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. A…

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 Mari…

in the second of two previously unreleased episodes recorded in mid-2023, Max and Liz finally talk about Radiohead via perhaps their hardest album to pin down, 2003's Hail to the Thief. new kitschfork will be coming soon! liz's bandcamp: https://ellaguro.bandcamp.com/ and soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ella-guro…

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 s…

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. Ti…

KITSCHFORK IS BACK!!! ...sort of? in this previously un-posted episode from mid 2023, Liz and Max chatter about some Guided By Voices lore before getting into an incredibly crucial pillar of 2000's Pitchfork indie music: Animal Collective. and more specifically: their classic but still somewhat lesser-known 2000 debut (sort of - it was originally c…

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-shippi…

Music Used: - Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme - Matthew Joseph Payne - Civil Disobedience is Civil Defense Reference: - Eliot Lash’s Visuals Setup - https://www.eliotlash.com/works/live-music-visuals - Eliot Lash’s Game Music Visualizer - https://www.eliotlash.com/works/game-visualizer-1 - Max Capacity - https://linktr.ee/maxcapa.city …

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…

Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme dot.AY - Vibraslop Reference: - Square Sounds Melbourne - https://www.squaresoundsfestival.com/ - Karlheinz Stockhausen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen - Music Concrete - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concrète](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te…

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 th…

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 …

Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Nestrogen - Making You Cry (feat. Dan Pantzig) Reference: - FL Studio - https://www.image-line.com/ - LSDJ - https://www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/index.php - Famitracker - http://famitracker.com/ - Datathrash Recordings - https://datathrash.bandcamp.com/ - Cursed Hoof Studio - https://www.instag…

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 …

Reference: - The Blood Zone - https://thebloodzone.libsyn.com/ - Kitschfork - https://kitschfork.podbean.com/ - Meet Me In The Bathroom - https://www.harpercollins.com/products/meet-me-in-the-bathroom-lizzy-goodman - OCRemix - https://ocremix.org/ - VGMix - https://vgmixarchive.com/ - MAGFest - https://www.magfest.org/ - Electronicon - https://knoc…

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 - Fi…

Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Ultrasyd - Un croissant s'il vous plaît (RIP Ultrasyd) Reference: - Bent Fest - https://twitter.com/bentfestival - Chiptunes = Win - https://archive.org/details/chiptunes-win-discography-flac-lossless - Kevin Saunderson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Saunderson - Juan Atkins - https://…

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 Mans…

Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune theme Boaconstructor - Ditch The Biscuit Reference: - Nanoloop - https://www.nanoloop.com/ - Ovenrake - https://ovenrake.bandcamp.com/ - Live Animals - https://weareliveanimals.bandcamp.com/ - Glooms/Turtlesaur - [https://gloomsmusic.bandcamp.com](https://gloomsmusic.bandcamp.com/) - Electric Child…

Hello study group! We will be back soon with more mainline episodes of To the White Sea. To tide you over we bring you a delightful side-quest / amuse-bouche. A couple months ago we went on Hit Factory to discuss A Simple Plan, directed by frequent Coens collaborator Sam Raimi. We enjoyed our discussion with Aaron so much, and thought it Coens-adja…

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:…

Reference: Eindbaas - https://eindbaas.org/ xyce - https://xyce.nl/ Men of Mega - https://menofmega.nl/ Superbyte Festival - https://ra.co/events/751982 Square Sounds - https://www.squaresoundsfestival.com/ Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme RoccoW - Unbearable ThirstBy Patrick Trinh

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 Peopl…

Reference: Pulsewave - https://pulsewave.rip/ 8bitcollective - https://archive.org/details/Best_of_8_Bit_Collective-2006-2011 Note! - https://note.bandcamp.com/ AdamGetsAwesome - https://archive.org/details/pax-2011-adam-gets-awesome-chiptune-concert Chillbrave - https://chillbrave.bandcamp.com/ Music Used: What Happened to Chiptune Theme - Space T…

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 Shi…

We're on the road! Ray and Jordan step out of the AMC Lincoln Square 13 and give their immediate impressions of Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's new film DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS while walking the streets of Manhattan. Spoilers are everywhere so you'll want to see the film before diving into this. Thanks in advance for rocking with the "punk rock" audio quali…

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 - Goodb…

Music used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Dubmood - Solitude Reference: FastTracker 2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastTracker_2 Protracker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protracker Amiga - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga Modarchive - https://modarchive.org/ Trax in Space - https://web.archive.org/web/20010418144833/http://ww…

Emerging from a cloud of goose feathers, TTWS returns! Filmmaker Devyn Waitt joins the study group today to discuss INSTINCT, moments in the Coens films that defy logic but somehow make sense on an intuitive, almost physical level. We touch on whether they could be a connection between survival skills and artistic expression, and speculate on the C…

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 sh…

Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Nullsleep - Motion Map (Feel The Rhythm) Reference: 8bitpeoples - https://www.8bitpeoples.com/ International Chiptune Resistance Tour - https://coolhunting.com/culture/the-internation/ Pulsewave - Monotonik - https://www.simoncarless.com/monotonik-a-net-label-1996-200/ Micromusic - [micromusi…

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 Hop…

Corrections: Micropalooza was actually started in 2003 instead of 2002 as stated in the episode. Apologies for the confusion! Reference: - Micropalooza - https://www.portlandmercury.com/music/2003/12/24/30443/wiggle-it-that-8-bit - Dataport - https://www.instagram.com/dataportpdx/?hl=en - 2 Player Productions - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Playe…

