MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE, EVERYBIRDIE! Our inaugural man joins us once more as we explore what happens in another unreality in the Hatoful Boyfriend Universe, this time HOLIDAY EDITION!   This season at Date with Us, we're so so grateful for you, dear listeners! If you're having fun here, consider dropping a comment, like, or sharing an episode! Rating and Reviewing can really help a fledgling show like ours find its audience and we are so thankful to be connecting with so many fellow romance gamers out there.   Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star: The loveable birds of Hatoful Boyfriend are back in the remastered holiday-themed sequel Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star! Developed by Mediatonic Games and Published by Epic Games.   FEATURED GUEST: Jared (He/Him) Graphic Designer and Podcaster. I have a love of everything Nintendo, especially Pokemon and Zelda, two franchises that made me fall in love with gaming. I am a big fan of music, play both the guitar/piano, and love how music in video games can connect people on an emotional level to the worlds they are playing through. I host the Play Along Podcast with my other two co-host, Ky and Ben where we play through video games in a book club format.   HATOFUL BOYFRIEND CONTENT WARNING:  None listed on the Steam page, but when searched from tumblr user atroquiniine: "my full trigger list for hatoful boyfriend (and its sequel), for anyone curious is: war & genocide suicide (including coerced suicide) murder (including decapitation and dismemberment) cannibalism guns terminal illness and biological weaponry perusing monster-based horror unreality scientific experimentation-based horror racism childhood trauma and parent death infanticide (or more accurately, bird abortion) emotional manipulation unhealthy/codependent relationships death of a romantic interest twisted morality and gray morality general heartbreakery " Oh... and have you told your crush about us yet?? Find them under the mistletoe!

Everybirdie get ready to fly on the wings of love and darkness as Jared, the first ever MAN GUEST, joins Claire and Kanisha to deep dive into the pigeon dating sim turned beloved cult classic, Hatoful Boyfriend. CARVE IT ONTO YOUR SOUL!

It’s the HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!!!!!! One Night, Three Vampires, will we survive, thrive, or feel extra alive in bed with some extremely hot vampires????? Only one way to find out!

Join us as we discuss our steamiest game to date with special guest Emily from No Small Games!

Join Matt, Alle, Claire, and Kanisha as they dish over which inanimate objects are the hottest (*cough* DORIAN). Date Everything is a sandbox dating simulator set in the comfort of your own home, featuring 100 fully voice acted datable characters! Let the romance flow between your bed, smoke alarm and…*checks notes* Overwhelming Sense of Existential Dread?  Content Warning: Job Loss, AI Use, others discussed in episode for specific dateable characters.    Editor's Note: This is a VERY long episode and came at a crunch time with me (Claire) onboarding to a new job! Feel free to message me if you catch errors in the edit, I did my best but I am LEARNING! <3 

Plunder the dunj and fall in ~LOVE~ along with us as we do a deep dive on one of our favorite dating sims of all time.

Join us to dive into cosplay cafe management! We have a minor mic issue throughout since this was one of our earliest recordings, but the sound will be back to standard with the next episode though. Don’t forget to rate, review, and tell your crush about us! WE DARE YOU!!

”ValiDate is a romantic visual novel about 13 adults in Jercy City navigating new relationships and the harsh realities that come alongside them by Veritable Joy Studios.”  CW: This game contains mentions and references to drugs, alcohol, sexual assault, cheating, abuse and other harsh themes. Viewer discretion is advised. We don’t speak much about these in the episode, though. Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1319850/ValiDate_Struggling_Singles_in_your_Area/

WELCOME TO THE PILOT! This episode features a dating sim that’s also visceral and sometimes horrifying. The content warning from the game is below:  Meeting in the Flesh “features text descriptions and non-explicit visual descriptions of:  Blood/Gore Torture Vore/Cannibalism Sex Hand-Holding By Continuing, you agree to do so at your own risk.”    Find us online on Bluesky and Instagram as @DateWithUsPodcast!

Kicking off the feed with our INCREDIBLE theme music composed by Jason Deran!