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  • The Game Awards found some exciting new ways to be disappointing this year, but Fumito Ueda also announced a game so who can really be that mad? We talk through this year’s “awards show” then catch up with our mutual obsession, a game about fishing and wearing dresses.


    Timestamps

    (00:30) You do not have to hand it to Geoff

    (101:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to? (feat. Infinity Nikki, Reverse 1999, Caves of Qud)


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  • We watched the PC Gaming Show as an amuse-bouche for The Game Awards, and found a few games to pique our interest plus one to pique our anger. Then we talk through a handful of games we’re either having fun with or anticipate doing so, and end by announcing our plans for the rest of the year, including what games we'll be discussing at length in the final episode of 2024!


    Timestamps

    (01:00) The ups and downs of the PC Gaming Show

    (26:10) Toem 2 & Prisma sure look cool

    (30:50) Dungeon crawling in Dungeon Antiqua 

    (37:20) Having fun being nice in Infinity Nikki

    (46:20) Getting down to business (and announcing our annual game swap selections)

    (58:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to? (feat. Sakura Quest, Girls Band Cry)


    Mentioned this week

    Is it Wizardry? Is it Final Fantasy? No! It's Dungeon Antiqua

    Khara, Sunrise Animate Gundam GQuuuuuuX TV Series

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  • We’re both sleepy from cooking and/or eating big meals this week, so we’re meandering through a discussion of Fantasian Neo Dimension, Sony’s latest bad idea, and Ewan McGregor’s penis.


    Timestamps

    (00:40) Willa’s gonna tell you a little bit about Thanksgiving

    (05:15) Fantasian Neo Dimension and Final Fantasy chat

    (22:55) Arcane Season 2 (is bad)

    (32:50) The PS5P

    (38:30) Slitterhead minute

    (41:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to? (feat. The Golden Compass, Velvet Goldmine, Stonetop)


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    Japanese RPGs are thriving this decade, so why isn't Final Fantasy?

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  • This week we’re mainly talking about Final Fantasy XIV Mobile and The Game Awards. Guess which one we get really riled up about.


    Timestamps

    (01:50) FF14 Mobile 

    (22:20) An incredibly cynical look at The Game Awards

    (52:40) The Indie Game Awards seem cool-ish

    (57:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to? (feat. Threshold, Sudden Death, Neurokino Retrograde, Wicked)


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    Liz Ryerson on The Indie Game Awards

    Threshold

    Sudden Death

    Neurokino Retrograde


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  • This week, we’re doing Game Awards discourse, playing a couple new and not-so-new games, and showing preferential treatment toward one listener with a return to our email pile.


    Timestamps

    (01:15) Who handles the fire in your relationship?

    (4:40) It’s Game Awards discourse season!

    (23:00) Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is fine

    (27:10) Dragon Quest 3 (but not the one you’re thinking of)

    (35:50) Sorry We’re Closed looks better than it feels

    (42:35) Reading Ashley’s email

    (1:05:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to? (feat. Look Back, riding bikes, generic fantasy)


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    Stunning Anime Look Back Appreciates the Work of Art

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  • Listen. We’re not doing great and we suspect you’re not either. After a brief chat about the election and Willa’s recent layoff, we dive into Mouthwashing, an emotionally challenging game that made us both feel like shit and is undoubtedly one of the year’s best. 

    If you’re looking for something positive to do with your energy after you’ve processed the results of the election, check the end of the shownotes for some hopefully helpful links.


    Timestamps

    (00:30) What a week it’s been (derogatory)

    (01:20) Hey please take care of each other, things are pretty fucked

    (07:45) The second annual layoff spectacular

    (11:05) Cheering ourselves up with Mouthwashing, the saddest game ever made

    (25:20) Mouthwashing spoilers begin [CW: mentions of sexual assault, suicide, alcoholism]

    (55:20) Spoilers for Silent Hill 2 and Signalis, somehow

    (1:04:00) The Mouthwashing scene that gave Robin a mental breakdown

    (1:11:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to? (feat. Dungeon Inn, Witching Stone, Arcane season 2)


    Mentioned this week

    Ten Free Ebooks for Getting Free

    This post from Rowan Zeoli

    Some help changing your name and gender marker

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  • It’s our second anniversary AND our 100th episode, a scheduling feat you wouldn’t believe was on purpose even if we tried to convince you it was. We take the time to answer some questions sent in by listeners over the past year, touching on our favorite games and inspirations, some podcasting inside baseball, and of course, the Mets.


