Tori and Noah are joined this week by Pokemon (and other games, of course) fan extraordinaire Noella Williams. They're a writer whose work has been featured in Vox, Alt Press, PAPER, the Washington Post and more. She's also an assistant editor at Apartment Therapy, where she occasionally gets to write about games, especially cozy ones.

We talk about our shared love for the Nintendo DS family of consoles, how adorable the Pokemon Shaymin is, seeing yourself in games and much more.

You can find more from Noella online:

On Instagram @noella.jpg

And on Twitter @yonoella

THINGS MENTIONED:

YouTuber Princess Weekes.

Culture writer Tai Gooden.

Resonant Arc’s Final Fantasy VI series on YouTube.

Our cool sounds and intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by Kai at Wisp Graphics. We curate your gaming news together and Noah produces the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod  and on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and you can email us at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.

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