Sinopsis
Talk This! is a bi-weekly podcast about video games, old and new. Each episode, hosts Emma and Madelyn Paquette host a lively debate about two random video games (one old and one new) and then subsequently make up their own by mashing the best elements of each.
Episodios
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Episode 76. Control over Steins Gate
01/12/2019 Duración: 58minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Steins;Gate and Control and try to avoid getting into the whole silly "what is a video game" discussion. Also featuring what's annoying about time travel, Odd Squad, and Gooigi.
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Side-Quest 72. Yelling at Each Other on the Internet
24/11/2019 Duración: 59minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about outrage culture and why it seems like everybody gets upset over everything on the internet. Also featuring being an informed consumer, ill-advised musicals, and, yeah, impeachment hearings.
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Episode 75. Astral Halo
17/11/2019 Duración: 57minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Halo and Astral Chain and the benefits and drawbacks of console exclusives. Also featuring barking like a seal, the bane of silent protagonists, and Alexa laughing somewhere, somehow.
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Side-Quest 71. Funnin' Around
10/11/2019 Duración: 58minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about what makes a game fun and whether that even matters. Also featuring the importance of defining your terms, Inside Llewyn Davis, and this hip and happening thing called boredom.
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Episode 74. An Hour of Darkness in the Outer Wilds
03/11/2019 Duración: 01h01minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Disgaea and Outer Wilds which are surprising opposites in just about every way. Also featuring feeling stupid, jumping into a geyser, and where replay value comes from
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Side-Quest 70. Finnacles of Romance
27/10/2019 Duración: 57minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma go back through their last six weeks in video gaming and swap their situations from the last time we did this. Also featuring life adjustments, too much team bonding, and excessive button pressing.
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Ep 73. Sea of Solitary Blades
20/10/2019 Duración: 01h01minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Blade Runner and Sea of Solitude and make up the concept for the next Persona game. Also featuring courting a copyright strike, good life advice, and how cool controller vibration is.
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Side-Quest 69. Video Games History 101
13/10/2019 Duración: 01h01minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about current issues in video game preservation and archival. It's very exciting, we promise. Also featuring the usual lack of technical knowledge, a no snitches sign, and the ideal way to preserve theater.
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Ep 72. Panzer Anthem
06/10/2019 Duración: 55minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Panzer Dragoon and Anthem and make childish jokes about planets. Also featuring terrible development processes, expensive rare games, and people in dragon mechs.
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Side-Quest 68. GOAT Simulator
29/09/2019 Duración: 01h03minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about GOATs. What is a goat? When will Untitled Goat Game come out? Also featuring losing the thread, The Last of Us online multiplayer, and too much Pokemon Go.
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Ep 71. The Donut Castle
22/09/2019 Duración: 56minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Castlevania and Donut County and discuss the deep lore of the raccoon. Also featuring the different meanings of whip, names that kill vampires, and erotic pachinko machines.
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Side-Quest 67. What's a Side-Quest?
15/09/2019 Duración: 01h44sIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma continue to talk about Fire Emblem way too freaking much. Also featuring another Fire Emblem game, Kiryu's inability to say no, and the foibles of Clickbait Boyfriend.
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Ep 70. Luigi and the Jump Boys
08/09/2019 Duración: 54minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Luigi's Mansion and Jump Force and experience an interesting technical difficulty. Also featuring dark moons, big eyes, and why we all love Luigi.
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Side-Quest 66. Blood, Guns, and Death Games
01/09/2019 Duración: 01h01minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss the how games use violence for storytelling. Also featuring the condemnation of Overcooked, the monsters who kill their Fire Emblem students, and some sliding scales.
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Ep 69. My Friend Max Payn-paya
25/08/2019 Duración: 58minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Max Payne and My Friend Pedro and there's actually some bananas in this one. Also featuring noir voices, the origins of bullet time, and how to pronounce gif.
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Side-Quest 65. Playing Games Together
18/08/2019 Duración: 52minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma finally shake up the side-quest formula once more. Also featuring hand-eye coordination, why Emma's family relationships are falling apart, and the question of whether or not Mario Party is fun
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Ep 68. Mana from the Breach
11/08/2019 Duración: 56minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Secret of Mana and Into the Breach and forget to take a picture of Madelyn in her banana outfit. Also featuring the color green, rating difficulties by emoji, and what makes a good remake.
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Side-Quest 64. All My Precious Children
04/08/2019 Duración: 57minIn this not-episode, Emma has a breakdown about how much she loves her Fire Emblem students while Madelyn laughs. Also featuring a lack of pen stabbing, Madelyn venturing into the online world, and Blue Lions pride.
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Ep 67. GrisSX
28/07/2019 Duración: 54minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss SSX and Gris and really channel that tired dad aesthetic. Also featuring ambiguous vs concrete storytelling, plans to take a high school team to nationals, and some accidental mash-ups.
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Side-Quest 63. Awaiting Your Judgment
21/07/2019 Duración: 46minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma struggle at distinguishing car noises from wind noises. Also featuring the sound of Madelyn's sweat, too much to love about Judgment, and what to do when stung by a sting ray.