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. MAR 27

    #111 — Book Club: 'Redemption in Indigo' by Karen Lord

    It's a book club! And we read 'Redemption in Indigo' by Karen Lord. Listen in as we discuss this 2010 retelling of a Senegalese folktale that is... complicated. Conversation begins around 24:40. Before that, we check in on what we've been playing, watching, and thinking about lately. Playing: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (PS5) Farcry 5 (PS5) Watching: Satoshi Kon Films Running Point (Netflix) Thinking About Picasso and Paper Doing Something Find us on BlueSky or Instagram: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

    1h 13m

  2. MAR 13

    #110 — Three Video Game Music Questions!

    What's the best music mechanic in video games? What are those songs from video games that stick with you? What musical artist would you mash-up with one of your favorite games? These are the questions we're answering this episode! A full list of songs played this episode are at the end of the show notes! But of course, we gotta check in on some of the stuff we've been reading, watching, and thinking about lately. Reading: 'Murder in the Dressing Room' by Holly Stars 'Howl's Moving Castle' by Diana Wynne Jones The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins Watching: Common Side Effects (Max, Adult Swim) Say Nothing (Hulu) Agatha All Along (Disney+) The Bachelor 29 (Hulu) Thinking about: Drawtectives, Season 3 (YT: Drawfee Show) Music League Carrying a tiny field notes notebook Find us on BlueSky or Instagram: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux  Memorable music mechanics: DJ Cutman & Popcorn Kid, “Samurai” (The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor) Low Roar, “Bones (feat. Jófríður Ákadóttir)” (Death Stranding) Lektrique, Sam Lamar, “Black Magic” (Pistol Whip) “Fire Fire!!” (Um Jammer Lammy) “Mariachi Madness” (Rayman Legends) Songs from games that stick with you: Hikaru Utada, “Simple And Clean” (Kingdom Hearts) Nobuo Uematsu, “Zanarkand” (Final Fantasy X) Teruo Taniguchi, “Cassiopeia’s Theme” (Pokemon Scarlet & Violet) Minako Adachi, , “Battle! (Gym Leader)” (Pokemon Sword & Shield) Yoko Shimomura, “Dearly Beloved” (Kingdom Hearts) ConcerendApe, “Volcano Mines (Molten Jelly)” (Stardew Valley) Kenta Nagata, “Dragon Roost Island” (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker) Seth Parker, “Wiggle Wigglebottom’s Steamy Walking Tour” (Bugsnax) Andrew Prahlow, “Travelers” (Outer Wilds) Rage Against the Machine, “Guerrilla Radio” (Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2) Gaming/artist mash-ups: Red Dead Redemption 2 🞩 Beyoncé, “SWEET ★ HONEY ★ BUCKIIN’” Hazelight Studios 🞩 Tegan and Sara, “I Couldn’t Be Your Friend” God of War 🞩 thrash & groove metal, Pantera “Becoming” Bonus: Vincent Diamante, “Lazy Daydream” (Flower) Britney Spears, “My Baby”

    1h 21m

  3. FEB 27

    #109 — Book Club: 'The Full Moon Coffee Shop’ by Mai Mochizuki

    For this month’s book club we read ‘The Full Moon Coffee Shop’, a 2020 magical realism cozy novel by Mai Mochizuki, translated into English in 2024 by Jesse Kirkwood. Spoiler-filled discussion begins at 25:20. But before we unfold our star charts and dig deep into our houses and planetary rulers, let’s talk about what we’ve been playing, watching, and thinking about lately. Playing: Far Lone Sails (PS4) Okami (PS4) Wave Tale (Switch) Secret of Mana (2018, PS4) Watching: High Potential (Hulu) Mythic Quest (Apple TV+) the Legally Blonde duology the Barbershop film series Nickel Boys Thinking About: PlayStation State of Play 2/12/25 Split Fiction Pokemon Presents 2/27/25 speculation & wishlist Death Stranding 2 (trailer) Find us on BlueSky or Instagram: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

    1h 7m

  4. FEB 13

    #108 — We Played Oxenfree!

    It's our first "game club" episode of 2025, and we played Oxenfree, a spooky narrative-choice game featuring a group of teens lost on an island with nothing but a radio and each other. Discussion begins at ~21:26. But before we get into our combined five playthroughs of Oxenfree, we catch up on some of the stuff we've been reading, playing, watching, and thinking about recently. Reading: 'The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires' by Grady Hendrix 'Cuckoo' by Gretchen Felker-Martin Playing: The Rise of the Golden Idol (Netflix/iPad) Watching: 'I Saw the TV Glow' (Max) RuPaul's Drag Race, Seasons 16 & 17 (Paramount+ & MTV) The Traitors US, Season 3 (Peacock) Thinking About: Chappell Roan & Beyoncé at the Grammys Find us on BlueSky or Instagram: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

    1h 12m

  5. JAN 30

    #107 — Book Club: 'This Is How You Lose the Time War’ by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

    We're doing our first book club of 2025 and are ready for some love and flirty letters! We read 2019's 'This Is How You Lose the Time War’ by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. Conversation starts around 24:20. Before then, we check in on what we’ve been Playing, watching, and thinking about lately. Playing: Tchia (PS5) Coffee Talk 2: Butterfly & Hibiscus (PS5) FFVII Rebirth (PS5) Watching: Severance Season 2 (Apple TV+) Deep Space Discounts (DeepBlueInk) Dungeons & Drag Queens Season 2 (Dropout) Thinking About: Rosie Tucker Ethel Cain Quick, Relevant Sentences Switch 2 Find us on BlueSky or Instagram: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

    1h 3m

  6. JAN 16

    #106 — Finishing the 2024 Backlog Challenge!

    It’s 2025! And that means our 2024 Backlog Challenge is officially over. Listen in to hear what and how we did! Conversation starts around 25:50. Before then, we check in on what we’ve been reading, watching, and thinking about lately. Reading: ‘My Best Friend’s Exorcism’ by Grady Hendrix ‘The Invisible Kingdom’ by Meghan O’Rourke Watching: Severance (Apple TV+) Silo (Apple TV+) Man on the Inside (Netflix) Thinking About: Movies & Going to Theaters! Find us on BlueSky or Instagram: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

    1h 26m

  7. 12/19/2024

    #105 — Book Club: 'Rough Pages' by Lev A. C. Rosen

    It’s a book club episode! And this December, we’re picking up where we left off last December, because this month we read Rough Pages by Lev A. C. Rosen, the third book in Rosen’s Evander Mills mystery series. But before we return to 1950s San Francisco, we talk about what we’ve been playing, watching, and thinking about lately! Playing: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (PS5) Melatonin (Steam) Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido (3DS) You're Getting Old (card game) Bugsnax: The Card Game Watching: Cunk on Earth (Netflix) Dream Productions (Disney+) Thinking About: End of year "wrap ups" Find us on Bluesky & Instagram: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

    1h 15m

  8. 12/05/2024

    #104 — Our 2024 Year in Review!

    The end of 2024 is just around the corner, which means it's time to highlight some of our favorite books, video games, and other media from this past year. But of course, before we do that, we check in on some things we've been playing, reading, and thinking about. Reading: System Collapse by Martha Wells How to Break Up with Your Phone by Catherine Anne Price Power Rangers Prime by Melissa Flores Watching: 65 (Netflix) Dead Boy Detectives (Netflix) Playing: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Find us on Twitter & Instagram: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

    1h 10m
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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 - 2025
  • Episodes
    114
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    Explicit
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