Hey, daddios! Tab’s back to discuss fatherhood in games. We chat about the roles fathers play in many games, how they’re portrayed, the ways in which loss and absence motivate and define them, and (most importantly) which Dream Daddy did we date first? We also touch on Valve’s Steam Deck, the uproar over a recent Kotaku headline, Skull and Bones going into alpha, and what we’ve been playing.

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00:03:09: Valve reveals the Steam Deck, which Tab swiftly pre-ordered

00:18:40: Discourse erupts over a snarky, harsh Kotaku headline

00:30:13: Ubisoft finally moves Skull and Bones to alpha

00:33:11: Joey’s been playing Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! and coding many, many screenshots of Persona 5 Royal, while Tab has been dabbling with House Flipper and the Power Washer expansion

00:43:10: Video game dads. What role do they serve in narratives? How are they portrayed? What are some interesting examples of dads in games?

00:45:15: Woof woof!

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