Get ready to jam with Girl Mode as Willa and Robin talk about the overnight success of Hi-Fi Rush and rhythm games throughout the years in this musical-themed episode.

Timestamps:

(00:20) Hi-Fi Rush shadow drops into our hearts

(22:08) New wave rhythm games

(31:10) Old-school rhythm

(35:36) What have Robin and Willa been up to this week?

Articles referenced:

Diego Arguello on rhythm games for TechRadar

Music: Street Food by FASSounds

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This week, Willa and Robin talk about two recent video game adaptations: one that's going away too soon and one that we just can't get away from. We also learned that Marvel's Avengers was apparently still a thing, and Willa breaks Robin's heart with breaking news.

(0:40) R.I.P. Marvel's Avengers

(3:40) The Last of Us is one of the television shows ever made

(41:30) Nier Automata Ver1.1a, with a special appearance by crushing disappointment

(1:08:40) What have Willa and Robin been doing this week?

Music: Street Food by FASSounds

Mentioned this week:

Willa on TLOU's trust issues and Bruce Straley getting screwed over

Willa again on Nier Automata Ver1.1a Episode 1 and Episode 2

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This week we are here to kick ass and romance video game women, and we are all out of ass to kick. With Persona 3 and Fire Emblem Engage now out we discuss the pros and cons of each series and how well each franchise enables our desire to smooch as many characters as possible.

Timestamps:

(00:15) Persona and Fire Emblem Engage

(36:44) What have Robin and Willa been up to this week?

Articles referenced:

Robin's review of Fire Emblem Engage

Willa on Persona 3 Portable remaster

Willa on Saori from Persona 3 Portable

Music: Street Food by FASSounds

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We're kicking off 2023 by meandering through a few completely disparate topics, including Wizards of the Coast's busy week of pissing people off. Willa is the Elden Lord, Robin is previewing Fire Emblem Engage, and we're both confused about Blaseball. Somehow, we find another way to talk about Signalis.

Timestamps:

(1:00) Ranni and Millicent appreciation hour

(15:35) WotC makes a bunch of wild decisions

(24:20) Blaseball, our national plastime

(31:20) The first few hours of Fire Emblem Engage

(38:45) Signalis physical edition

(43:05) What have Willa and Robin been up to this week?

Music: Street Food by FASSounds

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New year, same Girl Mode nonsense. To ring in 2023, we talk about the games (big and small) that we can't wait to play in the coming year as well as some more nebulous "gamer resolutions" that Willa and Robin will surely regret committing to come December 2023.

Timestamps:

(00:07) Intro

(00:57) Girl Mode's most anticipated games of 2023

(30:15) New Year's gamer resolutions

(41:00) What else have Robin and Willa been up to?

Things referenced:

Robin's interview with the creative director of Demonschool

Music: Order by ComaStudio

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It's Final Fantasy's 35th anniversary this month! For the final Girl Mode episode of 2022, we talk about our history with the series, fret about its future, and discuss why FFXIV is peak Final Fantasy, all while Robin struggles to remember a single character other than Freya.

Music: Order by ComaStudio

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Gaming's biggest night is here. That's right, it's time for the Girlies!!! Robin and Willa do something no one else has thought of and hold an award show for the best (and not-so-best) games of the year. Who will take home the coveted award of Game of the Year? Listen and find out!

Timestamps:

00:15 The Girlies, gaming's biggest night

52:50 What have Willa and Robin been up to?

Music: Order by ComaStudio

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It's a Girl Mode double feature! This week, Willa and Robin swap some of their favorite games of 2022, with unexpected results. We talk about what worked and didn't work for us in Sephonie and Signalis, a pair of games that couldn't look more different but are full of surprising parallels.

Then, it's the moment you've all been waiting for: Willa's festive jam tier list.

Timestamps:

00:30 Intro

03:20 Sephonie

36:00 Signalis

54:20 Major Signalis spoilers

1:28:20 What have Willa and Robin been up to this week?

Music: Order by ComaStudio

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Having trouble tackling your backlog? Just remember that death comes for us all! Girl Mode gives you more helpful tips like this to deal with the constant influx of games and the struggle of how we ever beat any of them (like that will happen). Then it's the fun things we've been up to and a special musical ending.

Timestamps:

(0:17) Contemplating backlogs and our own mortality. 

(40:50) What have Robin and Willa been up to this week?

(44:23) Special musical surprise!

Intro music: Order by ComaStudio

Outro music: Fever Dream by The Dracu-Las

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