It’s the Girlies! You know the drill. If you don’t, just listen and you’ll get it. It’s like an awards show but better.

Thanks for listening this year!

You can find a whole list of winners (with a couple of visual aids) here.

Timestamps:

(00:15) The Girlies!

(51:30) Spoilers for Carimara and Old Skies

(54:25) Spoilers end

(1:22:00) Spoilers for Carimara and Silent Hill f

(1:24:20) Spoilers end

(1:37:25) GOTY discussion

(1:43:30) Thematic spoilers for our pick

(1:48:30) Major story spoilers for our pick

Mentioned this week:

Neil Newbon being correct about generative AI

Jennifer English being incredible at the Golden Joysticks

Additional music this episode:

Take me out to the ball game from Trombone Champ

Baby Steps background music

Era Calling from Angeline Era

Nina Pasadena from Skin Deep

I’m A Bitch, My Name’s Robert from Dispatch

I Am Gonna Claw (Out Your Eyes then Drown You to Death) from Hades 2

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It’s the annual Girl Mode Game Exchange, the episode where we force each other to play one of our favorite games of the year, under penalty of death. This year, we chose Wanderstop and Baby Steps, two games about the struggle to find self-worth that take two very different paths to get there. Only one is obsessed with making you look at donkey dicks, for instance. This year, we were both pretty surprised by our reactions to our games and we didn’t even get furious with each other once, which I think is a first for one of these episodes!

!Spoilers for all of Wanderstop and Baby Steps!

Timestamps:

(00:10) The Great Girl Mode Game Exchange, aka, what we’re doing this week

(03:00) Wanderstop

(1:06:00) Excerpt from “The Everything” by C418 on the Wanderstop OST

(1:06:30) Baby Steps

(2:19:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. a very fucked up situation at Critical Reflex, letting Zoe cut your hair, Pluribus)

Mentioned this week:

Robin’s Wanderstop review

Nicole Carpenter’s Wanderstop review

Gio Colantonio’s Baby Steps review

Walter Chaw on Avatar (I can’t remember if our mention of this made the final cut but it’s too late to go back and check and it’s really good either way)

I worked at the creepiest publisher in indie games (CRITICAL REFLEX)

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This week Willa and Robin run through all the announcements at The Game Awards, including: Tomb Raider for the straights, DILF Leon, and Control with a man. Boooooo. Also, more Old Skies talk because it's just that good!

Timestamps:

(00:12) Zoe probably wants to stab Willa (medically)

(02:05) A lot of time spent on Game Awards reveals

(45:00) Less time on Day of the Devs and Wholesome Snack

(51:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Cheese Ball, Octopath Traveler 0, Old Skies)

Mentioned this week:

Everything announced at The Game Awards

Everything announced at Day of the Devs

Everything announced at Wholesome Snack

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