This week, we remember the halcyon days of when we cared about Final Fantasy 14, experience what it’s like to watch a gaming awards show that doesn’t make you want to claw your own eyes out, and discover that every once in a while a lesbian with a sword isn’t enough to make your game good.

Timestamps:

(00:15) It’s all great over here

(01:45) Remember when we cared about Final Fantasy 14?

(07:40) The IGF Awards

(21:15) No Games for Genocide

(24:55) 1348 Ex Voto

(56:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. getting a camera, Dragon's Dogma Online)

Mentioned this week:

FFXIV Live Letter

IGF Awards

Indie deckbuilder All Will Rise's dev joins No Games For Genocide boycott and plans to hand back funding it received from Microsoft

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Just because we haven't played Resident Evil: Requiem doesn't mean we can' talk about the discourse surrounding it and the franchise's odd position of rewriting vs reckoning with its past. Also: Silksong and Willa educating Robin on the Tom Cruise cake.

Timestamps:

(00:26) Daylight saving time kicks our ass (and then a weird rabbit hole of tangents)

(05:56) Resident Evil… Requiem… discourse (lightest of spoilers throughout)

(38:09) Resident Evil 2 Remake

(45:35) Robin finally likes Silksong

(56:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. getting a camera, Dragon's Dogma Online)

Mentioned this week:

Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster on Resident Evil: Requiem

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We talk about Marathon and the state of live-service titles in this one, and we could not have predicted Highguard would announce its shutdown between recording and release. Then it's to the Spencer Mansion for Willa and to Next Fest for Robin.

Timestamps:

(00:18) Resident… Evil?

(01:24) Marathon

(15:14) Resident… Evil!

(25:40) Robin's selected Next Fest picks

(36:07) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Bridgerton season 4, putting yourself out there and making friends)

(37:00) Bridgerton spoilers start

(38:35) Bridgerton spoilers end

Mentioned this week:

Kaile Hultner on Marathon

SNL Iran cold open

Dotzip on Next Fest

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