It’s the Girlies! You know the drill. If you don’t, just listen and you’ll get it. It’s like an awards show but better.Thanks for listening this year!Timestamps:(00:15) The Girlies!(51:30) Spoilers for Carimara and Old Skies(54:25) Spoilers end(1:22:00) Spoilers for Carimara and Silent Hill f(1:24:20) Spoilers end(1:37:25) GOTY discussion(1:43:30) Thematic spoilers for our pick(1:48:30) Major story spoilers for our pickMentioned this week:Neil Newbon being correct about generative AIJennifer English being incredible at the Golden JoysticksAdditional music this episode:Take me out to the ball game from Trombone ChampBaby Steps background musicEra Calling from Angeline EraNina Pasadena from Skin Deep I’m A Bitch, My Name’s Robert from DispatchI Am Gonna Claw (Out Your Eyes then Drown You to Death) from Hades 2 Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links.

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We got more OTYs in here than you could ever possibly imagine.THINGS MENTIONED: 00:00 Opening and Gift giving14:34 Nathaniel's long-awaited tierlist24:36 Tierlists from Discord37:56 Giveaway!!39:02 Time for the OTYs starting with... GOTY45:57 GOTOY57:12 MOTY01:06:15 MOTOY01:16:47 AOTY/AOTOY01:31:01 BOTY01:34:20 POTY01:47:31 PSOTY01:52:37 PSTOTY01:55:24 FOTY02:05:08 ClosingTori's on bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠toridp98⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nathaniel's onlineNoah's onlineOur show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TheWorstGarbage.online⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our intro/outro music are by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GEIST⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and our show art is by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@tristemegistus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Press_StartPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, on tumblr at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠press-startpod.tumblr.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and on bluesky ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@press-startpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Email us what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs, people we should have on the show and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.

Hey Podtimists,This week it's game of the year again!! You know what this is so we'll spare you the details but a quick thank you to everyone who has made this year what it was. We both deeply appreciate you checking in from week to week and allowing us to continue talking about these freaking video games. Enjoy this episode and we'll see you in the new year!---(0:00) - Intro(2:01) - How do we do GOTY?(3:38) - Was there a theme to 2025?(7:22) - Chase's #10(16:14) - David's #10(23:54) - Chase's #9(29:10) - David's #9(37:27) - Chase's #8(42:20) - David's #8(50:06) - Chase's #7(57:56) - David's #7(1:01:59) - Chase's #6(1:09:37) - David's #6(1:14:27) - Chase's #5(1:20:56) - David's #5(1:25:09) - Chase's #4(1:33:33) - David's #4(1:40:37) - Chase's #3(1:46:50) - David's #3(1:55:24) - Chase's #2(2:03:20) - David's #2(2:13:46) - David's Honorable Mentions(2:17:35) - Chase's Honorable Mentions(2:20:41) - Chase's GOTOYs(2:27:09) - Chase's Game of the Year(2:35:00) - David's Game of the Year(2:50:49) - Outro---Careful, the games mentioned list spoils what we talked about, so if you don't want any spoilers then don't keep scrolling!Games mentioned: Silent Hill fDonkey Kong BananzaBall X PitAmbrosia SkyMonster Train 2Blue PrinceHades 2Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter RemakeMany Nights a WhisperSilksongMario Kart WorldCat Quest 2 & 31000xRESISTIndiana Jones and the Great CircleClair Obscure Expedition 33Ninja Gaiden Black 2Gris

In this special holiday episode, the panelists take a journey through the comics of Christmas past, present, and future. We recap our favorite reads of the year, talk about some great comics from the Shortbox Comics Fair, and pick some exciting new reads for the new year.Happy holidays!Further Reading/Viewing:Hello Sunshine by Keezy YoungBlack Blood by Hayate KukuShip of Theseus by Toshiya HigashimotoFlying Saucer Video by Cam MarshallJaye Fabel on itchIan T Bisbal’s shopSPOILERS FOR THE EPISODEVVVVVVVVVShortbox Comics Fair Reads:Exo by Jaye FabelSpaghetti Western by Ian T BisbalDead Horses by Freya JNDream Loop by InkpangurShort reads:Absolute Wonder Woman Vol 1 - JillianBlade Maidens - RobinKOH-BOKU - ScoutBatman: Wayne Family Adventures - MattLong reads:Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - JillianYokohama Kaidashi Kikou - RobinFullmetal Alchemist - ScoutBlue Period vol 1-6 - MattA comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr.This week’s panelists can be found at:MattScoutRobinJillianEditing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

