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Wasn’t being a teenager great? Isn’t music magical? Don’t you want to play a whole game that’s basically that sentiment repeated for three hours?Timestamps:(00:20) Spinning our wheels to avoid talking about Mixtape(04:20) We can no longer avoid talking about Mixtape(51:50) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Call of the Elder Gods, The Dad Rock That Made Me A Woman)  Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Willa and Robin go into the game grab bag this week. Robin has been gambling in Bobo Bay, wielding the elements in Elementallis, and totally not romancing a living statue in Sovereign Tower. Willa, meanwhile, is building civilizations in Amberspire.Timestamps:(00:26) Tune in next week for our thoughts on [Redacted](01:13) Bobo Bay and Elementallis(16:15) Amberspire(32:11) Sovereign Tower(37:47) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Elsinore, Folding Ideas' Why was I invited to Beast Studios?, World Collage Day)  Mentioned this week:Why was I invited to Beast Studios?Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Willa and Robin confront their respective greatest enemies: theater kids and math. First, we go long on Titanium Court, and why neither of us found it as groundbreaking or as hard to explain as you may have heard. Then we talk about Sol Cesto, a game you’ve probably heard less about because the universe is as cold and uncaring as the probability that makes Sol Cesto great.Timestamps:(01:00) Describing Titanium Court(18:40) Slight Titanium Court spoilers(23:45) For real Titanium Court spoilers(47:40) Trying to move on to Sol Cesto but immediately talking more about the reception to Titanium Court (in a non-spoiler way)(53:30) Actually talking about Sol Cesto(1:05:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. HR: Human Remains, Inkblood, PUNK, Speed Racer)  Mentioned this week:Second Wind ShowcaseIn Funeral for the Sun, the only way to unravel a decades-old mystery is traveling back to the day it happenedSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Artemis II might be back from the moon but Willa and Robin aren't. This week it's the Pragmata extravaganza, come along as we dive into Capcom's new action game that's pretty dang good!Timestamps:(00:13) Sponsored by Orbitz(00:48) Pragmata extravaganza(53:15) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Moves of the Diamond Hand, Invincible)  Mentioned this week:Nothing : (Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we’re only half paying attention to the show because we're thinking about the Moon. When we turn our attention briefly away from the Artemis II livestream, Willa talks about the bad new Life is Strange game and Robin played a smattering of new indies but she’s too tired to say much about them. Timestamps:(00:20) Shoutout to the Moon(02:45) A walk through Life is Strange Discourse Hall(25:00) So that brings us to Reunion(35:50) Robin played some games, too(45:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. thinking about the Moon, Sunburn)  Mentioned this week:How Hidden Nazi Symbols Were the Tip of a Toxic Iceberg at Life Is Strange Developer Deck NineSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zoe graces us all with her presence to regale us with tales of her time spent saving the galaxy and exploring the highs of Rapture and the lows of Columbia. Spoilers abound for the entire Mass Effect trilogy and Bioshock 1, 2, and Infinite.Timestamps:(00:19) Welcome to the Zo Rowe Show(02:17) The Mass Effect trilogy(57:25) The Bioshock trilogy(1:35:50) What else have Willa, Robin, and Zoe been up to this week? (feat. His Motor Bike, Her Island, Project Hail Mary, The Mets, and knitting)  Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we've both been playing the hot new release that's taken the world by storm: the rhythm-based fishing game Sinker Sound. Then, Willa's adventures in the back catalog continue with Final Fantasy and Resident Evil, and Robin has played a pair of weird and wonderful indie sim games. Timestamps:(00:15) Donate to Robin’s truffle dog startup(03:45) Gone fishin’ in Sinker Sound(14:35) Games have not come a long way since Final Fantasy 13(18:30) The Resident Evil Curriculum(23:25) Cooking for critters in Creature Kitchen(28:35) Petting slimes in Dungeon Bodega Simulator(33:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. the hit television show Bones, the hit television show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the hit television show One Piece)  Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we remember the halcyon days of when we cared about Final Fantasy 14, experience what it’s like to watch a gaming awards show that doesn’t make you want to claw your own eyes out, and discover that every once in a while a lesbian with a sword isn’t enough to make your game good.Timestamps:(00:15) It’s all great over here(01:45) Remember when we cared about Final Fantasy 14?