This week we talk with Jo Gautier, Art Director at Thunder Lotus Games about their new game Spiritfarer (2020), a cozy management game about dying. We talk about hugging mechanics, consent, working from home and more in this amazing conversation.

What We're Playing:
Spiritfarer
Garden Story
A Short Hike
FFXIV
Marvel Avengers*
Dying Light
Journey to the Savage Planet
Fall Guys
Dungeons and Dragons

What We're Reading:
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Intersectional Tech by Kishonna L. Gray
Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee
Shadow of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee

What We're Drinking:
Coffee
Ace Pineapple Cider
Cabernet
Water

This week we talk with Dr. Amanda Phillips (Georgetown University), author of Gamer Trouble: Feminist Confrontations in Digital Culture about games, feminism, and getting in trouble.

What We're Playing:
Overcooked 2
AC Odyssey
Binding of Isaac
Ooblets
Story of Seasons
Grounded
FFXIV
The Sims 4
Infliction
Man of Medan
Until Dawn
Ghost of Tsushima
Blackout Club
Hunt: Showdown
We Were Here Together

What We're Reading:
Gamer Trouble, of course!

What We're Drinking:
Homemade Pineapple Shandy
Ciderboys Limencello
Brewery Vivant's Tropical Saison
Barefoot Cab

This week Sam and Jordyn talk about larger vs smaller game experiences and the future of "next gen" gaming.

What We're Playing:
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (Remake)
Ooblets (Early Access)
Diablo III
Overcooked 2
Minecraft Dungeons
Borderlands 3
FFXIV

What We're Reading:
We're ashamed to admit it

What We're Drinking:
Coke Energy and Jack Daniels
Barefoot Sangria

This week we have an impromptu conversation about sexual harassment, Black Lives Matter, and shake ups in the game industry. And it all started with Sam's new Twitch cup.

What We're Playing
FFXIV
Goosebumps: Dead of Night,
Desperados III
Warzone
Dynasty Warriors 8
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Mafia

What We're Reading
An Ember in the Ashes
Ash Princess Series
Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
A Ballad of Snakes and Songbirds
7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Everless
Rise of Kyoshi

What We're Drinking
Sneaky Sneaky
Moscato
Blue Moon

This week we Jordyn and Sam talk about their short lists of the games slated for summer release that they are most looking for. There are some surprises along the way.

What We're Playing:
Breath of the Wild
Life is Strange 2
FFXIV
Animal Crossing
Call of Duty: Warzone
Golf With Your Friends
Island Saver
Moving Out

What We're Reading:
Ash Princess Series
Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

What We're Drinking:
Sangria and Sparkling Water
Guiness
Space Dust IPA

This week we talk about social games in the time of social distancing. Want to know what you can play with your friends and family? This is the episode to check out. Resources below!

What We're Playing:
MGS V,
Hearthstone,
Pandemic Season 2,
Islanders
Animal Crossing,
Later Daters,
FFXIV,
FFVII
Jackbox
Welcome to Your Perfect Place/Home
FFVII
Codenames
Animal Crossing
Scattegories
Pictionary
Tabletop Simulator

What We're Reading:
Ash Princess Series
Slay
Robin McKinley's Deerskin
Robin McKinley's Chalice

What We're Drinking:
New Belgium Mural and an old fashioned
cherry rum and cherry coke
Sangria

Online Gaming Resources:
Links online at http://www.nymgamer.com/?p=18201

This week we talk about gaming in the age of social distancing. We talk about playing Kind Words (Popcannibal 2019) and gaming in general in the time of social distancing.

*Shout out to the background noise at the very beginning. We’re also dealing with podcasting in the age of social distancing/isolation

What We’re Playing:
Stardew Valley
Animal Crossing
Kind Words
Hearthstone
State of Decay 2
Words with Friends
Final Fantasy XIV
Shop Titans

What We’re Reading:
Ash Princess series
webtoons
Homeschooling resources

What We’re Drinking:
France Cabernet
sparkling moscato
Vandermill Vandy

This week Sam and Jordyn talk about microtransactions. What we like, what we don’t like, and whether or not they’re a necessary evil! Also Jordyn shares super exciting news.

What We’re Playing:

Death Squared
Stardew Valley
Penguin Isle
The Snack World: A Dungeon Crawl
Bless Unleashed*
The Division 2
State of Decay 2
Final Fantasy XIV (Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light series on Netflix)
What We’re Reading:

Saw Bones podcast
Slay by Brittney Morris
What We’re Drinking:

Peet’s coffee with Mexican coffee liqueur
Way too much friggin’ Nitro Cold Brew
* Sam received stream codes for these games, but as always her opinions are her own and not influenced by the receipt of the code.

This week Sam, Alisha, and Jordyn tackle the topic of walkthroughs. Do we use them? When, why, and what kind? As always we have some very strong opinions.

What We're Playing:

Untitled Goose Game
Cat Lady
Surviving the Aftermath
Final Fantasy XIV
Temtem
Journey to the Savage Planet
Shop Titans
Breath of the Wild
Big Book of Madness
Hearthlands
What We're Reading:

The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Slay by Brittany Morris
Five Dark Fates
What We're Drinking:

Spiced Rum and Dr. Pepper
Vandermill Vandy
J&B on the rocks

This week Sam, Alisha, and Jordyn talk about their top 10 games of the decade. Check out what we have to say about what made the cut and why.

What We're Playing:

Octopath Traveler
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
The Stretchers
Mario and Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Life is Strange 2
Finished Jedi: Fallen Order
Imhotep
Cat Lady
Codenames Duet
Little Dragons Cafe
Romancing Saga 3
Hearthlands
What We're Reading:

The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Midnight Son by James Dommek Jr
What We're Drinking:

White Zinfandel, Water, Half shot of Coconut Rum
Coffee and Gumballhead
Mountain Dew Kickstart and Vandermill Totally Roasted




Our Lists:

Alisha:

Fallout: New Vegas
State of Decay Dishonored
Breath of the Wild
Slay the Spire
MGSV
Life Is Strange
Bloodborne
Pokemon Go
Pandemic Legacy


Honorable Mention
Firewatch
PT
Until Dawn
Stardew Valley


Things I should have played but didn’t:
Brothers
Outer Wilds
Papers, Please
Jordyn:

Minecraft
Until Dawn
Forgotton Anne
Assassins Creed: Brotherhood
Night in the Woods
Legend of Zelda: BoTW
Life is Strange
Divinity Original Sin 2
Mass Effect 2
Overcooked
Honorable mention:
Jedi: Fallen Order
Dead by Daylight
Sam:

Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Bastion
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Mass Effect 3
Diablo 3
Mafia III
Stardew Valley
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Dream Daddy
Black Ops 4/The Division 2

Honorable Mentions
State of Decay
Minecraft (2009)