We’re going to start you off in school before we head to the stars! First up, Shujin Academy in busy Tokyo, where star volleyball player Shiho Suzui and fashion model by day, Phantom Thief by night Ann Takamaki maintain a friendship despite increasingly divergent worlds. Then we’re off to the Mario Galaxy, if that’s what …
Should I have said Uruks? I am still… like, it just means “orc.” But it’s the official term, so maybe it’s a Don Juan? It’s probably a Don Juan. But it’s so duuuuumb I don’t waaaaanna. We start off by tackling the Kid and Zulf from Bastion, which is really just Zulf and the player …
Dear Trans Friends, It’s been a long week, huh? We spent most of Monday and Tuesday on pins and needles, hoping beyond hope that the latest Republican plan to break our health care would bleed out on the floor (it didn’t). This morning, Trump saw an opportunity to sink the knife deeper and attack …
Y’know, some people are just an open book. This metaphor for Sirrus and Achenar of Myst is ill-conceived because part of the game’s plot is figuring out their true motives, and also the books that imprison them are literally closed, for real. Hmmm. Well, maybe I’ll come up with a better metaphor for the Squid …
My last report for Snackline Media culminated with the most miserable breakfast item I’ve ever had the displeasure of tasting: a Pop-Tart filled with coffee-flavored goop, perfectly engineered to spread its chemical taste across your whole mouth in seconds. I yelped and threw the remainder in the trash, certain that I was done with these …
Welcome to the future, folks. Jen and Colin are ducking into VA-11 Hall-A for a quick drink and a look at the relationship between two of the bar’s regulars, Stella Hoshi and Sei Asagiri. Then it’s off to Big Shell to watch the fumbling rookie Raiden learn from Solid Snake- some lessons good, some less …
From bummer to BUMMER. This week, we start with Joel & Ellie from The Last of Us, a pair of apocalypse survivors whose relationship is as troubled as it is troubling. After that, we move on to Jaina Proudmoore & Thrall from the Warcraft series: a relationship notable not so much for its amazing writing, …
It’s our first guest episode! Regular cohosts Jen and Colin are joined by Nick Seese, cohost of the Dota 2 podcast Bottle Crow Reborn! Together, the three of them tackle the complicated relationship between Booker DeWitt and Elizabeth of BioShock Infinite and its story DLC, Burial at Sea. What happens when you mix an ex-Pinkerton …
Welcome to our new podcast, Friend Request! Our goal with this show is to talk about the relationships between characters in games, both fair and foul. A pair of great video game buds, a digital mother and daughter with interesting history, or even two characters who drive us crazy when they’re on screen. We open …