Cutscenes & Cupcakes
by Age of Geek Media
The podcast where we talk about video games and rate with refreshments. We are Lindsey, Marlee, and Steph. Three gamer girls with various levels of gaming experience and here to offer a female perspective on video games. *Some episodes may contain content/language that is PG-13 in rating. Listener discretion is advised.
Episodes
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SIFU
Episode 2 and we're trying something new! Every Month PlayStation gives out some free games and we're going to choose one, play it, and then talk about it! This month we decided to do the Sloclap Kung Fu game SIFU. We have thoughts and feelings and want to share those feelings and thoughts with…
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Season SEVEN Premiere!! Spiderman 2
Guess who's back??! Hey ya'll we missed you so much but we are so excited to be back for another spectacular season of shit talking games, praising the ones we love, going on numerous long, but very important tangents, reminiscing about baked goods and sweets, all together just having a good…
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Spoopy Series 2023: Dead Space Remake
Lindsey, Steph, and Marlee find themselves aboard the USG Ishimura, and boy are we glad we brought our stomping boots and plasma cutters! It's the Dead Space Remake episode! Don't judge us too harshly on this episode- we lost a lot of sleep after battling necromorphs and the influence of The…
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Spoopy Series 2023: The Devil in Me
Lindsey, Stephanie and Marlee find themselves separated in a murder hotel built after the likes of H.H. Holmes with only a piece of filming equipment and maze solving know how (or not so much in Lindsey's case) to survive the night! In this episode, we discuss the latest installment in The Dark...
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Side Mission: FanX 2023 Recap
Ring a ding a ling a ding! We're back and have survived the wave of panels at SLC FanX 2023! We discuss our panels and overall FanX experiences, meeting new friends (which I like to include Charlie Cox in... because he's more than just a celeb.) Steph has all the hot celebrity goss, Marlee…
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Behind the Scenes: Diablo IV
There's lots of tea to sip and spill on this Behind the Scenes episode, without even fully dipping into the issues Blizzard has been having, from development issues to the actual mythos surrounding Lillith. We discuss all about the very unappreciated patch of the game, religion, and so on. One...
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Diablo IV
Lindsey, Steph and Mar take a trip to Sanctuary (a place not as friendly as it sounds) and clobber the legions of undead, slaughter the evil, and maybe even take a swing or two at Diablo IV itself! Come join us in our discord and let us know what you think! Go to: discord.ageofgeek.com
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Behind the Scenes: Metroid Prime
We're finally behind the scenes of Metroid Prime: Remastered, and we dive into the tea of the making of the original game as well as the differences between the original and remastered versions. The group examines the phenomenon of Stanley cups and Utah moms. Steph finds a naked wheres Waldo,...
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Guest Interview with Brian Alexander
Linds, Steph and Mar continue their discussion from last week with close friend of the podcast Brian Alexander, who you might remember from Season 2 of our show! We talk all things retro games and a little bit of gaming philosophy!
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Side Mission: Street Fighter II and Retro Games (with Brian)
Linds, Steph and Mar are headed to the arcade in this episode of Cutscenes and Cupcakes, and who better to bring to the arcade than our good friend Brian Alexander! We have a good chat about retro games and what makes a game "retro". We also talk Street Fighter and share our experiences with the...
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Metroid Prime (Remastered)
We're back from our summer break and happy to enter into a retro game month with the Metroid Prime Remaster! The group gets woefully lost and struggles with some pathfinding, but it's still a good time because Marlee conquers her fears of lake monsters, Lindsey finds manticore bones on the beach,...
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Side Mission: Hogwarts Houses
You can't talk about Hogwarts Legacy for nearly a month without talking about your Myers-Briggs personality and its correlation with our hat-designated Hogwarts houses. Can you guess which houses Linds, Mar, and Steph are in? In this episode, Marlee admits to being a control nerd, and Steph...
