Gamers with Glasses Podcast

In this episode, we finally lay out a firm and simple spectrum with which to rate all games, and it goes from narcissism to nihilism. Don delights in the pure semiotics of Akka Arrh. Christian plays Season, “non-dystopian, post-apocalyptic bicycle scrapbook game” in which anxiety over the future doesn’t necessarily have to mean panic. We talk about Dredge and reminisce on fishing minigames of times gone by, because fishing is golf.

Also, this episode is kind of an old one! We shifted the release schedule because we really wanted to make sure our episode with Caroline and Taylor got up on the website while the Queer Games Bundle was still on sale. Therefore, in this episode, we’ll offer some predictions about what Tears of the Kingdom will be like, because it wasn’t out yet. All our predictions were 100% correct, of course.

Roger talks Dead Cells and Castlevania, Nate complains about the Unbearable Lightness of Mario, and we all get to share our favorite long falls in video games. Don wins the podcast: “If Cuphead and Flamehead got together, they could make Crème-brûlée-head.” It’s a super blast.

Join us for a very special episode of the Gamers with Glasses Show featuring Caroline Delbert and Taylor McCue, organizers of the Queer Games Bundle 2023. Tune in to learn about ways to support the queer games community (including but not limited to buying the bundle!) and for game recommendations from the bundle organizers. Conversation topics range from game bundles as wealth redistribution, to teddy bears who really want you to like strapons, to butthole physics. Speaking of, if you would like a reference to this episode’s title, stay tuned at the 40 minute mark. This is one of our favorite episodes we've done so far, but be aware that it is recorded with adult ears in mind.

In this episode, Roger starts a cult, and nobody even tries to stop him. It is totally his own original idea and has nothing to do with Cult of the Lamb. Don ruminates on the universe inside Kirby’s stomach in his sub-podcast, “Don Plays All the Kirby Games in a Year.” Someone has the gall to talk about a game called Sin and Punishment in Nate’s absence. Christian leaves JoyCon drift behind to get on the Steam Deck’s memory bus, and savors a few moments of Immortality. Google launches Stadia into the sun. Roger closes the episode with some words of wisdom which, trust us, you are (not) going (to want) to miss.

In this episode, we let loose about Square-Enix business practices, tell tales about bosses in Elden Ring, discuss the brilliance and limitations of the cyborg space noir game Citizen Sleeper, gush over the pleasures of Lego games (especially Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga), make knock knock jokes (sorry!), get behind the wheel of Gran Turismo 7, and recommend some weird novels and Sailor Moon. And so much more!

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We recorded an episode on Elden Ring forever ago, and here it is! What’s the difference between Elden Ring and Dark Souls? Who is George R.R. Martin, and what has he done to Miyazaki? Did FromSoftware invent a new IP for narrative reasons, or is it just a marketing move? How approachable and how accessible is Elden Ring? Why shouldn’t a horse have a double jump? Is FromSoft the Arcade Fire of videogames? Is Arcade Fire the T.S. Eliot of music? Also, you get to hear Don’s best NPR voice - it’s very soothing! - and Nate rants about Sony’s multiplayer paywall (also known as PlayStation Plus).

(And Christian is wrong - the world didn’t collectively bounce off Elden Ring - Nate is right, and someone has to drink a bottle of ketchup.)