happen, but it was fun to imagine!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, our other merch, and email us if you also want to register your hate for bell peppers.
Stuff we mentioned:
Snakebird (iOS, Android & Steam)
Cosmic Express (iOS, Android & Steam)
A Good Snowman is Hard to Build (iOS, Android & Steam)
Glorious Trainwrecks
Shit Snake
These Robotic Hearts of Mine (iOS & Android)
Sokobond
PuzzleScript
Rust Bucket (iOS & Android)
SpaceChem
Human Resource Machine (iOS, Android & Steam)
Alan’s recent interview with Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Deus Ex: GO (iOS & Android)
Mekorama (iOS & Android)
Stephen Lavelle
English Country Tune (iOS & Steam)
Stephen’s Sausage Roll
Terry Cavanaugh
VVVVVV (iOS, Android & Steam)
QWOP
GIRP
Ira Glass
TypeShift (iOS only)
Benjamin Davis
Kami 2 (iOS only)
Cheesing
Abuse Alan on Twitter

**134: Whatever Threats are Necessary** Apr 12, 2017

Listen up

Jessica is a big puddle of feels after playing the long-awaited conclusion to our 2016 Game of the Year and is charmed by an as-yet-unreleased charming game from the charming folks at Mighty Games. We conclude that quick-play games might not be as special as the games that truly win our hearts, but are still pretty awesome.
Anna is left wanting more after playing a horror-themed puzzle game that has just arrived on iOS from Steam, but the real rage is directed at a mobile-first game that has an awful control scheme, rendering it virtually unplayable. Luckily, a silly but fun game with impeccable controls comes to the rescue!
We roll our eyes pretty hard at the best mobile game BAFTA winner, as we do for most winners in the mobile category of various games awards. We wish awards would go more often to games that are truly the best rather than those that are the best known.
Meanwhile, should games display the battery indicator? What’s a fun new way to get hints in a new adventure game? How long can we neglect our laundry? And what non-curse words will we lob at our guest next week? Listen now to find out!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, our other merch, and email us to tell us how long you’ve neglected your laundry :-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Love You to Bits (iOS only for now)
Charming Runes (not yet released by Mighty Games)
Break Liner (iOS & Android)
Let's Go Rocket (iOS & Android)
Crossy Road (iOS, Android & Microsoft devices)
Rare Sloth
King Rabbit (iOS only)
Slayaway Camp (iOS & Steam)
After the End (iOS only)
Legend of the Skyfish (iOS, Android & Steam)
MouseBot (iOS & Android)
BAFTA winners announced
Reigns (iOS, Android & Steam)
Clash Royale (iOS & Android)
Pocket Card Jockey
Twine hints for Thimbleweed Park
Alan Hazelden
Cosmic Express (iOS, Android & Steam)
A Good Snowman is Hard to Build (iOS, Android & Steam)
Johnny Dangerously
The Usual Suspects

**133: Sweet, Sweet Nutella Numbers** Apr 05, 2017

Admit it: this is how you eat Nutella

We just love when people discover mobile games all of a sudden and pretend that they all sucked up until that moment! Did we say love? We meant the opposite.
But first, Thimbleweed Park is out and we hope you’re as excited as we are! Toilet paper options! Helpful to-do lists! And more! Neither of us has finished the game, and we’ll eventually have members of the team on the show, so stay tuned.
In the meantime, Jessica and Anna both play the sequel to a pretty puzzle game. The results vary, but we definitely agree it's gorgeous. Jessica spends some time in the beautiful world of another game, while Anna definitely hasn’t got the hang of a new card-based strategy game just yet.
And is it good, annoying, or both when games get so popular that they spawn merchandise, movies, and yes, apparently even game shows? Is anyone more excited about the new Room game than Jessica? Are your favorite iOS games going to stop working? Listen now to find out.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, our other merch, and email us to confess that you too eat Nutella straight from the spoon.
Stuff we mentioned:
Thimbleweed Park
Toilet paper options!
Ron Gilbert
Gary Winnick
Ron’s episode
Jenn’s episode
Pavilion (iOS, & Steam)
Accessibility in games
Our 2016 GOTY episode
Kami 2 (iOS only)
Kami (iOS & Android)
Pinchworm (iOS only)
State of Play
Card Thief (iOS only)
Swap Sword (iOS only)
Card Thief’s first week
Card Crawl (iOS & Android)
King Rabbit (iOS only)
Candy Crush game show is coming
Mario Lopez
Wipeout
Double Dare
Neko Atsume movie
Barry Meade’s episode
A new Room game is coming
Jessica’s tweet in Touch Arcade
Disney Crossy Road figurines
Scurvy Scallywags (iOS & Android)
Verge article
Kotaku Australia article

**132: Full On Cannibal** Mar 29, 2017

The most dangerous game

Why has Jessica been eating her ship’s crewmates? Could a card-based strategy game have struck her fancy, even though she usually shuns the genre? What new heights has her horsey game obsession reached? And what awesome new toy does she have to add to her collection? All these questions and more will be answered!
Meanwhile, Anna is all in on puzzle games lately, but wonders whether she should be allowed to play them at all. An old nemesis of a game is tackled again and somewhat defeated, but is there any pleasure in the victory? Maybe we’d both rather be shifting letters instead in the latest offering from a favorite dev.
Of course there’s always sighing at Nintendo to be done, and we continue that long and sad tradition here. But hey, Kickstarter has done something interesting! Finally, we ponder a story about Jewish game developers in these troubled times.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, our other merch, and email us if you’ve ever cannibalized someone. Or maybe… don’t.
Stuff we mentioned:
Thimbleweed Park
Jenn Sandercock
Jessica’s bookshelf of games stuff
Alto’s Adventure llamas
Thimbleweed Park t-shirts
American Apparel
TypeShift (iOS only)
Zach Gage
Sage Solitaire is what Anna meant to say (iOS & Android)
Really Bad Chess (iOS only)
Card Thief (iOS only)
Pocket Card Jockey
Card Crawl (iOS & Android)
Sunless Sea (iPad & Steam)
Failbetter Games
Fallen London (iOS, Android, & browser)
Ben Weatherall
Cosmic Express (iOS, Android & Steam)
Snakebird (iOS, Android & Steam)
The episode where Anna yelled about Snakebird
Alan Hazelden
Ending (iOS & Android)
Rust Bucket (iOS & Android)
Nelly Cootalot (iOS, Android & Steam)
Super Mario Run is now on Android
Nintendo is doubling production of the Switch
Our Gaming Yoda
Tomorrow Corp.
NES Classic Mini
RPS story about Cheap Golf
Jessica’s other alleged podcast
Gamasutra article about Jewish gamedevs
Black man a victim of hate crime in NYC
Where Richard Spencer’s money comes from

**131: Fake Horsey Girl** Mar 22, 2017

It's actually pretty unsafe for a child to be alone with a horse. And she's holding that carrot wrong.

Jessica and Anna are back with a vengeance from PAX East and GDC respectively, and we have a lot to talk about. We played some new games on our journeys of course, but the best part about any conference is the people!
Jessica’s love affair with horsey games has taken a bizarre turn, thanks to a new friend from PAX East. It’s weird, it’s unsettling, and it might have some problematic elements! What is this mystery game? You’ll need to listen to find out.
Anna might have a new favorite developer after GDC (and he certainly knows how to entice Jessica to play his game), but is this the beginning of a beautiful friendship or the dawn of a frustrating, rage-inducing future? (Spoiler alert: it’s both :-))
A big change has also come to the games area of the App Store and we think it rocks. And is Jessica more powerful and influential than she realizes? All signs point to yes!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, our other merch, and email us if you can recommend other horse games for us to play, maybe less creepy ones.
Stuff we mentioned:
Pocket Card Jockey
I Need Diverse Games
Tanya DePass
Jenn Sandercock
Ben Britten
Miellyn Barrows
My Horse Prince (iOS & Android)
City of Love (iOS & Android)
Hatoful Boyfriend (iOS, Android & Steam)
Jessica’s tiny horse
Hexarden
Spry Fox
Night in the Woods
Ooblets
Mineko’s Night Market
Andrew Fray
Thomas Brand
Katherine Cross
Thimbleweed Park
Ryan Cash
Snowman
Desert Alto
Unconsoleable GDC event
Luke from Prettygreat
Joel McDonald
Asher Vollmer
Steve and Maureen
Sabriel Mastin
GX3
Cosmic Express (iOS, Android & Steam)
Indie Megabooth
A Good Snowman is Hard to Build (iOS, Android & Steam)
Alan Hazelden
Beglitched (iOS & Steam)
Euclidean Lands (iOS only)
Old Man’s Journey
Lumino City (iOS & Steam)
App Store will have a permanent spot for indies
Pocus (iOS only)
What our stickers look like

**130: The Unconsoleable Time Machine** Mar 15, 2017

With Anna recovering from GDC and Jessica away at PAX East, we decided to take you on another trip down memory lane, to our first *real* episode. We'll be back with new content next week, but meanwhile we hope you enjoy another blast from the past!

Wooohooo, we made it to episode two! Wait, that's not really a big accomplishment. Or is it? You tell us, dear listeners.
On this episode we talk about Steam's new discovery tools, SQUEEEEE about the impending Monument Valley expansion and talk waaaay too much about Desert Golfing and how games like it and Monument Valley are wonderfully relaxing. So make yourself a chamomile tea, put on a moisturizing mask and your spa robe and enjoy the show.
Stuff we talked about:
Steam announces new discoverability features
A dev team is already feeling the impact
Join OUR Steam group!
Monument Valley new levels are coming
Monument Valley
Helpful article on IAPs
Ustwo developer talks about the design of the game [VIDEO]
The Great Totem Controversy, in tweets
Monument Valley fan art!
Desert Golfing
Ars Technica piece on Desert Golfing
Jonathan Blow
And finally.... we are officially on iTunes. If you're enjoying this podcast even a little bit, please review us.

**129: Still Failing After All These Years** Mar 08, 2017

Failure in a Box

With Anna away at GDC and Jessica ramping up the travel anxiety prior to PAX East, we decided to take a little break and re-release our very first episode, Failure in a Box.

Hey look, it's the inaugural episode of Unconsoleable!
Learn more about your co-hosts, Anna and Jessica, our decidedly unimpressive gaming histories, why the heck we are doing this podcast, and why we game the way we do.
Stuff we talked about:
App.net
Isometric
Brianna Wu
Revolution 60
Evan Passero, designer extraordinaire
Totally Uncool
Spawn on Me
Civilization
**Article on kids not being able to pass Level 1 on Super Mario Brothers** – Hmm, this doesn't look like a link. Turns out, this story was a hoax and all the sites that wrote about it have taken it down. That being the case, it's still quite possible we suck at games more than little kids!
Whac a Mole - Duh, *of course* there is an iOS game.
Thomas Was Alone

**128: Accepting Delivery of My New Unicorn** Mar 01, 2017

Jessica's new unicorn

Apologies for the lateness of these show notes, dear listeners. Anna is at GDC and struggling to keep up. To make it up to you, we will likely have many amazing guests in the coming months, so stay tuned!
This week we punched some Nazis, won some horse races, went golfing, hopping and mashing, and found adorable hidden things in an adorable, charming new game.
We also catch up on Unity’s 2016 mobile games report, wonder if Pokémon GO really expanded the mobile game player base, yell at Nintendo as per usual, and much, much more!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you talk about your medical history loudly on a train cause we want to disapprove :p
Stuff we mentioned:
Jessica’s Rocket appearance
Alayna Cole
xkcd explains the 1st Amendment
Tanya DePass
Tanya's episode
Pocket Card Jockey
Hidden Folks (iOS & Steam)
Charming Keep (iOS & Android)
Mudd Masher
Super Deluxe’s Punch a Nazi
Wii Fit
OK Golf (iOS only)
Rhom Bus (iOS only)
Alto is going to the desert
Where Cards Fall Trailer
Life is Strange
Luca Redwood’s new game
Unity’s mobile games report
iPhone Plus
Our 2016 GOTY list
More NES Classic Minis?
Mobile games make you happy :)

**127: Go Straight to Jerk Jail** Feb 22, 2017

Convicted of 18 counts of crappy opinions

Both Jessica and Anna struggled to properly control a few games this week, because hey, apparently this mobile gaming gig is hard work! Luckily, a wonderful new game has come out to make us forget about all that.
And if it's a day that ends in Y, someone has said something dumb about Nintendo—and we did record this on a Friday, sooo….
Something that's way worse than dumb, though, is the PewDiePie fiasco. We "salute" Felix for finding several ways to be horrible, rather than being content with just one! And this incident calls to mind another horrible person who has recently risen to dubious prominence after winning a Madden e-sports event. Let's not reward horrible people, ok gaming industry? This isn't hard.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you too want to brag about your virtual horse breeding program ;-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Ben Britten
Miss Fisher and the Deathly Maze (iOS only)
Pocket Card Jockey
Narcissus (iOS only)
Hecticube (iOS & Android)
Never Alone
Hidden Folks (iOS & Steam)
Super Gridland (iOS & Android)
Kitty Powers’ Matchmaker (iOS, Android & Steam)
Kitty Powers
Richard Franke
Parallyzed (iOS & Android)
Digby Forever (iOS only)
Hilarious Nintendo article
If Super Mario Run was a F2P game
City of Love (iOS & Android)
PewDiePie
Disney cuts ties with Pew Die Pie
Fiverr
Veronica Mars
Spawn on Me
Resist Jam
Devolver Digital
Jessica’s guest spot on Disruption

**126: Flappy Bird is a Corolla** Feb 15, 2017

We kick off this week with Jessica scolding our guest from last week’s show. Yes, you read that right. But it all has something to do with games, we swear!
Other than scolding people and solving mysteries, Jessica tries a game on the advice of a listener and finds it super hard, yet she somehow can’t stop playing it. What madness is this? Meanwhile, a game based loosely on a beloved Twitter account is very average, but hey, at least it’s free.
Anna tries to be a hardcore mobile gamer and shuns a game that seems too easy, but isn’t drawn in by one that’s much more challenging. Where oh where is the happy medium? Add to that a badly monetized, cheesy visual novel from Ubisoft, and it has been a somewhat odd gaming week.
Turning to the news, we wonder if we should be annoyed with Nintendo (answer: usually yes, but possibly not in this case), squee about Tim Cook’s visit to ustwo, and mull over the big news from Steam this week. A big change is coming, but will it help or hurt indie developers and the platform as a whole?
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you want to tell us what car make and model most accurately represents your game :-D
Stuff we mentioned:
Benjamin Britten
Tin Man Games
Miss Fisher and the Deathly Maze (iOS only)
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
Faithful listener @StrawVagetarian
Super Gridland (iOS & Android)
Swap Sword (iOS only)
We Rate Dogs on Twitter
Good Dogs (iOS & Android)
Alien Path (iOS & Android)
Missileman (iOS only)
City of Love (iOS & Android)
Nintendo says mobile is just a means to an end
Mazda CX-9
Mazda 3
Tim Cook visits ustwo
Dan Gray
Mills
Steam axes Greenlight
Itch.io
Resist Jam

