Game & Read Podcast

Before we jump into our next pairing, we are here with a topic episode to talk about what we are playing and reading during the COVID-19 (aka Coronavirus) pandemic. We are joined this week by Jordan, who was part of our Meddling Tentacles pairing.

In Illinois (where we live) and Wisconsin (where Jordan lives), there are shelter in place orders and strong recommendations to socially isolate during this crisis. Even after work from home duties, we all find ourselves with far more free time than before. In this episode, we talk about how we are keeping ourselves entertained and what kinds of books and games we are gravitating towards in these banana-pants times.

Books discussed:

Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams

Transcription by Kate Atkinson

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

The Virgil Flowers series by John Sandford

Games discussed:

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Divinity Original Sin 2

Dead Cells

Link's Awakening

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3

Dungeons & Dragons

Dishonored TTRPG

Delta Green TTRPG

Intro music is composed and performed by Avery Murchison - https://foiegrasohyeah.bandcamp.com/

Peter is on Twitter @NerdintheWorld

Erin is on Twitter @BookishTexPat & on Instagram @ATaleofTwoShelves

Jordan is on Twitter @RoamingGnomeMan

Find everything we do at gameandread.wordpress.com

On this week's episode, we finish up our pairing of The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon and Thimbleweed Park from Terrible Toybox.

Jacob is back on our final episode as we talk about the book and game in relationship to each other, and how they fit - or don't fit - together.

Intro music is composed and performed by Avery Murchison - https://foiegrasohyeah.bandcamp.com/

Peter is on Twitter @NerdintheWorld

Erin is on Twitter @BookishTexPat & on Instagram @ATaleofTwoShelves

Jacob is an internet mystery

Find everything we do at gameandread.wordpress.com

On this week's episode, we do a deep dive into our current pairing - The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon and Thimbleweed Park from Terrible Toybox

Jacob is back on this week's episode to talk all things Yiddish, detective, book, and game. We get into the full story for both the book and the game, so big SPOILER ALERT - stop now if you don't want to know what happens!

Intro music is composed and performed by Avery Murchison - https://foiegrasohyeah.bandcamp.com/

Peter is on Twitter @NerdintheWorld

Erin is on Twitter @BookishTexPat & on Instagram @ATaleofTwoShelves

Jacob is an internet mystery

Find everything we do at gameandread.wordpress.com

On this week's episode, we introduce our next pairing - the book The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon and the game Thimbleweed Park from Terrible Toybox.

AND this is another guest pairing! Our friend Jacob joins us to talk all things Chabon & Thimbleweed Park. You'll hear him on this episode and he'll be part of the deep dive and pairing episodes as well.

Intro music is composed and performed by Avery Murchison - https://foiegrasohyeah.bandcamp.com/

Peter is on Twitter @NerdintheWorld

Erin is on Twitter @BookishTexPat & on Instagram @ATaleofTwoShelves

Find everything we do at gameandread.wordpress.com

On this week's episode, we go in depth on our Wheel of Divinity pairing! Our book is "Eye of the World" by Robert Jordan and our game is Divinity: Original Sin from Larian Studios.

Intro music is composed and performed by Avery Murchison - https://foiegrasohyeah.bandcamp.com/

Peter is on Twitter @NerdintheWorld

Erin is on Twitter @BookishTexPat & on Instagram @ATaleofTwoShelves

Find everything we do at gameandread.wordpress.com

On this week's episode, we introduce our next pairing - "Eye of the World" by Robert Jordan & Divinity: Original Sin from Larian Studios.

Take a listen and get ready to play and read along!

Intro music is composed and performed by Avery Murchison - https://foiegrasohyeah.bandcamp.com/

Peter is on Twitter @NerdintheWorld

Erin is on Twitter @BookishTexPat & on Instagram @ATaleofTwoShelves

Find everything we do at gameandread.wordpress.com

Before we jump into our next pairing, we're here with a topic episode. This week we are talking all about evil in books and games - evil protagonists, evil quests, and generally bad characters. There's so much we could talk about so we limited our discussion to things we have personally played or read.

SPOILER ALERT! We are going to talk about twists and key plot points in order to have a meaningful discussion, so there will be spoilers in this episode. You can find the list of books and games below in the order in which we discuss them.

Books Discussed:

My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Shining by Stephen King

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao

Circe by Madeline Miller

The Seven 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Video Games Discussed:

Skyrim

The Witcher

Undertale

Fable

Bioshock

Braid

Shadow of Colossus

God of War

The Sexy Brutale

Grand Theft Auto

Yakuza

Civilization

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

Intro music is composed and performed by Avery Murchison - https://foiegrasohyeah.bandcamp.com/

Peter is on Twitter @NerdintheWorld

Erin is on Twitter @BookishTexPat & on Instagram @ATaleofTwoShelves

Find everything we do at gameandread.wordpress.com

In our final episode of our Meddling Tentacles pairing, we talk about all the ways MEDDLING KIDS and "Day of the Tentacle" fit together...and all the ways they totally don't.

Intro music is composed and performed by Avery Murchison - https://foiegrasohyeah.bandcamp.com/

Peter is on Twitter @NerdintheWorld

Erin is on Twitter @BookishTexPat & on Instagram @ATaleofTwoShelves

Jordan is on Twitter @RoamingGnomeMan

Find everything we do at gameandread.wordpress.com

This is the second episode of our Meddling Tentacles pairing of Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero and Day of the Tentacle Remastered from Doublefine (originally developed and published by LucasArts). We do a deep dive into both the book and the game as separate pieces of entertainment, and we're again joined by this pairing's guest, Jordan.

Intro music is composed and performed by Avery Murchison - https://foiegrasohyeah.bandcamp.com/

Peter is on Twitter @NerdintheWorld

Erin is on Twitter @BookishTexPat & on Instagram @ATaleofTwoShelves

Jordan is on Twitter @RoamingGnomeMan

Find everything we do at gameandread.wordpress.com

On this week's episode, we introduce our next pairing - "Meddling Kids" by Edgar Cantero and Day of the Tentacle Remastered from Doublefine (originally developed and published by LucasArts).

We are also excited to have a guest with us! Our good friend Jordan will be part of our Meddling Tentacles pairing - you hear him on this episode and he'll be part of the deep dive and pairing episodes as well.

Intro music is composed and performed by Avery Murchison - https://foiegrasohyeah.bandcamp.com/

Peter is on Twitter @NerdintheWorld

Erin is on Twitter @BookishTexPat & on Instagram @ATaleofTwoShelves

Jordan is on Twitter @RoamingGnomeMan

Find everything we do at gameandread.wordpress.com