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This week, Robin had too much coffee and she’s here to YELL. Fortunately, there’s plenty to YELL about, from Neil Druckmann (again) to AI (again) to layoffs (again). After lots of shouting, we finally talk about a whole bunch of things we actually liked this week to prove that we’re not haters 100% of the time.Timestamps(1:10) More like Neil Suckmann am I right(11:20) The Hellblade 2 detour(22:40) And one more thing about Neil Druckmann(29:00) The Minecraft detour(32:00) IGN, what the fuck are you doing?(45:00) Games you should and shouldn’t play (feat. Paper Trail, Duck Detective, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, and The Rogue Prince of Persia [I keep saying Evil Twin when I mean Evil Empire])(1:08:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. the spy thriller genre, Jenny Nicholson, and I Saw the TV Glow)Mentioned this weekFollow Alice Bell and Brendan SinclairThat very bad Neil Druckmann interview (lmao they pulled this down, here's our annotated version)Druckmann's unedited transcriptThe Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars HotelThe Buzzy A24 Film Making Trans and Queer Viewers Feel SeenA very good review of I Saw the TV Glow I found after recordingAnd an interview with Jane Schoenbrun on Gender RevealFollow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsWe stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spent this week playing some great demos at Ludonarracon so we’re running down a few of the best that you should have on your list! Then, we check in on some disappointing changes and Mountain Dew-flavored events coming to Final Fantasy XIV!Timestamps(1:20) Our favorite Ludonarracon (not Next Fest) demos(42:30) FFXIV Live Letter, RIP Astrologians(1:04:30) Reminder: Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is very good(1:08:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week?Mentioned this week9 Demos You Need To Play During Steam’s LudoNarraCon 2024Uh-oh, I Already Hate What Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail Is Doing To This JobSend us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsWe stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re starting the week with bad news, including some pretty shocking layoffs at Microsoft, but it gets better from there. We move next through some of the best indie releases of the week before ending with the best indie game of the year, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes.Timestamps(1:00) Somehow, Stray Gods returned(4:00) Microsoft fucked up(19:00) A fantastic week for indie games(35:00) We’re seeing it all through Laser EyesMentioned this weekLorelei and the Laser Eyes reviews from Robin and Willamaybe you’ll find me by theydevilSend us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsWe stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re keeping things nice and short this week, because we already shared our best/most deranged thoughts with the good people of the Press Start podcast! Here on our feed, we’re talking about Hades 2, Crow Country, and the upcoming Steamworld Heist 2. It’s frankly the most buttoned-up we’ve ever been, so make sure you give Press Start a listen for more of our usual energy (weird, off-putting, horny).Timestamps(1:00) Press Start Girl(2:40) Hades 2(14:30) Crow Country(26:00) Steamworld Heist 2(31:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week?Mentioned this weekListen to Press Start!Willa’s Crow Country reviewWitching StoneRobin continues talking about Witching StoneSend us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsWe stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This time, we’re mercifully bringing you a shorter episode to follow our longest episode ever last week. We spend most of our time on a spoiler-filled discussion of Sucker for Love: Date to Die for, a horror/comedy/romance visual novel that has us both under its spell. Then we make a quick return to the land of sexist grifters to put a cap on the year’s dumbest gaming controversy surrounding Stellar Blade. Then Willa tells you about her favorite new way to play visual novels, and Robin tells you about some very good fish.Timestamps(1:00) Sucker for Love: Date to Die for makes monster fuckers of us all(45:00) No one is coming to take your video game boobies away(54:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week?Mentioned this weekStellar Blade and the Male GazeHorror and Romance Make Surprisingly Good Partners In Sucker for Love: Date to Die ForThis Horror Dating Sim Sets A Hot New StandardHades II Is The Kind Of Hot We Need Right NowSend us questions/fish contentMusic Street Food by FASSoundsSupport bail funds for campus protesters!We stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Palestinian Relief Bundle on itchTTRPGs for Palestine BundleMedical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we’re starting an all new Girl Mode continuity as we dive into Grant Morrison’s apparently incredible run on X-Men. It’s unsurprisingly our longest episode ever, and Robin even gets so into the description of these comics she forgets to pester Willa for large portions of the show!Follow along with what we’re looking at here!Listen to parts one (Ep. 26), two (Ep. 38), and three (Ep. 56) of our X-Men series!TimestampsIt’s all X-Men baby!Mentioned this weekPalestinian Relief Bundle on itchTTRPGs for Palestine BundleMusic Street Food by FASSoundsWe stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we’re rounding up a whole mess of news, from the good (female Hrothgar) to the bad (Willa has lost interest in Star Wars Outlaws) to the incredibly bizarre (Possibility Space closing in the strangest way possible). Plus, we decide who would be better at making Final Fantasy than Square Enix in a totally serious and well-informed segment.Timestamps(01:30) Get out of here, Han Solo(08:50) Triple-i or, what if we made indie more like AAA?