**125: Very, Very Mighty** Feb 08, 2017

After inserting himself into our 100th episode despite never having been a guest, the mighty Ben Britten finally joins us on the actual show.
Ben may not have an Aussie accent, but he does have an Academy Award and, in our opinion, a great life story all around.
We talk to Ben about how he got into games, making the shift from premium to free-to-play, Mighty Games’ newest (and most charming? :-)) arrival and much more!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you’r currently developing a horsey game, because we'd like to know more! :-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Mighty Games
Matt Hall
Matt Ditton
Matt Ditton’s expletive-laden episode
NZGDC
Tin Man Games
The Arcade
Film Victoria
Timothy Best
Crossy Road (iOS & Android)
Shooty Skies (iOS & Android)
Disney Crossy Road (iOS & Android)
Charming Keep (iOS & Android)
Charming Keep website
AdVenture Capitalist! (iOS & Android)
Clicker Heroes (iOS & Android)
Pocket Card Jockey
Rhiannon Poley
Ben’s GCAP talk
Hipster Whale
Academy Awards technical awards
Stealth
Ghost Rider
Neil Rennison
Scott Bartlett
Pinchworm (iOS only)
Factorio
Borderlands
Skyrim
Human Resource Machine (iOS & Android & Steam)
Little Inferno (iOS, Android & Steam)
Unconsoleable stickers and more

**124: If Nothing Else, We’ve Got Games** Feb 01, 2017

Reminder: your fresh horrors device also does games

American politics continues to be a trash fire, but hey, at least we've got games!
Jessica’s love affair with that horsey game continues, but she tears herself away for a bit to try some other games. She even gets to engage in her favorite activity in one of them: snooping!
Anna is somewhat enamored with a new endless runner, but is super sad about her inability to play another game that's really great — unless you’re the type to get lost. Also, cute critters have come on the scene and we may want to take a ride in their spaceship.
But that's not all! There's some potentially game-changing news for App Store devs, exciting adventure games coming this year, a Neko Atsume movie (!!!!!) and a study about female gamers that we think misses the mark.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you’ve taught your cat to pee in the toilet cause, well, you're weird :-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Kiva Bay
Our episode with Kiva
Body dysmorphia
Toxic masculinity
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Twitter account tweets out passenger manifest of ship w/Jews from Europe
Pocket Card Jockey
A Normal Lost Phone (iOS & Android)
Poochie & Yoshi’s Woolly World
Our friend Jenni
No Man’s Sky
Shards of Memories (iOS & Android)
Sky Dancer (iOS & Android)
Red’s Kingdom (iOS only)
Nubs’ Adventure (iOS & Android)
Splitter Critters (iOS only)
King Rabbit (iOS only)
Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise (iOS & Android)
Devs will soon be able to reply to App Store reviews
Yeti Pie (iOS only)
Neko Atsume movie trailer
Adventure games to look forward to in 2017
Jenny LeClue
Full Throttle Remastered
Tacoma
Spawn on Me episode w/Steve Gaynor
Female gamers study
US pro soccer pay structure
Stardew Valley

**123: Make Games Great Again** Jan 25, 2017

Although maybe this should be an Australian flag

Our newly inaugurated president scares us to death, but we are here for the games. They help us cope and we hope they work that way for you too.
Anna finds solace in a silly Japanese cult game while Jessica continues to self-medicate with hefty doses of Pocket Card Jockey.
We also talk about a perennial favorite topic: what Apple can do to move mobile gaming forward. The iPhone recently turned 10, so someone saw fit to ask a bunch of dudes this question. But you know you'd rather hear our thoughts, right? :)
Finally, it turns out Steam and mobile gaming share many of the same problems matching players to games. A recent article delves into this and so do we!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you can get Jessica a job at Nintendo or Apple :-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Pocket Card Jockey
Yuri (iOS only)
Our friend Brian
Charming Keep
Mighty Games
Nintendo Switch
Snakebird (iOS & Android)
Minekos Market
Hidden My Game by Mom (iOS & Android)
Hidden My Game by Mom 2 (iOS & Android)
Super Mario Run is coming soon to Android
Nintendo’s next mobile game is coming soon too
PocketGamer asks a bunch of dudes to speculate on the future of iOS gaming
Yankee Swaps
Megan Fox
How developers want Steam to improve in 2017

**122: Toilet Paper Beliefs** Jan 18, 2017

I didn't do it. It wasn't me.

Listeners know we have strong political beliefs, and of course strong beliefs about games. But toilet paper? It turns out Jessica is fairly indifferent, but Anna isn't, and an upcoming game has her and others in a bit of a tizzy.
Speaking of toilets, as we are often wont to do, we chuckle at a developer who has realized that people play their game on the toilet. of course we knew it all along, and all joking aside, there are some good lessons there about understanding your players.
All this plus some of our reactions to the Nintendo Switch news, what we are playing (Pugs! Cat horses! Chickens!), and much more.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you have strong toilet paper feelings you'd like to share with us ;-)
Stuff we mentioned:
Pocket Card Jockey
Ron Gilbert
Jessica’s cat horse
Breakout Ninja (iOS only)
Milkmaid of the Milky Way (iOS & Steam)
Cluckles’ Adventure (iOS & Android)
Legend of the Skyfish (iOS & Android)
Party Pugs (iOS & Android)
Our friend Janie
Hitman GO (iOS, Android & PS4)
Tiny Rails (iOS & Android)
Splatoon 2
There will be a new Mario Kart
Wii Sports
Why does this cost $50?!!
Phone screens are super dirty
Developer realizes their players play their game on the toilet
You Must Build a Boat (iOS & Android)
10000000 (iOS & Android)
Jenn Sandercock
The toilet paper in Thimbleweed Park is WRONG

**121: The Vagina Game** Jan 11, 2017

It's a *flower*

We’ve talked about playing games in the bathroom, but what about controlling a game with a part of one’s anatomy? Yes, these are brave and wild times in which this will soon be possible for those who backed a certain IndieGoGo campaign.
Besides vaginas, this episode sees us dive into the 2017 gaming season with some featured games we didn’t hate! In fact, we liked pretty much everything we played this week, even though we just used our hands to do it (how boring!).
We also talk about some wacky news, like Iran freaking out about Clash of Clans (and not because it has $100 IAPs!), predictably underwhelming mobile category award nominees, and more.
Finally, what does 2017 have in store for mobile games? We ponder one recent take and talk about things we’d like to see change in on the platform in the coming year, especially given some recent data.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you plan on exercising your pelvic floor :-D
Stuff we mentioned:
Whitaker Trebella
Rescue Remedy
Remedy Rush (iOS only)
Pocket Gamer interview with Whit
3 Sprockets
Breakout Ninja (iOS only)
Drawn to Kill (iPad only)
AirPods
Milkmaid of the Milky Way (iOS only)
Drop Flip Seasons (iOS only)
Trick Shot (iOS & Android)
Game Developers Choice Awards
Iran bans Clash of Clans
Mini Metro episode
Most Games are not a Vagina
Luxuria Superbia (iOS & Android)
IndieGoGo campaign for the vagina controller
Kegel exercises
Pelvic floor
Zombies, Run! (iOS & Android)
GamesIndustry.biz looks ahead to gaming in 2017
Our GOTY episode
Love You to Bits (iOS only)
No Man’s Sky
EEDAR data about mobile gaming habits
Jessica’s cute owl design

**120: The Usual Caveats Apply** Jan 04, 2017

It's our SECOND ANNUAL (hey, that's totally a big deal!) GAME OF THE YEAR EPISODE!!! We are using all CAPS in case you can't tell how excited we are. Because we're excited!
2016 may not have been a good year for politics, but it was a pretty decent year for mobile games, as it turns out. So on this episode we celebrate the many games that we loved and cherished. We’ve got categories like prettiest, most innovative, most addictive, weirdest, and many more!
Unlike last year, the winners aren’t listed in the show notes below, so you’ll have to listen to find out who won everything, including our ultimate game of the year and our individual picks for best game of 2016. There’s some arguing and lots of hemming and hawing, but we feel great about our winners and we hope you will too.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you think there’s a great game from 2016 that we missed!
Stuff we mentioned:
Severed (iOS only)
Our master list of best games of 2016
Isoland (iOS only)
Love You to Bits episode
Too Many Limes (iOS only)
A Tiny Game of Pong (iOS only)
Pinchworm article
The Last Door (iOS, Android & Steam)
Zach Gage
Kenny Sun
Circa Infinity (iOS & Android)
Reigns episode
Furdemption (iOS only)
Mini Metro episode
Pocket Card Jockey
Versus Evil

**119: Advisory Women** Dec 28, 2016

These models will impart sage wisdom unto you

Jessica and Anna are both played a new train game featuring a woman who explains stuff: a common occurrence in mobile games. Now, women know things, but Anna isn't sure about all these advisory women in mobile games. Why are they there? Is it for the right reasons or the wrong ones?
Something we’re more sure of is that Nintendo’s eShop is awful. Nevertheless, Jessica managed to play a game on her 3DS that she actually liked!
And of course, Super Mario Run is out and people have Opinions. About the price, about the monetization, about the gameplay, and more. We dive into some of these takes on Nintendo’s first real mobile game, and of course provide our own as the advisory women that we are :-)
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you'd like us to womansplain something to you :-p
Stuff we mentioned:
AirPods
Matt Ditton’s swear-filled episode
Tiny Rails (iOS & Android)
Hermione
Our Gaming Yoda
Pocket Card Jockey
Super Mario Run (iOS only)
Shareware
Age of Empires
Super Mario Run’s inevitable backlash
Kotaku Toad Rally piece
Leap Day (iOS & Android)
People are upset about SMR’s data usage
NES Classic Mini
Should VR take its cue from casual games?
Job Simulator
Toilet gamer iOS stickers

**118: An Instant Classic** Dec 21, 2016

At long last and all the way from New Zealand, we welcome the developers of Mini Metro.Yep, we think the game is an instant classic and so should you.
We talk to (twin!) brothers Robert and Peter Curry about how Mini Metro came about, their past exploits in game development, staying indie, the fear and anxiety that comes with success, and, as always, much, much more!
Whether you've been loving designing transit systems like we have, want to hear the thought processes of smart devs, or are keen to join their dinosaur polo club, listen up!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you want to design the jackets we’ll wear at our dino polo club :-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Mini Metro (iOS, Android & Steam)
Civilization
XCOM
World of Goo
Aquaria
Ludum Dare
IGF Awards
Barry Meade’s episode
The traveling salesman problem
You Must Build a Boat (iOS & Android)
Luca Redwood
Dinosaur Polo Club

**117: Whatever, Nintendo** Dec 14, 2016

We're all very fancy around here

Super Mario Run is about to come out and some worrisome news about it has also come out. Uh-oh.
Here to help us make sense of it all plus issue other tidbits of knowledge and wisdom is our beloved friend and developer Joe Macirowski.
Meanwhile, what are Anna’s first impressions of the game having trekked to the Apple Store to play the demo? What recent gaming triumphs has Jessica enjoyed? Will Apple ever make a controller? And just how many ties DOES one of the Joe’s cats have? All these questions and more will be answered so listen now!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you know why Nintendo is opposed to making money :-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Super Mario Run (iOS only SOON)
Swap Sword (iOS only)
Design Home (iOS & Android)
Jessica’s 5-star design
Sling Kong (iOS & Android)
2016 GOTY contenders list
Sally’s Law (iOS & Android)
Super Cat Tales (iOS & Android)
Mutant Mudds (iOS only)
Nubs’ Adventure (iOS & Android)
Big Bang Racing (iOS & Android)
Slip Away (iOS & Android)
Perchang (iOS & Android)
Engadget impressions of Super Mario Run
Leap Day (iOS & Android)
Super Mario Run demo video
Super Mario Run will need constant internet connectivity
NES Classic
British dude is annoyed that mobile games require online play
Game of War (iOS & Android)
Base Wars
Paste piece on Nintendo games that should come to mobile
Backgammon
Duck Hunt
Drawn to Kill (iPad only)
The Nintendo Switch
Legend of the Skyfish (iOS & Android)
Our listener Jared
Too Many Limes (iOS only)
Burger (iOS & Android)
Tiles
Bodega cats on Twitter

**116: Game Shame** Dec 07, 2016

Inside one of the secret women meetings

Apparently this is the show where we reveal our deepest, darkest gaming secrets. Are you ready to learn Jessica’s latest game shame? We don’t want to ruin the fun for you, so you’ll have to listen to find out what it is!
Speaking of deep, dark, secrets, we have some to impart to Zynga, who apparently wants to make a Candy Crush-like game for the Indian market. But they want it to appeal specifically to women. What’s the problem? Well, there are a number of them, and we try to explain it to the hapless devs who no doubt aren’t listening.
We also puzzle over a new mobile game streaming service Rovio plans to launch. Can something meant to be the Spotify of mobile games find success?
And of course we played some new games too, though almost none of the ones Anna tried came from the App Store (GASP!)
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you want to confess a shameful gaming secret of your own ;-p
Stuff we mentioned:
2016 GOTY contenders
Severed (iOS only)
Burly Men at Sea (iOS, Android & Steam)
TIME’s list of top 10 games of 2016
Prune (iOS & Android)
2015 GOTY episode
Our friends Brian & Joe
Icarus (iOS only)
Game of War (iOS & Android)
4 Ways to Spot a Shameless Cash Grab
Swap Sword (iOS only)
Andrew Fray
Spryfox episode
Facebook launches Messenger games
Tentacles: Enter the Mind (iOS only)
Rovio is launching a mobile game streaming service
Zynga
Zynga seeks to target Indian women mobile gamers
Indian currency crisis
Candy Crush Moms article

**115: The Herring Theory** Nov 30, 2016

Why do herring make you smarter? Something something *school*.

What's one weird trick for games to infuriate us? Bad monetization. Jessica even *almost* really liked a new game this week—almost.
It was much the same with Anna who, along with Jessica, struggled with a home decorating game. Struggled to play it that is, because the monetization is so brutal.
We also wondered about Microsoft Solitaire coming to mobile and who on earth would pay for it, got a sneak peak at Asher Vollmer’s next game, learned who the best navigators are, and chuckled at an unlikely political incursion into a mobile soccer game we’ve never played.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you subscribe to the herring theory :)
Stuff we mentioned:
Icarus (iOS only)
Sling Kong (iOS & Android)
Let's Go Rocket (iOS & Android)
Shooty Skies (iOS & Android)
Islands (iOS only)
Kathy Rain (iOS & Android)
George W. Bush’s paintings
Bob Ross
Design Home (iOS & Android)
Covet Fashion (iOS & Android)
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood (iOS & Android)
PHP
Oh… Sir! Insult Simulator (iOS & Android)
Microsoft Solitaire comes to mobile
Microsoft Solitaire (iOS & Android)
Solitaire Forever (iOS & Android)
Fallen London (iOS, Android & browser)
Windows Phone
Solitaire subscription in Windows 10
Asher Vollmer’s episode
Guildlings
GIF of first revealed Guildlings character
Sea Hero Quest (iOS & Android)
The best navigators are Nordic
Football Manager (iOS & Android)
Brexit
Pro-Brexit player is mad

**114: Millions of People Must Be Wrong** Nov 23, 2016

The story of Tetris is *aaaaah tetrominos attack!*

Could millions of people be wrong about mobile games being awesome? Clearly not, though they might be wrong about their choice of presidential candidate — but we digress!
Anyway! We try to go back to "normal" this week, whatever that is, and talk about more games, more out of touch articles, more shooty stabby gamers who don’t get mobile, and more Mario of course!
Also, Nintendo, you're pissing us off. Stop it.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you have some NES classic minis you want to gift to us ;-)
Stuff we mentioned:
King Rabbit (iOS only)
PAC-MAN 256 (iOS, Android & PS4)
Scurvy Scallywags (iOS & Android)
You Must Build a Boat (iOS & Android)
Luca Redwood
SteamWorld Heist (iOS & Steam)
Irish Senator says it all
SteamWorld Dig
Boon Cotter
Men of Game Development
Uncharted: Fortune Hunter (iOS & Android)
Jake Sawyer
The Trail (iOS & Android)
Peter Molyneux
Godus (iOS & Android)
Alice in Wonderland Puzzle Golf Adventures (iOS & Android)
Telepaint (iOS only)
Portal
NES classic mini
Super Mario Run has a release date
GamesIndustry.biz article
What if Candy Crush had a story?
Til Morning’s Light (iOS only)
Deus Ex GO (iOS & Android)
The Game Awards
**Special bonus trivia!** Serendipitously, as it turns out, the Simpsons episode Jessica references (here's an archive.org capture of whatbadgerseat.com) features a chalkboard gag concerning the 2000 election: "I will not plant subliminal messagores."

