Tanya and Jonathan talk about the VGA's total failure to talk about how real life atrocities in Palestine, and games about the real life Holocaust like A Night in the Darkness, matter to games and everything else. Guests Esther and Omar talk about making the Games of Gaza bundle and developing games under to shadow of forced displacement and constant threat, and Elly chats about Air Twister, GTA6, and her sexual Twitter timeline.
0:00:00 - Moments in the Dark
0:03:01 - The Past, Present, and Future of Videogames
0:05:59 - Dealing with Trauma through Game Development with Esther and Omar
0:32:15 - How Do You Talk about Videogames when Palestine is Getting Bombed?
0:34:24 - Putting Your Hands Up In the Air with Elly
1:01:35 - Top Games of 2023 That Came Out in 2018
1:05:16 - 2024, The Year of Charlie
1:06:53 - Wrap Up/Plugs
1:10:24 - Suck That Yuck

Omar (Arcane Whiskers): https://twitter.com/QuasarVoid

Esther: https://twitter.com/dungeonminister

Elly: https://twitter.com/OaklandKao

Check out Omar's games here:

https://arcane-whiskers.itch.io/

Check out Esther's games here: https://oakgrovegames.itch.io/

Tanya and Jonathan talk about what it takes to keep true to your core while expanding your audience, using Dectective Pikachu, Pokemon Go, and Molly Mooon's Excuse Me, Sir as examples of Do's and Don'ts. Guest Melissa chats about the pros and cons of a Zelda live action movie, and Christina tells all about the joys and pains of being one of the best pixel artists in the world, currently working on Minecraft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEb4-OfHddA

Our Guests on Twitter:

Melissa: https://twitter.com/FGD135

Christina: https://twitter.com/Castpixel

Jonathan's Guest Spot on Fun and "Games" Sidequest Podcast Talking about Zak McKracken:

https://funandgames.libsyn.com/side-quests-episode-266-zak-mckracken-and-the-alien-mindbenders-with-jonathan-holmes

Support the show here!

https://www.patreon.com/ttwav

Tanya and Jonathan banter about spicy nuts, the fall of Silent Hill Ascension, and the simple joy's of Yu Suzuki's Air Twister. Guest Johanna tells all about Typecast, her amazing new game typing and shooting game, and Siobhán talks about getting dogged for hating on Stray.

Follow our guests on TWITTER here:

Johanna: https://twitter.com/JoVGHanna

Check out the Games For Gaza bundle here:

https://itch.io/b/2120/games-for-gaza

Support the show on Patreon and get a CD of music from the show here!

https://www.patreon.com/ttwav

Tanya and Jonathan talk about Spider-Man 2 Vs. Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Alan Wake's foray into Fortnite. Guest Dr. Dejean waxes poetic about the confluence of cinema, games and technology, and Mina psyches us for a discussion of the history of copywrite infringement in games and elsewhere.

Our guests on Twitter:

Dr. Dejean: https://twitter.com/JeanChose

Mina: https://twitter.com/RiverMets

Circuit Court Entertainment Podcast: https://twitter.com/CCEPod

Tanya is back from her birthing break to talk to Jonathan about the mass layoffs in the game industry, and the strange anger towards the Minecraft Live 2023 mob vote. Guests Lyn and Elly talk about their struggles with predatory gaming, Unity's new policies, and loving titles that fit in the space between AAA and indie.

Lyn: https://twitter.com/Lyn_AKA_blpry

Elly: https://twitter.com/OaklandKao

No More Herpes Shirt here: https://www.bonfire.com/no-more-herpes/?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=post_campaign_launch&utm_campaign=no-more-herpes&utm_content=default

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

Dedicated to Rani Baker: https://linktr.ee/destroyed4com4t

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:

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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