Yeah! - 04 - Pocket Card Jockey - Funky Monkey Style Yeah! is back! We're talking about the song "Funky Monkey Style" by Go Ichinose from game Pocket Card Jockey, developed and published by Game Freak on the 3DS and re-released earlier this year on Nintendo Switch. We learn about playing solitaire and riding horses through the brain damage in this surreal and addictive game while a soulful woman intonates over speed metal. It's a wild ride! 0:00:00 - A Mild Disclaimer 0:00:53 - Palettes are Clea...
Nov 20, 2024•34 min•Season 5Ep. 111
Taking your mind off of current events with videogames has been a pastime for years so today we're talking with Elsa, a frequent Talking to Women about Videogames guest, about a few of her recently played games. We start off chatting about the Metroidvania-style game Gestalt: Steam and Cinder before switching up to chat about Tekken 8 with a bit of discussion about fighting games in general. Rounding things out we get to Daniel's thoughts on the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Courses and Elsa chall...
Nov 12, 2024•49 min
On this very busy week, Jonathan and Tanya talk about Good Days and bad days, and a little bit of Skittles-based ASRM before settling in for a chat with bbbbbeatle where Jonathan talks with her about her frequent drawings of Travis Touchdown (there's over 4700?!?!). It's a Very Suda51 Holiday Episode because Jonathan and Tanya return to talk about Shadows of the Damned Hella Remastered for an extended bit on the back half of the show. Then out of nowhere Jonathan gives his Switch 2 predictions r...
Nov 05, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 109
For spooky month, Jonathan and Ryan do some live game playing on the podcast of two games, Retro Realms: Halloween, and The Rocky Horror Show Video Game. Ryan gives a few ideas of videogames involving the undead and the Godzilla universe of monsters, and Ryan informs us of the evolving world of swears. The pair also discuss the game Clock Tower Remastered and talk a little bit about "Shadows of the Darned: Hecka Remastered" and give an update on their progress of Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdo...
Oct 29, 2024•45 min•Season 109Ep. 5
Today on Yeah! the gang talks about the song "Let Mom Sleep from the Dreamcast game Jet Set Radio, all the way from THE YEAR 2000! We get into the nitty gritty of building songs from samples, what was hot in the late 90s/early 2000s, and we also dig into street and youth culture from a billion years ago. A surprising amount of the 1960s was hot in 2000! There was a very brief time period where rollerblading was the coolest thing you could do. 0:00:00 - Don't Sleep on "Let Mom Sleep" 0:06:11 - Wh...
Oct 23, 2024•35 min•Season 109Ep. 5
Daniel chats with writer, poet, and zine editor Alannah Guevara about Omori, a turn-based RPG focused on emotions and trauma inspired by the Mother series. They take wild divergences talking about creativity, laziness, and how The Games Are Too Damn Expensive. We get Daniel's thoughts on last month's challenge to play Outer Wilds, plus Alannah makes recommendations for Daniel to do some Nintendo Switch homework. 0:00:00 - Putting in Effort for Lazy Ideas 0:04:26 - Currently Playing - Omori 0:19:...
Oct 16, 2024•53 min•Season 5Ep. 109
This spooky month on Talking to Women about Videogames, Jonathan and Tanya talk about yokai and Austin Powers. There's a bit of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom chat and some discussion of the final Splatoon 3 Splatfest. Jonathan chats with new guest Charlotte about having empathy and ignoring the arbitrary rules in gaming spaces. Returning guest Zoey Handley also runs through a number of recent games like Dead Rising Deluxe, Resident Evil Revelations, Rocky Horror Show Video Game, Keep Driving, and more...
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 107
This month, on a cat heavy episode, Jonathan and Ryan try to talk about Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom but the conversation quickly gets derailed for some lively banter about poop and pee. Ryan reveals that he wants no limits on his videogames and he dislikes water levels. There's also extremely brief discussion of the history of the beat 'em up genre along with the upcoming new entries in the genre, GI Joe: Wrath of Cobra, Toxic Crusaders, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind, and Kar...