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Wizarding World and Hogwarts Legacy with Ty
Hop aboard the Hogwarts Express on this episode and join up with Stephanie and Marlee as they discuss all things Wizarding World/Harry Potter and more with fellow podcaster Ty from Multiplane Podcast! Lindsey is too cool for school this episode and is driving a flying car a few miles back to...
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Behind the Scenes: Hogwarts Legacy
Prepare for a little bit of whiplash as we go from cackling side rants to a sincere chat about inclusiveness and actually pretty important things. Lindsey, Steph and Marlee get together to talk about Hogwarts Legacy, going over the good, the bad, and the ugly of the game. We discuss our neighbor...
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Hogwarts Legacy
They're fresh off of the Hogwarts Express for the summer and ready to cast their unforgivable curses that they learned from their sketchy classmate in the undercroft! It's Lindsey Silvereye, Thraxa Thornberry, and Velvet Stoof here discussing their journey at Hogwarts in the late 1800s. We chat...
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Side Mission: The Last of Us (HBO)
Any long time listener knows we're a fan of The Last of Us Part 1 and Part 2, but what about the TV Series? What are our thoughts about daddy Pedro? Tune into this weeks episode to find out about all of our thoughts and feelings about the show and how it compares to the games!
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Guest Interview with Jordan (NotAVampire)
Have you ever heard of Interview with a Vampire? It's like that, but Interview with Not A Vampire, so its pretty much... just an interview? Linds, Mar and Steph discuss all things video game streaming with our dear friend of the podcast, Jordan, (aka Not A Vampire, I Promise). We chat about the...
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Behind the Scenes: God of War: Ragnarok
Welcome back to Vanaheim, fam-a-heim! Sorry not sorry for that. Anyways, it's our Behind the Scenes episode covering God of War: Ragnarok! We talk about all things Bear McCreary, Thod (not a misspelling of Thor), and how proud we are of all the cast and creators behind this amazing game.
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God of War: Ragnarok
Lindsey, Steph and Mar explore the vast landscape of Vanaheim in this episode where we cover God of War: Ragnarok! We discuss dinner, how much we hate Heimdall, and our love for this masterpiece until we just about pass out from exhaustion (after climbing the wall in Asgard first, of course!)
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Side Mission: Fortnite (Zero Build Mode)
In this Side Mission episode, Steph, Marlee, and Lindsey bring back an old game back into the rotation. That's right, Fortnite is back! But only because of Zero Build Mode. Marlee and Steph share their experiences skydiving back into this battle royale - the various weapons and skins, while…
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Guest Interview with Tori Fica
Have you ever heard of a little game called League of Legends!? Valorant!? Come listen to our Guest Interview with Tori Fica, Writing Manager for Riot Games! You might remember Tori as our magnificent DM back in our Dungeons and Dragons one-shot seasons ago, and now she's our magnificent and...
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Behind the Scenes: Mass Effect 1
Step aboard the SSV Normandy as we travel behind the scenes of Mass Effect 1! Lindsey, Marlee, and Steph take a deeper dive into the making of the hit video game, as well as a better look at some the characters and unique dialogue options. We also discuss the impact and influence that Mass Effect…
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Mass Effect 1
Buckle up your seatbelts, because Shepard is driving the Mako! Lindsey, Marlee and Steph dive into this months featured game- Mass Effect! We talk about the egg market, empathetic nostalgia, romanceable and favorite companions, the NAST-oid process, and all the lovely (and the not so great)…
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Side Mission: Stray
Hang onto your cupcakes! Linds and Mar dive in (or rather fall in) to a walled in cyberpunk world and discuss Stray! We do our best to not talk (and cry) just about how much we love cats, and to cover this delightful little indie cat adventure game. Steph couldn't make it this time, but our irl...
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Guest Interview with Mercedes (VFire)
Cosplay! Compositions! Cupcakes! On this Guest Interview episode, we interview Mercedes (VFire Cosplay, also part of The Cosplay Stitch and Seam Podcast) who Lindsey met at the Video Game Awards! Scratch that... Met at Video Games Live! Together, we talk cosplay and then we talk music- two things...
