Talking to Women about Videogames Jonathan & Tanya

Tanya and Jonathan talk about games as art vs. product and the hubub about Steller Blade. Elly explains how Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has integrated into her grieving process, and Haley and K.K. gab about Price of Flight, their post-apocalyptic tactics game show about birds.


0:00:00 - Ned Flanders with the Dead Eyes0:05:24 - Still Cool?0:09:43 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Grief with Elly0:40:52 - Stellar Blade - Silly Toy or Developer Expression?0:45:28 - "Price of Flight" with Haley and KK1:14:43 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thank You Patrons1:18:24 - Analingus (The Ass Eating)

Price of Flight official site! https://birdsportlovers.neocities.org/

Elly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OaklandKao



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Tanya and Jonathan talk about the BAFTA's ranking of iconic game characters and the "golden age" of the Wii U. Guests Rydia and Maggie talk about what makes a videogame character sexy and what it's like to be a Christian Gamer.

Time Codes:


0:00:00 - Picking a Bone with Famous American Rock Band Live0:04:29 - Is Jonathan in the Top 100 Biggest Mansplainers?0:06:53 - What Makes the Videogame Men Sexy? with Rydia0:29:25 - Bizarre BAFTA Rankings0:35:06 - How Has Faith Shaped Your Videogame Identity? with Maggie1:00:22 - Rose-Tinted Wii U1:05:40 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thank You Patrons!1:10:00 - Sex Pest

Watch Rydia's interview (with sexy men!) here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_X8pHS51jw



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Rydia: https://twitter.com/mzsylver

Maggie: https://twitter.com/AvengerMags



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Tanya is back to talk PAX, Tum & Bum gaming/anti-congestion chairs, and the pros and cons of saying the lord's name. Guests Merritt K talks about LAN Party, her amazing new book, and Mouse Works Studio talk making music and her emotions-based RPG The Innerplains.


0:00:00 - Bad Bitches Won't Say The Lord's Name0:03:40 - Packing Nintendo Force0:05:30 - I Think Therefore I LAN w/ Merritt K0:32:30 - Hambergers & Lobster Rolls at PAX 20240:35:41 - Making Music and Videogames with Mouse Works Studios1:02:44 - An Unexpected Tangent1:04:35 - Is PAX For the Indies or the AAAs?1:09:07 - "Tum and Bum" Product Review1:14:31 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons!1:19:50 - Tum and Bum


Get Merritt's book here: https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/lan-party-inside-the-multiplayer-revolution-hardcover

Check out her writing here: https://www.otherstrangeness.com/

Enjoy Mouse Works Studios games and music here: https://mouseworksstudios.itch.io/

Get your Tum & Bum here: https://tumandbum.com/

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Our cohost Tanya is sick so Steph Sterling tagged in to talk about the budding resurgance of anti-diversity and anti-journalism in gaming, and what they plan to do about it.




Show Notes:0:00:00 - Breast Size is Back0:02:09 - What is Woke?0:03:15 - GG 2.0. Fucking Hell...0:07:05 - Meaningful Art vs. Meaningless Videogames0:09:00 - What are People Mad About?0:11:10 - It's OK to Not Be the Boss0:16:28 - How to Deal with Attention Seekers0:18:06 - The Importance of Logging Off0:20:35 - The Lonely Element0:23:54 - The Success of Diversity0:25:18 - The Anger Algorithm0:29:57 - Diversify Your Interests0:35:37 - Socialization Isn't Always Easy0:39:02 - Should Videogames Be Junk Food?0:41:24 - Weird Myths about Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion0:44:20 - I'm So Glad You Brought Up Nazis0:45:57 - Throwing Gamers Under the Bus0:48:22 - What Does the Future Hold?0:56:37 - Wrap Up/Thanks0:58:04 - Trying to Find a Lover0:59:36 - Freak Out

Steph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JimSterling



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Tanya and Jonathan talk about how you can't ever change someone's opinion about videogames, why Mother 3 will never be officially localized, and Xbox's multi-platform strategy. Guests Kyra and Secret Sarah talk about working in the games industry as an developer and a translator, respectively.



Timecodes for this episode!

0:00:00 - Live from the Shit Room

0:05:02 - Cracking the Family Code w/ Videogames?

0:09:19 - Game Development w/ Kyra

0:40:27 - You Thinkin' About Shigesato Itoi?

0:45:04 - Secrets of the World of Translation with Secret Sarah

1:15:11 - Xbox's Multiplatform Plans

1:16:17 - AAA Games Are Sort of On the Outs

1:18:11 - Wrap Up/Plugs

1:20:36 - Thank You Patrons!

1:21:31 - The Bush



Our guests "on the web"!

Kyra: https://linktr.ee/ky_is_here

Secret Sarah: https://twitter.com/QueenAwk



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Tanya and Jonathan talk about the Yellow Paint signposting in games like Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Resident Evil 4 Remake, and the potential end of the Xbox line of consoles. Guests Coco and Kim Spirit wax poetic about storytelling in games and the pros and cons of digging into titles from 15 years ago.


0:00:00 - The DJ Rewinds It0:20:36 - Goodbye Yellow Paint in Final Fantasy?0:09:42 - Narrative Design Choices w/ Coco0:39:37 - The Very Romantic Xbox Podcast0:45:29 - Revisiting Old Games without Nostalgia w/ Kim Spirit1:09:23 - Helping People with Gender About Videogames1:10:00 - Wrap Up/Plugs1:15:17 - Thank You Patrons!1:16:04 - Crimson Streamer

Our guests on Twitter:

Coco: https://twitter.com/sailorco_co

Kim Spirit: https://twitter.com/Catie_V



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