It’s the annual Girl Mode Game Exchange, the episode where we force each other to play one of our favorite games of the year, under penalty of death. This year, we chose Wanderstop and Baby Steps, two games about the struggle to find self-worth that take two very different paths to get there. Only one is obsessed with making you look at donkey dicks, for instance. This year, we were both pretty surprised by our reactions to our games and we didn’t even get furious with each other once, which I think is a first for one of these episodes!!Spoilers for all of Wanderstop and Baby Steps!Timestamps:(00:10) The Great Girl Mode Game Exchange, aka, what we’re doing this week(03:00) Wanderstop(1:06:00) Excerpt from “The Everything” by C418 on the Wanderstop OST(1:06:30) Baby Steps(2:19:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. a very fucked up situation at Critical Reflex, letting Zoe cut your hair, Pluribus)Mentioned this week:Robin’s Wanderstop reviewNicole Carpenter’s Wanderstop reviewGio Colantonio’s Baby Steps reviewWalter Chaw on Avatar (I can’t remember if our mention of this made the final cut but it’s too late to go back and check and it’s really good either way)I worked at the creepiest publisher in indie games (CRITICAL REFLEX)Support us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links.

Skystripe: This is now a WarriorClan stan podcast.Sparrowheart: Join us next time as we pivot away from The Broken Code and instead focus on developing our six-book WarriorClan spinoff series.A show about Warrior Cats, hosted by Scout Wilkinson and Jillian Zaski, edited and produced by AJ Fillari.Find other great shows on the network at The Worst Garbage.Find us on the internet:https://twitter.com/PawsandClausehttps://pawsclausepod.tumblr.com/https://bsky.app/profile/pawsandclause.bsky.socialhttps://discord.gg/X9TVwKhXvQFind Scout’s work here: https://ko-fi.com/humblegoathttps://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/Find Jill’s work here:https://ko-fi.com/plot_twistshttps://plottwists.carrd.co/ Find AJ’s work here:https://ko-fi.com/ajfillari https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social Find PMVs, AMVs, MAPs and meme vids mentioned in this and other episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZAZk6e0nL3Buz1H_EGbRhXQ9m63lN78G

This week, Brendon, Federico, and John pick their top handheld consoles of 2025. Also available on YouTube . Links and Show Notes The 2025 Handhelds of the Year Awards The Contenders: Subscribe to NPC XL NPC XL is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5/month. Each week on NPC XL, Federico, Brendon, and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the “regular” NPC episodes. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/c/NextPortableConsole Leave Feedback for John, Federico, and Brendon Credits Show Art: Music: Follow Us Online On the Web Follow us on Mastodon Follow us on Bluesky

Surprise! Kim and AJ sat down and discussed their games of the year in the context of the themes that jumped out to them! What will be crowned Theme of the Year by the end of it?? Only one way to find out!---Discussed in the episode (🚨Spoilers for games and themes, but no spoilers for the TOTY winner🚨):Themes of the year spreadsheetExercising Power and Control in the Face of Hegemonyof the DevilMichel Foucault and the panopticism theory of disciplinary power on WikipediaQ-UpLeilaFACEMINEROccludeFaustian bargain on BritannicaThe Dark Queen of MortholmeÖooCentumDEAD LETTER DEPTKnown MysteriesFear and The MindEclipsiumThe Children of ClayWithout a DawnPhoenix SpringsInterstate 35Life's Weird, Huh?EclipsiumCentumMini Mini Golf GolfOcclude (or not)Strange JigsawsUnfair FlipsQ-UpA Pizza Delivery***Why Do We Puzzle?Strange JigsawsThe Worst Puzzle of All-Time | Design Delve on YouTubeYour HouseOccludeLeilaIs This Seat TakenDark Queen of MortholmeÖoo(and Bubumbu)Work is TerrifyingConstanceDEAD LETTER DEPTChildren of ClayQualiaFACEMINERThe Dark Queen of MortholmeQ-UpA Pizza Deilvery(and Easy Delivery Co.)Environment's FuckedKnown MysteriesFACEMINERCentumMini Mini Golf GolfArtificial? Intelligence??? (slash Technology)FACEMINERQualiaMaking Kin with the Machines by Jason Edward Lewis, Noelani Arista, Archer Pechawis, and Suzanne Kite for Journal of Design and Science Mini Mini Golf Golf CentumQ-UpPhoenix SpringsChatGPT made me delusional by Eddy Burback on YouTubeof the DevilDEAD LETTER DEPTLegacyHades 2Carimara: Beneath the forlorn limbsInterstate 35Phoenix SpringsMini Mini Golf GolfYour HouseSometime It's Just Nice to Go FishingCast n ChillPEAKUnfair FlipsSubscribe to our Kofi to see AJ's playthrough!Kabuto ParkQ-Up(and like all of the other games on this list)---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordMusic by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and...