(22:30) The Final Fantasy Garage Sale(43:20) Hrothgirls!(46:00) “Two tickets to Sifu, please” - No one ever(49:40) Cataclysm Classic(54:30) Possibility Space closes with a tantrum but we’re still not sure why(58:50) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week?Mentioned this weekJeff Strain’s extremely bizarre statement on Possibility SpaceWilla’s Harold Halibut reviewInto the AetherRobin tells you to play Between Horizons in more detailSend us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsWe stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.TTRPGs for Palestine BundleMedical Aid for PalestiniansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[CW: mentions of queerphobia, racism, and nazi imagery. We keep it as light as possible under the circumstances but please proceed with caution.]Now that we’ve lured people in with Dragon’s Dogma 2 and sex stuff, we’re going back to what this podcast is really about — yelling about bigots! First, we talk about Rebekah Valentine’s recent reporting on Life is Strange developer Deck Nine, and how one shitty dude can make life miserable for a lot of people. Then we move on to Helldivers 2 and Signalis, two games that had a lot of fascists up in arms for very stupid reasons over the past week. I swear it’s not as much of a bummer as it sounds!Timestamps(00:15) Traditional episode 70 check-in(08:00) Deck Nine’s very bad iceberg or, why we can’t have nice things(28:20) Oh god, we have to talk about Mark Kern(33:40) We get to talk about Signalis again, but at what cost?(40:00) It’s hard to satirize fascism with fascists enjoying it because they’re too stupid to get that it’s satire(58:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to (aside from tearing their hair out)?Mentioned this weekHow Many Clicks Does It Take To Get to the Center of Diablo?How Hidden Nazi Symbols Were the Tip of a Toxic Iceberg at Life Is Strange Developer Deck NineNick Calandra’s good thread about Mark KernFor some Helldivers 2 players, the fascist role-play has gone too farcallie’s good thread about SignalisSee Zoe’s play!!!Music Street Food by FASSoundsSend us questions!We stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Palestine Relief Bundle on itch (coming April 12)Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our nice episode this week, we’re back to discussing Dragon’s Dogma 2 and other things that make us horny. Our Dragon’s Dogma talk is bookended by the new Ken Levine game that’s definitely not just the same thing as the other Ken Levine games and Robin talking about smut because we couldn't just act like adults and let it go unnoticed that this is episode 69.Timestamps(02:00) Why not give Ken Levine one more shot/player choice smoke and mirrors(17:00) Play Nier Reincarnation while you still can(19:15) Willa’s space lesbian harem update(20:30) Dragon’s Dogma 2 is still a very good video game(1:04:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to?Mentioned this weekJudas First Details: How Ken Levine Is Building on BioShock With 'Narrative LEGOs'The best quest in Dragons Dogma 2 turns my weird hobby of NPC stalking into an actual objectiveI put nearly 100 hours into Dragon's Dogma 2 before I realised it was all just a tutorial for the Warfarer vocationDragon’s Dogma 2 Makes You Take Your Time, And That’s GreatIs outrage all that’s left?Dragonsplague Is the Perfect Example of What Makes Dragon’s Dogma 2 GreatSee Zoe’s play!!!Music Street Food by FASSoundsSend us questions!We stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robin is finally alive again, and just in time to talk about the best game of the year. We start off with a little news blitz, from G/O Media still being a shitshow to a couple of devs saying things the industry absolutely needs to listen to at GDC. Then we settle in for about an hour of singing Dragon’s Dogma 2’s praises for what definitely won’t be the last time on this show.Timestamps(00:30) We’re alive!(02:00) Jim Spanfeller is still a herb(04:00) Planning our summer vacation in Eorzea(7:15) Larian makes a good decision and Swen Vincke makes a good speech(10:30) Xalavier Nelson Jr continues to be right in public(11:45) Our vibes are not compatible with AI(15:45) Simping for Dragon’s Dogma (and Miu)(1:26:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to?Mentioned this weekRead last week’s blog on Tumblr or Cohost!Kotaku EIC Resigns Over New Editorial EdictEurogamer covers Swen Vincke’s GDC speechXalavier Nelson Jr’s Black in Gaming Indie Developer Award speechAustin Walker’s Four Thoughts on Dragon’s DogmaPlayers Aren’t Happy with Dragon’s Dogma 2’s MicrotransactionsThere Are Better Things to Be Mad At Than Dragon’s Dogma 2 MicrotransactionsBlade MaidensFollow us or send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsWe stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Major FF7 Rebirth spoilers throughout! Explicit spoilers for Chapter 13 and beyond from 30:00 to 1:10:00!Oooh, we’ve got an exciting one for you this week as we’re joined by very special guest Jade King, lead features editor of TheGamer! This episode is a Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth spectacular, wherein we get deep on its narrative highs and lows, talk an awful lot about Advent Children, and spoil the hell out of the game, all while keeping it queer, of course. Timestamps(01:30) Breaking down Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth with Jade(30:00) Ending spoilers begin(1:10:00) Ending spoilers… end(1:23:00) Bringing it back to queerness(1:31:00) What else have we been up to this week?Follow Jade King on Twitter and read her work at TheGamer!Music Street Food by FASSoundsSend us questions!Mentioned this weekJade’s Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth reviewFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth Is Gaming's Greatest Lesbian Scavenger HuntTifa and Aerith are the Real Power Couple in Final Fantasy 7 RebirthRobin’s interview with Xalavier Nelson Jr.We stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth reviews are out in the wild, so we can finally talk about (some of) our experiences with this fascinating, incredibly uneven game. We’re saving most of our thoughts for next week, so this week is safe for people wanting to avoid spoilers. But before we get to that, we’re talking Shadow of the Erdtree, Nintendo Direct, and more Unicorn Overlord!Timestamps(01:00) RIP Flaco, King of New York(04:30) How ‘bout that Shadow of the Erdtree trailer?(17:15) If you want to play Mother 3, you can play Mother 3/Willa was right(19:00) The rest of the Nintendo Direct(31:20) Willa is still the world’s best Unicorn Overlord player(36:30) First thoughts on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (Tifa and Aerith should kiss)(54:20) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week?Music Street Food by FASSoundsSend us questions!Mentioned this weekI Need to Get Way Better at Elden Ring Before Shadow of the Erdtree LaunchesHidetaka Miyazaki talks to Eurogamer and IGNMasahiro Sakurai on Creating GamesFinal Fantasy VII Rebirth reviews in Inverse, NYT, and NPRFF7: Advent Children Paved The Way For Rebirth, For Better And WorseWe stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we’re running through a whole lot of games, since Robin was too busy sleeping on Willa’s couch to record last week. First, we cover the most anticipated game of all: Foamstars. Then a demo for a little game called Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth came out, and both of our hosts attended an exciting preview recently, but only one did so well she broke the game. We end with a whole lot of news, only some of which is about how fucked the games industry is!(I also feel compelled to include an extra explicit content warning here for just so, so much talk about bodily fluids in the first five minutes.)Timestamps(01:20) Robin and the City(03:15) The Children of the Bubble(06:40) Kickin’ chairs with Cloud(14:00) Willa is too much of a gamer for Unicorn Overlord(33:00) The Game Awards’ Non-Evil Twin(37:20) Somehow, Star Wars 1313 returned(40:00) Happy 5th anniversary, Hollow Knight: Silksong!(46:40) Microsoft makes fools of us all(55:20) ZA/UM drama(1:00:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week?Mentioned this weekWho’s Telling the Truth about Disco Elysium?These speeches from LarianThe Book of Love reviewZA/UM layoffsThis wild rich lady storyWilla and Robin on Unicorn OverlordMusic Street Food by FASSoundsSend us questions!We stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, it’s been too long since we recorded to remember what we talked about. I think it was…video games? That’s right, it was State of Play! The Short Message was pretty bad. Zenless Zone Zero has cute anime girls. Some other stuff probably happened, too. Judging by the links in our text thread I guess we talk about Persona 3 Reload, Suicide Squad, and Bayonetta. Enjoy!Mentioned this weekPersona 3 tweets https://twitter.com/SkyKniight/status/1753461874526462371https://twitter.com/NSuperGamerGuy/status/1753818881024819257Persona 3 Reload Is a Messy but Necessary RemakePersona 3 Reload Still Can’t Imagine A World That Respects Trans PeoplePersona 3 Remake Ditches the Classic RPG’s Best CharacterSuicide Squad Is FineBayonetta 3 broke my heartYou Could Just Keep Doing Dry JanuaryMusic Street Food by FASSoundsSend us questions!We stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s been a pretty fucked up week for the games industry, so we’re starting with a lament for lost jobs and our grim outlook on how things are only going to get worse. Then we talk about Nier Reincarnation being deleted imminently and what it says about games preservation. We eventually move to cheerier territory by talking about what games we’ve been playing, including a couple Nier games, Final Fantasy XI, and Granblue Fantasy: Relink.Timestamps(00:45) Willa goes to Kotaku and we’re all very proud of her(03:20) Layoffs are killing the games industry(29:20) You should play Nier Reincarnation before it disappears(41:40) We’re playing Nier Reincarnation before it disappears(48:40) Final Fantasy XI check-in(52:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week?Mentioned