Oct 01, 2024•32 min•Season 5Ep. 107
This month on Yeah! Jonathan, Tanya, and Daniel discuss the landmark success of the game Crazy Taxi both in the arcades and on the Dreamcast and how the inclusion of music by a plucky punk rock band known as the Offspring would help cement the game's legacy as a major hit for Sega, long outliving the arcade and the console that spawned it. We also take wild divergences into talking about Seaman, Shenmue, MTV's Road Rules Season 5: The Northern Trail, 2024 Politics, and the Beatles. 0:00:00 - A C...
Sep 24, 2024•40 min•Season 5Ep. 106
This month on Currently Playing, Daniel summons Jenny from the void where she accidentally got sent at the end of her appearance on Talking to Women about Videogames. She's currently playing a nostalgic game for her, 2006's "Blue Dragon" for the Xbox 360. Later they dissect the recommended game Papers, Please and Jenny passionately recommends Outer Wilds. Show Notes 0:00:00 - Comic Book Announcement 0:00:56 - A Summoning Ritual 0:02:47 - Currently Playing - Blue Dragon 0:18:18 - Stare Into Etern...
Sep 17, 2024•34 min•Season 5Ep. 105
This week for the 101st episode spectacular we're trying some Wacky Wednesday stuff with an emergency body swap! We talk about the PS5 Pro and Bloodborne, plus Jonathan chats with Elly about more games than we can count. Later we welcome new guest Artemis for a deep dive into the lore of the Legacy of Kain/Soul Reaver series. Extra special thanks to Elsa for helping out this week! Show Notes: 0:00:00 - What If We Became Other People? 0:02:16 - What Is the Grilled Cheese Hack? 0:03:49 - PS5 Pro, ...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 5Ep. 101
On the pilot episode of Talking to My Boy About Videogames, Jonathan sits down with the esteemed games reviewer Ryan to get his thoughts on retro gaming consoles and older games in the Pokemon, Kirby, Metroid, Katamari, and de Blob series. Elsewhere these two titans of games media discuss the new Marvel vs. Capcom collection, Shovel Knight, Super Smash Bros, Megaman, Power Rangers - Rita's Rewind, and so much more. The rapid fire review format will keep you on the edge of your seat! Also, make s...
Sep 04, 2024•46 min•Season 5Ep. 103
Jonathan, Tanya and Daniel talk about songs with the word(?) "Yeah" in them, starting with the Cave Stage theme from the infamous Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 soundtrack. Yeah! (The Show) theme song features guest vocals from Steph Sterling! Show notes: 0:00:00 - A New Show? Yeah! 0:02:11 - Yeah, and...? 0:03:48 - Marvel Vs. Capcom 2's Cave Stage 0:10:27 - Jonathan's Unified Theory of MvC2's Music 0:14:19 - I Wanna Take You For a Ride 0:16:24 - MvC2 Re-Release News 0:17:07 - The Music Modding Scene 0:21:...
Aug 27, 2024•39 min•Season 5Ep. 102
Currently Playing is a new monthly show debuting on the Talking to Women about Videogames podcast feed hosted by the TTWAV show producer Daniel. On this inagural episode we get to know Euan from the Spin Off Doctors Spin Off Podcast and we hear his thoughts on Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree, plus we get a little bonus chat about NieR: Automata. And at the end of the epsiode Euan recommends a show from Daniel's backlog of videogames. 0:00:00 - Welcome to the Show, Euan! 0:05:23 - NieR: Automata...
Aug 20, 2024•44 min•Season 5Ep. 101
On the 100th Episode Special of Talking to Women about Videogames, Jonathan and Tanya lament beginnings end while celebrating new beginnings. They talk about the end of Game Informer Magazine, music from the videogame Pocket Card Jockey, and the possible rebirth of Tango Gameworks? Jonathan talks with Eniko Fox of Kitsune Games about her Super Mario 3-like game, "Kitsune Tails." He also chatted with Julia Minamata about her text parser new game "The Crimson Diamond" that's out this week, along w...
Aug 13, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 100
Tanya and Jonathan dish on the new Mortal Kombat 1 DLC featuring crossovers with Scream, Conan and Terminator. Guests Cassie (D20Love) and Marina (Analgesic Games) chat about their upcoming games, All Systems Dance and Angeline Era (respectively). Plus a little Deadpool and Wolverine spoiler-free mini-review for the 4 people out there who haven't seen it yet. 0:00:00 - The Apex of Simple Pleasures and Joys 0:04:57 - We Almost Got Some Splatoon Hosts 0:05:39 - Who Are These Mortal Kombat DLC Char...