    Thanks for listening!!


    Timestamps

    (03:45) First gaming loves and breaking our parents’ rules

    (11:55) The Girl Mode canon

    (18:50) Sports games and comics

    (26:20) Our critical inspirations

    (32:50) X-Men by Girl Mode Studios

    (36:45) Fixing the video game timeline

    (44:00) Finding our podcasting voice/underdiscussed games/the Mets as RPG protagonists

    (56:10) Thanks for listening!

    (59:25) What else have Willa and Robin been up to? (feat. Dragon Age: The Veilguard, The Vampire Lovers, Late Night with the Devil)


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  • With her parasocial World Series hopes dashed, Willa has returned to the podcast to talk shit about Overwatch and the U.S. Copyright Office and listen to Robin yap about Dragon Age and Webfishing. 


    Timestamps

    (02:00) The final Mets update

    (07:50) Overwatch 2 wants to be Overwatch 1 (and it should)

    (13:35) All our homies hate the Entertainment Software Association

    (22:45) Dragon Age: The Veilguard is pretty alright

    (40:10) Dragon Age spoilers begin

    (55:15) Webfishing is the best game in the world

    (58:15) Masahiro Sakurai’s video game school is closed

    (1:02:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to? (feat. a whole bunch of vampire movies and The VVitch)


    Mentioned this week

    Fulfilling Our Promise in Signalis w/ Girl Mode

    Can an online library of classic video games ever be legal?

    What's New in Game History!

    Steam’s Strange New Online Fishing Game Is Like Animal Crossing’s Evil Twin

    Webfishing is the ultimate yapping game

    Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games: Finale Special


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  • Willa has taken a vow of silence in honor of her beloved Mets, so this week Robin is joined by writer, editor, and podcaster Rachel Watts! Our giggly, tangent-filled conversation covers our favorite demos from the most recent Steam Next Fest, with lots of recommendations for promising upcoming indie games. 


    Timestamps

    (00:30) Hello Rachel Watts!

    (03:45) Citizen Sleeper 2

    (08:15) *computer voice* Wormhole

    (14:25) Great God Grove

    (21:20) 30 Birds

    (27:20) Scarlet Deer Inn

    (34:15) Proverbs

    (38:20) Keep Driving

    (45:50) Touch Type Tale

    (50:55) Sorry We're Closed

    (56:50) Mainframes 

    (59:50) Is This Game Trying to Kill Me?

    (1:08:00) Trip 

    (1:13:30) Spilled!

    (1:18:05) What else have Rachel and Robin been up to? (feat. touching grass and Barbarian)


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    Rick Lane’s Demo Disc

    Rachel and Robin’s demo lists


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  • We got to play one of our mutual most anticipated games of the year this week and were apparently the only people not won over by its big sad wolf. We also talk about how fucking good Citizen Sleeper still is, and cover a new tabletop-inspired tactics game that’s very fun but maybe a little misguided.


    Timestamps

    (1:00) Let’s continue going Mets 

    (5:20) Neva didn’t make us cry, it just make us bored

    (25:00) Neva spoilers begin

    (31:25) Neva spoilers end

    (39:30) I can't believe Citizen Sleeper 2 is good

    (1:00:30) Sunderfolk is fun, but who is it for?

    (1:29:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Joker: Folie à deux, Birds of Prey, Rings of Power, As We Descend)


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  • This week, we’ve both played some games but none of the same ones, so we’re telling each other about Echoes of Wisdom, Metaphor: Refantazio, UFO 50, and (extremely briefly) Diablo 4. And yes, we also talk about the Mets.