(07:40) The IGF Awards(21:15) No Games for Genocide(24:55) 1348 Ex Voto(56:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. getting a camera, Dragon's Dogma Online)  Mentioned this week:FFXIV Live LetterIGF AwardsIndie deckbuilder All Will Rise's dev joins No Games For Genocide boycott and plans to hand back funding it received from MicrosoftSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just because we haven't played Resident Evil: Requiem doesn't mean we can' talk about the discourse surrounding it and the franchise's odd position of rewriting vs reckoning with its past. Also: Silksong and Willa educating Robin on the Tom Cruise cake.Timestamps:(00:26) Daylight saving time kicks our ass (and then a weird rabbit hole of tangents)(05:56) Resident Evil… Requiem… discourse (lightest of spoilers throughout)(38:09) Resident Evil 2 Remake(45:35) Robin finally likes Silksong(56:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. getting a camera, Dragon's Dogma Online)  Mentioned this week:Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster on Resident Evil: Requiem Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about Marathon and the state of live-service titles in this one, and we could not have predicted Highguard would announce its shutdown between recording and release. Then it's to the Spencer Mansion for Willa and to Next Fest for Robin.Timestamps:(00:18) Resident… Evil?(01:24) Marathon(15:14) Resident… Evil!(25:40) Robin's selected Next Fest picks(36:07) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Bridgerton season 4, putting yourself out there and making friends)(37:00) Bridgerton spoilers start(38:35) Bridgerton spoilers endMentioned this week:Kaile Hultner on Marathon SNL Iran cold openDotzip on Next FestSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, everything is bad in the world of AAA, and not just for the usual reasons. After running through the latest disasters at PlayStation and the sinking ship that is Xbox, Willa once again puts on clown makeup to await the next game from Yoko Taro, and Robin takes solace in games that are just okay.Timestamps:(00:30) The Olympics, etc.(08:50) Finally some gaming talk (it’s all bad)(17:15) RIP Bluepoint(30:10) A bunch of Yoko Taro news(44:10) Robin self-medicating with 7/10 games(57:33) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Love Story, A Year of Springs)Mentioned this week:The biggest gaming series are going indiePhil Spencer Retiring, etc.Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we do a quick Olympic check-in before running through the State of Play and its many (un)interesting announcements. Robin and Willa do, however, come up with a groundbreaking idea to fix 007. Then it's a pair of games, one new and one old.Timestamps:(00:38) More olympic talk(03:25) State of the State of Play(34:20) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Love Eternal , Verho - Curse of Faces)Mentioned this week:Willa's Love Eternal reviewSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we talk almost as much about the Olympics as we do about video games. Timestamps:(00:35) Video games? More like Winter Games(16:20) Nintendo Direct happened this week(25:45) Close enough. Welcome back, Dauntless.(28:40) More Bioshock talk somehow(35:00) Elden Ring with Seamless Co-op rips(37:55) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. The Starving Saints, Nothing)(45:10) Olympics talk repriseMentioned this week:Harvestella Review: Sometimes the best gourmet meals are the simplest dishesGore Verbinski's BioShock Movie Would Have Somehow Included Both of the Game's EndingsThe Korrasami fic Willa likesThe Aerti fic Robin likesSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Somehow Willa and Robin eventually get through the many detours of this episode (hand injuries, bisexual Zohran, etc.) to talk about some games. There is a report on Zoe saving the galaxy and heading to Rapture as well as Robin going up in Valkyrie Saga and Cairn. Timestamps:(00:11) Willa’s housewife injury(03:06) Cursed blades RANKED(04:06) Talking about not talking about critical discourse (06:21) More detours, this time about Zohran Mamdani(07:26) Mass Effect and BioShock in 2026(27:37) Valkyrie Saga and Cairn(46:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Recovery of an MMO Junkie , Journal with Witch)Mentioned this week:The Toxic Positivity Problem by Critical ErrorIf You Ask Nicely by Autumn WrightSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After taking a break for the longest week in human history (and the customary annual lay-off of one of our hosts), we’re back to talk about two interesting games: one we like and one we don’t. How novel. Timestamps:(00:10) The Gay Bachelor, etc.