**113: All Our Parties Have Gotten Pooped On** Nov 16, 2016

Us as the results rolled in. Us now.

This is still a show about games, but we *had* to talk about the election.
Because this isn't like any other election, and this president-elect isn't like any other president-elect. We are afraid and traumatized, not so much for ourselves, but for so many others. This show has always been partly about our lives, and this was a cataclysmic event for us both.
We do get around to games eventually, we promise. Both of us played a few new things, though games haven't been as comforting. We also talked about some good reactions to the election result in the games community, as well as some not-so-good reactions, plus a Blizzard CEO that seems to be a wee bit misguided.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you have a colony on Mars we can join.
Stuff we mentioned:
The 5 stages of grief
Ruffled Feathers episode
Reports of hate crimes
GaymerX
Jezebel list of orgs to donate to
ACLU
Planned Parenthood
CAIR
Trans Lifeline
#translawhelp
Scurvy Scallywags (iOS & Android)
Westworld
Fancy Cats (iOS & Android)
Sailor Moon Drops (iOS & Android)
Neko Atsume (iOS & Android)
The Trail (iOS & Android)
The Room games
The Lost Shield (iOS only)
Brick breaker
Nellie’s Ark (iOS only)
Gamedev people react to Trump
Patrick Thornton’s article
California used to be Mexico
Don't Move to Canada, Move to a Swing State
Blizzard CEO says no one has figured out mobile
Facebook announces their Steam competitor
More Facebook Messenger games are here
Peach
Jake Sawyer
Taco Illuminati t-shirts
Gone Home

**112: Signing Up for Judgement** Nov 09, 2016

We're not this friendly

Games that we play sign up for judgment, but what about raiders of Halloween candy? Will anyone step forward and admit to taking all of it when no one’s looking?
While we ponder chocolate-induced crime and punishment, we also talk about the games we’ve played this week, to varying degrees of enjoyment and success. Jessica realizes walking around in a game can get tiresome while Anna embraces her spy identity.
We also roll our eyes at a tone-deaf piece on fan demands in games and comics and lament the fact that someday we may not be able to play our favorite iOS games anymore.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you'd like to confess to any candy crimes ;-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Doomsday Clicker (iOS & Android)
Scurvy Scallywags (iOS & Android)
Rusty Lake: Roots (iOS & Android)
Severed (iOS only)
Gone Home
Til Morning’s Light (iOS only)
Cook, Serve, Delicious (iOS, Android & Steam)
Appsolute Games
Ketchapp
Flip Heroes (iOS only)
Lumino City (iOS & Steam)
Canabalt (iOS, Android & Steam)
Gossip Girl
Vikings: An Archer’s Journey (iOS only)
Our friend Joe
Drawn to Kill (iPad only)
Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise (iOS only)
GCAP award winners
Covert Affairs
Guessy Stars (iOS & Android)
Harvest (iOS only)
Rodeo Stampede (iOS & Android)
Disco Zoo (iOS & Android)
The fans are going to win
Mobile gaming isn't so mobile
Toilet gamer t-shirts
Games getting pulled from the App Store
How to back up your games
NES Classic is coming soon

**111: Gamer Stank** Nov 02, 2016

The popular perception of gamers

Do gamers stink differently than other people? Some people seem to think so and *[cue infomercial voice]* have they got the product for YOU!
But before we get to all that, Jessica recounts some woes with a new game’s tutorial and an old game’s inability to cloud save her progress, oh no!
Meanwhile, Anna falls under the spell of a very silly, but very charming time management game and we also talk about a story that made us *both* do a double take.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you’ve spent millions on a mobile game, because we’d like to be your friends ;-)
Stuff we mentioned:
Vikings: An Archer’s Journey (iOS only)
Drawn to Kill (iPad only)
Road Not Taken (iOS only)
Mini Metro (iOS, Android & Steam)
FRAMED (iOS & Android)
Rusty Lake: Roots (iOS & Android)
Year Walk (iOS only)
The Last Door (iOS, Android & Steam)
Fireproof Games
Heart’s Medicine (iOS & Android)
Matt Hall
Cook, Serve, Delicious (iOS, Android & Steam)
Hay Day (iOS & Android)
Tap My Katamari (iOS & Android)
Anna’s latest Remeshed column
Phil Schiller in charge of the App Store
Deodorant for gamers Kickstarter
Man spends $2 million on a game & leads a boycott
Skinner boxes
Fallen London (iOS, Android & browser)
4 Ways to Spot a Shameless Cash Grab
Gamer stats from the ESA
Our friend Christian

**110: So Designy** Oct 26, 2016

Longtime listeners will recall that there was a time when Jessica built A LOT of boats. Now she's building a lot of transit systems, and Anna is too! That's right, Mini Metro has taken us by storm and we’re having a blast.
We also announce the winner of our Burly Men at Sea giveaway, and Anna talks about some other games and, um, hassling various developers.
And of course… the Nintendo news! We talk all about the Switch and whether we, the target market, are interested in it.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you’re bringing your dog to GDC, because we want to meet them!
Stuff we mentioned:
Mini Metro (iOS, Android & Steam)
Our Gaming Yoda
Train Conductor World (iOS & Android)
SimCity franchise
Shooty Skies (iOS & Android)
MARTA
Burly Men at Sea (iOS, Android & Steam)
Neko Atsume (iOS & Android)
Bengal Jack
Tubbs
Doggins (iOS & Android)
Shadow Bug (iOS only)
Shadow Bug Rush (iOS & Android)
Janie Clayton
Brent from Spryfox
FRAMED2 teaser
FRAMED (iOS & Android)
Josh at Loveshack
PinOut!
Smash Hit (iOS & Android)
INKS. (iOS only)
Really Bad Chess (iOS only)
Zach Gage
Sage Solitaire (iOS & Android)
Puzzlepops! Trick or Treat (iOS & Android)
Puzzlepops! (iOS & Android)
Nintendo Switch teaser
Disruption
NYT analysis of the Switch
Some European devs have Switch dev kits
Zelda Windwaker

**109: Your Phone in Your Bra** Oct 19, 2016

Fancy phone-holders

Everything in the world is *terrible*, but we are here to bring you stories of our sometimes silly and difficult lives, and we do eventually talk about games, we promise!
We tried some new stuff this week, to varying degrees of success, but we mainly talk about a game that you probably haven’t heard of or played. And that’s maybe for good reason. Intrigued? Mystified? Trepidatious? Then listen now and all will be revealed.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you can volunteer to be Jessica’s rescuer when she falls down the stairs ;-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Nate Silver
Jessica has never yelled at children
The "L"
Episode 52
Episode 30
Episode 79
Alto's Adventure (iOS & Android)
Andy Sum
Overwatch
Concrete Jungle (iOS, Android & Steam)
Cognition (iOS only)
Does Not Commute (iOS & Android)
Piloteer (iOS, Android & Steam)
Flappy Golf 2 (iOS & Android)
Noodlecake
Super Stickman Golf series
Crystal Rush (iOS & Android)
Splashy Cats (iOS & Android)
Not a Clone (iOS only)
EULAs
Jake Sones
Zombie Match Defense (iOS only)
Love You to Bits (iOS only)
Puzzlepops! (iOS & Android)
Good mobile games for anxiety
Outfolded (iOS & Android)
Note to Self episode about games

**108: Show Me Your Graphs** Oct 12, 2016

Graaaaaaaaaphs

Welcome to Anna being partially drunk during this recording and Jessica well on her way there! Cut us a break though; have you seen the US election? It's amazing we're sober EVER.
Shockingly, Jessica played more than one game this week! Anna did as well, including attempting That Dragon, Cancer now that it's on mobile.
Search ads have also come to the App Store and we look at one developer’s experiences so far, including the possible problems and pitfalls. Also, Square Enix is taking a stand on premium games and there are some Nintendo LULZ too.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you want us to play games with you while drunk (but we’ll probably say no ;-p)
Stuff we mentioned:
Wellington Vineyards
Spawn on Me
Rent-a-Center
Jessica plays Tomb Raider
Burly Men at Sea (iOS, Android & Steam)
Shadow Bug (iOS only)
Shadow Bug Rush (iOS & Android)
Alto's Adventure (iOS & Android)
That Dragon, Cancer (iOS & Steam)
Donate to childhood cancer (Jessica goofed, but St. Jude is awesome)
Maximum Car (iOS & Android)
Wordlings (iOS only)
Spryfox
App Store search ads are here
One developer's search ad experience so far
User acquisition
Square Enix wants premium games to be a pillar of their business
Shareef Jackson's #GamingLooksGood
Shareef's episodes (29 and 59)
Hilarious Nintendo article

**107: The High End of Mediocre** Oct 05, 2016

Huskies are also dismayed by idiots on the internet

Jessica is still in the thrall of Shadow Bug Rush, but both of us *did* play a bunch of other games this week. And some were even good!
Anna gushes about a game she never thought she would enjoy while both she and Jessica are not 100% sold on a dog sledding game that has too much management for our liking. And what game did Jessica reject after 5 minutes while Anna fell in love with it? You’ll have to listen to find out!
There’s also talk of a sushi game that sadly doesn’t involve eating sushi, some high quality ridicule of dumb people on the Internet, and much more!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you’ve made a dog ownership simulator, because we want to play it :-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Anna's 2nd Remeshed column
Shadow Bug Rush
Shadow Bug (iOS only)
Redditor is confused about Game Center
Game Center is gone, sort of
Nitrome
Magic Mansion (iOS & Android)
Burly Men at Sea (iOS, Android & Steam)
Brain & Brain
Doggins (iOS & Android)
Dog Sled Saga (iOS, Android & Steam)
Guild of Dungeoneering (iOS, Android & Steam)
Shooty Skies (iOS & Android)
Sushi GO (iOS only)
Letterpress (iOS only)
Our 100th episode
Isoland (iOS only)
Excite Bear (iOS & Android)
Jake's announcement
Ubisoft acquires Ketchapp
Business Insider profile of Ketchapp
Ubisoft's super casual new game
Jenn Sandercock
aglimpse: friends (iOS & Android)
Brian's sticker pack
Brian's second sticker pack
Rich Stevens' cat pack
Rich Stevens' pumpkin sticker pack
Truth, Truth, Lie

**106: Baby Spoons** Sep 28, 2016

The best kind of spoon

This week, we finally had the space and time to talk about what we’re playing! Except Jessica seems to have played just one game. But no matter, one game is all you need if it’s the right one.
Meanwhile Anna isn’t sure if any of the games she played are the right one for her. She *did* enjoy eating people, however, while difficult controls in other game gave her the sads.
And both your hosts played a game that in some ways had a rocky start on the App Store, but is that the fault of the developer or the players?
That’s not all! We also had time for a bit of news and a recent piece launched us into the perennial discussion on the evils of some free-to-play games and what might be done about them.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you too share our love for baby spoons :-)
Stuff we mentioned:
HTC Vive
Palmer Luckey is funding Donald Trump's meme factory
Palmer's TIME magazine cover
Oculus
What is shitposting?
Buy a guilt-free Oculus
Megan Fox
Hot Tin Roof
Alt-right i.e. white supremacists
Out Magazine heavily criticized for Milo profile
Taco Illuminati episode
Shadow Bug Rush
Shadow Bug (iOS only)
Land Sliders (iOS & Android)
Sling Kong (iOS & Android)
Enyo (iOS & Android)
Enyo's first week
Card Crawl (iOS & Android)
You Must Build a Boat (iOS & Android)
Whitaker Trebella
Piloteer (iOS, Android & Steam)
Submerged (iOS only)
Uncharted 4
Boon Cotter
Slither.io (iOS, Android & browser)
Tiltagon (iOS, Android & Steam)
Pirahn.io (browser; iOS & Android coming soon)
Supercell buys a stake in Frogmind
Badland (iOS & Android)
Badland 2 (iOS & Android)
A Player's Manifesto
Skinner Boxes
Buy some baby spoons

**105: A Carousel of Privilege** Sep 21, 2016

There's always that one jackass

A real, actual Mario game is finally coming to mobile and we are EXCITED. But not everyone shares our glee.
We talk about the hand-wringing over how a quasi-premium game will be received on the platform, and answer concerns about whether mobile gamers care about games period. We have a few choice words to offer on this topic.
All this ties into the larger issue of whether premium games are dead on mobile (spoiler alert: NO). We talk about how crappy this narrative is, plus how Amazon’s move away from mobile games isn't necessarily a valid example of premium games’ struggles.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you know anyone at Nintendo Enthusiast cause we'd like to give them a wedgie :-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Submerged (iOS only)
Deus Ex GO (iOS & Android)
Shadow Bug Rush
Shadow Bug (iOS only)
Muro Studios on Twitter
SMG Studios on Twitter
Rare Sloth on Twitter
Matt Hall
Notch
The smaller iPad Pro
Apple Pencil
Anna's first column for Remeshed
Mario game announced for mobile
Miyamoto presents at the Apple keynote
Miitomo (iOS & Android)
Fire Emblem & Animal Crossing delayed
Canabalt (iOS, Android & Steam)
PocketGamer.biz worries about Mario's success
Snakebird (iOS & Android)
Gamesindustry.biz also worries about Mario
Nintendo Enthusiast's condescending article
Betteridge's Law of headlines
Triple Town (iOS, Android & Steam)
Words With Friends (iOS & Android)
Crossy Road dinosaur update
Miyamoto demoes playing Super Mario Run
Stickers in iMessage for iOS 10
iMessage game Truth Truth Lie (iOS only)
Barry Meade's episode
Jake and Saam's episode
Amazon pivots away from mobile
Til Morning's Light (iOS, Amazon AppStore for Android)
Amazon Game Studios
Randy's episode
Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon (iOS, Android & Steam)
Mediocre
Henrik from Mediocre

**104: Don't Go in the Arsenic Room** Sep 14, 2016

We really like gifs, ok?

