Tanya is having a baby (maybe tonight?) so we prerecorded a "Why isn't Charles Martinet Mario anymore?" special in advance. We hope it tides you over until we're back on the mic proper again!

Also Jonathan was drawing a new comic for backers of the show on patreon but then he lost it! So he's redrawing it again! Tonight! Get ready for it!!!

And back the show here if you want! Thank you!!!

https://www.patreon.com/ttwav

Tanya and Jonathan prepare to take a break in the week before Tanya plans to give birth to a person. Guests Mergo and Elsa talk about the lack of heroic, playable moms in games, and what makes Final Fantasy endlessly compelling.

Trigger warning: This episode involves a brief discussion of topic of suicide, and a remembrance of someone who died from it.

Jonathan talks about himself and videogames on video with former TtWaV guest Christine.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha7RgwHst-0

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ttwav

Tanya and Jonathan talk about gaming as a safe space while meditating on Super Slide and the Bit.Trip series. Guests Sarah Carapace invites us into the disaster lesbian monster protagonist survival horror TTRPG Dungeon Bitches/Death Spiral, and sweet Rose longs for the nostalgic, subversive magic of Assassin's Creed.

Sarah Carapace: https://twitter.com/SarahCarapace

Rose: https://twitter.com/TogetherRose

It's Me or the Meatballs on Soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/d-booth-sanford/its-me-or-the-meatballs-feat-jonathan

Support the show on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/ttwav

Tanya and Jonathan talk about the new "NPC Streamer" trend exemplified by Cherry Crush TV and PinkyDoll, then review the joy and pain of playing Double Dragon Gaiden and Pikmin 4 co-op. Guest Spectra Wrestles gabs about how working on Metroid Prime video essays, content creation on Only Fans, and taking bumps in the wrestling ring feels more pure than doing gaming streams for money, and Alannah shares her experiences processing her grief through the power of Pikmin poetry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfm50RoGo5g

More From our guests:

Alannah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PrismosPickle

Spectra Wrestles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectraWrestles

Alannah's Book of Pikmin Poetry: https://theimpactsite.substack.com/p/new-zine-for-lovers-of-pikmin-and

Spectra Wrestles Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/spectra.wrestles

Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/ttwav

Tanya and and Jonathan talk about happy accidents like Link's surprise genitalia and the massive amount of money game streamers make. Guests Tina Barta Bridges (Road Rules, The Challenge) makes plans for a Road Rules VR game with Jonathan, and Casey talks about all the great Halloween in July game's she's celebrating with My Friendly Neighborhood, Dredge, Amnesia: The Bunker, Fishing Vacation, Aliens: Dark Decent, and more.

Time Codes:

Tina: https://twitter.com/TinaBarta

Casey: https://twitter.com/CaseyExplosion

Casey's talk on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RHURqYjFMQ

Daniel's Tina Tunes on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/d-booth-sanford/ttwav-tina-outro/s-XIBzFAGjp33?si=51ed31a5a8934d08838121a38f738cf8&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ttwav

Tanya and Jonathan talk about the morality of having sex with a person shaped like a bear in Balder's Gate 3, the horror of Skibidi, Bobby Kotick's inflated salary and deflating appearance in The White Party video, and review some G-Fuel flavors that taste like Pokemon Trainers, Spider-Man and Pewdiepie. Our guest Lynn talks about making it big on Tiktok with amazing gaming observations and Spongebob conversations, and Quinn talks about the magic, mystery and potential for Pikmin 4.

Time codes:

Bear Sex song by Daniel on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/d-booth-sanford/bear-sex-feat-jonathan-and-tanya

Lyn aka blpry: https://www.tiktok.com/@blpry?_t=8c1dFrgJudm&_r=1

Quinn: https://twitter.com/Q27

Support the show!

www.patreon.com/ttwav

Jonathan quizzes Tanya on how queer games are, and if every spiderman thing should look like Spider-verse. Chelora talks about doing drag Waluigi and the pros and cons of Nintendo's representation of marginalized groups, and Alexandra talks about the invisible art of games QA.

Time Codes:

Watch Chelora's interview on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaTsWyuNg2U

Chelora:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxpW6reJN6cQc-8oxPRIo8Q

https://twitter.com/Chel0ra

Alexandra:

https://alexvalentine.carrd.co/

https://twitter.com/Dex01

Support the show!

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Tanya and Jonathan talk about Whoopi Goldberg coming out as a Gamer™, Sonic and Prince of Persia's return to their 2D roots, and the rebirth of Cart Life: The Game About how Things Are Bad. Guests Zoey Handley talks about writing for Destructoid for about half a decade, and James Interactive talks about the Friday The 13th-inspired Screaming Savage Blood Death, working with Edmund McMillen, and RV Youtubers.

Time Codes:

Our Guests on Twitter:

Zoey: https://twitter.com/adzuken

James: https://twitter.com/jamesid

Daniel (our show's producer) on Soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/d-booth-sanford

Support the show on Patreon? https://www.patreon.com/ttwav

Tanya and Jonathan share impressions of the first few hours of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and sing out the apology for the Gollum game to the tune of It's So Easy Not To Try from The Return of the King animated film. Gretchen talks about how causal games are too hardcore for her, and Kim Spirit gushes about the Metal Gear Solid 3 remake and the multiple versions of Resident Evil 4 that eventually became other games.

This episode is dedicate to James Franklin Holmes, 1970-2023

Time Codes:

Kim Spirit on Twitter and Twitch:

https://twitter.com/Catie_V

https://www.twitch.tv/catie_v

Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/ttwav

0:00:00 - The Try It Liquid Diet
0:03:43 - Check Out the Video Versions of Our Interviews!
0:05:22 - Does Abstration Enhance or Diminish Emersion?
0:08:25 - BlairBears Interview: "VTuber for Charity"
0:30:38 - What's Jack Black Up To?
0:32:26 - Jonathan's Review of the Mario Movie
0:33:37 - Tenacious D's New Music Video
0:36:52 - Say Mistage Interview: "Talkin' Zak McKracken & LucasArts"
1:03:25 - Product Review: The Playdate
1:10:02 - The Hannibal Minute
1:12:27 - Game Review: Crankin's Time Travel Adventure
1:13:39 - Jonathan's New Nickname
1:14:10 - Wrap Up/Plugs
1:17:49 - Crank

Our guest interviews on YouTube:

BlairBears: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxmzgdlzQSM

Our guests on Twitter:

BlairBears: @Blairbears65

Say Mistage: @sayomgwtf #LucasArtsMonth

Crankin': The Song by Daniel: https://soundcloud.com/d-booth-sanford/crank-feat-jonathan-tanya

Support the show on Patreon! : www.patreon.com/ttwav