Novel Gaming!

By Novel Gaming Podcast

Novel Gaming is a twice-monthly podcast where long-time friends Vicki, Doug, and Katie talk about video games, books, and pop culture with a spattering of current events or anything else they just can... more

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The podcast currently has 139 episodes available.

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March 03, 2022#38 — Video Game Betrayals
Looking to get your fix of backstabs, twists, and betrayals in the video game sphere? Join Vicki, Doug, and Katie as they review their ultimate betrayal moments in video games. Spoilers abound!
Reading:
Intimacies, Katie Kitamura

Six Crimson Cranes, Elizabeth Lim
Watching:
Dollface

Game Changer

The Woman Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (Netflix)

Abbot Elementary

Love is Blind
Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod
Send us an e-mail: [email protected]
Logo by: Katie!
Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

SPOILED GAMES BELOW
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God of War
Far Cry 5
Uncharted
Assassins Creed
Last of Us
Spider-Man
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise
It Takes Two
...more
1h 10min
February 17, 2022#37 — Book Club: 'Brown Girl in the Ring' by Nalo Hopkinson
Does a dystopian future-Toronto infused with spirits and gods sound like your jam? Then we have the book pick for you! Join us as we talk about the 1998 novel 'Brown Girl in the Ring' by Nalo Hopkinson. Spoiler filled conversation starts around 27:49. Before that, we check in on what we've been watching and playing lately.

Playing:
Tiny Lands (Switch)

The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest (PS3)

Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Switch)

Watching:
Celebrity Big Brother (CBS)

The Woman Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (Netflix)

Grey's Anatomy (Hulu)

Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod
Send us an e-mail: [email protected]
Logo by: Katie!
Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux
...more
1h 7min
February 03, 2022 #36 — Writing Video Game Haiku!
We wrote some poems / But don't worry, they are short / Video game haiku. That's write! We each took a swing at crafting haiku about some of our favorite games then guessed each other's games. We even wrote some haiku together on the spot! But of course, before we get into any of that, we catch up on everything we've been reading, watching, and thinking about.
Reading:
'The Echo Wife' by Sarah Gailey
'Brown Girl in the Ring' by Nalo Hopkinson
'Light of the Jedi' by Charles Soule
'A Test of Courage' by Justina Ireland
'Into the Dark' by Claudia Gray
Watching:
Abbott Elementary (ABC/Hulu)
Money Heist (Netflix)
Eternals (Disney+)
Raya and the Last Dragon (Disney+)
Encanto (Disney+)
Thinking about:
Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Switch)
Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod
Send us an e-mail: [email protected]
Logo by: Katie!
Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux
...more
1h 5min
January 20, 2022#35 — Book Club: 'All Systems Red' by Martha Wells
Does the word "Murderbot" mean anything to you? Hopefully it will after listening to us talk about 'All Systems Red' by Martha Wells, the first entry in the Murderbot Diaries series! Before we do that (starts around 28:45), we catch each other up on what we've been playing and watching lately.

Playing:
Breath of the Wild (Switch)

It Takes Two (PS4)

Okami (PS4)

Watching:
Grey's Anatomy (Hulu)

Queer Eye (Netflix)

Home (2019) (HBO Max)

Firefly (Hulu)

Thinking About
Wordle

Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod
Send us an e-mail: [email protected]
Logo by: Katie!
Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux
...more
1h 4min
January 06, 2022 #34 — Trophy Earned? Our 2021 Goals Recap!
Goodbye, 2021! And hello, 2022! For our first episode of the year, we review our goals from 2021 and determine whether or not we earned trophies for their completion. Before that, of course, we chat about what we're reading, watching and playing.

Reading:
• 'Katamari Damacy' (Boss Fight Books) by LE Hall
• 'My Name's Yours, What's Alaska?' by Alaska Thunderfuck
• 'Heartstopper' by Alice Oseman

Watching:
• Emily in Paris, S2 (Netflix)
• And Just Like That... (HBO Max)
• Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Hawkeye (Disney+)
• Encanto (Disney+)
Playing:
• Fortnite, Chapter 3
Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod
Send us an e-mail: [email protected]
Logo by: Katie!
Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux
...more
1h 14min
December 16, 2021#33 — Book Club: 'Remote Control' by Nnedi Okorafor
Our last book club of 2021! And we're ending with a (glowing, green) bang and talking about Nnedi Okorafor's Remote Control. If you'd like to jump right to our discussion, you can go to about 27:40. Before then, listen in on what we've been playing and watching these last few weeks.

