#48 — Video Game Missed Connections!
Novel Gaming!4 Elo 2022

#48 — Video Game Missed Connections!

Have you ever seen a game and thought, "We were meant to be together," but then never took the chance to... say hello? This week we're writing Craigslist-inspired Missed Connections posts for video games and video game characters! And honestly, it might just be our toughest game yet. But before we get into guessing those games, we chat about all the stuff we've been reading, watching, and thinking about!

Reading:
'Animal Farm' by George Orwell
'The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories From Dirty Computer' by Janelle Monáe
'Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy' by Cathy O'Neil
'Heartstopper, vol. 1' by Alice Oseman
'DeadEndia: The Watcher's Test' and 'The Broken Halo' by Hamish Steele

Watching:
What We Do in the Shadows, S3 & S4 (FX/Hulu)
Futurama (Hulu)
Thor: Love and Thunder (film)
Make Some Noise (Dropout)
Girl with the Dogs cat grooming videos (YouTube)

Thinking About:
Lizzo's 'Special' album
Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' album

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Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

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#137 — Random Encounters: Earth Day!

#137 — Random Encounters: Earth Day!

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#136 — 'The Sound of Stars' by Alechia Dow

#136 — 'The Sound of Stars' by Alechia Dow

Can you find love amid an electric alien invasion? Or find hope and refuge in art? The protagonists of 'The Sound of Stars' by Alecia Dow would certainly love to know. We talk about this young adult s...

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#135 — We're Playing Pokémon Pokopia!

#135 — We're Playing Pokémon Pokopia!

There simply wasn't a world, apocalyptic or otherwise, that we weren't going to play and talk about the latest Pokémon spin-off title, the cozy sandbox builders game, Pokopia. But before we gather all...

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#134 — 'How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days' by Jessie Sylva

#134 — 'How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days' by Jessie Sylva

We wanted something cute and cozy with a hearty helping of fantasy this month, so we read 'How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Day' by Jessie Sylva, a 2026 fantasy romance about a halfling and goblin forced t...

5 Maalis 1h 7min

#133 — Video Game Dating Profiles

#133 — Video Game Dating Profiles

Pixelated protagonist looking for a co-op partner. You interested? Well, swipe right and join us as we create video game character dating profiles and play a lovely game! The fun starts at 26:50. Befo...

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#132 — 'How High We Go in the Dark' by Sequoia Nagamatsu

#132 — 'How High We Go in the Dark' by Sequoia Nagamatsu

How could climate change and a plague impact how humans love and grieve? Sequoia Nagamatsu's 'How High We Go in the Dark' explores this question through interconnected sci-fi short stories that really...

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#131 — The Return of the Backlog Challenge!

#131 — The Return of the Backlog Challenge!

We are joined this month by Tommy from Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast and Lee Carvallo's Podding Challenge: A Simpsons Gaming Podcast to kickoff the return of the Backlog Challenge! But before we...

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#130 — ‘Mirage City’ by Lev A. C. Rosen

#130 — ‘Mirage City’ by Lev A. C. Rosen

We’re starting the new year off with an unprecedented book club: the fourth entry in a series! This month we read Mirage City, the latest Evander Mills novel by Lev A. C. Rosen… But before we ride our...

8 Tammi 1h 21min

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