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Episode 265: Gaming Slump or Burnout?

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Episode 264: Summer is Coming, What Are We Packing?

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Episode 263: Relooted: A Conversation with Nyamakop's Sithe Ncube

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Episode 262: We Can't Wait!: Things We're Excited for in 2026

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Episode 261: It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Giftmas: Gift Giving Ideas for 2025 and Beyond

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Episode 260: It's Like Deja Vu All Over Again: Games We Replay

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Episode 259: We've Been Where?: Let's Catch Up!

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Episode 258: Don't Answer That Phone: Atomfall Spoilercast

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Music to My Ears? Videogame and Music Pairings

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Episode 256: Does that Go With Red, White, or...Paperback?: (Video)Game and Book Pairings

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Episode 255: Games We're Looking Forward to in 2025

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Episode 254: The Truth is a Lie: Black Ops 6 Spoilercast

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Episode 253: 2024 Gift Giving Guide: Giving the Gift of Self-Care?

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Episode 252: The Game is a Lie: Call of Duty and Social Critique

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Episode 251: In Defense of Short Games

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Episode 250: We're Baaaack! 2024 Has Been a Year!

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Episode 249: Good Things to Come: Looking Forward to Games in 2024

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Napping Unapologetically and Our Favorite Games of 2023

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Starfield: Now With More Cubes!

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Episode 246: Your Cozy Games Are Problematic

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Episode 245: But They Had Impact!: Games That Have Had the Biggest Impact on Us

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Episode 244: It's All About Art: A Conversation with Christian Vasquez and Leah Augustine

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Episode 243: Hosting the Host: A Conversation with Sam

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Episode 242: Love, But Make it Monstrous: A Conversation with Amanda Gardner About Romancelvania

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Episode 241: To Love Queerly: Queer Characters & Games We Love

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Episode 240: Black Games for BHM: Or; The Blackity Black Episode (Part 1?)

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Episode 239: Our Most Anticipated Game Releases of 2023

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Episode 238: Our 2022 Top Five Games

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Episode 237: It's Beginning to Look Like Giftmas!

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Episode 236: "What We're Playing" with TreaAndrea Russworm

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Episode 235: Pspspspsps: Let's Talk About Stray

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Episode 234: Where Is This Year's Summer Games Drought?

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Episode 233: Black Girls of Eorzea: A Conversation with Stephanie Jones

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Episode 232: Kirby, but Make It Dark and Gritty?: A Conversation About Kirby and the Forgotten Land

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Episode 231: Date Your Swords: A Conversation with Alexandra Orlando from Kitfox Games

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Episode 230: It's Getting Wylde (Flowers): A Conversation with Amanda Schofield (Studio Drydock)

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Episode 229: On Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Conversation with Miranda Due

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Episode 228: Gamers That Play Together...Slay Together?: Let's Talk Co-Op Games

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Episode 227: Play, Finish, Repeat?: Which Games Have We Played the Most and Why?

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Episode 226: It's All About the Cozy Post-Apocalyptic Games

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Episode 225: Our Top 5 Most Looked Forward to Games for 2022

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Episode 224: 20 Years of Xbox

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Episode 223: Back to Yara: Far Cry 6 First Impressions

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Episode 222: Directly Nintendo: Let's Talk the Nintendo Direct

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Episode 221: Let's Talk Gamescom 2021

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Episode 220: Can I Play That?: A Conversation on Games and Accessibility with Courtney Craven

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Episode 219: (We're Back!) E3 Had Us Feeling Some Kind Of Ways

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Episode 218: What Are We Playing?

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Episode 217: Cyberpunk'ed 2077: A Rant, Not a Review

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Episode 216: It's Been 10 Years: NYMG Reunion

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Episode 215: Let Us Have Nice Things: 2020 Gift Giving Guide

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Episode 214: Oh Ye of Little Hope: Let's Talk About The Dark Pictures: Little Hope

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Episode 213: Romancelvania: A Conversation with Amanda Gardner

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Episode 212: Last Gen, Next Gen: Same Tune?