Playing:
Last of Us Part II (PS4)

Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Switch)

Hidden Folks (Mobile)

Kena: Bridge of Spirits (PS5)

Pikmin Bloom (Mobile)

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond (Switch)

Watching:
Pen15 (Huli)

Grey's Anatomy (Hulu)

Great Christmas Bake Off (Netflix)

Dragula (Shudder)

Queen of the Universe (Paramount+)

The Story of "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton (Youtube)

White Chicks (2004 Film)

Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod
Send us an e-mail: [email protected]
Logo by: Katie!
Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux
...more
1h 17min
December 02, 2021 #32 — Our 2021 Year in Review!
We're rapidly approaching the end of 2021! Hot diggity! What better way to close out the year than by talking about the best stuff we played, read, watched, listened to, and followed! But as always, before we dive in, we check in on all the media we've consumed the past couple weeks.
Reading:
'Cruelty' by Roald Dahl
'Remote Control' by Nnedi Okorafor
'Halo: The Fall of Reach' by Eric Nylund
Watching:
Adventure Time (Cartoon Network, HBO Max)
Britain's Best Home Cook (BBC One, Hulu)
North of the Border (YouTube)
Thinking About:
Activision Blizzard and Bobby Kotick
Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod
Send us an e-mail: [email protected]
Logo by: Katie!
Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux
...more
1h 15min
November 18, 2021#31 — Book Club: 'A Psalm for the Wild-Built' by Becky Chambers
Get yourself a nice cup of tea and settle in (maybe out in nature with your robot companion) and join us as we explore 'A Psalm for the Wild-Built' by Becky Chambers! We'll start discussing this kind and questioning book around 25:50. Before that, we check in on what we've been playing and watching.

Playing:
Last of Us Part II (PS4)

Hey! Pikmin, Lego Harry Potter (3DS), Trauma Center (DS)

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Switch)

Animal Crossing 2.0 Update and Happy Home Paradise (Switch)

Mass Effect 3 (PS4)

Outer Wilds (PS4)

Watching:
Private Practice (Netflix)

Locke & Key (Netflix)

Adventure Time (HBO Max)

Great British Bake Off (Netflix)

Bob's Burgers (Hulu)

Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod
Send us an e-mail: [email protected]
Logo by: Katie!
Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux
...more
1h 7min
November 04, 2021 #30 — 20 Questions: Video Game Characters!
Is it a podcast? Yes. Are there three hosts? Yes. Are they playing a game? Yes! It's game time! We're playing 20 Questions, and the answers are all video game characters. Be sure to stick around until the very end, because it is a DOOZY. But of course, before we get into any of that, we catch up on everything we've been reading, listening to, watching, and thinking about.
Reading:
'Darius the Great Is Not Okay' by Adib Khorram
'Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants' by Robin Wall Kimmerer
'The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier' by Ian Urbina
'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' by Suzanne Collins
Listening to:
Forest 404 (BBC Radio)
Watching:
You S3 (Netflix)
LEGO Masters S2 (FOX, Hulu)
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula S4 (Shudder)
Thinking about:
PlayStation State of Play 10/27 & Bugsnax DLC
Pikmin Bloom
Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod
Send us an e-mail: [email protected]
Logo by: Katie!
Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux
...more
1h 1min
October 21, 2021#29 — Book Club: ‘The Three-Body Problem’ by Liu Cixin
Get ready to talk a little bit about aliens and a whole lot about science! Liu Cixin's Three-Body Problem (the first in the trilogy) provides the fodder for our October book discussion. Before the sophons mess with our minds (starting around 31:55), we check in on what we've been playing, watching, and thinking about.
Playing:
Pokemon Blue (3DS)

Nickelodeon All-Stars Brawl (Switch)

Boyfriend Dungeon (Switch)

Last of Us Part II (PS4)

Streets of Rage 4 Anniversary Edition (Switch)

Watching:
Squid Game (Netflix)

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo Direct (YouTube)

Maid (Netflix)

Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod
Send us an e-mail: [email protected]
Logo by: Katie!
Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux
...more
1h 16min

FAQs about Novel Gaming!:

How many episodes does Novel Gaming! have?

The podcast currently has 139 episodes available.