This episode rules! That’s because we have with us Francois Alliot, creator of one of our latest obsessions and yours, Reigns.
Sometimes we rule for many years and sometimes we die quickly, but we’re always having a great time playing this immensely innovative game.
Francois tells us about what he’s learned in his remarkably short time making games, answers all our burning questions about the game, and tell us some EXCLUSIVE NEWS!
So, remember not to go into the arsenic room and please enjoy this episode!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you know how to trick the devil!
Stuff we mentioned:
Commodore 64
Jenn Sandercock's episode
Drawn to Kill (iPad only)
Devolver Digital
Fork Parker
Crashlands (iOS, Android & Steam)
80 Days (iOS & Steam)
Brexit
King Rabbit (iOS only)
Tinder (iOS & Android)
Reigns' artist Mieko Murakami
Monument Valley (iOS & Android)
Ustwo
Giant isopods

**103: How Can We Monetize Our Poop Data?** Sep 07, 2016

You can blame Jessica for the quality of this particular gif

All our dungeons are getting looted (or is it lootied?) on this episode as we welcome Jake Sawyer and Saam Pahlavan of Taco Illuminati, makers of the adorable and fun Looty Dungeon.
The fellas tell us about how they got into making a mobile game, what they learned releasing their first title on the platform, and much, much more including, yes, some very interesting poop data ;-p
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Annatoo), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email usif you have a scientific use for Jake and Saam’s poop data :)
Stuff we mentioned:
Looty Dungeon (iOS only)
Torchy’s Tacos in Austin
Taco Illuminiati t-shirts
Job Simulator
50 character limit imposed on app names
Yeti Pie (iOS only)
Luke Muscat's episode
Ryan Cash's episode
Alto's Adventure (iOS & Android)
Reigns (iOS, Android & Steam)
Devolver Digital
Canabalt (iOS, Android & Steam)
Roguelikes
Shadow Bug (iOS only)
Assassin's Creed 2
Crashlands (iOS, Android & Steam)
Butterscotch Shenanigans
Tiny Tower (iOS & Android)
Faily Brakes (iOS & Android)
Leap Day (iOS & Android)
Pokemon GO (iOS & Android)
Does Not Commute (iOS & Android)
Rooster Teeth Expo
Disco Zoo (iOS & Android)
SpellTower (iOS & Android)
Lara Croft GO (iOS & Android)
Battleheart Legacy (iOS & Android)
Vainglory (iOS & Android)
Downwell (iOS, Android & Steam)

**102: The Angry 1%** Aug 31, 2016

Alas, we only wish our hair were that perfectly shiny

In yet another episode in between guests, we have *so many games* to talk about. So we spend almost the entire episode doing just that!
From a hilarious and charming game by a former guest that you might not know exists, to the new GO game from Square Enix, to a new mobile Zelda-esque game that gave us some trouble with the controls, but that we still sort of loved, we run the gamut.
Jessica also has some adventures with an archery game that might be a bit problematic, Anna makes a foray into social engineering (in a game only, we promise!) and much more!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Annatoo), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if think you qualify for the very elite, very exclusive, angry 1% club ;-p
Stuff we mentioned:
The Men of Unconsoleable
Taco Illuminati
Looty Dungeon (iOS only)
Ron Gilbert's episode
Scurvy Scallywags (iOS & Android)
You Must Build a Boat (iOS & Android)
Reigns (iOS, Android & Steam)
Crashlands (iOS, Android & Steam)
François Aillot
Legend of the Skyfish (iOS only)
Til Morning's Light (iOS only)
QTE (quick time events)
Revolution 60
Jenna Hoffstein
LIMBO (iOS & Android)
Drawn to Kill (iPad only)
Tiny Archers (iOS & Android)
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Tanya DePass
Medieval POC Tumblr
Spryfox episode
Triple Town (iOS, Android & Steam)
Deus Ex GO (iOS & Android)
Hitman GO (iOS, Androi, Steam & PS4)
Lara Croft GO (iOS & Android)
Shadow Bug (iOS only)
Mr. Robot (iOS & Android)
Screenshot from Mr. Robot w/SQL server
Lifeline (iOS & Android)
24
Proteus
Gone Home
Firewatch
Dear Esther
Lost Within (iOS only)
Hidden object games
Pokemon GO Ars Technica piece
Business Insider's more sober take

**101: The Game is Your Common Enemy** Aug 24, 2016

Me too, Skinny Bear. Me too. Screenshot from @OneSavvySiren

We’re kicking off a new century of Unconsoleable with guests who make games that are definitely *not* our enemies. Quite the opposite in fact. If you know anything, you know that Spryfox means quality, polish, unique mechanics, and a boatload of charm.
Andrew Fray and Pat Kemp are two Spryfoxes and they’re here this week to talk with us about evil (some might say) puzzle games, non-evil free to play, how their development process works, and much more!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Annatoo), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if agree that Spryfox games need more foxes ;-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Alphabear (iOS & Android)
Steambirds Alliance
Bushido Bear (iOS & Android)
Andrew's GDC talk about remote working at Spryfox
Don't Starve Together
Snakebird (iOS & Android)
Puzzlepops! (iOS only)
Furdemption (iOS only)
Rare Sloth
King Rabbit (iOS only)
Quell Zen (iOS & Android)
Shooty Skies (iOS & Android)
Mr. Jump (iOS only)
Clash Royale (iOS & Android)
Pokemon GO (iOS & Android)
Triple Town (iOS & Android)
Brent Kobayashi
Daniel Cook
David Edery
Verby Noun on Twitter
#Alphabear tweets

**100: Happy Hundredthversary!** Aug 17, 2016

IT’S OUR 100TH EPISODE, AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Now that *that’s* out of the way, what can you expect on this super, hugely exciting milestone episode? We reminisce about the journey we’ve been on, answer some listener questions, and divulge some behind-the-scenes secrets!
But there’s TONS MORE and we don’t want to spoil any of the surprises in store. So just sit back and strap in for a wild ride you won’t soon forget!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Annatoo), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you want to suggest an amount of episodes we should make beyond 100. But we’ll just ignore you :-p
***This episode is sponsored by* *Fracture. Photos printed on glass. Tell them we sent you* *using this link* *and selecting "Unconsoleable" to get 10% off your first order.***
Stuff we mentioned:
Moises
ESN.fm
Ken Wong's episode
Totally Uncool
Diablo
Seb Burnett's episode
Episode 42 - Laserdisc Porn
Barry Meade's episode
Our 1 year anniversary episode
Andy Sum
Tetris Party
Mini NES
Mini Sega
Game Gear
Base Wars
Duck Hunt
Georgia Dow's episode
Disruption
The iMore Show
Grant Roberts' episode
Matt Hall's episodes (Ep. 14, Ep. 21, Ep. 43 & Ep. 52)
Steve Lubitz's episodes (Ep. 23, Ep. 33, Ep. 45 & Ep. 57)
Shareef Jackson's episodes (Ep. 29 & Ep. 59)
Spawn On Me
Operation Cubicle
Gaming Looks Good
Pancake (iOS & Android)
Burger (iOS & Android)
Karyl Gilbertson's episode
Painted Sky Studios
Lifeline (iOS & Android)
Mars Jokela's episode
Liftoff Labs
Galaxy Golf
Sling Kong (iOS & Android)
Prune (iOS & Android)
Joel McDonald's episode
Yasmine & Russell's episode
PocketCasts (iOS & Android)
Material podcast
Joe Macirowski's episodes (Ep. 60, Ep. 77 & Ep.94)
Unconsoleable Episode 2
Unconsoleable Episode 18
Luke Muscat's episode
Prettygreat
Land Sliders (iOS & Android)
Slide the Shakes (iOS & Android)
Matt Ditton's episode
Neven Mrgan's episode
The Men of Unconsoleable
Ghostbusters on the NES
Ghostbusters misspelled screen
Enric Jorda's episode

**99: Making Cookies and Games** Aug 10, 2016

The talented and wonderful Jenn Sandercock

We haven’t had an Aussie on the show for *far* too long, so we fix that in this episode by welcoming the awesome and talented Jenn Sandercock.
Jenn loves innovative gameplay mechanics, games that give you hugs, and yes, cookies. If she ever acquires a Notch house, we have secured an invite to the cookie room :-D
We found out all about how Jenn came to be in games and what keeps her here, what she would change about the industry if she could, and of course what mobile games she likes (we may have some recommendations for her :-)) All this and so much more, so listen up!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you want to make a game especially for us!
Stuff we mentioned:
Jenn's mobile game
Thimbleweed Park
Escape the room games
Indie Game Festival at GDC
Threes (iOS, Android & in the browser)
Viridi (iOS & Android)
Neko Atsume (iOS & Android)
Sierra games
Swift Playground
LA Noire
Lara Croft GO (iOS & Android)
GDC Conference Associate program
Global Game Jam
Bonza (iOS & Android)
Bag It (iOS & Android)
Twofold Inc (iOS & Android)
Love You to Bits (iOS only)
Zero Escape games
Andy Sum
Are developers responsible to players?
Emily Greer
Ben from Mighty Games
Thimbleweed Park podcast

**98: First Prize in Dickery** Aug 03, 2016

You "win," you stupid jerk with your stupid trophy

Who is the “lucky” winner of the first prize in dickery? It could apply to many people, as this episode will demonstrate.
Sandwiched between guest episodes, this installment of the show brings you the Jessica and Anna you know and love, talking (and complaining) about the games we’re playing and calling out developers who have a dim view of mobile gaming, but still want to make mobile games.
Luckily we played some great stuff this week too. Jessica rediscovers the joy of a Quell game while Anna plays a fencing game that actually feels like real fencing. En garde! There’s also some news to cover and we continue to be concerned about gaming’s favorite whipping boy, Nintendo.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you think you can talk some sense into Nintendo; ACTUALLY NO, email Nintendo ;-)
Stuff we mentioned:
Ron Gilbert episode
Guild of Dungeoneering (iOS, Android & Steam)
Our Gaming Yoda
Hearthstone (iOS & Android)
The Booby Mage
Road Not Taken (iOS, Steam & PS4)
Bushido Bear (iOS & Android)
Snakebird (iOS & Android)
Puzzlepops! (iOS only)
Snakebird devs don't play mobile games
Furdemption (iOS only)
The Guides (iOS & Android)
King Rabbit (iOS only)
Quell Zen (iOS & Android)
Quell Memento (iOS & Android)
Luca Redwood's tweet
The developer whose game we trashed
FIE Swordplay (iOS & Android)
China has overtake the US in iOS game revenue
Hipster Whale moves into publishing
Investors realize Nintendo doesn't own Pokemon
CNBC article on Nintendo
NX might run all Nintendo mobile games
Pokemon GO Plus wrist accessory
Pokemon GO revenue not affecting other mobile games
Pokeball pasties
Sega mini-console

**97: Doom Killed Adventure Games** Jul 27, 2016

Our guest this week is none other than Ron Gilbert, who we determined is definitely legendary, has achieved everything based on skill alone, and is totally not old. Is any of this true?! You'll have to listen to find out :-p
We go all over the place in this episode, from the far reaches of adventure gaming history to what makes a game succeed to good and bad design in adventure games and even movies.
What mobile games does Ron like? Is he ever moving to Australia? Will there ever be a third Monkey Island game? And how much wood *would* a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? We get to the bottom of all this and much more!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you think you too are legendary (but like Ron’s sister, we might beg to differ :-))
Stuff we mentioned:
Lucasfilm
The cat hair puzzle
Doom
Monkey Island
Firewatch
Telltale Games
King's Quest 4
Thimbleweed Park
Grim Fandango Remastered (iOS, Android & Steam)
The Witness
Our Blame the Game episode
Pocket Mortys (iOS & Android)
Seb Burnett's episode
Survy Scallywags (iOS & Android)
Tower defense games
Kingdom Rush
Love You to Bits (iOS only)
The Cat Lady
Bertram Fiddle (iOS, Android & Steam)
The Ring
Stephen King's IT
SCUMM
Gabriel Knight
Jessica complains about octagonal plates
Brazil
Terry Gilliam
Donnie Darko
Exploding hamster easter egg in Maniac Mansion
David Fox
Matt Ditton
Jenn Sandercock
Michael Land

**96: Being Grumpy Together** Jul 20, 2016

Kids today and their pokey mans

The world has officially lost their minds over Pokemon GO, but has Jessica finally become a Pokemon trainer or not? And can we trust Niantic, the game’s developer, with our data?
We also have a pretty huge announcement, squeeeee over Nintendo’s recent mini (tee hee) announcement, talk about what we’re playing of course, and Jessica looks forward to an impending VR adventure that might erase her disappointment with the Rick & Morty mobile game that fell flat.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Annatoo), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us with questions for Ron Gilbert. We aren’t kidding around this week; DO IT!
Stuff we mentioned:
Klocki (iOS & Android)
Ron Gilbert's extensive Wikipedia page
SCUMM
Day of the Tentacle Remastered (iOS & Steam)
Crashlands (iOS, Android & Steam)
Love You to Bits (iOS only)
Outfolded
3 Sprockets
Pac-Man 256 (iOS, Android, Steam, PS4 & Xbox One)
Prime Day
Amazon Dash buttons
Tap My Katamari (iOS & Android)
Super Stickman Golf 3 (iOS & Android)
Noodlecake Studios
God of Light (iOS & Android)
Neko Atsume (iOS & Android)
Nintendo announces adorable mini NES
Phoenix Wright
Emulators
Jessica's adventures in streaming
Pokemon GO permissions kerfuffle
Incense outside children's hospitals
Pet shelters using Pokemon GO
Autism mom's Pokemon story
Girl gets hit by a car chasing Pokemon
Robbery via Pokemon GO
A gym at the Westboro Baptist Church
Hillary Clinton does an appearance at a Pokestop
Pokemon stampede in Central Park
Pocket Mortys (iOS & Android)
Rick & Morty VR game

**95: Don't Pokemon and Drive** Jul 13, 2016

Screenshot of Pokémon Shame courtesy of @tangentworlds

*This episode is brought to you by Fracture.* *Go here now* *for more information and to get 10% off your order. Don’t forget to mention Unconsoleable in the one question survey to show your support for our show!*
Yes, Pokemon GO mania has come to Unconsoleable, but for only one of your hosts (for now :-))
But before we get to all that, we took a moment to acknowledge the difficult and violent week the US has had. We hope, if you’ve struggled this week as so many have, that we can take your mind off things for a little bit. Not to forget, but just to take a mental break.
For example… did you know that idle clicker players aren’t who you would expect? Anna also found out that gamer surveys really don’t plan for our flavor of gamer. And what has Jessica been tapping like a mofo??? Find out all this and more by listening now.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you know where the good Pokemon are :)
Stuff we mentioned:
Recent Spawn on Me episode
Ben from Mighty Games
Why "lame" is bad
Fallen London (iOS & in the browser)
Neko Atsume (iOS & Android)
Tap My Katamari (iOS & Android)
The original Katamari
Quiz on what sort of gamer you are
Idle clicker gamers aren't who you might think
Pokemon GO (iOS & Android)
Pokemon international release halted
Our friend Sabriel
Person broke their phone playing Pokemon GO
Police warning pedestrians to be careful
Wyoming teen finds a body playing Pokemon GO
Pokemon GO subreddit
Android users in the UK are claiming gyms
Unofficial Android APKs have malware
Sea Hero (iOS & Android)
Cook, Serve, Delicious (iOS, Android & Steam)
Glu Mobile
Gordon Ramsey Dash (iOS & Android)
Perchang (iOS only)
Touch Arcade article on Perchang
Threes (iOS, Android & in the browser)

**94: The Bagels are Game Center** Jul 06, 2016

An actual WWDC bagel. *Caraway seeds? Really?*

Our WWDC spy has arrived! That’s right, back on the show for the third time and full of tales of San Francisco and Apple’s plans for gaming, it’s our awesome friend Joe Macirowski.
Joe rains on our parade a lot, but hey, we already knew that Apple and gaming aren’t exactly a match made in heaven. If you’ve been deluding yourselves, maybe this episode will cure you!
There’s a lot to talk about and many important questions to answer, like do games have a better shot of success on the Apple Watch or the Apple TV? Why doesn’t the West Coast know from good bagels? And will we finally find out what Craig Federighi’s hair smells like??!!! Listen now to find out.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you know anyplace to get good bagels in San Francisco :)
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Show Notes
WWDC
Yeti Pie (iOS only)
Auto Adjust
Normalize
Joe's previous episodes
Ableism
Dan Graf
Rodeo Stampede (iOS & Android)
The podcast Joe does with Jessica
Craig Federighi
John Siracusa
House of the Dead game
Base Wars
Pocket Gamer controller review
LIMBO (iOS, Android & Steam)
Shadow Bug (iOS only)
SpriteKit
SceneKit
A Tiny Game of Pong (iOS only)
Letterpress (iOS only)
Nubs' Adventure (iOS & Android)
Gose beer
P oke
Phil Schiller
Cardboard
Cicero from Spawn On Me

