Novel Gaming!

This month we played the very normal and easy-to-describe 2016 game Pony Island! But before we start clicking on suspicious and perhaps demonic file shortcuts, we check in on some of the things we’ve been reading, watching, and thinking about lately.Reading?'Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales' by Heather FawcettPlaying?Valheim (PC)Watching? The Devil Wears Prada 2 (Hulu/Disney+)The Strain (Hulu/Disney+)Thinking About?Ed Sheeran, Macklemore, Ms. Rachel'The Brunette Album' by Alaska ThunderfuckFind us on Bluesky & Instagram: @NovelGamingPodSend us an e-mail: [email protected] by: Katie!Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azure

This month we read the 2025 graphic novel Go-Man: Champion of Earth by Hamish Steele! (Discussion begins at 28:00) But before we chomp on a glowing plant and grow to the size of a skyscraper, we check in on some of the things we’ve been playing, watching, and thinking about lately.Playing?Spirit Swap (Steamdeck)Penko Park (Switch)Valheim (PC)Watching? 9 to 5 (Disney+/Hulu)Draw 4 (YouTube)Halishy (YouTube)Sketchbook Skool (YouTube)Thinking About?Rampage 40th Anniversary Collaborative Art (TrushToons)Deep Space Discounts, Season 2 (YouTube)Find us on Bluesky & Instagram: @NovelGamingPodSend us an e-mail: [email protected] by: Katie!Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azure

Lots of things are better with friends - video games included! Grab a controller and join us as we talk about cooperative video games! Before the conversation starts (32:55), we check in on what we've been reading, watching, and thinking about lately.Reading? 90s Superman Comics (Death of Superman Arc) by a bunch of people'Project Hail Mary' by Andy WeirWatching?Current Superhero Cartoons (My Adventures with Superman, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, X-Men 97, Batman Caped Crusader)Landscape Artist of the Year (Sky Arts)Thinking About?Hello Kitty x Godzilla CrossoverFind us on Bluesky & Instagram: @NovelGamingPodSend us an e-mail: [email protected] by: Katie!Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azure

Drunk spaceships, queer detectives, and death, oh my! All that and more can be found in the 2025 sci-fi cozy mystery novella, 'Murder by Memory' by Olivia Waite. Discussion starts at 27:35. Before we fully investigate, we check in on the stuff we've been playing and watching lately.Playing?Mina the Hollower (Switch 2)Yoshi's Woolly World (Wii U)Golden Sun (GBA)Watching? MCU Spider-Man MoviesWidow's Bay (Apple TV+)Remarkably Bright Creatures (Netflix)Find us on Bluesky & Instagram: @NovelGamingPodSend us an e-mail: [email protected] by: Katie!Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azure

We've just woken up from 14 years of being a fish, and what's the first thing we did? Book club! This month we read 2009's Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire, the first in the 19-book October Daye fae private eye series. But before we get into it, we check in on the stuff we've been reading, watching, and thinking about!Playing?Divinity Original Sin 2 (Steam)Baldur’s Gate 3 (PS5)Ball X Pit (NS2)Watching? Robyn music videosSupergirlThinking About?PS5 going exclusively digitalXBox laying off a bazillion studiosFind us on Bluesky & Instagram: @NovelGamingPodSend us an e-mail: [email protected] by: Katie!Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azure