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Girl Mode
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Girl Mode is a podcast (mostly) about video games by two trans women and gaming journalists where we talk about the latest news in the industry, our takes, weekly topics, and more about the Mets than you're probably expecting.
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Episode 172 - Two Apples Tall
6d ago01:06:38Tap to summarizeThis week, we’ve got it all: old games, boring games, games we don’t play, and even things that aren't games at all but rather raccoons.Timestamps:(00:20) Robin’s new roommate(03:00) Hello Kitty urban legends(07:30) Directive 8020(28:00) Marathon PvE(31:00) Uncharted 4: Game’s fun, game’s bad(38:45) A little game called Final Fantasy 11(55:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Marriage Toxin, Heartspell: Horizon Academy) Mentioned this week:Uncovering Amy Hennig's Uncharted 4Final Fantasy 11 videos from The Crawl, Friends at the Table, and A Goth ElfSupport 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.
Transcribe →Episode 171 - Sayonara Wild Hearts for Straight People
2w ago01:09:26Tap to summarizeWasn’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.
Transcribe →Episode 170 - Bobo Bitcoin Betting (Say It Five Times Fast)
3w ago00:47:37Tap to summarizeWilla 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.
Transcribe →Episode 169 - It’s Not That Complicated
4w ago01:20:49Tap to summarizeThis 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.
Transcribe →Episode 168 - What's Pragmata with You?
Apr 1501:06:05Tap to summarizeArtemis 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.
Transcribe →Episode 167 - Making the Dolls Kiss
Apr 800:53:26Tap to summarizeThis 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.
Transcribe →Episode 166 - Bipedal Hotties to the Front
Apr 101:43:49Tap to summarizeZoe 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.
Transcribe →Episode 165 - Video Games Have Not Come a Long Way Since Final Fantasy 13
Mar 2500:50:31Tap to summarizeThis 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.
Transcribe →Episode 164 - Episode 168
Mar 1801:09:53Tap to summarizeThis 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.
Transcribe →Episode 163 - Tom Cruise Missiles
Mar 1101:03:54Tap to summarizeJust 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.
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