(04:50) TR-49 (mechanical and light story spoilers start)(23:30) TR-49 story spoilers start for real(26:30) TR-49 story spoilers start for real for real(40:05) Perfect Tides: Station to Station(50:50) Spoiler for a very fun moment in Station to Station(53:20) Spoilers end(56:25) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Dolls Nest, Love Through a Prism)Mentioned this week:Meredith Gran on Post GamesMeredith Gran AMAWilla on TR-49 and Perfect Tides: Station to StationSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's prediction time! First we tally up the scores from 2025 to see who the winner of an undecided prize is. Then it's into the future as Robin, Willa, and Zoe (via Willa reading her notes because we won't let her back on the pod) tell you what 2026 will hold for gaming with 100% accuracy.Timestamps:(00:35) Robin's dogs, the Pitt, and some Mets talk(03:43) Our 2025 predictions, which did not go as well as we hoped(12:47) Making 2026 predictions that will absolutely come true(26:39) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Hyperbeat, The Expanse)Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To ease into the new year Robin and Willa took it easy and are basically giving you the audio version of those lists every outlet puts out in January. We also talk about Zoe's exploits in Mass Effect and Robin's exploits in getting one over on her landlord.Timestamps:(00:12) It's raining cats and possibly ceiling debris(1:22) A lot of 2026 games getting namedropped(37:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. the Mass Effect Trilogy, letting Zoe cut your hair, The Twilight Zone, and violating your lease )Mentioned this week:dotzip on Perfect TidesDying MMO jam Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the Girlies! You know the drill. If you don’t, just listen and you’ll get it. It’s like an awards show but better.Thanks for listening this year!You can find a whole list of winners (with a couple of visual aids) here.Timestamps:(00:15) The Girlies!(51:30) Spoilers for Carimara and Old Skies(54:25) Spoilers end(1:22:00) Spoilers for Carimara and Silent Hill f(1:24:20) Spoilers end(1:37:25) GOTY discussion(1:43:30) Thematic spoilers for our pick(1:48:30) Major story spoilers for our pickMentioned this week:Neil Newbon being correct about generative AIJennifer English being incredible at the Golden JoysticksAdditional music this episode:Take me out to the ball game from Trombone ChampBaby Steps background musicEra Calling from Angeline EraNina Pasadena from Skin Deep I’m A Bitch, My Name’s Robert from DispatchI Am Gonna Claw (Out Your Eyes then Drown You to Death) from Hades 2 Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the annual Girl Mode Game Exchange, the episode where we force each other to play one of our favorite games of the year, under penalty of death. This year, we chose Wanderstop and Baby Steps, two games about the struggle to find self-worth that take two very different paths to get there. Only one is obsessed with making you look at donkey dicks, for instance. This year, we were both pretty surprised by our reactions to our games and we didn’t even get furious with each other once, which I think is a first for one of these episodes!!Spoilers for all of Wanderstop and Baby Steps!Timestamps:(00:10) The Great Girl Mode Game Exchange, aka, what we’re doing this week(03:00) Wanderstop(1:06:00) Excerpt from “The Everything” by C418 on the Wanderstop OST(1:06:30) Baby Steps(2:19:30)  What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. a very fucked up situation at Critical Reflex, letting Zoe cut your hair, Pluribus)Mentioned this week:Robin’s Wanderstop reviewNicole Carpenter’s Wanderstop reviewGio Colantonio’s Baby Steps reviewWalter Chaw on Avatar (I can’t remember if our mention of this made the final cut but it’s too late to go back and check and it’s really good either way)I worked at the creepiest publisher in indie games (CRITICAL REFLEX)Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Willa and Robin run through all the announcements at The Game Awards, including: Tomb Raider for the straights, DILF Leon, and Control with a man. Boooooo. Also, more Old Skies talk because it's just that good!Timestamps:(00:12) Zoe probably wants to stab Willa (medically)(02:05)  A lot of time spent on Game Awards reveals  (45:00) Less time on Day of the Devs and Wholesome Snack(51:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Cheese Ball, Octopath Traveler 0, Old Skies)Mentioned this week:Everything announced at The Game AwardsEverything announced at Day of the DevsEverything announced at Wholesome SnackSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For what ended up being a shorter episode this week, Willa has returned to the land of chocobos and Robin has returned to the land of evil chocobos. Plus, skateboards, mechs, catgirl card games, and famous dead men.Timestamps:(00:15) Shoutout to Finland(01:45) Why are we not playing Final Fantasy 11 right now?