Dredge, the yawning horror of that which we cannot change, and you. Part 1 of our Fishing Game Duology. Look out for Part 2 in a couple weeks. Links: 80 Level interview with Black Salt Games (November 16, 2023) The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice (November 6, 2025) How poor leadership slows down game development (November 4, 2025) Chapters: (00:37) News + State of Silksong (14:57) Dredge (52:29) Upcoming Games Upcoming Gam...

Slay ‘er? I barely know ‘er! Beware: discussions of blood, gore, body horror, cannibalism, the works. Links: Nota Press by Reba Elliott open for submissions for Game Books Arimia Dev - Interview with Black Tabby Games (November 29th, 2024) Gamespot - Review of Slay the Princess: The Pristine Cut (November 18th, 2024) Favorite Childhood AMVs: Naruto - Das Omen Ouran High School Never Ends (Anime North 2008 Best in Show) Mahou Shoujo Requiem ...

This one’s for the late game freaks. Links: EA considering private buyout (which has since been confirmed): https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/ea-private-deal-buyout-video-game-maker-808aefec Hades II v1.0 out as of Sep 25: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145350/Hades_II Infinity Nikki Girlcott context from Girl Mode’s Robin Bea: https://www.inverse.com/gaming/infinity-nikki-season-controversy-update-apology-girlcott Blue Prince late-game Steam megathread: ht...

Sorry it took so long to get back. We got lost in this mansion where the layout changed every day. We've been subsisting on turnips and bananas since June. As always, spoilers abound. Featuring a new recurring segment, the State of Silksong. News Links: Indie game delays due to Silksong release (Game Developer) A recap of recent Nintendo Direct (Polygon) Hades II v1.0 Coming Soon Trailer Annie & Robin’s Twitch, Parallel Players Robin on Bluesky ...

Annie and Emmi revisit games from their respective childhoods. Annie brings Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst, a game about being friends with your ex, and Emmi brings Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It’s Dark Outside, a star vehicle for Pamela Adlon. Spoilers for games that are decades old. This episode was deeply cursed with recording issues, roommate noises, and college youths having a party down the street, so apologies for any audio weirdness or abrupt cuts. Our schedules have also...

Gird your chthonic loins for the Hades II Early Access anniversary. Emmi and Annie talk muscle mommies, lunar lasers, and so many spoilers. No section on upcoming games this week because we simply had too much to say about Hades II. Corrections: Emmi misspoke when she said Giant Bomb was sold from CBS to Fandom. The 2020 sale of Giant Bomb was from CBS to Red Ventures. Red Ventures then sold Giant Bomb to Fandom in 2022. News links: Polygon sale and subsequent layoffs GoFund...

In their first itch.io Snack Mix episode, Emmi and Annie scale fish, believe and forget, and descend into the depths. Snack along at the links below. Games discussed: Scale the Depths Bulbo’s Belief System my father’s long long legs Upcoming/newly released games: Locomoto (Apr 8) Blue Prince (Apr 10) Rusty Rabbit (Apr 17) Beholder: Conductor (Apr 23) News links: US Switch 2 Stockpile as reported by Polygon Chapters: (00:48) N...

For April Fools’, Emmi & Annie play a little game called Balatro. Upcoming/newly released games: The Chef's Shift (Mar 30) PEPPERED: an existential platformer (Apr 7) Tiny Garden (Apr 8) Maliki: Poison of the Past (Apr 22) News links: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-announces-new-lending-feature-for-digital-games https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-announces-new-lending-feature-for-digital-games https://anime-sickos-podcast.itch.io/t...

Annie is a know-it-all. Emmi is a know-it-none. No news or upcoming games this week because we spend too long talking about which anthropomorphic animals from Aviary Attorney we would kiss. Vive la France. Links: 2014 Siliconera interview with Darya Noghani and Mandy Lennon Original Kickstarter for Aviary Attorney The Public & Private Life of Animals by J.J. Grandville and P.J. Stahl Music: Bit Forest Intro music by Bertsz -- https://freesound.org/s/545457/ -- License: ...

Emmi & Annie play two games with very different styles. Emmi was disturbed by Mouthwashing's body horror; Annie was disturbed by Europa's cuteness. These problems are the same. TW for discussion of sexual assault. Maddie Myers on motion sickness in Indiana Jones Mouthwashing playthrough Annie referenced Gene Park interview with writer of Mouthwashing Liz Ryerson, who recommends Decarnation Upcoming games: Knights in Tight Spaces (Feb 28) Split...

Emmi and Annie play Death of the Reprobate. Content warnings for: Hieronymus Bosch, tomfoolery, bird violence. --- BBC article about 2011 23-day PSN outage Polygon article about PSN outage Emmi wants this Infinity Nikki outfit and she’s stressed about it. This is the pizza box Playdate case that Annie has. Upcoming games: Ale Abbey (Feb 18 - Early access) Unbridled: That Horse Game (Feb 19 - Early access) Cinnabunny (Feb 19) Blood Typers (Feb 20) ...

Annie has personal news. Emmi makes an inaccurate Nintendo prediction. And they discuss Drova, which Emmi quit after a shift while Annie put in a 40-hour work week. --- An important note about timing/content: we recorded this shortly after the 2024 election and spent some time up top discussing how we were handling it. We hope we don't sound in any way glib about a situation that's obviously gotten way worse since and hope everybody is hanging in there. If you want to skip that conversation, ...

Emmi and Annie play Potion Permit, and discuss the tradition of bad mayorship in video game towns. Upcoming games mentioned (now out): Totally Spies! - Cyber Mission Dragon Age: The Veilguard Europa Drova: Forsaken Kin Prim Intro/Outro music: Bit Forest Intro music by Bertsz -- https://freesound.org/s/545457/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Follow us on bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/eati.games

In which Emmi & Annie introduce themselves, and talk about why they like video games so much. Special guest in the subtext: guilt around lack of productivity brought on by the American-Protestant work ethic. Show notes: Here’s a decent overview of explicit vs implicit memory Joint-media engagement paper Emmi was drawing from: Takeuchi, L., & Stevens, R. (2011). The new coviewing: Designing for learning through joint media engagement. New York: The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Wo...

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