**93: Premium Chickens** Jun 29, 2016

Jessica’s game drought continues unabated, but not for the reasons you might expect! Anna is enamored with some new games however while others have been… DELETED (gulp).
Is everything lost for UK mobile game developers in the wake of #Brexit and does it even matter? Are games like Clash of Clans the future of gaming? Does mobile need more premium games? Should Steve Lubitz start a Hearthstone newsletter? (answer: YES) All these questions and more will be answered!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Annatoo), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you too want more premium chickens ;-)
Stuff we mentioned:
Our Aussie fan base is strong
Fallen London (iOS & in the browser)
Neko Atsume (iOS & Android)
Give It Up 2 (iOS & Android)
King Rabbit (iOS only)
Freehold Raceway Mall in New Jersey
Nintendo Vans
Doomsday Clicker (iOS & Android)
Ben from Mighty Games
Train Conductor World (iOS only for now)
Rodeo Stampede (iOS & Android)
Skiing Yeti Mountain (iOS & Android)
Splashy Cats (iOS & Android)
Squaredance (iOS & Android)
“The Pancake Guy”
Desert Golfing (iOS & Android)
Viridi (iOS & Android)
UK devs react to Brexit
More details on Game Center going away
Are games like Clash of Clans the future of games?
Square Enix CEO says mobile needs more premium games
Zombie Match Defense (iOS only)
A tale of woe about slot machine games
Two Dots (iOS & Android)
Our episode w/Steve & Maureen
Steve's #Hearthzone

**92: #NotAllManPants** Jun 22, 2016

The great game drought of 2016 has hit Jessica as she played not a single new game this week, turning up her nose at everything new. Anna forced herself to try a few new games and actually liked one of them. Hooray!
Meanwhile, there’s lots of news out of WWDC to dig into, a listener question to answer, and are messaging app games the future or a scourge to avoid? We discuss all this and more!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you’d like to volunteer to be our spy at WWDC 2017 ;-)
Stuff we mentioned:
King Rabbit (iOS only)
Little Inferno (iOS, Android & Steam)
Fallen London (iOS & in the browser)
Touch Arcade
Our friend Joe
Swift Playground
Egg (iOS & Android)
Nix Hydra
Egg Baby (iOS & Android)
Blocko. (iOS only)
Puzzlepops! (iOS only)
VOI (iOS only)
Botanicula (iPad only)
Drawn to Kill (iPad only)
Our friend Brian
Revolution 60
The Wolf Among Us (iOS, Android & Steam)
GaymerX
Lumino City (iOS & Steam)
Love You To Bits (iOS only)
Our Apple TV episode w/Joe
Apple TV developers can now require controllers
Game Center removed in iOS 10
INKS (iOS only)
Lara Croft GO (iOS & Android)
Chameleon Run (iOS & Android)
LINE headed for IPO
FB Messenger games

**91: Fire Saga** Jun 15, 2016

We have the best listeners in the world! Case in point, one of them recommended the most *adorable* and fun game to us, and it involves setting things on fire! Nothing could be more perfect, especially for Jessica’s appetite for destruction. It’s not a new game, but it’s new to us and might be to you too.
The rest of you lot, if you’ve never recommended a game to us, get off your lazy asses! ;-)
When not setting things on fire, we spent time this week wondering what both China’s new stance towards mobile games and the changes coming to the App Store will mean for developers. Is the sky falling or is everything going to be ok? Listen now to find out!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you have some stuff for us to burn ;-)
Stuff we mentioned:
Little Inferno (iOS, Android & Steam)
Human Resource Machine (iOS & Steam)
Fallen London (iOS & in the browser)
Looty Dungeon (iOS only)
Sailor Moon Drops (iOS & Android)
Pinchworm (iOS only)
Pinchworm clone (iOS only)
Hatoful Boyfriend (iOS only)
Manowar (iOS only)
The Guides (iOS & Android)
Deux Ex GO teaser
Bertram Fiddle Episode 2 trailer
China regulating mobile games more heavily
China curbing investment in games
App Store changes are coming
Drawn to Kill (iPad only)

**90: Throw Them Into a Volcano** Jun 08, 2016

In you go, kid. Sorry.

Jessica has fallen hard for Fallen London while Anna struggles to like a game that everyone else seems to love. And that’s only the beginning!
Never Alone comes to mobile, a game that kinda makes you code might not be for actual programmers, some gamers are terrible, Miitomo isn’t doing so hot, and… well, just listen to the episode dammit!
And yes, we’re still playing Candy Crush. FORGIVE US!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Annatoo), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you know of an available volcano we can use ;-)
Stuff we mentioned:
Fallen London (iOS only)
Til Morning's Light (iOS only)
Looty Dungeon (iOS only)
Candy Crush Soda Saga (iOS & Android)
Never Alone (iOS only)
King Rabbit (iOS only)
Human Resource Machine (iOS only)
Botanicula (iPad & Android)
Amanita Design
Simogo
Pinchworm (iOS only)
#Annareviews tweets
Puzzlepops (iOS only)
Steppy Pants (iOS only)
Hatoful Boyfriend (iOS & Steam)
Warp Shift (iOS only)
Miitomo is apparently a bust
Smaller devs can innovate with multiplayer
Why the "git gud" attitude is so harmful
Tanya DePass
New emoji are coming

**89: To Die or Not to Die** Jun 01, 2016

*This episode was sponsored by Drobo, a family of safe, expandable, and simple-to-use storage arrays.* *Visit them now* *to learn more and be sure to use the discount code UN100 to save $100 on your purchase of a Drobo Mini, Drobo 5D, Drobo 5N, or any 8-drive or 12-drive Drobo in the* *Drobo Store*.
On this episode we’re psyched to welcome special guest Enric Jorda, one of the creators of Love You to Bits, which we both adore! We’re sure you’ll love it too, so go play it immediately, if not sooner. Adorable, lovingly made adventure games on mobile are a rare breed, so they need our support!
Enric tells us about his backstory in game development, how Love You to Bits was conceived, and much more. So get in your spaceship and blast off on an adventure with us!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you’ll volunteer to gather up all *our* parts on an epic space journey if need be :-)
Stuff we mentioned:
Tiny Thief on Steam
5 Ants
Chuzzle
Popcap
Ron Gilbert
Alike Studio
Bertram Fiddle (iOS & Steam)
Rovio
Drawn to Kill (iPad only)
Valiant Hearts (iOS, Android & Steam)
People were upset about paying for the Monument Valley expansion
Helpful Love You to Bits walkthrough

**88: Call of Candy** May 25, 2016

Surprise, surprise, Jessica is *still* not happy about Apple’s featuring changes. Will nothing satisfy her? Maybe only things with candy can do that. That’s right, Jessica may have gone deeper down the Candy Crush rabbit hole this week. But don’t judge her! Or judge her a lot, your choice! ;-p
We also hear about Jessica’s adventure’s in VR-land, Anna’s misadventures with another arty game, Monument Valley Year Two numbers, and much more!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Annatoo), like us on Facebook, buy our merch, and email us if you have even more hilarious name ideas for games King can make with Blizzard or Activision IP.
Stuff we mentioned:
Candy Crush Jelly Saga (iOS & Android)
HTC Vive
Omega Agent
Catlateral Damage
Fallen London (iOS only)
Rare Sloth
Land Sliders (iOS & Android)
Love You to Bits (iOS only for now)
NO THING (iOS & Android)
Uncharted accessibility
Lost Journey (iOS & Android)
Disney Tsum Tsum (iOS & Android)
Slide the Shakes (iOS & Android)
Mekorama (iOS & Android)
King/Activision/Blizzard merger
King looking to make games w/Blizzard IP
Ustwo posts more Monument Valley data
Thailand military coup good for mobile games
Casual Connect

**87: The Meaning of Life** May 18, 2016

*This episode was sponsored by Drobo, a family of safe, expandable, and simple-to-use storage arrays.* *Visit them now* *to learn more and be sure to use the discount code* *UN100* *to save $100 on your purchase of a Drobo Mini, Drobo 5D, Drobo 5N, or any 8-drive or 12-drive Drobo in the* *Drobo Store*.
Anna thinks things are looking up as there were some great games out this week, but Jessica finds cause to complain about the way Apple is handling featuring lately. And the complaints don’t end there!
Both your hosts also try to make peace with the fact that we didn’t drop Candy Crush Soda Saga as swiftly as we expected to. This week’s hot topic was a piece that claimed that the gaming industry is aging us out. Is it? Elsewhere, should no one have been surprised that Nintendo’s mobile games will be free-to-play? We dig into all this and more.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Annatoo), like us on Facebook and email us if you know how to get cat hair off a Drobo or… anything else :-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Candy Crush Soda Saga (iOS & Android)
Nowhere: Lost Memories (iOS only)
Disney Tsum Tsum (iOS & Android)
King Rabbit (iOS only)
New Instagram icon (there was some brouhaha)
Bushido Bear (iOS & Android)
Runaway Toad (iOS only)
Leap Day (iOS & Android)
Nitrome
Rust Bucket (iOS & Android)
Cracked article on gaming aging you out
The Cat Lady
Ori and the Blind Forest
Miitomo (iOS & Android)
Pocket Gamer Biz column about Nintendo
Apple might make a car (!!!!)
App review times cut to a day
Check out our merch!

**86: A Mundane Way to Die** May 11, 2016

Games are BLAH lately; where is the excitement?? INKS is great, but we’ve been playing it forever now and nothing else interesting seems to be coming out. We are boooooored.
Trying to find something new and fun, Anna bravely wades back into the featured games and finds out that yep, they still suck. Meanwhile Jessica gives the Uncharted mobile game a whirl, and both of your hosts admit to something they aren’t proud of.
The news is full of depressing stuff, Anna has to be bleeped for the first time ever, and much, much more awaits you!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Annatoo), like us on Facebook and email us if you live in a foreign country we can possibly move to come November :-(
Stuff we mentioned:
UNCHARTED: Fortune Hunter (iOS & Android)
Candy Crush Soda Saga (iOS & Android)
Fallen London (iOS only)
Boombit
Ball Escape gameplay video (out May 12)
Black Hole Joyrider (iOS only)
Super Smash the Office (iOS & Android)
INKS (iOS only)
Out There (iOS & Android)
Trump's Wall (iOS & Android)
Mobile games implicated in German rail accident
Our episode with Barry
ZeptoLab
Kotaku story about this
ZeptoLab "apologizes"
Bioshock Infinite
Gamasutra post by ZeptoLab
Impact of featuring is decreasing
App Store search was down
Nielsen will rate mobile games

**85: Getting Ahead by Being Evil** May 04, 2016

Choose evil

Hang onto your hats, ladies and gents! Anna and Jessica played one of the Candy Crush games. You can pick your jaw up off the floor now and have no fear, we played other stuff too :)
In other news, it turns out there are some good reasons for why touch controls can be so bad. But we’re not letting developers totally off the hook just yet.
And can the founder of Atari make great mobile games? He certainly seems to think so, but what do we think?
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook and email us if you think you can save mobile games so Nolan Bushnell doesn’t have to :-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Fallen London (iOS only)
Sunless Sea
Runaway Toad (iOS only)
Adam & Bex Saltsman
Finji
Vine w/the Saltsmans' daughter
Canabalt (iOS, Android & Steam)
Shadow Bug (iOS only)
Til Morning's Light (iOS only)
Looty Dungeon (iOS only)
INKS trailer
State of Play
Disney Crossy Road (iOS, Android & WinPho)
Sling Kong (iOS & Android)
Whitaker Trebella
Candy Crush Soda Saga (iOS & Android)
Puzzlepops trailer
Layton Hawkes
List of female-hosted podcasts
Science explains bad touch controls
Nolan Bushnell will make mobile games
Nintendo investors not happy
Next Nintendo mobile games announced

**84: A Potato With a Face** Apr 27, 2016

I should apologize for this creepy potato but I won't –Jessica

Things haven’t been easy this week, but we’re here for you dear listeners, and the show goes on!
We played some good games—even ones we might be a little, err, ashamed of, and discussed a few truly bizarre news items. One of them is guaranteed to make your jaw drop, we promise.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Annatoo), like us on Facebook and email us if you can throw away things with faces 'cause we might need your help at Jessica’s house :-D
Stuff we mentioned:
Sarah McLachlan ASPCA commercial
Harmony remote
Lady Meow Meow
Neko Atsume (iOS & Android)
Shadow Bug (iOS only)
Looty Dungeon (iOS only)
Shooty Skies (iOS & Android)
Discobeard
Train Conductor World (iOS only)
Sara and Death (iOS & Android)
Chrome Death (iOS only)
Michael Mann
A Good Snowman is Hard to Build (iOS & Android)
Doomsday Clicker (iOS & Android)
Ryan at Pik Pok
Article about peaceful games
Boy cuts off his finger
Cracker Jack does away with prizes
PAX East
Tubbs cosplayer
We are on Google Play Music

**83: Important Anger Business** Apr 20, 2016

This is not our preferred gaming face

This week we discover who the Real Gamer is on the podcast as Jessica dominates in a game that Anna can barely play.
Anna also wades into the dangerous territory of the top charts on the App Store and samples an arty game (they do exist on mobile!) that may or may not be awful. You’ll have to listen to find out.
And, of course, as is often our way, we have some important anger to share with you. You don’t have to agree with our anger of course. But you do have to listen to it :)
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Annatoo), like us on Facebook and email us if you’re on the super secret App Store team so we can tell you what to do :D
Stuff we mentioned:
iKlear cleaning solution
Disney Crossy Road (iOS, Android & WinPho)
Shadow Bug (iOS only)
Jessica's video to help Anna
Mutant Mudds (iOS only)
Radiation Island (iOS only)
Crashlands (iOS, Android & Steam)
Evo Explores (iOS & Android)
Sara and Death (iOS & Android)
Killscreen article
Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal
Our episode with Matt Ditton
App Store secret team
The defunct iAd
Most people play mobile games to waste time
Rust Bucket (iOS & Android)
Tanya's piece on Dark Souls 3
Manveer Heir
Brandon Williamson
#notGDC
Chrome extension to replace Dark Souls
Nerd gatekeeping sucks t-shirts

**82: Dizgeekery** Apr 12, 2016

Gone fishin'

Games, games, and more games! If you’ve ever wanted to hear us spend a ton of time talking about what we’re playing, this is the episode for you!
Suuuuure, much of that time is taken up by Disney Crossy Road, but hey, what do you expect? It’s new and adorable and we’ve predictably been playing it a lot.
But don’t worry! We played lots of other games too. Some are out, some aren’t, but we have important opinions about all of them and think you’ll probably want to check them out.
We also touch on some news and along with that, what sort-of game is Jessica boycotting and why? All this and more so get to listening!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Annatoo), like us on Facebook and email us if your Game Center is also working now and we’ll PLAN A PARTY! :-D
Stuff we mentioned:
iOS public beta sign-up
Our friend Jenni
Disney Crossy Road (iOS, Android & WinPho)
Epbot
Cake Wrecks
Mekorama
Odd Bot Out (iOS & Android)
Martin Magni
Looty Dungeon (iOS only for now)
Taco Illuminati
Miitomo (iOS & Android)
The Alison Rapp debacle
Pktball (iOS only for now)
Laser Dog
Shadow Bug (iOS only for now)
Our friend Steve
King Rabbit (iOS only for now)
Furdemption (iOS only)
Pocket Gamer top 100 mobile games list
A Tiny Game of Pong (iOS only)
Mobile is the biggest platform
Facebook pays out a lot of money to game developers
Dreadsteed (not Hearthsteed, oops!)
Dan Gray talks to Pocket Gamer
Til Morning's Light (iOS only)
HTC Vive

**81: Mickey Chicken** Apr 07, 2016

Crossy Haunted Mansion!

