We’re coming to you live from the heat dome this week, so assume anything wrong with this episode is due to our brains poaching in our skulls. In the meantime, we’ve been playing fishing games and porn games and old games and racing games and all kinds of other games and we’re here to talk about them in no particular order. Timestamps:(00:20) Welcome to the heat dome(02:50) Sinker Sound(17:10) L8R SK8R(22:34) Mario Kart 8(25:30) Aeromachina(31:00) Signum Malum(34:35) PSP Corner(41:20) The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky(44:40) Ambrosia Sky(46:25) Good Morning Drifter(48:20) Squeakross: Home Squeak Home(52:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. The Talented Mr. Ripley, Date Everything claims to be a dating sim, but it doesn't love or understand its own genre, good writers are perverts, leaving the party, F*ck it, Let's Make a Website!)Mentioned this week:Bloomed WingsMario Kart World Review: ALMOST the Best Mario KartBaseball Explained by an Anime GirlSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 130 - Next Fest Demos and Mission Impossible Facts
This week, we've played an unconscionable number of demos, so we run through a whole bunch of the ones we mostly liked at Steam Next Fest and the Tribeca Festival. Then, Willa interviews Tribeca Games vice president Casey Baltes with a tin can inside a submarine apparently and Robin tries her hardest to make it listenable.Timestamps:(00:20) Just a whole bunch of nothing(04:35) Dice Gambit(10:30) Cast and Chill(14:00) Morse(18:15) Prison of Husks(28:30) MotionRec(33:20) Coffee Talk Tokyo(35:30) Project Arrow(37:15) KuloNiku: Bowl Up!(41:10) Dispatch(47:15) MIO: Memories in Orbit(55:45) Possessor(s)(1:00:55) Absolum(1:04:46) Death Howl(1:09:00) Cairn(1:13:10) Sleep Awake(1:15:40) Take Us North(1:22:35) Mixtape(1:29:30) Casey Baltes Interview(1:55:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Fire Emblem: Three Houses, a very good video about Dark Souls 2)Mentioned this week:Prison Of Husks Feels Like Playing A Dream About Dark SoulsI'm Bad at Video Games, So I Played Dark Souls 2Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 129 - Walking Through A Half-Empty Mall
The worst part of the year was even worse this year. We slogged through Summer Game Fest and a few showcases that didn’t suck and now we’re here to talk about what we saw there and why everyone’s so mad.CW: Discussions of disordered eating in Consume Me from 52:30 to 57:05Timestamps:(00:20) Our mortal enemy, summer(01:30) State of Play had a few good games(13:15) Ciri Showcase and Unearthed Treasure Room(17:30) SGF was even worse than it always is(33:00) Mina the Hollower is good as hell(38:55) Remembering that good video games exist at Day of the Devs(52:30) CW: Eating disorders Consume Me is unbelievably good(57:05) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters and another cinematic masterpiece)(1:04:30) Some announcements!Mentioned this week:The Unearthed Treasure RoomConsume Me Turns Gaming’s Obsession With Stats Into A Trap For PlayersYou can now give us money if you really want toWatch Annie and Robin on Twitch Wednesday at 7 pm ET!TheWorstGarbage.onlineJoin The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 128 - Harvestella Sickos Rise Up
We have a handful of games to talk about this week, including an excellent new farming game, a so-so story from the creator of Katamari Damacy, and a turn-based RPG about death (no, not that one).Timestamps:(00:30) Corndog update(04:10) Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is the second coming of Harvestella(24:50) To a T is cute I guess(40:55) Galactic Glitch is simple fun(44:10) Danchi Days is delightful and weird(50:25) The Time I Have Left now lives rent-free in Robin's brain(57:15) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Hacks, You’re Wrong About - Coyotes! and Lesbian Seagulls)Mentioned this week:Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma Review: A Bountiful Blend of Life Sim and RPGTo a T Feels Like A Saturday Morning Cartoon’s Rough First SeasonGio’s good postThe Quest To Revive A Summer Festival Is Off To A Strong Start In Danchi DaysTheWorstGarbage.onlineJoin The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 127 - Adventures in Off-Brand Paris
This week, Robin and Willa have a conversation no one will disagree with about a game everyone is being reasonable about. We talk through why Clair Obscur, the FRPG of the year, didn’t live up to the hype for either of us, and inevitably detour into why criticism is good and cool and doesn’t have to make you a killjoy.Timestamps:(00:30) Setting le tableau (or, don’t yell at us about Clair Obscur)(03:40) Prologue: A Very Somber State Fair(35:00) Act 1: Lost Syndrome(45:45) Act 2: We Don’t Care That [REDACTED] [REDACTED]s(53:00) Act 3: Every Frame A Painting(1:04:50) Epilogue: Blaming Women(1:18:18) Inspirations and comparisons(1:29:40) Why everyone is being so weird about this game/why criticism isn’t a dirty word(1:42:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Gundam GQuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuX, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown)Mentioned this week:The best part of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is it explains nothingClose Reading Is For EveryoneClair Obscur: Expedition 33’s style is its substanceI Want to Be Potboy! (with Robin and Tori!) - Into the AetherTheWorstGarbage.onlineJoin The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Girl Mode is a podcast (mostly) about video games by two trans women and gaming journalists where we talk about the latest news in the industry, our takes, weekly topics, and more about the Mets than you're probably expecting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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