Tanya and Jonathan talk about how Gamergate was empty drama and Tekken 8's colorblind mode looks amazing. Guests Spectra Wrestles talks about how Gaming Twitter is a black hole of meaninlessness and Jacqueline. Show notes: 0:00:00 - Cat for a Day 0:02:52 - 2024, Already a Feel Bad Year 0:04:00 - 10 Year Anniversary of Gamergate 0:12:38 - How to Sto…

References Mother’s Day (Film) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081186/ Toxic Avenger (Film) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090190/ OB-6 (Synthesizer) - https://oberheim.com/products/ob-6/ Troma - https://www.troma.com/ 8-bit Punk (Wired article by Malcolm Mclaren) - https://www.wired.com/2003/11/mclaren/ The Tank (NYC Venue) - https://thetanknyc.o…

Tanya and Jonathan struggle as E3 finally dies its last death, Jordan Peele and Hideo Kojima reveal a new project, and guests Zoey and Sorrel talk about their GotY's like 24 Killers, Slayers X and Paranormasight. And we've got a new album too! Show notes: 0:00:00 - There's No Normies 0:07:06 - No Time for the People Who Made the Games at the Game A…

Today on the program we start things off with a reality-shattering two pages, then shoot into outer space with our guest, the brilliant production designer Alex DiGerlando. We explore film sets and designed environments that come out of left field and reshape our understanding of what it is we’re watching. We also dive into Alex’s approach to his o…

References: Daedalus Controllerism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spa4emMwhOM Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture by Philip Auslander - https://www.routledge.com/Liveness-Performance-in-a-Mediatized-Culture/Auslander/p/book/9780367468170 Playing with Something that Runs by Mark J. Butler - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/playin…

Tanya and Jonathan talk about the VGA's total failure to talk about how real life atrocities in Palestine, and games about the real life Holocaust like A Night in the Darkness, matter to games and everything else. Guests Esther and Omar talk about making the Games of Gaza bundle and developing games under to shadow of forced displacement and consta…

Tanya and Jonathan talk about what it takes to keep true to your core while expanding your audience, using Dectective Pikachu, Pokemon Go, and Molly Mooon's Excuse Me, Sir as examples of Do's and Don'ts. Guest Melissa chats about the pros and cons of a Zelda live action movie, and Christina tells all about the joys and pains of being one of the bes…

We’re back with a delightful conversation about surprisingly chill hangs. Joining us is brilliant writer, director, and dog lover, Robin Comisar. We discuss moments in the Coens’ films where the story sneaks up on you with unexpectedly tender, guileless, and open-hearted scenes. In these moments of connection, characters often go beyond their “type…

Music Used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme minusbaby - Una Gran Parte de Tu Mente Rebanada minusbaby - You Were Strong minusbaby - Una Gran Parte de Tu Mente Rebanada (Live at Blip Festival 2011) minusbaby - BIAS, Pt. 1By Patrick Trinh

We're back with our first post-hiatus numbered episode and what a show we've got for you. Today we welcome actor, comedian, podcaster and our good friend Griffin Newman to the study group. Griffin walks us through his process as an actor, and what he calls behavioral acting—the use of secondary actions, latent desires, and bottled-up nervous energy…

Tanya and Jonathan banter about spicy nuts, the fall of Silent Hill Ascension, and the simple joy's of Yu Suzuki's Air Twister. Guest Johanna tells all about Typecast, her amazing new game typing and shooting game, and Siobhán talks about getting dogged for hating on Stray. 0:00:00 - Out of the Mouths of Babes 0:03:22 - Getting in the Game 0:05:22 …

Music used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Awkward Terrible & Glowing Stars - George Jetson's Inflatable Cop The Glowing Stars - Got It Bad Matthew Joseph Payne - Pewter Handles Matthew Joseph Payne - i think we're ready - cursed vibes (from audio log #25 2023_03_03)By Patrick Trinh

We're back everybody! After our extended hiatus we couldn't be more excited to be back with this emergency episode. We have the lost pages folks, and to tell the story of how this all happened, we bring you an interview with legendary picture editor Kate Sanford! Hope you enjoy, and are as excited as we are for TTWS Season 2! Stick around after the…

Tanya and Jonathan talk about Spider-Man 2 Vs. Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Alan Wake's foray into Fortnite. Guest Dr. Dejean waxes poetic about the confluence of cinema, games and technology, and Mina psyches us for a discussion of the history of copywrite infringement in games and elsewhere. Our guests on Twitter: Dr. Dejean: https://twitter.com/…

Music used: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Peter Swimm - Too Much! Reference: Pulsewave, a monthly chiptune event series in NYC: https://pulsewave.rip/ True Chip Till Death, a website chronicling all things chiptune: https://truechiptilldeath.com/ You can find Peter online at peterswimm.com.…

Tanya is back from her birthing break to talk to Jonathan about the mass layoffs in the game industry, and the strange anger towards the Minecraft Live 2023 mob vote. Guests Lyn and Elly talk about their struggles with predatory gaming, Unity's new policies, and loving titles that fit in the space between AAA and indie. 0:00:00 - Tanya's Day Out 0:…

Music in order of appearance: Space Town - What Happened to Chiptune Theme Wizwars - Right Back To You Reference: Blip Festival, formerly an annual festival centered around chiptune held in NYC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blip_Festival Survey of the LA Chiptune scene and 8BitLA/Freq.Fest in particular: https://www.vice.com/en/article/gvqwk7/las-…