At long last we bring you a chat with our awesome friend, Unconsoleable #1 fan, possibly the best Australian Matt, and oh yeah, game developer of some note, Matt Hall!
Disney Crossy Road is now out everywhere, and we talk to Matt about how this dream team-up with Big Mouse came about, what players can expect, and much more!
Matt also turns the tables and interviews Anna about her recent sojourn at GDC, and we all ponder why extreme commercial success turns into a nightmare for some developers.
Keep in mind that this episode was recorded a few weeks ago, so if there's some stuff said that doesn't make sense, that's why :-)
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook and email us if *you* want to apply to be our (unpaid, natch) community manager ;-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Matt's last episode
Our new chicken friends (just imagine plushies of this)
Tom's excellent fashion sense
Andrew from Spryfox
Sam Izzo
Flash Backward: 30 Years of Games
Zootopia
Haunted Mansion
Tangled
Big Hero 6
Ryan Langley
Picross 3D
Fez
Indie Game: The Movie
Terraria
Factorio
Factorio trailer
Stardew Valley
Clash Royale (iOS & Android)
Supercell
Retry (iOS & Android)
Our mutual friend, Liam
Matt Ditton's episode
Droppy Balls (iOS & Android)
Inside Out
Wreck-It Ralph
iOS nightshift mode
The Division
Josh Boggs
Framed (iOS & Android)
The Unsatisfied Mind
Edmund McMillan
JW from Vlambeer
Land Sliders (iOS & Android)

**80: Posturing as a Cool Person** Mar 30, 2016

Cool as a capybara

It’s kind of back to normal with this episode; no more husbands and still no Matt Hall. Patience please, you’ll eventually hear the dulcet tones of that Aussie accent :-p
We *did* play some new games though and some of them were even good! Jessica is in the thrall of a bunny while Anna doesn’t know what to make of an adventure game she’s playing and tries to understand why people like idle clickers.
So sit back, enjoy and please don’t stalk people on LinkedIn, mmmkay?
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook and email us if you love the PS Vita (but sorry, no one cares).
Stuff we mentioned:
Totem in Crossy Road
Jaguar in Crossy Road
The largest rodent on earth
A Tiny Game of Pong (iOS only)
Sling Kong (iOS & Android)
King Rabbit (iOS only)
Furdemption (iOS only)
We made fun of the devs on this episode
Sinless (iOS, Android & Steam)
Doomsday Clicker (iOS & Android)
Clicker Heroes (iOS & Android)
Miitomo is doing well
Get an App Store feature by being a creep
Disney head of mobile interview
Sony opens new mobile studio
PS Vita

**79: The Look of Murder** Mar 25, 2016

Note: not the actual men of Unconsoleable

We know you were expecting an episode with our friend Matt Hall, but hey, sh*t happens and being the pro podcasters that we are, we rolled with it.
Not only did we record a replacement episode for you, dear listeners, at the eleventh hour, but we also managed to snag the awesomest, the most amazing, the most famous guests EVAR. That’s right! Put your hands together for Anna and Jessica’s husbands, Jim and Reuben! (oh, and some guy named Moises was there too ;-p)
Finally getting their turn at the mic, the fellas gave us the lowdown on what being married to world-famous podcasters is like, divulged behind-the-scenes secrets, talked about what kinds of gamers *they* are, and much, much more.
So please enjoy and don’t worry, you’ll still hear Matt’s episode eventually, we promise!

Giant Wii U Button

**78: A Charity for Game Developers** Mar 16, 2016

Doesn't this scene from Lost Tracks look cool? But it's actually the most annoying part of the game.

Hellooooooo there, dear listeners! Anna is at GDC this week, but the show goes on as usual, not least because Jessica has Some Strong Feelings about a game she played this week. Spoiler alert: they aren’t good feelings :-p
Meanwhile, Anna talks in more detail about Clash Royale, Amazon has some sort of new type of app store that we can’t figure out, and Jessica wonders if there’s a very specific and political reason that Supercell is so successful*.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook and email us if you want to put tilt controls in your game (warning: this will result in you getting yelled at :-))
Stuff we mentioned:
Trump rally cancelled in Chicago
Jessica's alma mater hosts Anita Sarkeesian
Pokemon Picross
Droppy Balls (iOS & Android)
Faily Brakes (iOS & Android)
The Inner World (iOS & Android)
Bertram Fiddle (iOS & Steam)
Lost Tracks (iOS only)
Tiltagon (iOS & Android)
LIMBO (iOS & Android)
Clash Royale (iOS & Android)
Here’s a baby gorilla
Australian baby possum
Telepaint (iOS only)
Supercell is making so much money
Megan Fox’s episode
Amazon has created a new type of app store
Lumberyard
Goat Simulator (iOS & Android)
Jessica is the purveyor of awesome cat GIFs
*Extremely minor correction: as it turns out, Rovio is also located in Finland, which may or may not weaken Jessica's wild theories

**77: Empathetic Killbots** Mar 09, 2016

Mobile games are serious business

After two weeks of guests, we had *a lot* of complaining bottled up, so here we go!
And because we didn’t want to just complain to each other, we asked our friend and sometime developer of games, Joe Macirowski, to join us.
But don’t worry. It’s not *only* complaining as we also talk about what we are playing (Jessica has built a robot army, what?), some awesome news of course, and, well, yes, ok, there is a lot of shouting at Apple. But then what else is new?
So, sorry we’re not sorry that this episode is over an hour long, but the complaining wasn’t going to record itself!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook and email us if you think you can kick Jessica's ass at gin rummy :-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Joe's previous episode
Cinemoji (iOS only)
You Must Build a Boat (iOS & Android)
Grand Gin Rummy (iOS & Android)
Dirac (will be out on iOS soon)
Choice of Robots (iOS & Android)
Attack of the Clockwork Army (iOS & Android)
Firewatch
Cibele
Train Conductor World (iOS only for now)
The Voxel Agents
Bag It (iOS & Android)
Love You to Bits (iOS only)
Slide the Shakes (iOS only for now)
Desert Golfing (iOS & Android)
Clash Royale (iOS & Android)
Assassin's Creed: Identity (iOS only for now)
Joe's recommended battery charger
Ken Wong officially announces a new studio!
New State of Play game coming
Lumino City (iOS only)
Hitman GO developers talk mid-core
Mortal Kombat X (iOS & Android)
Apple's Phil Schiller takes over stuff
Neven Mrgan's episode
Binding of Isaac gets rejected by Apple
Our friend Brian
Does the ESRB rate mobile games?
iOS update with night shift
ATP tipster on Twitter
ATP

**76: The Old Reach-Around** Mar 02, 2016

We are back with another awesome guest this week. Incidentally, it’s someone else we had trouble luring in; is there some sort of conspiracy to see how long game developers can evade our clutches? The answer is, not long! So after persistent badgering, we bring you Rumpus Animation’s Seb Burnett, the brains behind the adorable Victorian comedy adventure game, Bertram Fiddle.
It turns out Bertram is basically Seb. Or is Seb really Bertram? They live inside each other on Twitter so who really knows? What we do know is that Dad jokes are great, meat should be sold door to door, and quirky, funny adventure games should be plentiful.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook and email us if want to join our team of Donald Trump assassins.
Stuff we mentioned:
Bertram Fiddle Kickstarter
Dopamine from social media
Bertram Fiddle on Steam
Amanita Design
Kate Hindley
Bristol games hub
Flappy Bird
Color Switch (iOS & Android)
Our episode with "Fireproof Barry"
Shooty Skies (iOS & Android)
Kickstarter video with "Tim Schafer"
Ron Gilbert
Thimbleweed Park

**75: Get Off Your Ass and Try** Feb 24, 2016

Try... to forge... a good thing!

At long last, we welcome special guest Barry Meade! Barry is the head of Fireproof Games, the studio behind the enormously popular and award-winning Room games of which we are huge fans and whose third installment won our 2015 GOTY.
Barry talked with us about his career in the industry, how Fireproof was born and what he thinks has been the key to his company’s success. But more importantly, he made an impassioned plea for innovation and excellence in mobile game design. And he asserted that developers and the industry at large need to rethink the way they approach the platform and its gamers. We might have gotten goosebumps a little.
Please rate and review us on iTunes if you want *everyone* to hear awesome episodes like these, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook andemail us if you’ve ever stolen someone’s work so we can yell at you!
Stuff we mentioned:
Commodore 64
Amiga
Bullfrog
Guildford, UK
Criterion Studios
Burnout
Unity
Chinese puzzle boxes
Zen Bound (iOS only)
Pocket Gamer article from 2013
Our episode with Asher
Ryan Cash
Snowman
Alto’s Adventure (iOS & Android)
GTA
Omega Agent for VR
Monkey Island
LucasArts games
Grim Fandango: Remastered
The Room on Steam
Doom
Quake

**74: Negative OMG You're Going to Die Celsius** Feb 17, 2016

If including a photo of an adorable arctic fox is wrong, we don't want to be right

Yes, yes, we know we promised you special guest Barry Meade on this episode, but everything imaginable went wrong and then we had technical difficulties soooo… no Barry for now.
But next week! Next week there will be Barry and in the meantime there is us reveling in our awesome new listener reviews, talking about what we’re playing (or not), the news of the week, and what’s that? Someone thinks Neko Atsume is a dirty capitalist game?! For our thoughts on that and much more, listen now :-)
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Jessica and Anna too), like us on Facebook and email us if you also have a AAA sob story to share :-)
Stuff we mentioned:
You Must Build a Boat (iOS & Android)
Libsyn
The Room 3 (iOS & Android)
Neko Atsume (iOS & Android)
A capitalist critique of Neko Atsume
Young boy spends thousands in Jurassic World game
Object permanence
Tamagatchi
Let's Go Rocket (iOS & Android)
Spawn on Me
_PRISM (iOS only)
Rust Bucket (iOS & Android)
Amazon launches Lumberyard
Amazon's game studio
Interview with head of Lumberyard

**73: In a Parallel Universe** Feb 10, 2016

Even though Jessica is trapped in an alternate universe, luckily that universe has both warm cats *and* recording equipment. So the show goes on! :-)
We announce our next super exciting guest, talk new and old games we’re playing, try to figure out if Nintendo stole their first mobile game idea from a nascent social app and much, much more.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook and email us if you want to brag about your Peachball score ;-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Fireproof Games
The Room
Monument Valley LEGO idea
Canabalt (iOS, Android & Steam)
Mr. Jump (iOS only)
Procedural generation
Adam Saltsman
Bex Saltsman
The Guides (iOS & Android)
The Westport Independent (iOS & Android)
Papers, Please
Shooty Skies (iOS & Android)
Land Sliders (iOS & Android)
Caishen
Matt Ditton
Andy (Sum)
Puzzledrome (iOS only for now)
Weather Underground
Pull My Tongue (iOS only)
Nintendo gives more Miitomo details
Our most recent episode with Shareef
Peach
Peachball
Alto's Adventure will be free on Android
Noodlecake
UK government funds games
Bushido Bear trailer
Runaway Toad trailer
Gamasutra op-ed

**72: Ruining Your Productivity** Feb 03, 2016

And when you double-tap a card...

We were all ready to love new puzzler Twofold, but we're... unsure. Also, Anna dives pretty deep into Crashlands while Jessica tries to stay objective about a game designed by Donald Rumsfeld. Yes, *that* Donald Rumsfeld.
We also fill you in on the latest adorable updates to the games we care about, wonder if we’ll even attempt The Witness, and hey, there’s a contest specifically for indie mobile games. All this and more, so get to listening!
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook and email us if you have a better Donald Rumsfeld joke to make than that one Medium commenter ;-p
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Stuff we mentioned:
Churchill Solitaire (iOS only for now)
Twofold (iOS & Android)
Threes (iOS & Android)
rympdkapsel (iOS, Android & Steam)
Monument Valley (iOS & Android)
Hocus (iOS only)
Star Trek: Timelines (iOS & Android)
Crashlands (iOS, Android & Steam)
Crashlands devs' podcast
Butterscotch Shenanigans
Capoiera
Capoiera gameplay
Rust Bucket (iOS & Android)
Land Sliders (iOS & Android)
Indie mobile game contest
Asher Vollmer
Joel McDonald
The Witness video review
Jonathan Blow
The Stanley Parable
App slicing
Take This
Kitten Zelda meme
Video games can help with anxiety
Donald Rumsfeld is an app developer?

**71: Peeing in a Jar** Jan 27, 2016

Mason jars: hipster drinking glasses and gamedev toilets

Because we are suuuuper important gaming podcasters of note (not really), we got some codes for some games this week. So, you know, disclaimer given, we have ethics, blah, blah, blah :-p
Meanwhile, Jessica also plays a game with cats, because of course, and Anna dives into the new Star Trek game, among others. You *know* you want to hear our opinions on all of the above.
In gaming news this week, some people are pissed that The Witness is going to cost $40? PUH-LEASE. You’ll hear about this and more in our news discussion.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and email us if you’ve ever peed in a jar and can justify why it was necessary to do so ;-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Jessica’s pile of cats
Cat Physics (iOS & Android)
Battle.net
Crashlands (iOS, Android & Steam)
Chutzpah
Furdemption (iOS only)
Mutant Mudds (iOS only)
Rust Bucket (iOS & Android)
Nubs' Adventure (iOS & Android)
Totes the Goat (iOS only for now)
Xeodrifter
The developer: Jools Watsham
Star Trek: Timelines (iOS & Android)
John de Lancie (Q)
Baum (iOS only)
Botanicula (iOS & Android)
Joel's interview
Matt & Andy are in GQ, but the article isn’t online :-(
The Witness
Jonathan Blow is peeing in a jar?

**70: The Bechdel Test for Games** Jan 20, 2016

Don't be this mobile game developer

What is the Bechdel Test for Games? No, it doesn't have anything to do with the real Bechdel Test. You'll just have to listen to find out.
Also, it turns out that Jessica isn't cut out for critiquing games unless she thinks no one is listening, while Anna has no problem savaging the games she tries, because hey, they totally deserve it.
Meanwhile, a developer contemplates making the sequel to their game F2P and their struggle to decide strikes us as very problematic, we talk about what we're playing, read a new iTunes review, and much more!
Remember to rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and email us if you can do a better fake French accent than Jessica ;-p
Stuff we mentioned:
Pocket Mortys (iOS & Android)
Adult Swim Games
Rick & Morty
Pokemon
The #Jessicareviews tweet in question
New Star Trek game (iOS & Android)
RPGs
Halfpipe Hero (iOS only for now)
Grayout (iOS only)
Neven's episode
Sling Kong (iOS & Android)
Submit a bug report to Apple
Into the Dim (iOS only for now)
Choices (iOS only for now)
Rust Bucket (iOS & Android)
Nitrome
Beneath the Lighthouse (iOS & Android)
Prettygreat
Mighty Games
Furdemption (iOS only)
The developers' blog post
Our friend Joe
YMBAB sales
Big changes at Ustwo
Ken Wong's episode
Ustwo games group photo
Samsung Gear VR game by Ustwo
#Annareviews and #Jessicareviews tweet

**69: We Are the Unlikely Gamers** Jan 13, 2016

Our first guest of 2016 joins us on this episode and we are super excited to welcome him.
Neven Mrgan is a designer at his day job, but he has also made some unforgettable iOS games, most recently Grayout, which is a prequel to the earlier Blackbar.
We talked to Neven about how he decided to start making games, where he gets his inspiration, how the App Store should be revamped, and much, much more.
Please remember to rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and email us if you know how we can get Tim Cook to hire Neven ;-)
Stuff we mentioned:
YMBAB dev tells Jessica to stop
Panic
The Incident (iOS only)
Space Age (iOS only)
LucasArts Adventures
Aphasia
Monkey Island
Tomb Raider
Bioshock
Gone Home
Steve Gaynor
Monument Valley (iOS & Android)
Monument Valley in year two
Into the Dim (iOS only)
VVVVVV (iOS & Steam)
Super Meat Boy
Indie Game: The Movie
Super Hexagon (iOS & Android)
Kero Blaster (iOS only)
Dungeon Raid (iOS & Android)
Spaceteam? (iOS & Android)
Async Corp (iOS only)
Paradox Factor (iOS & Android)
To Be or Not to Be (iOS & Android)
Peach

**68: Can I Set This on Fire?** Jan 06, 2016

Lightin' up some dangling corpses, no big

It is with great sorrow that we must tell you, dear listeners, that one of your hosts has become a console gamer. Well... maybe not exactly, but the evidence is fairly strong!
Yes, your very own Jessica Dennis has played a console game on more than one occasion and streamed it on Twitch to boot. What game has caused her to go over to the Dark Side? How did she do? All will be revealed on this episode!
We also try to figure out if a recent game’s controls are bad and should feel bad, look forward to what 2016 will have to offer mobile gamers and much, much more.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and email us if you have some stuff for Jessica to burn ;-)
Stuff we mentioned:
Jessica's 1st Tomb Raider stream
Jessica's 2nd stream
Jessica’s Twitch channel
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Elgato
You Must Build a Boat (iOS & Android)
Shooty Skies (iOS & Android)
Our GOTY episode
Lifeline: Silent Night (iOS & Android)
Choices (iOS only for now)
Undertale
Power Hover (iOS only for now)
Land Sliders (iOS & Android)
Oddrok
Luke Muscat's impending GDC talk
A Dark Room (iOS & Android)
A Noble Circle (iOS only)
Ori and the Blind Forest
Washing dudes in the shower game
Best indie mobile games of 2015
Best 2015 mobile games you didn't play
Mashable lumps games in with apps
Mashable's top 10 mobile games of 2015
Developers look forward to 2016
Barry from Fireproof
The Room 3 (iOS only for now)
Some anticipated games in 2016
Out There (iOS & Android)
The Witness
Jonathan Blow
Braid
Duke Nukem
Crossy Road arcade machine
Material podcast
Yasmine and Russell's episode
Jessica on the Star Wars Electric Shadow
Jessica on Less Than or Equal
Listen for info about #SpawnforGood on Spawn on Me (coming soon!)