    Timestamps

    (01:05) The Mets are getting close (to the world series)

    (09:40) Echoes of Wisdom

    (30:20) Metaphor: Refantazio

    (56:00) UFO 50 

    (1:10:40) One minute of Diablo 4

    (1:12:20) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. More Than a Married Couple But Not Lovers, Horimiya, We Had No Rules, Will & Harper)


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  • A runtime this long can only mean one thing. Our X-Men series continues this week as Willa and Robin examine the comics of noted shithead Joss Whedon. 

    You can follow along with this week's visual learning material here.

    If you're new to the show (hi, hello, so glad you're here), you may want to listen to the rest of our X-Men history lessons here before diving in!

    Episode 26: Giant-Size Girl-Mode #1

    Episode 38: The Sisterhood of Evil Podcasters

    Episode 56: Castle of Lesbianism

    Episode 72: Goin' Down to Mutant Town


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  • Robin and Willa have both played The Plucky Squire, a kids’ game with some questionable puzzle design that we’re both pretty fond of nonetheless. Then we talk about some things we’re considerably less fond of, namely, just about every decision PlayStation has made recently (except a beautiful new controller).


    Timestamps

    (00:50) More Mets news

    (04:20) The main event (The Plucky Squire)

    (25:20) Plucky Squire spoilers begin

    (32:20) Plucky Squire spoilers end

    (42:10) Sony being Sony (releasing unnecessary remasters)

    (48:25) We will stop complaining about Astro Bot when Sony sends us PlayStation anniversary controllers

    (52:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. The People's Joker, Steam Deck x PlayStation Remote Play)


    Mentioned this week

    The Plucky Squire: The Kotaku Review

    UFO 50 review: the 8-bit era returns in this fantastic retro collection

    Pirate Kart Dot Com

    Indiepocalypse

    Horizon Zero Dawn and Freedom Wars Remasters Show the Ups and Downs of the Remake Trend


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  • This week we played Astro Bot, a cheerful platformer/Sony commercial that everyone loves. After predictably finding a lot not to love about it, we run through the rest of our week, careening wildly from Chappell Roan to Flappy Bird and more.


    Timestamps

    (00:20) Hello new listeners

    (06:25) Let’s go Mets!

    (08:30) Astro Bot, brought to you by Sony

    (41:00) News grab bag (fun edition)

    (46:00) Robin played some cool indie games (feat. Pyrene, Caravan Sandwitch)

    (52:00) News grab bag (bad edition)

    (57:40) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves)


    Mentioned this week

    Astro Bot is a Colorful Playground Built on Top of Studios Sony Crushed

    Check Out This Amazing Paintbrush Controller Someone Made For FF14's Brush-Wielding Pictomancers

    Pyrene Combines Two Popular Genres to Build Something Totally Unique

    Caravan SandWitch Is A Slow-Paced Journey I’d Gladly Take Again

    Annapurna Video-Game Team Resigns, Leaving Partners Scrambling

    Flappy Bird Is Back But This Time It Sucks


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  • After an exciting announcement about the podcast, we have a wide-ranging show this week, covering the return of sword discourse, two recent PlayStation games we feel weird about, and some brief thoughts on a whole bunch of news that broke this week. 


    Timestamps

    (00:30) We’re officially garbage

    (04:30) Echoes of Wisdom and the return of sword discourse

    (19:50) RIP Concord

    (27:50) Astro Bot looks like a cheerful nightmare

    (33:20) Willa’s gone space fishing

    (36:00) FFXIV players get weird about a trans woman

    (40:00) Arcane season 2 looks good as hell

    (42:40) What is Dragon Age: The Veilguard is good?

    (52:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Rings of Power, Twin Peaks)


    Mentioned this week

    Nintendo Needs a Reason for the Girl to be the Hero

    Concord’s rocky launch is less complicated than you think

    Astro Bot - Bot On Melancholy Hill

    How Apex Legends made its first trans woman more than “the transition story”


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  • In today’s episode, we’re feeling normal about last week’s sicko-centric Nintendo Direct double feature. We cover a surprisingly stacked set of announcements, revisit the dating sim discourse that will never die, and predictably have different reactions to a re-release of a certified Old Person Game.


