Episode 229. Road to SOMA

In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss SOMA and Road to Empress and exactly how those teleporters in Star Trek work. Also featuring perspective choices in horror games, one day blinding stew, and what makes something a biopic vs RPF.

In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about schools in video games and how to gamify putting together a lesson plan. Also featuring the lack of YA-marketed video games, the changing lives of high schoolers, and shipping your students.

In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Binary Domain and PEAK, and Madelyn shows off all the kidspeak she knows. Also featuring new genre names, the Steam Chunk, and poor voice recognition software.

In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about video games and France since Madelyn just returned from her world travels. Also featuring the love of mimes, multiple France worlds in Kingdom Hearts, and the power of tax breaks.

In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Euro Truck Simulator (mostly 2) and Date Everything! and come up with something truly problematic. Also featuring bad rhymes, political maps, and Madelyn calling Europe a country at some point.

In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about their last six weeks in gaming and there's a second Katamari fix of the year so Madelyn's getting greedy. Also featuring slightly too late updates, games that grab your brain lobe, and control scheme hot takes.

In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Terraria and Drag x Drive and go into the potential of a pickaxe controller peripheral. Also featuring damaging expensive equipment, the downfall of modding, and reinventing Civilization.

In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about monster and creature design in video games and what happens when your game monster gets too smart. Also featuring unloaded environments, women, and how limitations have shaped design.

In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Destiny and Sword of the Sea and whether flow states can be insidious. Also featuring out of context poetry, how everything is Thoreau's fault, and extreme high pressure Jenga.

In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about developing games across console generations and where to get a Switch 2 dev kit. Also featuring the power of Mario Kart, the creature called the PlayStation 3, and what gamers want: the 4DS.