(08:20) Skate Story(12:30) Outward 2: A game that hates you(18:40) Detective Instinct colon Farewell comma My Beloved(22:20) Mirage Miracle Quest and Queen’s Domain demos(25:50) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Tom Stoppard, Phantom Brigade)Mentioned this week:Sharon Begley on James WatsonSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsFinal Fantasy 11 chocobo sound effect from Sound FX CenterThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are talking gays in space (Metroid Prime 4) and gays in time (more Old Skies) and then Willa and Robin pick what games to exchange for the end of year season because the Girlies will be here before you know it!Timestamps:(02:00) Too much talk about Willa's Thanksgiving movie watching(07:10) Metroid Prime 4(31:04) HORSES not "Horses"(38:16) More Old Skies (also briefly Birdcage and Possessors)(49:14) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. The Matrix, Letters From Liselotte, Wicked and other Oz related media)(55:00) End of year housekeepingMentioned this week:Robin's Metroid Prime 4 reviewRobin on HORSESLetters From Liselotte  Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we start with hypothetically cool new hardware and Metroid Prime’s hot new feature: mansplaining. Then we move onto games we’ve played, focusing on anticipated talking-to-hot-women simulator Demonschool (unless it gets delayed again in the six hours before this episode posts).Timestamps:(01:45) The Girl Mode News Desk: Steam Machines(15:50) Note: Myles MacKenzie died on the way back to his home planet (30:00) Where are the Metroid Prime-likes?(36:20) Videoverse(47:00) Demonschool(1:09:40) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Old Skies, more Atelier Ryza)Mentioned this week:VGC’s Andy Robinson on Metroid Prime 4Maddy Myers on Super MetroidAlexa Ray Corriea’s “nag line discourse” postRobin on Videoverse and Demonschool   Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 148 - It's terrible, I could not recommend it moreThis one's got everything you love: Dunkalatte talk, Willa's neighbors doing construction in the middle of a recording, Robin playing a game where you are a little mouse, but the main event is – of course – Willa going on an extended rant about a game she hates that most people love.Timestamps:(00:14) Robin joins the Dunkalatte cult  (06:03) Blake Manor update and your reminder Lorelei and the Laser Eyes rocks(09:53) Winter Burrow (15:32 ) 20+ minutes of Willa ranting about Dispatch(23:12) Dispatch spoilers start(24:23) Dispatch spoilers end(38:18) Ambrosia Sky(48:55) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Blue Moon, stealing umbrellas, A Pizza Delivery, Verho, Atelier Ryza  )Mentioned this week:Alyssa Mercante on The Game A wards Future ClassEvery 10/10 Game Informer has givenWilla's Dispatch thread on BlueskyGio on Dispatch at Polygon    Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the week after Halloween and we’re finally talking about horror games. After an extended bullshit session to start, we work our way around to mousegirl soulslikes, talking to ghosts with your crush, trick or treating, finding yourself on Bajor, and being the nosiest bitches at the seance.Timestamps:(00:15) A bunch of nonsense(04:10) Anti-recommendation for Hinako Note(07:30) Gamer news: Simogo(09:30) Mouseward: A game for Robin(12:05) Fear the Spotlight(18:10) The Seance of Blake Manor(48:45) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival, The O.C.)Mentioned this week:Robin on The Seance of Blake ManorSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week it’s a lot of slop talk. Remakes are slop. Cozy games are slop. Law & Order Executive Producer Dick Wolf is slop. Everything is slop. We also check in on Hades 2 and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2.Timestamps:(00:25) It’s all downhill from here(02:27) More Hades 2(06:35) Halo on PlayStation and why remakes suck(18:52) Dick Wolf presents AI cop slop(21:20) Cozy games discourse(32:23) Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2(46:50) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Dinner parties, the bad Earthsea TV show, weird shit in your neighborhood, the library, Six Seasons cookbook)Mentioned this week:Moises Taveras on game remakesJason Schreier on Xbox LayoffsPolygon interviews Wolf GamesA wholesome plane has hit the second cozy towerYou Should Play Bad GamesSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jesus, it’s Next Fest again? Guess it’s time to talk about some demos.Timestamps:(00:20) Disrespecting Baja Blast(2:20) Next Fest(3:40) Opus Prism Peak(8:15) Skate Story(12:00) Sleep Awake(16:15) Reanimal(22:00) Constance(25:00) Winter Burrow(28:20) Ambrosia Sky(32:40) Verho: Curse of Faces(35:20) The Legend of Khiimori(40:45) Mosaic of the Strange(42:50) Dungeon Bodega Simulator(46:30) Moonsigil Atlas(49:20) Birdcage(53:45) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Murder on the Orient Express, Murder on the Orient Express, Murder on the Orient Express, and Neuromancer)Mentioned this week:Ashley Bardhan on Sleep AwakeAshley Bardhan (again) on Fatal Frame 2Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 144 - The Soon To Be Mrs. Robin (Your Name Here)Bad news, there is barely any beverage talk in this one. Good news, Robin is open to her hand in marriage being bought. Oh, we also spend a lot of time talking about the importance in having conviction in critical thinking and why Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is greatTimestamps:(01:06) Learning about our audience(3:36) Critic corner(22:00) Robin’s spooky games (Vampire’s Best Friend, Sender)(28:38) Play Uncharted: The Lost Legacy(35:50) Carimara(43:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. A Star Brighter Than The Sun, Fabula Ultima)Mentioned this week:Pauline Kael’s Raiders of the Lost Ark reviewRobin on CarimaraSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we’re still talking a bit about Hades II, sandwiched between slime farms, psychic babies, Tetris-likes, and Willa’s beverage-based spinoff podcast.Timestamps:(00:40) More coffee talk(5:40) Slime Rancher 2(09:35) Hades 2 (mid-to-endgame spoilers start at 15:20)(18:30) Goodnight Universe (26:40) Falling Block Jam (31:40) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Bed and Breakfast for Spirits, Baquiné, Dreams in Nightmares)Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Willa and Robin are talking about suffering… but for fun! Consume Me and Baby Steps take up most of the episode but there is still time for brief thoughts on Blippo, Hades 2, and Willa’s coffee tips.Time stamps:(01:15) Willa’s Dunkalatte tips(04:55) Consume Me [Trigger Warning: discussion of eating disorders]  (27:20) Baby Steps (44:27) Blippo+ (49:26) Willa’s early Hades II thoughts(55:08) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. A Fragrant Flower Blooms In Dignity, Witch Hat Atelier)Mentioned this week:Coffee syrup differencesRobin on Consume MeZoe on Baby StepsGio on Baby Steps   Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we’re very tired and spend a long time talking about milk. I don’t know man. Then, Willa is apparently in the good part of Silksong and Robin talks about what she doesn’t like about Hades 2, a game that’s mostly good.Time stamps:(00:20) Coffee milk, Willa’s divorce, etc.(05:30) So Willa’s been playing some more Silksong [Light Act 2 boss spoilers from 8:00-9:30](11:00) We should play Three Houses again(12:30) A few more thoughts on Silksong(17:40) This time Hades stars a girl(37:45) Penguins(39:40) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. FlyKnight, listening to the radio)Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yes, we talk about Hollow Knight: Silksong in this episode, but first Robin and Willa have to salivate over the reveal that we are getting a new Fire Emblem game next year. Time stamps:(00:20) Willa’s a tradwife(02:54) Non-Fire Emblem Direct news(14:00)  Us being crazy about new Fire Emblem(25:28) Shaw! (the Silksong segment)(53:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Taking My Dark Knight Girlfriend To The Corner Store, Secret Mall Apartment, Katabasis)Mentioned this week:Nintendo Direct summaryNoah Caldwell-Gervais on Souls inheritorsNicole Carpenter’s review of The Last of Us Part 1 at PolygonSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s been a while.Follow along here.Catch up here, here, here, here, and here.Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robin and Willa played some games this week, just not the same ones. First up is the detailed world of Artis Impact, followed by the sleek and simple mechanics of Öoo. They both rock! Timestamps:(01:35) Worst Girl Mode episodes, ranked(03:47) Artis Impact(25:00) Öoo (37:34) A short Peak update (it is still cool)(38:18) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Alien: Earth, Berlin by Bea Setton)Mentioned this week:Willa on Artis ImpactWhy We Can't Stop Mapping Elden Ring by Renata PriceSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we watched Nintendo’s little showcase, which was fine. Then we both played Heartworm, a game that we like a lot, despite all the things we don’t like about it. Finally, Robin talks about some old lady shit and a new podcast, and Willa reads a good book.Timestamps:(01:06) A little Nintendo Direct(03:25) Too cool for Americans(04:45) Regarding mouth sounds(06:05) The rest of Nintendo Indie World(14:25) Heartworm(37:50) Titan Quest II(40:09) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Pure Colour, In Sequence, Queer Games Bundle 2025)Mentioned this week:Heartworm Is A Modern Take On Fatal Frame With Perfect Retro AestheticsHeartworm Grapples With the Trap of NostalgiaTitan Quest II Takes All The Right Lessons From Its Classic PredecessorSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’ve got a grab bag of things this week (that includes mini grab bags hidden within). Robin and Willa discuss the latest Nintendo Direct, including everyone’s love of Philabieldia, and then go over previews for Battlefield (boo) and Silent Hill f (boo, but in a scary way not a bad way) before checking up on what games they’ve been playing. Timestamps:(02:30) Nintendo Direct gives us the good slop(16:20) Preview corner with Battlefield 6 and Silent Hill f(21:04) The Great Villainess… Again!