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Girl Mode

Girl Mode Podcast

Girl Mode is a podcast (mostly) about video games by two trans women and gaming journalists where we talk about the latest news in the industry, our takes, weekly topics, and more about the Mets than you"re probably expecting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:09:58

Episode 129 - Walking Through A Half-Empty Mall

Girl Mode ·

2025/06/11

The worst part of the year was even worse this year. We slogged through Summer Game Fest and a few showcases that didn’t suck and now we’re here to talk about what we saw there and why everyone’s so mad.CW: Discussions of disordered eating in Consume Me from 52:30 to 57:05Timestamps:(00:20) Our mortal enemy, summer(01:30) State of Play had a few good games(13:15) Ciri Showcase and Unearthed Treasure Room(17:30) SGF was even worse than it always is(33:00) Mina the Hollower is good as hell(38:55)

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1:06:43

Episode 128 - Harvestella Sickos Rise Up

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2025/06/04

We have a handful of games to talk about this week, including an excellent new farming game, a so-so story from the creator of Katamari Damacy, and a turn-based RPG about death (no, not that one).Timestamps:(00:30) Corndog update(04:10) Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is the second coming of Harvestella(24:50) To a T is cute I guess(40:55) Galactic Glitch is simple fun(44:10) Danchi Days is delightful and weird(50:25) The Time I Have Left now lives rent-free in Robin's brain(57:15) What else have

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1:50:38

Episode 127 - Adventures in Off-Brand Paris

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2025/05/28

This week, Robin and Willa have a conversation no one will disagree with about a game everyone is being reasonable about. We talk through why Clair Obscur, the FRPG of the year, didn’t live up to the hype for either of us, and inevitably detour into why criticism is good and cool and doesn’t have to make you a killjoy.Timestamps:(00:30) Setting le tableau (or, don’t yell at us about Clair Obscur)(03:40) Prologue: A Very Somber State Fair(35:00) Act 1: Lost Syndrome(45:45) Act 2: We Don’t Care That

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1:17:04

Episode 126 - A Beautiful Summer on Trash Island

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2025/05/21

CW: Brief reference to suicide between (01:05:00) and (01:05:45)This week, Robin and Willa dive into the work of Selkie Harbour, developer of the recent (and excellent) Many Nights a Whisper. We get into the interesting parallels and outliers among the studio’s catalog and come away more excited about ice skating than we ever thought possible. We also completely spoil all of these very short games, so consider taking a couple hours to play through all of them if you don’t want to hear about them

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1:50:37

Episode 125 - A Concerning Lack of Defenestration...

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2025/05/14

This week, Robin talks to the delightful hosts of the equally delightful Emmi & Annie Talk Indie podcast. We discuss a whole mess of games, with tangents on sexualizing playing cards, furry-friendly pizza restaurants, the games that taught us to type, and learning the name for a group of butterflies.Timestamps:(00:20) Introducing Emmi and Annie (who talk indie)!(14:30) Making dogs immortal in Many Nights a Whisper(43:30) A food service soap opera in The Chef’s Shift :3(1:02:55) Christine Mi’s

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1:04:16

Episode 124 - Trying Not To Be A Total Bummer About...

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2025/05/07

Like everyone else, we’re still reeling from the destruction of Polygon and Giant Bomb, but trying to do more than curl up into the fetal position about it. After the most constructive takes on games media we can muster, we talk through a few great games Robin's played recently, put a pin in a not-great one, and check in with Willa’s three favorite things (the Mets, weird New York lore, and gay mutants).Timestamps:(00:20) Meet today’s guest, Willa Rowe(01:20) The shocking delay of GTA 6, which no

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1:33:03

Episode 123 - The Magical Queer Teens Cinematic...