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 4Ep. 99
Tanya and Jonathan talk about Emio, Nintendo's next horror game, and Flame Fighting Salaryman Yattaro, the new game for the Switch rerelease of Game Center CX 1 + 2. Guest Ruby Innes of Pocket Buds fame talks about the best new place for gamers, and Mina explains fow Alan Wake 2 dodged legal bullets to become the ultimate Remedy games crossover. Time Codes: 0:00:00 - The Fall of Western Civilization 0:03:16 - Being in Limbo 0:05:15 - Emio Excitement 0:08:45 - A Subterranean Mold Infested Death T...
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 98
Tanya and Jonathan talk about the concept of parenting as a "situational disability", Jonathan and Sons upcoming appearance in a Shovel Knight video, and the promise of Mortal Kombat characters making it to Street Fighter. Guests Lyn and Cherry Bombrs chat about making the Fighting Game Community more queer-friendly with Lapin Labs, and self-shipping Travis Touchdown, respectively. Show notes: 0:00:00 - Forgot About It 0:02:44 - A Bald Beige Guardian Angel 0:03:29 - I'm In Love with Sonya Blade ...
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 4Ep. 97
Tanya and Jonathan talk about the new Nintendo Direct and Zelda's starring role in Echoes of Wisdom. Guests Tiana and Fernanda from Studio Pixel Punk talk about their hit game Unsihted and their next project, Abyss Z Zero. Kiki and Alicia from Transperency stop by to chat about YouTubing for the right reasons, and the joys of Trans Mario. Timecodes: 0:00:00 - The Pests 0:03:10 - Breaking Through the Man Cycle 0:04:59 - Playable Zelda! 0:09:31 - How Much Work Do You Want to Do in a Videogame? 0:1...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Season 4Ep. 96
Tanya and Jonathan lament the loss of objective historical truths, including the FACT that the PS1 had better 3D platformers than the N64. Guests Liz Ryerson and Quinn K. talk about the place for games about real human experiences in the games industry, and the hope that someday life will prevail. Time Codes: 0:00:00 - When the Sun is Blazin' and the Summer Gets Hot 0:06:34 - Bringing Forward the Magic of the Past 0:09:03 - When are Videogames Going to Change? w/ Liz Ryerson 0:42:36 - Are the Yo...
Jun 04, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Season 4Ep. 95
Tanya and Jonathan talk about Microsoft's recent closing of Tango, the creators of Hi-Fi Rush, and the opening of new studio Scaffold. Guests Rose and Laura talk about the Fallout series and the evolution of personal PC gaming. Show notes: 0:00:00 - A New Marilyn Monroe 0:02:56 - Unstuck From Time 0:04:57 - Emerging from the Fallout Bunker w/ Rose 0:20:47 - Tanya Doesn't Know Tango 0:23:27 - The Appeal of Escapism in Videogames w/ Laura 0:42:57 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thank You Patrons 0:46:57 - Do I Ac...
May 21, 2024•49 min•Season 4Ep. 94
Tanya and Jonathan talk about Steller Blade feminist ending spoilers and the line between treating a playable game character like a object or an avatar. Guests Casey Explosion chats about her awesome new YouTube channel and Roach shares all about how her traumas shape the story of One Way Lane. 0:00:00 - Talking to Women about Snacks 0:02:52 - Now I Am Become Horror Protaganist 0:04:39 - Chatting "One Way Lane" with Roach 0:35:17 - Stellar Blade Ending Spoilers 0:43:50 - Exploding a New YouTube ...