HEY don't forget to join our holiday Wordatro giveaway! Info at the top of the show!!RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 SPOILERS: 17:50 - 26:30THINGS MENTIONED:00:00 Intro and holiday giveaway reminder05:25 What Noah's playing17:30 What Nathaniel's playing33:33 What Tori's playing47:00 Wrap-upTori's on bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠toridp98⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nathaniel's on Discord: nathanbasedNoah's on Discord: noahhurtsOur show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TheWorstGarbage.online⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our intro/outro music are by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GEIST⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and our show art is by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@tristemegistus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Press_StartPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, on tumblr at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠press-startpod.tumblr.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and on bluesky ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@press-startpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Email us your tierlists, what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at heypressstart@gmail.com. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.

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This week Willa and Robin run through all the announcements at The Game Awards, including: Tomb Raider for the straights, DILF Leon, and Control with a man. Boooooo. Also, more Old Skies talk because it's just that good!Timestamps:(00:12) Zoe probably wants to stab Willa (medically)(02:05) A lot of time spent on Game Awards reveals (45:00) Less time on Day of the Devs and Wholesome Snack(51:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Cheese Ball, Octopath Traveler 0, Old Skies)Mentioned this week:Everything announced at The Game AwardsEverything announced at Day of the DevsEverything announced at Wholesome SnackSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links.

The return of bump-slash combat is here, but what we’re positing is: What if it’s time for throw up and explode combat?Disclaimer: We recorded this before the recent news about Larian’s use of gene...

This week, handhelds are shipping for the holidays, AYANEO makes a bold bet on a phone, a new Strix Halo tablet one-ups the ASUS ROG Flow Z13, and John dips a toe in the Bazzite waters. Also available on YouTube . Links and Show Notes The Latest Portable Gaming News The Odin 3 and are starting to ship for iPhone and iPad Another Strix Halo Tablet - John installs Bazzite on the Subscribe to NPC XL NPC XL is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5/month. Each week on NPC XL, Federico, Brendon, and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the “regular” NPC episodes. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/c/NextPortableConsole Leave Feedback for John, Federico, and Brendon Credits Show Art: Music: Follow Us Online On the Web Follow us on Mastodon Follow us on Bluesky

We're letting it go, but not before revisiting Animal Crossing: New Horizons.The YouTube version: Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Support Matt's work at https://ko-fi.com/matthortonFind AC at acfacci.comFind Matt at youtube.com/@flowstatecritArt by Scout (https://ko-fi.com/humblegoat)Music by Ethan Geller Resources on PalestinePalestine Solidarity ToolkitDonate to Palestinian organizations providing relief and services in Gaza and the West Bank:Middle East Children’s AllianceMedical Aid for PalestineAl-Awda Health and Community AssociationHebron International Resource NetworkBDS MovementOur History of Popular Resistance: Palestine Reading ListJewish Voice for Peace - First Steps for Palestinian FreedomJewish Voice for Peace - Take ActionOperation Olive BranchFind out more at https://cantletitgo.gay

Today we're talking about 44 video games by a bunch of different people! Join us as we arbitrarily draft all the games we've played this year! Thank you so much for listening! See you next year!!!!!---Discussed in the episodevideo game.---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordMusic by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:

Yeah OK we'll talk about the Game Awards but ONLY because they showed off a silly Star Wars game.THINGS MENTIONED:0:00 Press START Nation, welcome to the podcast0:17 The Game Awards talk14:20 Star Wars: Galactic Racer™ - Official Reveal Trailer live watch39:25 What we’ve been playing1:07:46 THE BASKETBALL TALK IS RIGHT HERE1:15:44 Press START GOTY 2025 Giveaway Explanation! 1:18:25 Wrapping up1:19:32 Closing thoughts

Hey Podtimists,This week Chase plays 3 whole games! Wow that's more than normal. We also took a deeper look at the strange PS1 fighting game Ehrgeiz which was suggested to us by listener Matt. Thanks Matt!---(0:00) - Intro(4:43) - What David has been playing(5:06) - David's standard rotation(8:38) - What Chase has been playing(8:56) - Trails in the Sky SC(25:13) - Whisper of the House(40:10) - Octopath Traveler 0(52:21) - Chase's Podtimistic thing of the week(53:23) - David's Podtimistic thing of the week(55:23) - Good Games! Featuring Ehrgeiz(1:12:17) - Outro---Games mentioned: SilksongBall x PitTrails in the Sky SCWhisper of the HouseOctopath Traveler 0Ehrgeiz

