Novel Gaming!

Novel Gaming Podcast
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Novel Gaming!

Novel Gaming is a twice-monthly podcast where long-time friends Vicki, Doug, and Katie talk about video games, books, and pop culture with a spattering of current events or anything else they just can't get off their minds.

  1. 22 HR. AGO

    #103 — Book Club: 'The Z Word' by Lindsay King-Miller

    We read the queer zombie novel "The Z Word" by Lindsay King-Miller! Conversation around this campy, yet thought-provoking story starts around 31:50. Before all that we check in on what we've been playing, watching, and thinking about lately . Playing: Pokemon TCG Pocket (Mobile) Dragon Age: The Veilguard (PS5) Watching: Scooby Doo Live Action (2002 & 2004 Films) Gastronauts (Dropout) Roland Emmerich Movies (Stargate, Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, 10,000 BC) Great British Bakeoff 2024 (Channel 4) Thinking About: Art! What a Relief (Katie Gavin) ‘What It Is’ by Lynda Barry Find us on Twitter & Instagram: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

    1h 18m

  2. NOV 7

    #102 — Three Culinary Gaming Questions!

    Food is good we want to talk about it! To help us do that, we came up with three video-game-food-related questions. Main course starts around 24:00. Before then, we check in on some things we've been reading, watching, and thinking about! Reading: A little bit of 28 different book recommendations by thoughtful librarians 'What Doesn't Kill You' by Tessa Miller Watching: Ring (1998 Film) Ju-on (2002 Film) Audition (1999 Film) Gastronauts (Dropout) Thinking about: Pokemon TCG Pocket (Mobile) Find us on Twitter and Instagram: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

    1h 6m

  3. OCT 17

    #101 — Book Club: 'The Salt Grows Heavy' by Cassandra Khaw

    Halloween is coming up, so Doug picked a novella he heard was scary... but it was mostly really gross! A flesh-eating mermaid, a gentle plague doctors, and a suspicious town with tons of children but only three adults. Discussion begins at ~19:00. Of course, before we get bloody, we check in on the stuff we've been playing, watching, and thinking about. Playing: Gravity Rush (PSP) Final Fantasy VII (Switch) Berry People (Steam) Watching: The Wild Robot (in theaters) A Different Man (in theaters) The Substance (in theaters) Thinking About: Non-horror Halloween movies Find us on Twitter & Instagram: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

    1 hr

  4. OCT 3

    #100 — Snatching Trophies & Completing Games!

    It's our 100th episode, and Vicki's back to celebrate with us! And what better way to celebrate 100 episodes—and with Vicki specifically!—than to talk about Platinum trophies and achieving that deeply satisfying 100%. And of course, before we get into all that, we check in on some things we've been reading, watching, listening to, and thinking about! Reading: 'Tales from the Cafe' by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 'From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler' by E. L. Konigsburg 'Shoot the Moon' by Isa Arsén 'Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture' by Kyle Chayka Watching: Agatha All Along (Disney+) Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (in theaters) Listening to: Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong (podcast) Thinking about: PlayStation State of Play Holy Horror Mansion trailer Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

    1h 21m

  5. SEP 19

    #99 — Book Club: 'Robopocalypse' by Daniel H. Wilson

    Afraid of AI taking over? Maybe don't read this book? Or do to prepare! We read 'Robopocalypse' by Daniel H. Wilson. Discussion begins ~18:00. Before that, we check in on some things we've been playing and watching. Playing: Monster of the Week (Michael Sands) Hatoful Boyfriend (Vita) Watching: The Film Experience by Professor David Thorburn (MIT OpenCourseWare) Misfits and Magic (Dropout) Find us on Twitter & Instagram: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

    1h 7m

  6. SEP 5

    #98 — Less Than 5 Hour Games!

    Very short video games are very nice. This episode, we talk about cool games that are less than 5 hours! Discussion starts around 27:10. Before we get into it, we check in on things we've been reading, watching, and thinking about! Reading: Power Rangers Comics by Boom! Studios 'Cue the Sun' by Emily Nussbaum 'Do You Dream of Terra-Two?' by Temi Oh Watching: Kristen Stewart Movies Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) Podcast Thinking about: Heat August 2024 Nintendo Indie Direct & Partner Showcase Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

    58 min

  7. AUG 22

    #97 — Book Club: 'Chain-Gang All-Stars' by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

    This month for book club we read 'Chain-Gang All-Stars' by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, and there's not really a cute or funny way to introduce it. It's a heavy one... but also a really great one! Discussion begins ~19:53. Before we get into the book, we check in on some things we've been playing, watching, and thinking about. Playing: LEGO Builder's Journey (Switch) Final Fantasy VII (Switch) Watching: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Amazon Prime) Borderlands (2024 film, in theaters) Dìdi (in theaters) Thinking about: blink-182's One More Time Tour abolitionnotes.org's Guide to Books on Prison Abolition Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

    1h 3m

  8. AUG 8

    #96 — We Played Stardew Valley - Expanded Mod!

    We've probably logged a thousand hours between the two of us, but we've never dedicated an episode to it—we're talking about Stardew Valley! And because we've spent SO much time with it, we decided to take it to the next level and start new files with the Expanded Mod installed. But before we dig into our new expanded simulated lives, we check in on a couple things we've been reading, watching, and thinking about! Reading: 'A Blade So Black' by L.L. McKinney 'Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place' by Neema Avashia Watching: Wicked Little Letters (Netflix) Matilda the Musical (Netflix) Thinking about: Finding community & improving the world Voter registration Tony's Chocolonely exploitation-free chocolate Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

    1h 9m
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Novel Gaming is a twice-monthly podcast where long-time friends Vicki, Doug, and Katie talk about video games, books, and pop culture with a spattering of current events or anything else they just can't get off their minds.

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  • Creator
    Novel Gaming Podcast
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    106
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Novel Gaming Podcast
  • Show Website
    Novel Gaming!

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