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Side Mission: Kirby's Dream Buffet
Linds, Mar, and Steph join Kirby in all you can eat races and battle royale! Just kidding. We wish we could shrink ourselves down and roll around like little pandas in a giant cake though! Come join us as we discuss this delightful little game, then join our Discord and introduce yourself with…
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Genshin Impact Part II
The world opens itself up to those with noble hearts... We're back in Teyvat! Lindsey, Steph and Mar jump back into Genshin Impact for another look into the game. Lindsey has lag issues (not in the game, forgive her new laptop!), Steph and Marlee calls for a Fae x Genshin crossover... because...
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Side Mission: The Stanley Parable (Ultra Deluxe Version)
It's the first "smission" of Cutscenes and Cupcakes Season 6! In this side mission episode, Steph and Marlee explore the office, and more significantly the game boundaries of The Stanley Parable, testing a sassy narrator to their limits. Unlike this mind-bending game which has dozens of endings,...
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Guest Interview with Rae of Red Games
Part of our new guest interview episodes, this episode highlights Rae, a producer at Red Games and from It was a Sh*t Show podcast! Rae tells us about her experiences working in the gaming industry, how cool Legos are, and how traveling to Europe on a work trip isn't as cool as you'd think...
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Behind the Scenes: Horizon Forbidden West
Diving deeper into our featured game of the month, we examine all the facets of what goes into making a video game in our new and first ever Behind the Scenes episode! Steph, Lindsey and Marlee dive into the wonderful Decima Engine-created world (we know what that means now!) of Horizon Forbidden...
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Horizon Forbidden West
Welcome to Season 6! We are kicking things off right with the 2022 hit game, Horizon Forbidden West! Lindsey, Marlee, and Steph discuss their favorite parts of the game (so all of it), how amazing the stash is, their favorite companion character, and which culture they identify with and would…
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Spoopy Series 2022 Finale: SPC Containment Breach and I'm on Observation Duty
With a record for our longest title yet, you may have guessed that this episode is a double-feature of two very spoopy video games! Enjoy segments such as: Not a Sponsors, Video Game Discussions, Announcements, Dessert Ratings.... and Cutscenes and Cupcakes: Bathroom Edition! Stephanie definitely...
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Spoopy Series 2022: Spoopy Writing and Games (LIVE with Shannen Camp!)
We're going LIVE baby! Or at least, we did go live... with our friend, Shannen Camp (author, gamer, artist, co-panelist)! We discuss all things horror while answering questions from our audience.
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Spoopy Series 2022: Spoopystitions
Aliens and ghosts! Creepers and cryptids! This episode isn't like any other we've recorded while we get real personal and talk about what we do and don't believe to when it comes to all things Halloween. And let me tell you- it's scarier than the empty, spiderwebbed gigabytes in our Gmail…
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Spoopy Series 2022: The Quarry
Linds, Steph and Mar teach kids how to do arts and crafts at summer camp, then stay late to make out, oops I mean, experience the horrors of the Quarry! Lindsey joins the Circus of the Travelling Pants, Stephanie makes candy eyed hot dogs, and Marlee returns to Middle Earth. Join us for this…
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Halo: Combat Evolved
Well Chief(s), we made it! After hours of grueling battles and harrowing vehicle rides on stream, Stephanie has finished playing Halo and it's time to discuss our different Halo experiences! Stephanie releases the flood, and there are so many of them! Lindsey lands on a halo planet planet halo...
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Side Mission: Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 & 2
Cannibalism and body art? (Not the pretty kind but the murdery kind?) An all out power struggle between Steph and Linds? Carmello Bars?! A battery failure in the middle of the episode?! What is this episode even about?! This episode is, as Steph put it, very Tony Hawk light and much more about...