    Timestamps

    (01:30) Two normal people talk about the Indie World Showcase

    (14:00) Date Everything and the return of dating sim discourse

    (23:50) Nintendo Direct: Dorks and Losers Edition

    (49:20) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Alien: Romulus, dotzip’s 1000xResist episode, The Rings of Power, and Star Wars Outlaws)


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  • Willa makes her triumphant return and we celebrate by talking about everything we liked and mostly didn’t from Gamescom Opening Night Live. We cover takes both good and bad, commit to playing yet another game we definitely don’t have the time for, and run through the best (and in one case worst) of what we’ve been playing, watching, and eating this week.


    Timestamps

    (02:40) Gamescom sure did happen

    (05:40) We love shorter(ish) games

    (11:30) Secret Levels looks whatever

    (25:50) Peter Molynieux please never change

    (29:00) This time for sure for real we will play Monster Hunter

    (31:20) Misc. Gamescom

    (41:20) Willa’s plane games (feat. A Highland Song, Arranger)

    (47:00) The duality of Square Enix (feat. Visions of Mana, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance)

    (57:20) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Christopher Nolan's entire filmography, Forever by Charly Bliss, and a baking revelation)


    Mentioned this week

    Shorter standalones like Dying Light: The Beast are "the future of games"

    A List Of Every Game Featured In Amazon’s Promising ‘Secret Level’ Show

    So yeah, since we recorded this, Wizards of the Coast walked back its most recent idiotic move. Here’s a great explainer from Ash Parrish on the whole debacle: D&D publisher walks back controversial changes to online tools

    Video game lawyer Haley Maclean explains copyright law

    Monument Valley 3 Looks So Good You Might Actually Remember Netflix Games Exists

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  • With Willa fleeing the country for reasons I can’t disclose here, Into the Aether cohost Brendon Bigley stopped by to chat this week! We cover Shy Guy Surfing, Brendon’s most formative childhood game, the surprising 2024 release he can’t stand, and of course, where the key grips stand on Star Trek: The Next Generation.


    Timestamps

    (00:30) What’s your deal, man?

    (16:00) Shy Guy Surfing and other actual games

    (20:30) The game that made Brendon

    (33:00) Shit-talk corner

    (40:00) The Deadlock Saga

    (54:00) What else have Brendon and Robin been playing/doing? (feat. a game I don’t want to spoil, Fields of Mistria, Man I Just Wanna Go Home, and Minishoot Adventures)


    Mentioned this week

    We played Valve’s secret new shooter, Deadlock

    The Bright Sword is a Radiant Reimagining of Arthurian Legend 

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  • Borderlands the movie is out and we couldn't be more excited to hear about how terrible it is. After that, we realize that a sequel to The Order 1886 would be the best game ever, get cautiously excited about two newly announced spiritual sequels, and talk about a couple of new games we actually liked.


    Timestamps

    (01:30) A vault full of disappointing bullshit

    (15:00) The Order 1986

    (24:00) ONE BTN BOSSES

    (27:30) Creatures of Ava

    (35:00) Dishonored 3, kind of

    (40:30) Is this Terranigma 2?

    (45:20) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week?


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  • Shockingly, the news remains bad, so we’re keeping it short this week for the good of all of our mental health. We cover the Olympics, Star Wars Outlaws, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, and another awful week for the games industry and games media.


    Timestamps

     (01:00) I guess this is a sports podcast now

    (11:50) Maybe Star Wars Outlaws will be good?

    (15:40) Let’s get sad! (RIP Game Informer, fuck GameStop forever)

    (21:20) We’re transitioning into Pokémon

    (29:50) Let’s get sad again (RIP a bunch of Bungie staff, fuck Pete Parsons forever)

    (32:40) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. SteamWorld Heist II, Babel by R.F. Kuang)


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