Game journalists Nicole Carpenter and Will Jagielski-Harrison join Ash Parrish to discuss the state of game journalism, World of Warcraft, and gamer girl bathwater stolen valor. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Nicole Carpenter, and Will Jagielski-Harrison. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

1: How fucked is game journalism? (03:23)

2: How do you recommend a game to someone in a way that will get them to play it? (08:24)

3: Happy pride! How does queerness and queer narratives manifest uniquely in games, in contrast to other media? (11:44)

4: What the hell is going on in the story of World of Warcraft? (16:17)

5: SteveWithAB asks, what’s the worst job in a video game? (26:32)

6: What do you think was the hardest video game in history to make? (32:56)

7: Who in video games do you trust? (38:15)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Zelda Maker (40:49)

Recommendations and Outro (52:08):

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