(27:48) The Robin game corner (Co-op Kaiju Horror Cooking and Time Flies)(40:09) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Brendon Bigley's Metroid Fusion video, Stop Fucking Playing The Wordle, Hana's Light)Mentioned this week:The Edelgard affair tweetGiovanni Colantonio on Battlefield 6Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everything that was bad last week is even worse this week. Itch has followed Steam in delisting a ton of games for either including offensive sexual content or just gay people. Who can even tell the difference? We follow that exasperating conversation with what we’ve been playing this week, mostly consisting of games about a whole bunch of toxic lesbians.Timestamps:(01:00) Everything got worse(18:35) Toxic Yuri VN Jam(29:10) The Great Villainess(33:15) Metal Garden(36:50) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Young Justice, The Raven Tower)Mentioned this week:Two articles from Ana Valens on game censorshipFans need to understand Link and Zelda aren’t a coupleEveryone Is Beautiful and No One Is HornyDevelopers Are Protesting As Adult Game Bans Come To Indie Storefront Itch.ioSteam Banning Some Adult Games Is A Big Deal Even If You Don’t Play ThemStop Payment Processors from censorship!Protect Queer Creators and Sex WorkersSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 133 - The Cultural Vandalism CornerThis week Robin and Willa talk about the horrors of horse girl racing, the horrors of pulp point-and-click adventure The Drifter, the horrors of regulating games, and the beauty of the New York Mets baby, let's go Mets, it's all about the Mets!Timestamps:(00:13) Sponsored by TK water brand (04:24) Umamusume: and they were roomates(12:44) The Drifter: John Carpenter does point-and-click(23:14) Wheels of Aurelia and Apple sucking as usual(28:19) Valve cracks down on porn for stupid reasons. TRIGGER WARNING: sexault assault and rape mentioned(34:04) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. TAMAYOMI: The Baseball Girls, Leviathan)Mentioned this week:Robin on The DrifterMaddy Myers on The DrifterGame Developer on Wheels of AureliaRPS on Valve’s porn crackdownNo Escape on Valve’s porn crackdownAna Valens on Valve's porn crackdownAnd finally Robin on Valve's porn crackdownWomen are reclaiming their place in baseballThe girl who struck out Babe RuthSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions (and money)!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We took last week off from recording and, what do you know, we ended up playing a lot of games in the meantime. This time, we’re talking about girls who are horses, cats who are girls, and card games that are magic. This week also marks Press Start joining The Worst Garbage network so go check them out!!Timestamps:(00:25) We’ve gone to the audience(03:10) Peak - It’s still good(10:00) P5X - A Persona game with bad politics? Who would have thought(19:25) Occlude - What if solitaire was fun(26:45) Umamusume - The highs and lows of high school horse girl racing(41:35) Everdeep Aurora - She’s a cat who’s a girl, not a cat girl(46:30) Mass Effect - The best Mass Effect(57:50) Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream - What if Fagin was a hot lady and not antisemitic(1:08:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Dan Da Dan, Wildermyth Lays Bare the False Promises of AI Storytelling, Two Days Talking to People Looking for Jobs at ICE)Mentioned this week:Not Every Co-Op Game is “Friendslop”No Phone Summer: It’s The Summer of the Retro HandheldHello Press Start!!!Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There has not been a lot of news for us to discourse about lately, so we are doing what every good content creator does for engagement: make a bad list. Come for Willa and Robin suffering through a task of their own making as they choose the best games of the 21st century, stay for updates on what Willa’s neighbor is doing with their backyard. Timestamps:(00:13) Judging our neighbors(04:09) The best games of the 21st century (objectively)(35:27) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Loco Motive, Peak)Mentioned this week:Robin on PeakSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re coming to you live from the heat dome this week, so assume anything wrong with this episode is due to our brains poaching in our skulls. In the meantime, we’ve been playing fishing games and porn games and old games and racing games and all kinds of other games and we’re here to talk about them in no particular order. Timestamps:(00:20) Welcome to the heat dome(02:50) Sinker Sound(17:10) L8R SK8R(22:34) Mario Kart 8(25:30) Aeromachina(31:00) Signum Malum(34:35) PSP Corner(41:20) The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky(44:40) Ambrosia Sky(46:25) Good Morning Drifter(48:20) Squeakross: Home Squeak Home(52:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. The Talented Mr. Ripley, Date Everything claims to be a dating sim, but it doesn't love or understand its own genre, good writers are perverts, leaving the party, F*ck it, Let's Make a Website!)Mentioned this week:Bloomed WingsMario Kart World Review: ALMOST the Best Mario KartBaseball Explained by an Anime GirlSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we've played an unconscionable number of demos, so we run through a whole bunch of the ones we mostly liked at Steam Next Fest and the Tribeca Festival. Then, Willa interviews Tribeca Games vice president Casey Baltes with a tin can inside a submarine apparently and Robin tries her hardest to make it listenable.Timestamps:(00:20) Just a whole bunch of nothing(04:35) Dice Gambit(10:30) Cast and Chill(14:00) Morse(18:15) Prison of Husks(28:30) MotionRec(33:20) Coffee Talk Tokyo(35:30) Project Arrow(37:15) KuloNiku: Bowl Up!(41:10) Dispatch(47:15) MIO: Memories in Orbit(55:45) Possessor(s)(1:00:55) Absolum(1:04:46) Death Howl(1:09:00) Cairn(1:13:10) Sleep Awake(1:15:40) Take Us North(1:22:35) Mixtape(1:29:30) Casey Baltes Interview(1:55:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Fire Emblem: Three Houses, a very good video about Dark Souls 2)Mentioned this week:Prison Of Husks Feels Like Playing A Dream About Dark SoulsI'm Bad at Video Games, So I Played Dark Souls 2Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The worst part of the year was even worse this year. We slogged through Summer Game Fest and a few showcases that didn’t suck and now we’re here to talk about what we saw there and why everyone’s so mad.CW: Discussions of disordered eating in Consume Me from 52:30 to 57:05Timestamps:(00:20) Our mortal enemy, summer(01:30) State of Play had a few good games(13:15) Ciri Showcase and Unearthed Treasure Room(17:30) SGF was even worse than it always is(33:00) Mina the Hollower is good as hell(38:55) Remembering that good video games exist at Day of the Devs(52:30) CW: Eating disorders Consume Me is unbelievably good(57:05) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters and another cinematic masterpiece)(1:04:30) Some announcements!Mentioned this week:The Unearthed Treasure RoomConsume Me Turns Gaming’s Obsession With Stats Into A Trap For PlayersYou can now give us money if you really want toWatch Annie and Robin on Twitch Wednesday at 7 pm ET!TheWorstGarbage.onlineJoin The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have a handful of games to talk about this week, including an excellent new farming game, a so-so story from the creator of Katamari Damacy, and a turn-based RPG about death (no, not that one).Timestamps:(00:30) Corndog update(04:10) Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is the second coming of Harvestella(24:50) To a T is cute I guess(40:55) Galactic Glitch is simple fun(44:10) Danchi Days is delightful and weird(50:25) The Time I Have Left now lives rent-free in Robin's brain(57:15) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Hacks, You’re Wrong About - Coyotes! and Lesbian Seagulls)Mentioned this week:Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma Review: A Bountiful Blend of Life Sim and RPGTo a T Feels Like A Saturday Morning Cartoon’s Rough First SeasonGio’s good postThe Quest To Revive A Summer Festival Is Off To A Strong Start In Danchi DaysTheWorstGarbage.onlineJoin The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Robin and Willa have a conversation no one will disagree with about a game everyone is being reasonable about. We talk through why Clair Obscur, the FRPG of the year, didn’t live up to the hype for either of us, and inevitably detour into why criticism is good and cool and doesn’t have to make you a killjoy.Timestamps:(00:30) Setting le tableau (or, don’t yell at us about Clair Obscur)(03:40) Prologue: A Very Somber State Fair(35:00) Act 1: Lost Syndrome(45:45) Act 2: We Don’t Care That [REDACTED] [REDACTED]s(53:00) Act 3: Every Frame A Painting(1:04:50) Epilogue: Blaming Women(1:18:18) Inspirations and comparisons(1:29:40) Why everyone is being so weird about this game/why criticism isn’t a dirty word(1:42:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Gundam GQuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuX, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown)Mentioned this week:The best part of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is it explains nothingClose Reading Is For EveryoneClair Obscur: Expedition 33’s style is its substanceI Want to Be Potboy! (with Robin and Tori!) - Into the AetherTheWorstGarbage.onlineJoin The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CW: Brief reference to suicide between (01:05:00) and (01:05:45)This week, Robin and Willa dive into the work of Selkie Harbour, developer of the recent (and excellent) Many Nights a Whisper. We get into the interesting parallels and outliers among the studio’s catalog and come