This week it’s a lot of slop talk. Remakes are slop. Cozy games are slop. Law & Order Executive Producer Dick Wolf is slop. Everything is slop. We also check in on Hades 2 and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2.

Timestamps:

(00:25) It’s all downhill from here

(02:27) More Hades 2

(06:35) Halo on PlayStation and why remakes suck

(18:52) Dick Wolf presents AI cop slop

(21:20) Cozy games discourse

(32:23) Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2

(46:50) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Dinner parties, the bad Earthsea TV show, weird shit in your neighborhood, the library, Six Seasons cookbook)

Mentioned this week:

Moises Taveras on game remakes

Jason Schreier on Xbox Layoffs

Polygon interviews Wolf Games

A wholesome plane has hit the second cozy tower

You Should Play Bad Games

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Jesus, it’s Next Fest again? Guess it’s time to talk about some demos.

Timestamps:

(00:20) Disrespecting Baja Blast

(2:20) Next Fest

(3:40) Opus Prism Peak

(8:15) Skate Story

(12:00) Sleep Awake

(16:15) Reanimal

(22:00) Constance

(25:00) Winter Burrow

(28:20) Ambrosia Sky

(32:40) Verho: Curse of Faces

(35:20) The Legend of Khiimori

(40:45) Mosaic of the Strange

(42:50) Dungeon Bodega Simulator

(46:30) Moonsigil Atlas

(49:20) Birdcage

(53:45) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Murder on the Orient Express, Murder on the Orient Express, Murder on the Orient Express, and Neuromancer)

Mentioned this week:

Ashley Bardhan on Sleep Awake

Ashley Bardhan (again) on Fatal Frame 2

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Episode 144 - The Soon To Be Mrs. Robin (Your Name Here)

Bad news, there is barely any beverage talk in this one. Good news, Robin is open to her hand in marriage being bought. Oh, we also spend a lot of time talking about the importance in having conviction in critical thinking and why Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is great

Timestamps:

(01:06) Learning about our audience

(3:36) Critic corner

(22:00) Robin’s spooky games (Vampire’s Best Friend, Sender)

(28:38) Play Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

(35:50) Carimara

(43:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. A Star Brighter Than The Sun, Fabula Ultima)

Mentioned this week:

Pauline Kael’s Raiders of the Lost Ark review

Robin on Carimara

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This week, we’re still talking a bit about Hades II, sandwiched between slime farms, psychic babies, Tetris-likes, and Willa’s beverage-based spinoff podcast.

Timestamps:

(00:40) More coffee talk

(5:40) Slime Rancher 2

(09:35) Hades 2 (mid-to-endgame spoilers start at 15:20)

(18:30) Goodnight Universe 

(26:40) Falling Block Jam 

(31:40) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Bed and Breakfast for Spirits, Baquiné, Dreams in Nightmares)

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This week Willa and Robin are talking about suffering… but for fun! Consume Me and Baby Steps take up most of the episode but there is still time for brief thoughts on Blippo, Hades 2, and Willa’s coffee tips.

Time stamps:

(01:15) Willa’s Dunkalatte tips

(04:55) Consume Me [Trigger Warning: discussion of eating disorders]  

(27:20) Baby Steps 

(44:27) Blippo+ 

(49:26) Willa’s early Hades II thoughts

(55:08) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. A Fragrant Flower Blooms In Dignity, Witch Hat Atelier)

Mentioned this week:

Coffee syrup differences

Robin on Consume Me

Zoe on Baby Steps

Gio on Baby Steps   

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This week we’re very tired and spend a long time talking about milk. I don’t know man. Then, Willa is apparently in the good part of Silksong and Robin talks about what she doesn’t like about Hades 2, a game that’s mostly good.

Time stamps:

(00:20) Coffee milk, Willa’s divorce, etc.

(05:30) So Willa’s been playing some more Silksong [Light Act 2 boss spoilers from 8:00-9:30]

(11:00) We should play Three Houses again

(12:30) A few more thoughts on Silksong

(17:40) This time Hades stars a girl

(37:45) Penguins

(39:40) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. FlyKnight, listening to the radio)

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Yes, we talk about Hollow Knight: Silksong in this episode, but first Robin and Willa have to salivate over the reveal that we are getting a new Fire Emblem game next year. 

Time stamps:

(00:20) Willa’s a tradwife

(02:54) Non-Fire Emblem Direct news

(14:00)  Us being crazy about new Fire Emblem

(25:28) Shaw! (the Silksong segment)

(53:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Taking My Dark Knight Girlfriend To The Corner Store, Secret Mall Apartment, Katabasis)

Mentioned this week:

Nintendo Direct summary

Noah Caldwell-Gervais on Souls inheritors

Nicole Carpenter’s review of The Last of Us Part 1 at Polygon

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Robin and Willa played some games this week, just not the same ones. First up is the detailed world of Artis Impact, followed by the sleek and simple mechanics of Öoo. They both rock! 

Timestamps:

(01:35) Worst Girl Mode episodes, ranked

(03:47) Artis Impact

(25:00) Öoo 

(37:34) A short Peak update (it is still cool)

(38:18) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Alien: Earth, Berlin by Bea Setton)

Mentioned this week:

Willa on Artis Impact

Why We Can't Stop Mapping Elden Ring by Renata Price

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This week, we watched Nintendo’s little showcase, which was fine. Then we both played Heartworm, a game that we like a lot, despite all the things we don’t like about it. Finally, Robin talks about some old lady shit and a new podcast, and Willa reads a good book.

Timestamps:

(01:06) A little Nintendo Direct

(03:25) Too cool for Americans

(04:45) Regarding mouth sounds

(06:05) The rest of Nintendo Indie World

(14:25) Heartworm

(37:50) Titan Quest II

(40:09) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Pure Colour, In Sequence, Queer Games Bundle 2025)

Mentioned this week:

Heartworm Is A Modern Take On Fatal Frame With Perfect Retro Aesthetics

Heartworm Grapples With the Trap of Nostalgia

Titan Quest II Takes All The Right Lessons From Its Classic Predecessor

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