Wow wow wow, it's the end! The end of the video game!It's time to put a stop to Gossip Georg's nonsense, once and for all. Are there revelations in store, triggered by undisclosed means? Absolutely. Is there one final, cheap enemy type waiting to just mess up all our plans? Of course! Are we going to fight a comedic number of bosses, one after the other? Bet your bottom mira we are!!And that's it for the show in 2025! Thanks so much for joining us on another season of recapping the Trails series. We'll see you in the new year for some sort of shenanigans, ahead of season three launching in earnest. Keep your ears to the ground, and your eyes to the sky! Looking for trails in it, specifically!!「 COVERED THIS WEEK 」The end of Trails in the Sky Second Chapter, Final Chapter! ++++++++++Find us on the Orbal Net: http://trailspod.onlineA proud member of the TWG podcast network: http://theworstgarbage.online++++++++++Season 2 show art by the unbelievably skilled Tom Oxnam: https://www.tomoxnam.artIntro and Outro music from https://FreePD.com Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan TeohOutro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod Thanks for listening!「 TIMESTAMPS 」

Today's all about 2025's Game Awards! Who won, what got announced, and why was Divinity so disgusting? As I mention in the episode: I think going into this year's show treating it like "Winter Game Fest" was a much better move for my own enjoyment — and it created a show I felt generally decent about all things considered. There's still a lot to be critical of, but I found myself digging the show for the first time in years!Additional Reading: VGC on the Winners: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-game-awards-2025-complete-list-of-winners-as-clair-obscur-wins-game-of-the-year-and-sets-a-new-record-for-awards-won/Gio's Interview with Bruce Straley: https://www.polygon.com/coven-of-the-chicken-foot-game-awards-announcement/

We're joined this week by Brandon Sheffield — director at Necrosoft Games and cohost of the fantastic Insert credit podcast — for a conversation about making games, making Demonschool specifically,...

Today, our panelists venture into Veil by Kotteri. We discuss the "will they, won't they, are they already?" romance, unique storytelling, and most importantly, the fashion and design present in the first two volumes of this manga. Further Reading/Viewing:Kotteri's personal twitterDobaku no Hana twitterAudrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole on the set of How to Steal a MillionA comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr.This week’s panelists can be found at:MattScoutRobinJillianEditing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

For what ended up being a shorter episode this week, Willa has returned to the land of chocobos and Robin has returned to the land of evil chocobos. Plus, skateboards, mechs, catgirl card games, and famous dead men.Timestamps:(00:15) Shoutout to Finland(01:45) Why are we not playing Final Fantasy 11 right now?(08:20) Skate Story(12:30) Outward 2: A game that hates you(18:40) Detective Instinct colon Farewell comma My Beloved(22:20) Mirage Miracle Quest and Queen’s Domain demos(25:50) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Tom Stoppard, Phantom Brigade)Mentioned this week:Sharon Begley on James WatsonSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Follow Robin!Follow Willa!Music Street Food by FASSoundsFinal Fantasy 11 chocobo sound effect from Sound FX CenterThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links.

This week, AYANEO goes big, very, very big, and we read the tea leaves from Sean Hollister’s interview of Valve’s Pierre-Loup Griffais. Also available on YouTube . Links and Show Notes The Latest Portable Gaming News Subscribe to NPC XL NPC XL is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5/month. Each week on NPC XL, Federico, Brendon, and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the “regular” NPC episodes. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/c/NextPortableConsole Leave Feedback for John, Federico, and Brendon Credits Show Art: Music: Follow Us Online On the Web Follow us on Mastodon Follow us on Bluesky

Sparrowheart: There's nothing quippy this week - join us as we finally reveal the identity of The Imposter!A show about Warrior Cats, hosted by Scout Wilkinson and Jillian Zaski, edited and produced by AJ Fillari.Find other great shows on the network at The Worst Garbage.Find us on the internet:https://twitter.com/PawsandClausehttps://pawsclausepod.tumblr.com/https://bsky.app/profile/pawsandclause.bsky.socialhttps://discord.gg/X9TVwKhXvQFind Scout’s work here: https://ko-fi.com/humblegoathttps://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/Find Jill’s work here:https://ko-fi.com/plot_twistshttps://plottwists.carrd.co/ Find AJ’s work here:https://ko-fi.com/ajfillari https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social Find PMVs, AMVs, MAPs and meme vids mentioned in this and other episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZAZk6e0nL3Buz1H_EGbRhXQ9m63lN78G