
EP 25 | Elden Ring - Shadow of the Erdtree: Compassion, Ascension, & Abandonment (with Sherveen and Jack)
The Souls Squad is back! Marina sits down with Sherveen and Jack to talk about Elden Ring’s DLC: Shadow of the Erdtree. They talk about the expanded lore of the Land of Shadow, their favourite narrati...
31 Des 20241h 41min

EP 24 | Side Quest: Games We're Playing (with Rachel)
(Note that this episode was recorded back in August 2024) Marina sits down with Rachel - who’s worked as a producer at game studios and in game publishing - to talk about the games they’re playing, a...
30 Nov 202445min

EP 23 | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (with Myleah)
Marina sits down with Myleah - Founder of Lumikha Cosplay Resale - to talk about Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. They chat about the game’s charm, sarcasm, and cheekiness, robots gaining sentienc...
29 Aug 202454min

EP 22 | Side Quest: Games to Play in 2024 (with Ren)
Marina sits down with returning guest Ren to talk about the games they’re currently playing. They talk about collecting mermaid items in Animal Crossing, how the Elden Ring DLC feels like an entire s...
27 Jul 202454min

EP 21 | Xenoblade Chronicles 2 & 3: A Focus on the Future (with Xander’s Cut)
Marina sits down with Xander from Xander’s Cut to talk about Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and 3. They talk about the importance of foreshadowing, whether Xenoblade 2’s DLC was better than the base game, t...
28 Jun 202454min

EP 20 | Resident Evil 5-8: Re-Invention and Returning to its Roots (with Thomas Roland)
Marina sits down with Thomas Roland to talk about the second half of the mainline Resident Evil series. They talk about why it matters to have character-driven stories in the horror genre, their favor...
31 Mai 202452min

EP 19 | The Sims: Comfort and Chaos in Player-Led Narratives (with Leminnie)
Marina and Minnie sit down to talk about one of the most beloved games of the last 2 decades: The Sims. They talk about player-led emergent narratives, the stories they crafted for their Sims, how dif...
28 Apr 202447min

EP 18 | Nier Automata: Mastery in Misdirection (with Zack Parkerson)
Marina sits down with Zack Parkerson to talk Nier once again, but this time, we’re trading in Replicant for Automata. We talk about Nier Automata’s masterful narrative design, how it misdirects the pl...
27 Mar 202456min


















