Emmi & Annie play two games with very different styles. Emmi was disturbed by Mouthwashing's body horror; Annie was disturbed by Europa's cuteness. These problems are the same. TW for discussion of sexual assault. Maddie Myers on motion sickness in Indiana Jones Mouthwashing playthrough Annie referenced Gene Park interview with writer of Mouthwashi…

Emmi and Annie play Death of the Reprobate. Content warnings for: Hieronymus Bosch, tomfoolery, bird violence. --- BBC article about 2011 23-day PSN outage Polygon article about PSN outage Emmi wants this Infinity Nikki outfit and she’s stressed about it. This is the pizza box Playdate case that Annie has. Upcoming games: Ale Abbey (Feb 18 - Early …

Annie has personal news. Emmi makes an inaccurate Nintendo prediction. And they discuss Drova, which Emmi quit after a shift while Annie put in a 40-hour work week. --- An important note about timing/content: we recorded this shortly after the 2024 election and spent some time up top discussing how we were handling it. We hope we don't sound in any…

Emmi and Annie play Potion Permit, and discuss the tradition of bad mayorship in video game towns. Upcoming games mentioned (now out): Totally Spies! - Cyber Mission Dragon Age: The Veilguard Europa Drova: Forsaken Kin Prim Intro/Outro music: Bit Forest Intro music by Bertsz -- https://freesound.org/s/545457/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Follow u…

In which Emmi & Annie introduce themselves, and talk about why they like video games so much. Special guest in the subtext: guilt around lack of productivity brought on by the American-Protestant work ethic. Show notes: Here’s a decent overview of explicit vs implicit memory Joint-media engagement paper Emmi was drawing from: Takeuchi, L., & Steven…

An intro to the intro.Di Emmi & Annie