We Are Your Friends

WAYF

Heather and Adam are therapists, nerds, and your friends! Grab your LaCroix and your Diet Coke (yes, Pepsi is fine) and tuck in for weekly conversations about gaming and weirdness! We talk video games, table top, and board games alongside a healthy dose of true crime, the paranormal, and even the extradimensional. Get cozy - let's talk! Find us on IG at @weareyourfriendspod Thanks to bensounds.com for our intro and outro music.

Episodes

  1. 02/22/2021

    Episode 5: Man of Medan & the Mary Celeste

    You all asked for more ghost ships (you didn't) so here they are (you're welcome)! Today we dive back into the Ourang Medan mystery with the game Man of Medan, where stupid, sexy young adults find themselves mixed up with pirates AND a ghost ship. Then we learn about the Mary Celeste, a ship with a terrible track record that just won't quit. It's all about boats from here on out! Just kidding...unless? Come visit us on IG at @weareyourfriendspod Thanks to bensound.com for the intro and outro! CW: discussion of violence, horror themes, nudity & sex

    58 min

  2. 02/14/2021

    Episode 4: Dead Space & the Ourang Medan

    Who doesn't love a ghost ship? Pop open a Limoncello LaCroix and savor the flavor of two eerie stories sure to tingle your spine! Adam talks Dead Space, a survival horror game with a surprising amount of lore for its action and a surprising amount of gore for its Lovecraftian elements. Heather talks the mystery of the Ourang Medan, a ghost ship with the most ship that we're almost certain really existed. Come visit us on IG at @weareyourfriendspod Thanks to bensound.com for the intro and outro! SPOILERIFIC CORRECTION/ADDITION: Unit 731, while they did commit serious war crimes against their own people, inflicted most of their cruelty on Chinese people. CW: discussion of war crimes, torture, gore and violence

    1h 4m

  3. 02/08/2021

    Episode 3: Katamari Damacy & Stan Romanek

    Do you like space? We all live there, sort of. Join us for a whimsical and wild ride through a classic game with surprising spirit and one man's journey to space and back, many times, according to him. There's some twists in this one! Come visit us on IG at @weareyourfriendspod Thanks to bensound.com for the intro and outro! CW: discussion of child sexual abuse and trauma

    1h 25m

  4. 02/01/2021

    Episode 2: Bioshock and the SHOCKing origins of facial reconstruction

    Join us while we discuss the moral ambiguity built into the original Bioshock game - Adam shares how you are in even less control than you think you are.  Heather then discusses the unethical use of WW1 veteran's likenesses to create the game's villains as well as the way an American artist helped restore the sense of self to injured soldiers. Come visit us on IG at @weareyourfriendspod Thanks to bensound.com for the intro and outro! CW: discussion of war trauma, medical procedures, and violence

    1h 16m

  5. 01/30/2021

    Episode 1: Silent Hill 2 & Pilgrim State Hospital

    Join us, your friends, as we discuss what ended our *conscious uncoupling* of friendship in HS and reunited us for eternity.  Games and abandoned buildings.  Adam will delve into the fascinating and disturbing themes of Silent Hill 2 while Heather explores the history of Pilgrim Psychiatric Center on Long Island.   Come visit us on IG at @weareyourfriendspod Thanks to bensound.com for the intro and outro! CW: discussion of murder, mental illness, psychiatric hospitalization, death, and sexual violence

    1h 14m
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About

Heather and Adam are therapists, nerds, and your friends! Grab your LaCroix and your Diet Coke (yes, Pepsi is fine) and tuck in for weekly conversations about gaming and weirdness! We talk video games, table top, and board games alongside a healthy dose of true crime, the paranormal, and even the extradimensional. Get cozy - let's talk! Find us on IG at @weareyourfriendspod Thanks to bensounds.com for our intro and outro music.

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  • Creator
    WAYF
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © WAYF
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    We Are Your Friends