**67: This is All Highly Subjective** Dec 30, 2015

Are you ready for... *our first ever game of the year episode*??!!!
Yeah, we’re just a little bit excited :D
After an amazing year of some absolutely incredible games, we made a list of 35 that we feel are the best of what mobile had to offer us. And from them we picked our Game of the Year, as well as some other winners in special categories we came up with.
Remember that as the title suggests, this is totally subjective. If these aren't *your* picks for the best mobile games of 2015, that's cool. But it doesn't make us wrong either ;-)
Please, please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and email us if you’ve played YMBAB more than Jessica, because you might well be a unicorn! ;)
Stuff we mentioned:
Norton Critical Editions
Touch Arcade's GOTY post
Our Most Addictive Winner: Land Sliders (iOS & Android)
Matt Ditton's very bleeped episode
Prettygreat
Our Most Pretty Winner: Lumino City (iOS & Steam)
Please Don't Touch Anything (iOS & Android)
Our Most Weird Winner: Burger (iOS & Android)
Our Most Innovative Winner: Framed (iOS & Android)
Our Most Funny Winner: Bertram Fiddle (iOS & Android)
Bertram Fiddle Kickstarter funded
Our Worst Game Winner: Dictator (iOS & Android)
Colin Lane on Twitter
Our friend Brian on Twitter
Our friend Joe on Twitter
Our Collusion GOTY Winner: Drawn to Kill (iPad only)
Our Apple TV episode
Our Best Apple TV Game Winner: Yeti Pie (iOS only)
Our Best Apple Watch Game Winner: Lifeline (iOS & Android)
Yeti in Crossy Road
Jessica’s Personal GOTY: Til Morning’s Light (iOS only)
Anna’s Personal GOTY: Shooty Skies (iOS & Android)
Unconsoleable’s 2015 GOTY: The Room 3 (iOS only for now)

**66: Sweaty Butt Money** Dec 23, 2015

Moist

**Note:** We will record our GOTY (game of the year) episode on December 25! Please *send us* or *tweet us* *your nominations and personal stories of mobile games you’ve loved this year.*
On this episode we actually talk about what we’re playing! For more than three rushed minutes! And we’re going to keep doing it early in the episode every time we don’t have guests. Novel idea, huh? :)
We also have lots of plushie news to tell you about and even a few things that aren’t about stuffed toy chickens! For instance, has F2P won as the only sensible monetization strategy on mobile? What the heck is COPPA? And whose butt did that sweaty money come from? You’ll learn all this and much more.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and email us if you want to send us on an-expense paid trip to Australia ;)
Elf on a Shelf
Mensch on a Bench
Anna guested on this podcast
You Must Build a Boat (iOS & Android)
Neko Atsume (iOS & Android)
Conductor Whiskers
Billy the Kitten
Sling Kong (iOS & Android)
Totes the Goat (iOS only for now)
Unity’s alleged image problems
Grayout (iOS only)
Blackbar (iOS only)
Neven Mrgan
Dashy Crashy (iOS only for now)
Dumpling Design
Land Sliders (iOS & Android)
Power Hover (iOS only for now)
RETRY (iOS & Android)
Swing Copters 2 (iOS & Android)
Til Morning's Light (iOS only)
Alto's Adventure (iOS only for now)
Cloud Chasers (iOS & Android)
Crossy Road plushies have arrived
Threes plush pillow
Threes for free in the browser
FTC settles w/COPPA violators
Jones on Fire
Zoonuts (iOS only)
Games Top People of 2015
Matt schools Notch
Masi Oka
GaymerX Australia
The discussion in mobile is over, F2P has won
Randy's episode
Zombie Match Defense (iOS only for now)
Megan Fox on Twitter
Square Enix knows how to make mobile games

**65: Turtles Have No Gratitude** Dec 16, 2015

You can take your gratitude and...

*NOTE: We will record our GOTY (game of the year) episode on December 25! Please* *send us* or *tweet us* *your nominations and personal stories of mobile games you’ve loved this year.*
As we near the end of 2015, we’ll be talking a lot about various top lists of games. On this episode we go over some highlights of Apple’s annual top charts of most downloaded games and apps as well as the picks the App Store editors make. Did we agree or disagree with their picks? You’ll have to listen to find out :)
But before that, we fawn over quite possibly our most special and meaningful iTunes review ever, written by our bestie and wonderful human being, Matt Hall. Once more with feeling, we love you, Matt <3
You too can be wonderful and rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and email us if you think we’re entirely wrong about turtles :)
Stuff we mentioned:
Is Tanzania a country?
Alto's Adventure (iOS only)
You Must Build a Boat (iOS & Android)
Shooty Skies (iOS & Android)
Luca Redwood's tweet
Dogs reunited with soldiers sample video
Steve (our Gaming Yoda)
Hearthstone (iOS & Android)
What is Infinite Arena?
Sling Kong holiday update
Land Sliders holiday characters (including the dreidel)
Land Sliders is on Android!
Some of Apple's top apps & games lists
Lara Croft GO (iOS & Android)
Rules (iOS only)
Lifeline (iOS & Android)
Lifeline 2 (iOS & Android)
Lifeline: Silent Night (iOS only for now)
Rayman Adventure (iOS & Android)
Trivia Crack (iOS & Android)

**64: Buy Us As Friends** Dec 09, 2015

Matt Hall really is a sharp-dressed man

Help us settle the question of last week’s episode and vote for your favorite Aussie Matt on Twitter using the hashtag #MattWars :-D
While we ponder that important question, we cross our arms and declare that games don't have to be hard and certainly shouldn’t be made so for the wrong reasons. Meanwhile, is Jessica having a hard time with the newly updated You Must Build A Boat? You'll need to listen to find out.
We also revel in the accolades that some awesome mobile games are receiving (again), but sigh at some bad behavior by *those* types of mobile gamers; the ones who don't want to pay for games. All this plus exciting news and much, much more!
Remember to rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and email us if you have a Tesla you’d like to give us or at least give us a ride in one ;)
Stuff we mentioned:
Tesla Motors
Boon Cotter
Prettygreat
You Must Build a Boat (iOS & Android)
Lara Croft GO (iOS & Android)
Lara Croft GO wins at Game Awards
Square Enix Montreal's tweets
IGN review of Lara Croft GO
IGN video; mobile is for babies
Smash Hit (iOS & Android)
TIME's GOTY list
TIME's Best Looking Games
Prune (iOS & Android)
Joel McDonald
Her Story (iOS & Steam)
Last year's TIME list
Downwell (iOS & Steam)
Alto's Adventure (iOS only)
Lumino City (iOS & Steam)
Google ads that let you demo apps
Material podcast
Choices: And the Sun Went Out (iOS only for now)
Neko Atsume (iOS & Android)
The Room 3 (iOS only for now)
Tiltagon (iOS & Android)
Totes the Goat (iOS only for now)
Traffic Rush 2 (iOS only for now)
Prettygreat are working on game #2!
New game coming from Snowman and The Game Band
GaymerX
Anna's panel at GaymerX
Australian GaymerX

**63: Who is the Best Australian Matt?** Dec 02, 2015

Matt Ditton, International Man of Mystery. Australian Game Dev of Mystery. Same difference.

This being the episode with our third Aussie Matt (Matt Ditton, to be precise), you know we had to ask the question. But what's the answer? You'll have to listen to find out!

Other than wondering why there are so many Matts in Australia, we also talked about super serious gaming topics like the Men of Gamedev calendar. No, really, there was actual talk about games and mobile as a gaming platform, we promise!

We recorded this episode on Thanksgiving so we want to say we are very thankful for all of you, our listeners. If you're thankful for us, please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and email us if you want to help plan the Aussie Men of Gamedev Pageant ;-p

Stuff we mentioned:

Mighty Games

Shooty Skies (iOS & Android)

Many Monkeys

Breath of Light (iOS & Android)

Matt Ridgeway

Multiplicity

Matt Hall vs. a piece of cardboard

Sneakers

Men of Gamedev 2016

Rob Davis (Mr. December)

Boon Cotter

Land Sliders (iOS only for now, Android coming soon)

SHMUPs

Tony Parmenter
(Tony's podcast)
Monument Valley merch

Crossy Merch

Hacky Cat (iOS only)

Power Stone (Dreamcast game)

Screen Australia

Tom Killen

Andy and Tom at Apple keynote (starts at 68:18)

Fish Tank (Shooty Skies character)

Clicker Heroes (iOS & Android)

AdVenture Capitalist! (iOS & Android)

You Must Build a Boat (iOS & Android)

Pause (iOS & Android)

Fallout 4

Fallout Shelter (iOS & Android)

Pip boy app (iOS & Android)

**62: You Can't Sell Games** Nov 25, 2015

Ok., games can be sold. Or can they? We tried to figure that out and much, much more when we talked to Tigerstyle's Randy Smith.

Tigerstyle made some of the iconic, early games when mobile gaming was still young. But their latest game hasn't done well and we talked about the realities (and brutalities?) of the App Store and how it influences what games get made and what games succeed.

Remember to rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter, and email us if you too are pro-socialism :-)

Stuff we mentioned:

Spider: Secret of Bryce Manor (iOS & Android)

Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon (iOS, Android & Steam)

BioShock

The Thief game series

Edge Magazine

Doodle Jump (iOS & Android)

Waking Mars (iOS & Android)

Zynga

Pocket Gamer article on Spider sequel not doing well

Indiepocalypse

Our episode with Asher

Polygon op-ed by Mr. Cranky Pants

Episode where we talked about that

Death Cab for Cutie

Ketchapp

Jake Sones

Zombie Match Defense (iOS only for now)

Jake's Medium piece

Prune (iOS & Android)

Our episode with Joel

Where do mobile players find games

Papers, Please

Cart Life

Unity

Australian PM talks about games

Progress Quest

Neko Atsume (iOS & Android)

**61: Artivism** Nov 18, 2015

This episode is a departure from our usual happy-go-lucky ways, but we think it was fitting and important. We hope you'll agree.
We talked with the fabulous Kiva Bay about her game 12 Hours, homelessness, and much, much more. So the discussion was weighty and we couldn’t feel more strongly about it.
Please rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and email us if you want ideas for how to help the homeless (but we'll just refer you to Kiva).
Stuff we mentioned:
12 Hours was greenlit on Steam
1 in 5 trans people will be homeless
Caelyn Sandel
Twine
Mental health issues among the homeless
Defensive architecture
This War of Mine (iOS & Steam)
Sheltertech
Portland Loos
The criminalization of poverty
Kiva’s comic on being a homeless gamer
Article about being a low-income gamer
Gawker blog by a woman in poverty
The Pongo Fund

**60: Tappy vs. Clicky** Nov 11, 2015

Yet another special guest joins us this week, perhaps the most special guest of all! It's our beloved friend, Joe Macirowski, creator of Yeti Pie and eventually (we hope) other games we will all be able to play on the toilet :D
For now, we discuss Joe's experiences developing for the AppleTV, Jessica's experiences gaming on it, what early reviews have said, where we hope the Apple TV will go as a gaming platform and much, much more.
So sit back, relax, and toss a pizza to your friendly, neighborhood yeti, because he's hungry!
Don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (follow Anna & Jessica too), and email us if you've got something that we need to collude on :)
Stuff we mentioned:
Ruffled Feathers
Anna's version of collusion
Jessica's collusion revision
New Apple TV
Ars Technica article on AppleTV
Polygon's article
Canabalt (iOS only)
SpriteKit
Unity blog post
Lumino City (iOS, MAS and Steam)
Slide To Play Apple TV app lists
Zillow
Mac World piece
Daniel Jakult's app rejected
The Room 3 (iOS only for now)
Shooty Skies lands on Android
Bertram Fiddle hits goal!
Bertram Fiddle (iOS & Steam)
GDC
WWDC
Me millionth dollar GIF
Activision buys King
Current Xbox One deals
Limbo (iOS & Android)
Til Morning's Light (iOS only)
Breath of Light (iOS & Android)
Recommend us in Overcast

**59: A Baby With a Jetpack** Nov 04, 2015

On this episode, we are super thrilled to welcome back our awesome and talented friend, Shareef Jackson.
Shareef is our Nintendo guru, or is it ninja? We figure that out and much, much more, like what the heck is Miitomo going to be and why is it Nintendo's first mobile game? Would Nintendo ever develop for the Apple TV? Is Shareef really a Yoshi?!!! All these and other pressing questions will be answered!
Please remember to rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (and follow Shareef too!) and email us if you have some adorable Nintendo character plushies you'd like to send us ;-)
**DONATE NOW to Shareef's Extra Life team. All proceeds go to the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.**
Stuff we mentioned:
Yeti Pie (iOS only)
Unstealthiest ninja t-shirt
Heroes
Piloteer (iOS & Steam)
Alto's Adventure on Apple TV
Yeti Pie developer, Joe, on Twitter
Nintendo announces Miitomo
Tomodachi Life
Splatoon
Gamasutra analysis of Nintendo news
Blue Ocean strategy
Live blog of Nintendo's announcement
Animal Crossing
Kim Kardashian's game (iOS & Android)
Interview w/Pac-Man creator
Yoshi's Woolly World
Twine
Minecraft
Ken Wong's Polygon op-ed
Rami Ismail's talk: You Don't Stand a Chance
Destiny
Twilight

**58: Survival Tips by Jessica** Oct 28, 2015

You only *think* these dogs are here to help you

Not only is this episode about games, news and our many complaints, but it also includes useful winter survival info! What can we say, we do it all here at Unconsoleable. You're welcome.
With no pesky guests to get in the way (KIDDING, we love our guests to death :-)) we cover all the News We Care About, why a recent op-ed about mobile games is a bunch of hooey, and a perspective on a hot, new game that you're only likely to hear from us.
**We'd love it if you could rate and reviews us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and email us if you have suggestions on what to do when freezing to death (or any other reason too :-))**
Stuff We Mentioned:
Zombie Match Defense (iOS only for now)
Jake on Twitter
Our episode with Jake
Jake at IndieCade
Prune (iOS & Android)
Our episode with Joel
Bertram Fiddle (iOS & Steam)
Episode 2 on Steam Greenlight
Kickstarter for Episode 2
Landsliders hits 1 million downloads
Polygon op-ed by a mobile developer
Spider sequel doesn't do well
Girls made a LEGO Turny
Ustwo might write a rebuttal
Downwell (iOS & Steam)
About Ojiro
Roguelikes
Bloodborne
iOS games for people who hate them
Land Sliders (iOS only for now)
Sling Kong (iOS & Android)
Yeti Pie
Apple TV
Please Don't Touch Anything (iOS only for now)
Shooty Skies (iOS only for now)
Osmos (iOS & Android)
Katamari
Super Sharp (iOS only)
Mr. Jump (iOS only)

**57: The Couple That Games Together Stays Together** Oct 21, 2015

Jessica is bad at Photoshop.