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Spiderman: Miles Morales
We're back in New York baby and it feels great! Swinging through the streets and saving cats (and occasionally humans too), Linds, Mar, and Steph play and discuss Spiderman: Miles Morales. Then, as usual, we return to your regularly scheduled programming and do our Not a Sponsor (or Lil NAS)...
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Side Mission: Card Games (Without Face Cards)
Welcome to the little pocket, little amuse bouche, little shot of espresso! It's "lesser games" time! We got together recently and played some card games and thought we'd take this weeks mini episode to talk about our favorite card games. We chat about Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza, Cards Against...
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Pokémon Legends: Arceus
It's time for the important questions in life: Who is your starter Pokémon? Come join us in the Pokémon Legends: Arceus episode! We have varying Pokemon experiences: Lindsey takes the lead in the Galar and Kanto regions, Steph reigns the OG Supreme in Kanto, and Marlee saves Sinnoh/Hisui in a...
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Side Mission: Trivia About Us
From tainting pickle juice to detailed Taco Bell orders to pizza that bums you out, (they're not all food related, I promise....) we have a lot of little details that we've learned about each other over the years! This smission is all about us and everything we do (and don't) know about the…
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Deathloop
Lindsey, Marlee, and Steph find themselves stranded on the subarctic island of Blackreef, where they are trapped in a strange time loop setting. In this episode, the delicious and gooey game Deathloop is reviewed generally spoiler-freely by Lindsey until the group notice that things start repeat...
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Cast Off!: Tomb Raider (with Marlee and Steph)
On this Bonus Episode, tune into our episode with friend of the podcast Cast Off!, featuring our very own Marlee and Steph!
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Slime Rancher
What in the Plort? Lindsey, Steph, and Marlee strap on our vacuum packs bounce around with a bunch of Largos, adventuring beyond Earth to play Slime Rancher (the First) in this rowdy (and heavily caffeinated) episode. If you don't know what hijinks are at play- it's either the faces we drew on…
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Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Lindsey, Marlee, and Steph are tas-tas-tasked with leading souls of the departed to the afterlife with a bunch of little rock babies. After some impromptu slam poetry, come listen to Marlee's book report on Kena: Bridge of Spirits! Also in this episode: Lindsey orders up an "hors d'oerrbbs"…
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Side Mission: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
It's our newest Smission! Come listen to us (Linds, Mar, Steph, and our NEW FOURTH MEMBER of the Cutscenes crew!!!) gab about Nickelodeon All Stars Brawl, and definitely only that. We definitely do not discuss: The Mormon version of Pride and Prejudice, whether or not Spongebob is funny, some…
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The Uncharted Roast
It's been labeled as a "chuckle-fest".... and not in the way you want. Join us in our controversial (if you loved the movie, we're sorry!) but friendly roast of the movie adaptation of the video game series Uncharted. Put on your blood defying collared shirt or henley, hop on into your extremely...
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Side Mission: Deep Rock Galactic
It's time to strap on your gear, grab your grappling hook, and kill some spidery alien eggs! In our Deep Rock Galactic episode, Marlee gives her book report on the game, where Minecraft meets Left 4 Dead. Spoiler Alert: Marlee gets left behind in order to save the others. Rock and Stone!
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Slay the Spire
Lindsey, Marlee, and Stephanie set off on a quest to Slay the Spire! Have you ever played a uhhhh.... deck buildling game?! Well this just might be the one for you! Also in this episode: Lindsey slays...queen..., Marlee gets caught with her own TikTok, and Steph tells a tale of a magical creature...
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Part Time UFO
Lindsey, Mar, and Stoof team up with Jobski the UFO in search of some good old fashioned cash. Join us as we discuss Part Time UFO! In this side mission (smission), we also talk about our Playstation Days of Play hauls, the Sonic 2: The Hedgehog movie, and much much more!
About this show
The podcast where we talk about video games and rate with refreshments. We are Lindsey, Marlee, and Steph. Three gamer girls with various levels of gaming experience and here to offer a female perspective on video games. *Some episodes may contain content/language that is PG-13 in rating. Listener discretion is advised.
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