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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Side-Quest 159. Next, You Gotta Review
07/05/2023 Duración: 01h06minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma check in on games media - the good, the bad, and the buggy. Also featuring BS jobs, Madelyn's public firing, and why relying on ads was a bad route for the internet.
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Episode 162. Ogre's Wild Hearts
30/04/2023 Duración: 54minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Tactics Ogre and Wild Hearts. Neither of these games feature ogres, but Wild Hearts probably comes closer. Also featuring keeping track of turn order, new genre title suggestions, and Freddie Mercury.
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Side-Quest 158. First, You Gotta Subscribe
23/04/2023 Duración: 58minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss strategy guides and why the physical books fell out of fashion. Also featuring the timeline of the internet, how a printer works, and a walkthrough for listening to our podcast.
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Episode 161. Legacy of Tchia
16/04/2023 Duración: 58minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Legacy of Kain and Tchia - the "take the soul out of something" genre and the "put the soul into something" genre. Also featuring weak lawsuits, running out of stamina, and whether vampires would use gliders.
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Side-Quest 157. Shovel to the Co-Op
09/04/2023 Duración: 01h13minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss their last seven weeks in gaming and the inherent comedy of being hit by a shovel. Also featuring getting in the co-op mood, meta puzzle solutions, and the length of strategy games.
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Special Episode: PAX 2023 Time!
02/04/2023 Duración: 54minIn this special episode, Madelyn and Emma go over their PAX East 2023 experience and reveal that they have not gotten any better at using Xbox controllers. Also featuring a lost lamb, total trust in narrators, and I guess some Mario.
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Episode 160. Signalis A Trine
26/03/2023 Duración: 59minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Signalis and Trine and the mechanics of sharing a body. Also featuring plenty of references, simulated physics, and a new girl categorization.
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Side-Quest 156. Get On The Beat
19/03/2023 Duración: 01h36sIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss what makes a good rhythm game and casually boast about our musical prowess. We're still bad at DDR though. Also featuring Xbox buttons, the importance of color-coding, and how the musical industry plays into things.
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Episode 159. Soul Mission
12/03/2023 Duración: 01h03minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Front Mission and Soul Hackers 2 and muse on the difficulties of reviving long-abandoned properties. Also featuring friendly technology, where wanzer comes from, and the joy of little plastic models.
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Side-Quest 155. Modern Retro Aesthetics
05/03/2023 Duración: 56minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss retro aesthetics in modern games and our own marked lack of nostalgia for any general time period. Also featuring the Marvel of the beforetimes, the cycle of pixel art nostalgia, and what makes a good beep-boop-bop.
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Episode 158. River City Atelier
26/02/2023 Duración: 56minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg and River City Girls 2 and decide how girly it is to turn your enemies into bugs. Also featuring abs of steel, what's too anime, and playing cozy games with your bro.
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Side-Quest 154. Engage the Dragon
19/02/2023 Duración: 01h09minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss our last six weeks of gaming, and we're back to peak Yakuza-era Madelyn. Also featuring so much Fire Emblem talk, changing hair styles, and absolute betrayal.
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Episode 157. A Pentiment Façade
12/02/2023 Duración: 56minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Façade and Pentiment and what's wrong with melons. Also featuring gamers learning to read, the appeal of food, and a lack of history nerds.
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Side-Quest 153. Friendship Completed!
05/02/2023 Duración: 59minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss relationship systems in games and the mathematical complexities of dating several girls. Also featuring depth vs breadth, lying to people's faces, and gift giving guides.
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Episode 156. Heavenly Vampire Survivors
29/01/2023 Duración: 57minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Heavenly Sword and Vampire Survivors (which Madelyn may or may not be playing as they speak). Also featuring 2007-typical language, no actual vampires, and more mortgages than you might expect.
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Side-Quest 152. Gamercize for Gamers
22/01/2023 Duración: 57minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss fitness games. Exergame? Gamercize? Whatever you want to call it. Also featuring Wii Fit Dogs, our pathetic sprint speed, and lore step rewards.
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Episode 155. Armored Quarry
15/01/2023 Duración: 55minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Armored Core and The Quarry and debate whether the threat of 1000 migrating bears would keep teenagers inside. Also featuring obtuse control schemes, stacked casts, and the appeal of big robots.
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Side-Quest 151. Crisis of the Timeline
08/01/2023 Duración: 01h16minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss our last seven weeks of gaming. That sets this before Thanksgiving. Truly uncool! Also featuring Judgment as an AU game, new voice actors, and wishing for just a little more oomph.
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Special Episode: 2022 In Review
01/01/2023 Duración: 54minIn this special episode, Madelyn and Emma reflect back on the year of 2022 in gaming and brace for the tidal wave of games called 2023. Also featuring our statistical breakdowns, how well we kept to resolutions, and our favorite games of the year.
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Episode 154. Hotline Miami Triangle
25/12/2022 Duración: 59minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Hotline Miami and Triangle Strategy and wonder whether they should be more into David Lynch. Also featuring the wonders of mining, explosive endings, and title choices.