Our Gaming Yoda Steve is becoming quite a fixture on the show, but this episode features someone even *more* special: his lovely wife, Maureen.
Distraught that Steve was never getting to talk about Hearthstone on Isometric, we offered our show up as a safe space to do just that. And well, um, it doesn't hurt that Anna is also obsessed with Blizzard's hugely popular CCG.
As per usual though, we got a lot more than we bargained for and Hearthstone wasn't the only topic of discussion. So sit back and enjoy as we hear both Steve and Maureen's voices together for the first time in a long time.
**Please rate and review us on iTunes (no, seriously, do it NOW), follow us on Twitterand email us if you want to tell us the furthest *you've* ever driven to see a goat.**
Stuff we mentioned:
Kookaburra
Angry Chicken from Hearthstone
Hearthstone's origin story
HearthStats
Heroes of the Storm
Vainglory (iOS & Android)
Diablo III
Warcraft III
Doctor Draw deck
The Walking Dead
Dr. Boom
HearthArena
Dogs playing Hearthstone painting
Hearthstone commercial
Annoy-o-Tron
Hay Day (iOS & Android)
Paradise Bay (iOS & Android)

**56: Mobile Gaming and Chocolate** Oct 14, 2015

You knew we couldn't go too long without having more Aussies on the show. But hey, can we help it if they keep making awesome games we love?
And so, ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the legendary designer of Fruit Ninja, Jetpack Joyride, and many more iconic mobile titles, Luke Muscat! Oh yeah, and some guy named Phil Larsen too ;-p
Luke and Phil make up two thirds of Prettygreat (funded in part by our good friends Matt Hall and Andy Sum) and though Land Sliders is their first game, we're pretty sure that their studio name suits them perfectly. We think that you'll agree.
Please rate and review us on iTunes if you haven't already, follow us on Twitter and email us if you can explain the Land Sliders ARG to us (and then please report to the NSA for the job you're probably qualified for).
Stuff we mentioned:
Hugh on Twitter
Shooty Skies (iOS only for now)
Episode with Matt & Dean
Krome
Pandemic
Fruit Ninja (iOS & Android)
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Epic Touch Arcade Land Sliders thread
Trials Evolution
Narraganset beer
Bloodborne
The Witcher 3
Fran Bow
The Beginner's Guide
Oblivion
Skyrim
Monument Valley characters in Crossy Road
Desert Golfing (iOS & Android)
Justin Smith
EnviroBear (iOS & Android)
True Skate (iOS & Android)
Halfbrick
Halfbrick lays off designers
Pancake (iOS & Android)
Burger (iOS & Android)
Pinna (iOS & Android)
Drawn to Kill (iPad only)
Matt's advice to developers
Monster Dash (iOS & Android)
Fruit Ninja used in rehab

**55: Tanya is Not the Outrage DMV** Oct 07, 2015

Art by Sylvie Reuter

Today is the first anniversary of #INeedDiverseGames and to celebrate, we welcome our friend Tanya DePass on the show to tell us all about it and what she's up to these days in her quest to make games more diverse.

We need diverse games on mobile too, by the way, so we introduced Tanya to Piloteer, which has a kickass black woman as the only character. It turns out the developer made her that way because he was inspired by #INeedDiverseGames! So there's all kinds of feels at that part :-)

Tanya also shared her experiences since #INeedDiverseGames started and the ups and downs of suddenly being thrust into the spotlight. So sit back and enjoy; you might even learn something.

Rate and review us on iTunes so everyone knows how awesome we are, follow us on Twitter and email us if you want us to be outraged about something. LOL, just kidding, we don't need any help being outraged. But email us about anything else :)

Stuff we mentioned:

Contribute to the #INeedDiverseGames GoFundMe

INDG Patreon

INDG will be at IndieCade

Mikki Kendall

Fresh Out of Tokens

David Reeves

Anna's & Tanya's panel at Gaymer X

Shawn Alexander

Ken Gagne

JJ from Minus World

Geek Girl Con

ValorCon

Uncanny Mag article about diversity at cons

WisCon

#ShoutYourAbortion

Tanya's piece on Medium about suddenly woke white folks

Tim Wise

Gang Nations

Mad Max

The Walking Dead

Life is Strange

Distress Kickstarter

Dragon Age

Fallout Shelter (iOS & Android)

Piloteer (iOS, Android, & Steam)

Drawn to Kill (iPad only)

The Rocketeer

Whitaker Trebella

IGN video

Alphabear (iOS & Android)

Asphalt

Land Sliders (iOS only for now)

You Must Build a Boat (iOS & Android)

Bejeweled Blitz (iOS & Android)

Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal

Mass Effect 2

Bloodborne

Happy Wheels (iOS only)

Contra

**54: Yeti Pie to the Ground!** Sep 30, 2015

Yeti Pie to the Ground, courtesy of Joe Macirowski

This week we take a breather between episodes with guests to do what we do best. Complain and call out bad behavior.
From a feature by Apple of a game with ugly stereotypes to the release of PewDiePie's bro-ey mobile game, we have a lot on our plate. But fear not, dear listeners. There's a little positivity mixed in here and there too.
Remember to rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and email us if you can teach Jessica how to take a screenshot with her new iPhone ;-)
Stuff we mentioned:
Yeti Pie
Land Sliders (iOS only for now)
Prettygreat
Halfbrick
Kotaku profile on Matt
Device 6 (iOS only)
Simogo
The Sailor's Dream (iOS only)
Spawn on Me
Journey
Our t-shirts and other merch
Rich's comic
GaymerX
Direct link to the panel
Matt Conn on LTOE
Midboss
Tanya DePass
Gang Nations
The Gang Nations lineup
They suggest their lady game
PewDiePie's game (iOS only for now)
Who is PewDiePie?
Guardian review
Lunar Flowers (iOS only for now)
Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon (iOS & Android)
Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor (iOS & Android)
Article about Spider not doing well
Till Morning's Light (iOS only)
Amazon's games studio

**53: Yasmine is Scary Spice** Sep 23, 2015

Yasmine and Russell at Google IO 2015

You might say we're a bit iOS-focused here on Unconsoleable so this week we welcomed our old friend Yasmine Evjen and our newer friend, Russell Ivanovic. Yasmine and Russell are two thirds of the Material Podcast which is all about Google and Android.

Apple fans, don't run away screaming. It's an interesting show even for you. And hey, we've even managed to keep our Australian streak going as Russell hails from the infamous land of snakes and spiders.

We talked about the (maybe?) wonderful future and present of gaming on our TVs, what Yasmine and Russell like to play on mobile, Russell's polygamist tendencies and much, much more!

Don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and email us if you have PocketCasts problems (but we'll just forward those emails to Yasmine :-))

Stuff we mentioned:

Samsung Galaxy S

PocketCasts (iOS & Android)

That *other* podcasting app developer

Overcast (iOS only)

Google I/O

Women Techmakers

Rocket League

Ouya

Kitty Android Wear face

Nintendo games on Android Wear

FireTV bundle w/controller is coming

Table Top Racing

Jenna Hoffstein

The Counting Kingdom (iOS & Android)

Mario Party

Hearthstone (iOS & Android)

Alphabear (iOS & Android)

Spry Fox

Prune (iOS only for now)

Sling Kong (iOS & Android)

The Spice Girls

**52: Please Downplay Our Achievement** Sep 16, 2015

Andy presenting multi-player Crossy Road at the September 9 Apple event

This is our **super duper special, SUPERSIZED, one-year anniversary episode!**

That’s right, we’ve been bringing you the magic of Unconsoleable for an entire year now and we celebrate the occasion in the best way we know how: with fantastic guests we love.

Joining us for the fourth time is our good friend Matt Hall and for the first time ever, we also welcome his partner in crime (sometimes almost literally), Andy Sum

Andy had just returned to Australia after presenting at this little event at Apple, you may have heard of it ;-) There’s a lot he couldn’t tell us about it, but have no fear, we got the most crucial details.

We also found out what the Hipster Whale fellas think of the future of gaming on the Apple TV, what happened the time Matt and Andy played a game together, what valuable life advice Matt gives to Andy and much, much, MUCH more. Seriously, we are not exaggerating. There is a lot more.

Remember to rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter, and email us if you want to make Andy an offer of marriage :-D

Show Notes and Links

Andy (and Tom) at the Apple Keynote

Crossy Road (iOS & Android)

Pac-Man 256 (iOS & Android)

Andy’s website

Matt’s website

Sydney Morning Herald article about Andy

Rob Murray

Tall Poppy Syndrome

Felicia Day

GCAP

Craig Federighi’s hair

Jony Ive

Tampons as survival gear

The rose iPhone

New Apple TV

Eddy Cue’s most recent questionable fashion choice

Tom Killen

The scarf guy

Sly Cooper

Crash Bandicoot

Tearaway

Steelseries controllers

Toyota HiLux

EA pulls iconic games from the App Store

Flight Control)

The Last Express (iOS & Android)

Grim Fandango (iOS & Android)

Jessica and Reuben’s LP of Grim Fandango

Sad Notch

Hearthstone (iOS & Android)

Never Alone

Payday

Heat)

Does Not Commute (iOS & Android)

Surgeon Simulator RageQuit video

GAME OF THE YEAR: 420BLAZEIT

Seon at 3Sprockets

NVIDIA Shield Makes Fun of Crossy Road

Our Fearless Leader

Shooty Skies (coming soon; here’s a screenshot)

Land Sliders

Sling Kong (iOS & Android)

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@AppStoreGames

Wrassling (iOS & Android)

Nubs’ Adventure (iOS & Android)

**51: Boys Smell** Sep 09, 2015

Smelly.

First things first. Notch, come on the show. Seriously. We can help you and we have some shoulders you can cry on. Tweet us. Email us. Let's make this happen.

Besides providing counseling and advice for rich Swedes, we side-eye the new App Store games Twitter account, scratch our heads over YouTube and Mobcrush, and Anna professes her love for Jessica. Why? You'll have to listen to find out!

Rate and review us on iTunes if you want our undying gratitude forever, follow us on Twitter, and email us if you're a rich, white guy who needs ideas for how to live a fulfilling life! :-P

Stuff we mentioned:

Ben Brooks

Nubs' Adventure (iOS & Android)

Brandon on Twitter

@AppStoreGames premieres

The Walking Dead game (iOS & Android)

Story about TWD/Pew Die Pie

Lonnie plays Sling Kong

Face Hunter deck

The Booby Mage

Notch is saaaaaad

Article about successful, but depressed devs

Mobcrush raises $11 million

Anna's Yeti Pie stream

Craig, The Silver Fox

Simogo scary childrens' stories

Year Walk (iOS only)

Device 6 (iOS only)

Sailor Dream podcast series

**50: A Tree is Composed of Branches** Sep 02, 2015

Maybe it's not Zen, but we still love Joel McDonald's amazing game, Prune and you should too.
Joel tells us how the idea for Prune came about, plans for future updates, his origin story in gamedev, his shameful mobile gaming secret, and much, much more!
Don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter, and email us if you want to brag about your Burger top score (actually, please don't do this).
Stuff we mentioned:
Unity
Apple family sharing
Blek (iOS & Android)
Fran Bow
Doggins (iOS & Android)
Lumino City
Laura Croft GO (iOS & Android)
Dean and Matt's episode from last week
Doom
Quake
Command and Conquer
Raven Software
Pancake (iOS & Android)
Burger (iOS & Android)
Cut the Rope (iOS & Android)
Aaron San Filippo on Twitter
Simon Ferrari
Our Android-loving friend Yasmine
Tiny houses
Tiny Wings (iOS only)
Hundreds (iOS & Android)
Alto's Adventure (iOS only)

**49: The Best Dinosaur Sound** Aug 26, 2015

Sling Kong is one of our latest obsessions for very good reason. So please put your hands together for Dean Loades and Matt Knights of Protostar who so kindly brought it into our lives.
Dean and Matt answer some *very* important questions about their future housing plans, tell us where the best game developers come from and much, much more. What on earth makes the best dinosaur sound? You'll have to listen to find out!
Pleeeaaase rate and/or review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and email us if you have a yacht that Dean can borrow until he can get his own ;-)
Stuff we mentioned:
Checkpoint Champion (iOS & Android)
Prettygreat
Featherweight Games
Skiing Yeti Mountain (iOS & Android)
Baby kangaroos are kinda gross
Cassowaries
Ruffled Feathers
Halfbrick
Angry Birds (iOS & Android)
Fruit Ninja (iOS & Android)
Flight Control (iOS & Android)
Burger (iOS & Android)
Sometimes You Die (iOS & Android)
Crossy Road (iOS & Android)
Sling Kong desert characters teaser
You Must Build a Boat (iOS & Android)
Two Dots (iOS & Android)
Touch Arcade
Hearthstone (iOS & Android)
Heroes of the Storm
Pac-Man 256 (iOS & Android)
The Room (iOS & Android)
The Room 2 (iOS & Android)
The Room 3 is coming

**48: Notch Houses For Everyone!** Aug 19, 2015

Driving down the road to our Notch House

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Genuine fan of the show and our ESN fearless leader, Moisés Chiullan, stops by and talks about his gaming credentials (or lack thereof :-)) and we try not to shame him too hard about not being a *real* filthy casual.
We also run down the newsworthy events of the past week and then proceed to rant about the latest assholery perpetuated against casual gamers. *Female* casual gamers to be exact. Are you ready to be outraged?
Remember to rate and review us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter, and email us if you want to know where to send Jessica's birthday present ;-)
Stuff we mentioned:
Steve Lubitz
Destiny
Sling Kong (iOS & Android)
Joel McDonald
Prune (iOS only for now)
Sling Kong FB post
Framed (iOS only for now)
Framed tweet about sales and Android launch
Hearthstone is making $20 million per month
Nintendo employee fired
Nintendo says nice things about mobile
Final Fantasy: Record Keeper (iOS & Android)
Final Fantasy: All the Bravest (iOS & Android)
Nintendo concept phone
One take on Casual Connect
Chris Furniss' comic
Popcap
Stephen Amell's abs
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
Karina Longworth's podcast

PSA: We Got Some Things Wrong Aug 19, 2015

If you heard Episode 42, you might recall that we said some things about iOS gaming site Touch Arcade that were a bit harsh and unkind.

While we stand by a lot of what we said, we believe that we unfairly mischaracterized the site in a number of ways as well.

We hold ourselves to a high standard here at Unconsoleable so we wanted to correct the record, so to speak. We hope our listeners and of course the editors and writers at Touch Arcade will forgive our hastiness. Mobile Game Avengers should stay allies.