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Novel Gaming!

Novel Gaming Podcast

Novel Gaming is a twice-monthly podcast where long-time friends Vicki, Doug, and Katie talk about video games, books, and pop culture with a spattering of current events or anything else they just can"t get off their minds.

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#8 — Book Club: 'Each of Us a Desert' by Mark Oshiro

Novel Gaming! ·

2020/12/03

Our last book club discussion of the year is here! This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 21:51. This week we're talking about 'Each of Us a Desert' by Mark Oshiro, a queer dreamy fantasy novel about a girl who's given the power to relieve her small village of memories that cause regret, pain, and embarrassment and her journey beyond the village to learn about and challenge that power. But before we get into it, we catch up on what we've been playing and thinking

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00:50:46

#7 — We Play Gaming Trivia!

Novel Gaming! ·

2020/11/19

It's another gaming episode! It only makes sense since we had two Book Club episodes in September. This time we're trying to answer trivia questions we made for each other. Play along and let us know how well you did! As always, before we dive in, we check in on what we're playing, reading, watching, and thinking about. Playing: PlayStation 5 (Vicki's first impressions) Bugsnax (PS5) Animal Crossing (Switch) and the Fall Update Figment (Switch) Arcade Spirits (PS4) Reading: 'Open: An Autobiography'

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01:01:41

#6 — The Games That Scared Us

Novel Gaming! ·

2020/11/05

It's just a handful of days after Halloween, and we're still in the spooky spirit, so we're talking about games that scared the pants off of us as kids... or even as adults! Of course, before we dive in, we check in on what we're reading, playing, watching, and thinking about. Reading: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel Pokemon Adventures Collector's Edition, vol. 1 by Hidenori Kusaka Momentous Events in the Life of A Cactus by Dusti Bowling How to Party with An

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01:16:06

#5 — Book Club: 'America Is Not the Heart' by Elaine...

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2020/10/15

October's book club discussion is here! This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 33:00. This week we're talking about 'America Is Not the Heart' by Elaine Castillo, a novel about a queer woman refugee from the Philippines and her family in the United States... which only scratches the surface of this beautifully dense story. But before we get into it, we catch up on what we've been playing and thinking about. Playing: 'Raji: An Ancient Epic' and culture in video games Nostalgic

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01:04:42

#4 — Gaming Starter Packs

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2020/10/01

We're back to chatting about video games! This time we're putting together our "gaming starter packs," a set of five games that show off our gamer personalities. Before we dive in, we check in on what we're reading, watching, and thinking about. Reading: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo (our next book club selection) On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong Watching & Thinking About: iAmMosho &

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00:59:27

#3 — Book Club: 'My Sister, the Serial Killer' by...

Novel Gaming! ·

2020/09/17

It's another September book club episode! (We were still figuring out our release schedule when we recorded this.) This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 25:40. This week we're talking about 'My Sister, the Serial Killer' by Oyinkan Braithwaite, a novel set in modern Nigeria featuring... murder sisters! What would you do if you found out your younger sibling was a serial killer? But before we get into it, we catch up on what we've been playing and thinking about. Playing: Fire

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00:49:16

#2 — Book Club: 'The Night Tiger' by Yangsze Choo

Novel Gaming! ·

2020/09/03

We're back with our first book club episode! This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 12:37. This week we're talking about 'The Night Tiger' by Yangsze Choo, a novel set against the backdrop of colonial Malaya with murder, mystery, were-tigers, and a romance that none of us were rooting for! But before we get into it, we catch up on what we've been playing and thinking about. Playing: Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator Animal Crossing: New Horizons Star Wars Battlefront II Katamari

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00:48:10

#1 — Earliest Gaming Memories

Novel Gaming! ·

2020/08/27

It's our very first episode! And what better way to kick things off than by talking about how we got into gaming in the first place? Before we dive in, we check in on what we're reading, watching, and thinking about, and Doug officially breaks the f-bomb barrier. Reading: The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo (our Ep. 2 Book Club book) Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe Spider-Man Unlimited (comics) by Eric Stephenson How We Fight for Our Lives: A

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00:07:30

#0 — Introduction!

Novel Gaming! ·

2020/08/20

Every podcast needs an introduction episode, right? Well, here's ours where we tell you who we are, what our podcast is all about, and why we started it up in the first place. Look for new episodes every first and third Thursday of the month! Find us on Twitter: @NovelGamingPod Send us an e-mail: novelgamingpodcast@gmail.com Logo by: Katie! Theme song: "Bit Bossa" by Azureflux

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