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Episode 211: Spiritfarer: A Cozy Conversation About Dying with Jo Gautier (Thunder Lotus Games)

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Episode 210: Gamer Trouble, A Conversation with Amanda Phillips

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Episode 209: How Big Is Your Experience?: The Future of "Next Gen" Gaming

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Episode 208: It Started with a Cup: On BLM, Sexual Harassment, and the Closing of Mixer

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Episode 207: Summer Games to Look Forward To

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Episode 206: Play with Me!: Social Gaming and Bonding in the Time of Quarantine

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Episode 205: Kind Words, Cute Animals, and the Instacart Game: Gaming in a Time of Social Distancing

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Episode 204: You Want Me to Pay For What? Games and Microtransactions

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Episode 203: To Walkthrough or Not to Walkthrough...Is That the Question?

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Episode 202: A Decade in Review: Our Individual Top 10 Games From the Last 10 years

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Episode 201: Holiday Shopping Lists and Accessibility is Not an Achievement

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Episode 200: It's Spacer's Choice! (The Outer Worlds)

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Episode 199: Do They Even Want Us Here?: On That Game Studies Grind

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Episode 198: On Mental Health and Monsters: A Conversation About Sea of Solitude

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Episode 197: The Bounty of Fall: What We're Looking Forward To

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Episode 196: The Games and Sh*t Episode: Talking #30GamesIn90Days and the Struggle of Game Studies

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Episode 195: Summertime and the Gaming Is Easy

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Episode 194: Queerly Gaming: A Conversation with Bo Ruberg

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Episode 193: 2019 E3: The Good, the Bad, and the Horrendous

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Episode 192: Popcorn and Nightmare Fuel: Our E3 Hopes, Dreams, and Predictions

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Episode 191: Bendy and the Blue Solo Cup

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Episode 190: It's Dangerous to Go Alone: Co-Op Gaming in the Age of Online Gaming

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Episode 189: New Dawn, Old Problems: A Conversation About Far Cry: New Dawn

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Episode 188: You're The Real MVP: Let's Chat About the Xbox MVP Award

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Episode 187: Whatcha' Reading (About Video Games)?

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Episode 186: Ask Your Black Friend: On Using Other People's Lives in Video Games

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Episode 185: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times (2018 Edition)

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Episode 184: "I See You": On Thoughtful Gift Giving (For Holidays or Just Because)

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Episode 183: On Forgotton Anne and Thrownness: A Conversation with Valdemar Andreasen

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Episode 182: Just Watch Me!: A Conversation With T.L. Taylor

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Episode 181: Would You Ever and Other Questions From the Community

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Episode 180: Magic Colonizer Fingers: Let's Chat About Lara Croft

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Episode 179: We Are All Indie(viduals) After All

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Episode 178: Post-PAX "Parlay": PAX West 2018

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Episode 177: You Say Social (Gaming) Like It's a Bad Thing

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Episode 176: Gaming is For Everyone: On Games, Access, and Inclusivity

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Episode 175: "I Have A…Nightmare?": A Conversation About Detroit: Become Human

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Episode 174: The Shape of Things to Come: Our Favorites From E3 2018

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Episode 173: Hate-Play and Hashtags: A Conversation with Megan Condis

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Episode 172: Regular People in Irregular Circumstances: A Conversation with Undead Labs

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Episode 171: Take the Cannoli: How Mafia (the game) Can Serve As a Model for Video Game Design

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Episode 169: The Stories of The Station: A Conversation with Kevin Harwood

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Episode 168: She Came to Slay: A Conversation on Community Building and Video Games

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Episode 167: No Such Thing As A Stupid Question: Taking On Your Questions

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Episode 166: Looking Back, Looking Foward: Our Favorites of 2017 and Most Anticipated of 2018

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Episode 165: Thunderbird Strike and the Power of Indigenous Game Design: A Conversation with Elizabeth LaPensee