away more excited about ice skating than we ever thought possible. We also completely spoil all of these very short games, so consider taking a couple hours to play through all of them if you don’t want to hear about them first!Also check out Robin's recent appearance on Into the Aether, where she talks indie deckbuilders and Expedition 33 with Stephen and Press Start's Tori!Timestamps:(01:20) X-Men belongs to the dolls(02:45) A walking tour of Selkie Harbour’s itch page(6:15) A Message for the Stone King(12:15) The Well(19:30) Everything You Didn’t Get To Do(31:50) Sunset Shift(40:20) I.C.A. Calendar Photoshoot 2023 (see Robin's calendar here)(46:10) Rêverie(51:30) The Anglerfish Project(58:35) Wrapping up Selkie Harbour(1:00:40) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Easy Delivery Co., Apocalypse Hotel, a great piece on Superhot VR, Blue Prince)TheWorstGarbage.onlineJoin The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Robin talks to the delightful hosts of the equally delightful Emmi & Annie Talk Indie podcast. We discuss a whole mess of games, with tangents on sexualizing playing cards, furry-friendly pizza restaurants, the games that taught us to type, and learning the name for a group of butterflies.Timestamps:(00:20) Introducing Emmi and Annie (who talk indie)!(14:30) Making dogs immortal in Many Nights a Whisper(43:30) A food service soap opera in The Chef’s Shift :3 (1:02:55) Christine Mi’s games make us want to make games(1:23:00) Growing a story in Tiny Garden(1:26:45) Worshipping the devil after gym class in Expelled!(1:39:00) What else have Annie, Emmi, and Robin been up to this week? (feat. traumatic YA books, gacha-based disappointment, The Apothecary Diaries, Changes of Heart, Look Back, a 29-year-old calling herself old and instantly killing Robin)Mentioned this week:Listen to EATI!Follow Emmi, Annie, and EATI on BlueskyAnnie, Emmi, and EATI’s websitesA very good Christine Mi comicDotzip on Worm Girlfriend Dating SimulatorTheWorstGarbage.onlineJoin The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Like everyone else, we’re still reeling from the destruction of Polygon and Giant Bomb, but trying to do more than curl up into the fetal position about it. After the most constructive takes on games media we can muster, we talk through a few great games Robin's played recently, put a pin in a not-great one, and check in with Willa’s three favorite things (the Mets, weird New York lore, and gay mutants).Timestamps:(00:20) Meet today’s guest, Willa Rowe(01:20) The shocking delay of GTA 6, which no one saw coming(06:00) RIP Polygon and Giant Bomb (12:30) The future of games media, if there is such a thing(21:21) Navigating games journalism in its death throes(25:20) You don’t need to pay $80 for games(30:10) Many Nights a Whisper(36:30) Ending spoilers for Many Nights a Whisper(38:00) StarVaders fuuuuuucks(40:05) We will talk about Clair Obscur at a later date(41:05) Brief LudoNarraCon shoutouts(43:30) Surprise Mets/Astoria the turkey update(46:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. The X-Men, Super Cub)Music:Street Food by FASSoundsMentioned this week:Selkie HarbourMany Nights A Whisper Lets You Decide What Wishes Are Worth GrantingI Can’t Believe How Good StarVaders’ Deckbuilding Riff On Space Invaders IsWilla’s deranged Clair Obscur threadLudoNarraCon talksThe Senga Genesis postHazel’s Anime Countryside videoTheWorstGarbage.onlineJoin The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, critic and essayist Autumn Wright joins Robin to talk about Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, a game about growing up as a queer woman that’s just as messy as the real thing. We discuss how the game still works even when it’s fraying at the edges and wonder whether the mid-budget talky game can survive even if Don’t Nod doesn’t.Timestamps:(00:20) Welcome Autumn!(24:50) Tape 1 ending spoilers(29:10) Tape 1 Spoilers end/Tape 2 spoilers begin(38:25) Tape 2 ending spoilers begin(1:17:05) Tape 2 spoilers end/Don’t Nod and conversation games broadlyMusic:Street Food by FASSoundsMentioned this week:Autumn on Bloom and Rage Tape 1 and Tape 2Robin on Bloom and Rage Tape 1 and Tape 2Follow Autumn on BlueskyRead Autumn on UnwinnableTheWorstGarbage.onlineJoin The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we played a bunch of different games and now we’re gonna talk about them. I don’t know what else you want.Timestamps:(01:25) News we don’t care about and jokes we do(03:00) Sunderfolk(21:10) Mandragora(29:30) Shadow of the Colossus(35:50) Metroid Prime(44:30) What have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Season of the Witch, The River Has Roots, Taco Bell Quarterly)Music:Street Food by FASSoundsMentioned this week:Sunderfolk Is An RPG Everyone Can Enjoy, But It Might Be Hard To LoveMandragora Is The Most Infuriating RPG I’ve Played This Year And I Can’t Put It DownTheWorstGarbage.onlineJoin The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.