Ep. 03: Gaming Alone

Welcome to the end of JD's childhood! Just kidding. But also this episode really is about childhood. In this episode you'll hear a lot about what growing up with games was like for JD and Kyle. JD and Kyle can trace their different styles of gaming back to when they were wee gamers, with JD leaning more towards solo play and Kyle preferring to maximize the power of friendship. Of course, the lack of ladies in multiplayer and public gaming spaces is nothing new, but JD questions whether harassment is the only reason women don't want to whip out the ol' voice chat mic. Could there be other reasons behind the lack of women and girls gaming in public? Kyle really does ruin JD's childhood, though. Like. Really bad. "More than one dead kitten" kinda bad. Stuff we mentioned... The Adventures of Milo and Otis Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey Air Bud Barbie Riding Club Diablo 2 Super Smash Brothers Soul Calibur Harvest Moon: Back to Nature Tekken 3 Pokemon Red & Blue Play by Post Role-Play-Games (An example of one that's a Horse RPG) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Donkey Kong Country Halo "Teenage Girls Are Playing Video Games. You Just Might Not Hear Them" by Chris Suellentrop on Kotaku Keep Talking and No One Explodes "Women in Gaming: A Study of Female Players' Experiences in Online FPS Games" by M Allison McDaniel Borderlands Tales from Borderlands Spyro World of Warcraft Interviews with Miyamoto about LoZ being about exploration outside and also internal exploration Skyrim Nintendo Power Magazine Lara Croft GO Monument Valley JD (The Broad) Website: GamingBroadly.com Twitter: @JayDeeCepticon Instagram: @JayDeeCepticon Kyle (The Cast) Website: KyleArmstrong.com Twitter: @kyl_armstrong Instagram: @kyl_armstrong Youtube: Bounce House Gaming Broad(cast) is the official podcast of GamingBroadly.com. Thank you to everyone who has liked, subscribed, and commented about Gaming Broad(cast) on Apple Podcasts! You can also follow this podcast on Spotify, Podbean, Stitcher, Google Music, or subscribe directly using our RSS feed. Want some gamey goodness in your email inbox? Sign up for some occasional(ly) playful newsletter updates. Thanks to Los Kurados for the use of their song "Rojo Y Azul" for the intro and outro music of our podcast.