this weekXbox is Not Your FriendThe Murder Game Revolution That Has Gripped ChinaPixar's Ratatouille, the state of media journalism, and why I'm a criticAccord's LibraryGrief and Grace Along Route Zero A Piece of Yoko Taro’s Nier Series Will Soon Disappear ForeverGaming Layoffs Show AAA Developers’ Refusal to Support the Industry’s FutureThis wild LoveLive tweetSo I Started Playing Final Fantasy XI in 2021...Music Street Food by FASSoundsSend us questions!We stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zoe’s taking some time off so this week Robin is talking to Willa Rowe, who’s apparently a new writer at Kotaku. Good for her. After making a bunch of predictions for the upcoming year (which neither of us came up with minutes before recording started), we catch up with the latest FFXIV Fan Fest, share our first shaky steps into Vana’diel, and try to figure out what we really want in a Metroidvania.Note: We recorded this episode before the horrible news of layoffs at Riot, which is why we don’t mention them when we talk about LoL. Solidarity with the folks affected there, and with everyone hurt by the cruelty of CEOs with howling voids where their hearts should be.Timestamps(00:20) Introducing our special guest host Willa Rowe(03:50) Willa and Robin predict the future(21:20) Catching up with FFXIV Fan Fest because we missed it again(31:30) The year of Final Fantasy XI(38:20) Metroidvanias need more catgirls(1:04:00) Willa’s smart thoughts on memory and preservation(01:13:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week?Mentioned this weekRobin’s Prince of Persia reviewWIlla’s Another Code reviewWilla on the Genshin Impact concertMusic Street Food by FASSoundsSend us questions!We stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the last episode, we witnessed the amazing premonitory powers of Willa's girlfriend Zoe, so we're giving her control of the podcast this week out of a mixture of respect and fear. With Willa temporarily banished to the shadow realm, Zoe shares some of her favorite recent games with Robin, talks about the forgotten games of her youth, plays a round of "is this game ugly," and ends with her predictions for gaming in 2024, which will almost certainly all come true.Timestamps(00:20) Hi Zoe(03:20) Zoe's year in games(14:15) Why Chicory is great(21:20) Good opinions about Hades and bad opinions about Final Fantasy(28:10) Is this game ugly? (follow along here)(52:00) Games for girls(1:11:10) Zoe predicts the future(1:22:00) What else have Zoe and Robin been up to this week?Music Street Food by FASSoundsFollow us or send us questions!We stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re easing into the new year, first by pretty much just reprising an article we already wrote about our most anticipated games of 2024. Then, we discuss how our “gamer resolutions” for 2023 went and talk about what we want to change in the coming year. Finally, we revisit Willa and Zoe’s predictions for 2023 in gaming and see how they both did!Timestamps(01:40) Our most anticipated games of 2024(14:45) Punctuation Corner(27:15) Gamer resolutions check-in(51:30) Willa v. Zoe, Judge Robin presiding(01:02:40) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week?Mentioned this weekWilla and Robin's most anticipated gamesWilla talks to Yoko Taro and Doug BowserRobin really, really likes Sayonara Wild HeartsThe episode of Press Start we talk aboutMusic Street Food by FASSoundsSend us questions!We stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The moment you’ve been waiting for all year is here: it’s the second annual Girl Mode Awards! Tune in to gaming’s most illustrious awards show as we crown the winner of this year’s Most Exhausting Discourse, the Best Game That’s Just Mid, the coveted Most Realistic Trees, and more incredibly important honors.This episode also caps off 2023 for Girl Mode, so we just want to say thank you to everyone for spending the year with us! We appreciate you very much. Yes, even you.Timestamps(00:20) The Girlies!(01:34:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this year?Music Street Food by FASSoundsSend us questions and Girlies categories!We stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Medical Aid for PalestiniansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’ve spent the past few weeks playing some of the year’s most fascinating games, and now we’re making it your problem! Our annual game exchange is now officially annual because we’ve done it twice. This year, we played Slay the Princess and The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, two games about choice, fate, and women with the power to destroy the universe. Heads up: We spoil the hell out of both games, and while we don’t talk in detail about their heavier themes, both games get pretty fucking dark. Please check out the content warnings for Slay the Princess and The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood before playing them!Timestamps(00:20) The 2nd Annual Girl Mode Game Exchange(07:20) Why don’t we dive into Slay the Princess(01:07:00) Let’s talk about The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood(2:06:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to?Music Street Food by FASSoundsSend us questions and suggest Girlies categories!We stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.