May 07, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 4Ep. 93
Tanya and Jonathan talk about games as art vs. product and the hubub about Steller Blade. Elly explains how Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has integrated into her grieving process, and Haley and K.K. gab about Price of Flight, their post-apocalyptic tactics game show about birds. 0:00:00 - Ned Flanders with the Dead Eyes 0:05:24 - Still Cool? 0:09:43 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Grief with Elly 0:40:52 - Stellar Blade - Silly Toy or Developer Expression? 0:45:28 - "Price of Flight" with Haley and KK 1...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 92
Tanya and Jonathan talk about the BAFTA's ranking of iconic game characters and the "golden age" of the Wii U. Guests Rydia and Maggie talk about what makes a videogame character sexy and what it's like to be a Christian Gamer. Time Codes: 0:00:00 - Picking a Bone with Famous American Rock Band Live 0:04:29 - Is Jonathan in the Top 100 Biggest Mansplainers? 0:06:53 - What Makes the Videogame Men Sexy? with Rydia 0:29:25 - Bizarre BAFTA Rankings 0:35:06 - How Has Faith Shaped Your Videogame Ident...
Apr 09, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 91
Tanya is back to talk PAX, Tum & Bum gaming/anti-congestion chairs, and the pros and cons of saying the lord's name. Guests Merritt K talks about LAN Party, her amazing new book, and Mouse Works Studio talk making music and her emotions-based RPG The Innerplains. 0:00:00 - Bad Bitches Won't Say The Lord's Name 0:03:40 - Packing Nintendo Force 0:05:30 - I Think Therefore I LAN w/ Merritt K 0:32:30 - Hambergers & Lobster Rolls at PAX 2024 0:35:41 - Making Music and Videogames with Mouse Wo...
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 4Ep. 90
Our cohost Tanya is sick so Steph Sterling tagged in to talk about the budding resurgance of anti-diversity and anti-journalism in gaming, and what they plan to do about it. Show Notes: 0:00:00 - Breast Size is Back 0:02:09 - What is Woke? 0:03:15 - GG 2.0. Fucking Hell... 0:07:05 - Meaningful Art vs. Meaningless Videogames 0:09:00 - What are People Mad About? 0:11:10 - It's OK to Not Be the Boss 0:16:28 - How to Deal with Attention Seekers 0:18:06 - The Importance of Logging Off 0:20:35 - The L...
Mar 12, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 89
Tanya and Jonathan talk about how you can't ever change someone's opinion about videogames, why Mother 3 will never be officially localized, and Xbox's multi-platform strategy. Guests Kyra and Secret Sarah talk about working in the games industry as an developer and a translator, respectively. Timecodes for this episode! 0:00:00 - Live from the Shit Room 0:05:02 - Cracking the Family Code w/ Videogames? 0:09:19 - Game Development w/ Kyra 0:40:27 - You Thinkin' About Shigesato Itoi? 0:45:04 - Sec...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Season 4Ep. 88
Tanya and Jonathan talk about the Yellow Paint signposting in games like Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Resident Evil 4 Remake, and the potential end of the Xbox line of consoles. Guests Coco and Kim Spirit wax poetic about storytelling in games and the pros and cons of digging into titles from 15 years ago. 0:00:00 - The DJ Rewinds It 0:20:36 - Goodbye Yellow Paint in Final Fantasy? 0:09:42 - Narrative Design Choices w/ Coco 0:39:37 - The Very Romantic Xbox Podcast 0:45:29 - Revisiting Old Games w...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 87
Tanya and Jonathan talk about how the Switch 2 may be a hybrid of a hybrid console (the DSwitch? The Swiitch?!), the chances of The Pokemon Company suing Palworld, and the end of the beginning of Bloodborne Kart. Guest include Kade, who talks about gender, identity, and nontoxic masculinity in gaming, and returning darline Elsa, who explains why she still loves Final Fantasy 11 after all these years. Time codes: 0:00:00 - Telly Savalas Appreciation 0:04:07 - The "Crecipice" of Taste 0:04:51 - Pa...
Jan 30, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 86
Tanya and Jonathan talk through loses in the industry and how to not stigmatize 13-year-old Pro Tetris players. Guests Lyn and Elly talk about games they play to get through tough times, including Omari and Powerwash Simulator. Show notes: 0:00:00 - I Love Vegetable Gremlin 0:04:12 - This Mogwai's Gonna Turn into a Gremlin 0:04:54 - A "Beacon of Hope" in Dark Emotional Times with Lyn 0:40:39 - Dedications to the Departed 0:41:46 - Oh My Gay Heart with Elly 1:07:14 - Respect for the Tetris Kill S...
Jan 16, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 85Ep. 4