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2025/04/30

This week, critic and essayist Autumn Wright joins Robin to talk about Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, a game about growing up as a queer woman that’s just as messy as the real thing. We discuss how the game still works even when it’s fraying at the edges and wonder whether the mid-budget talky game can survive even if Don’t Nod doesn’t.Timestamps:(00:20) Welcome Autumn!(24:50) Tape 1 ending spoilers(29:10) Tape 1 Spoilers end/Tape 2 spoilers begin(38:25) Tape 2 ending spoilers begin(1:17:05) Tape 2

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58:16

Episode 122 - Return of the Sphere Grid

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2025/04/23

This week, we played a bunch of different games and now we’re gonna talk about them. I don’t know what else you want.Timestamps:(01:25) News we don’t care about and jokes we do(03:00) Sunderfolk(21:10) Mandragora(29:30) Shadow of the Colossus(35:50) Metroid Prime(44:30) What have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Season of the Witch, The River Has Roots, Taco Bell Quarterly)Music:Street Food by FASSoundsMentioned this week:Sunderfolk Is An RPG Everyone Can Enjoy, But It Might Be Hard To

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1:17:54

BONUS - Harry Potter and the Complicity of Games...

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2025/04/16

The worst February of our lives continues with the release of Hogwarts Legacy. We discuss how the media failed to take its significance seriously, why our reactions are about more than just a game, and why, yes, supporting it does make you a bad person.We cap off this week’s fun-filled episode with a genuinely much cheerier segment recommending some great games by and about trans people that you should be playing instead.This episode touches on transphobia throughout. While there's no detailed

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1:12:49

Episode 121 - We’re Still Waiting for Harvestella 2

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2025/04/16

Since we’re sure you’re not sick of hearing about the Switch 2, we’re covering the Direct from a couple weeks ago before moving on to the Triple-i Initiative (featuring indie publisher Ubisoft) and a remake of The Talos Principle. Then, of course, Mets updates and baseball players who are “just roommates.”Timestamps(02:20) Switch 2 hardware(16:40) Switch 2 games(37:50) Triple-i Initiative(48:45) The Talos Principle(1:00:15) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. buying zines,

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46:49

BONUS - TTRPGs for Trans Rights with Rue Dickey Rerun

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2025/04/09

While we take the week off, we’re re-airing a 2023 interview with Rue Dickey, who’s currently organizing the TTRPGs for Trans Right Ohio charity bundle on Itch.io. In the episode, Willa and Robin speak to Rue about a similar, very successful bundle they organized for trans charities in Florida two years ago.Listen in as we discuss the realities of fundraising, why tabletop games are so darn gay, what YOU can do to help queer people around you, and of course our mutual love of tieflings. Plus, Rue

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58:20

Episode 120 - My Big Lady Sense Is Tingling

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2025/04/02

This week, Nintendo sends off the Switch with one of the weirdest Directs ever and we’re here to talk through the 30 percent of it that was actually interesting to us. Then, after a brainstorming session about Sabrina Carpenter and Xenoblade Chronicles, we half-heartedly predict what’s coming at the Switch 2 Direct that you probably just watched.Timestamps(00:20) All of our beautiful boys are back(04:30) Sicko Direct(25:40) Our extremely noncommittal Switch 2 predictions(36:55) The only good games

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1:15:33

Episode 119 - Non-Canonical Gay Stuff in Assassin's...

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2025/03/26

This week, Willa and Robin are playing the game everyone is playing for the first and maybe last time this year. Then, a game where you kill God, and an awards show that doesn't make you want to kill the concept of video games.Timestamps(00:20) Assassin’s Creed Shadows is pretty good for a AAA game(49:20) Light spoilers for one Assassin’s Creed Shadows quest(51:30) Attacking and dethroning God in 33 Immortals(59:35) Sam Lake made me cry about video games at the GDC Awards(1:07:20) What else have

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1:06:16

Episode 118 - Ceci N'est Pas Une Xenoblade Chronicles...

Girl Mode ·

2025/03/19

This week, Willa and Robin have each played a big, anime-ass RPG, but only one turned out to be the right kind of boring.Timestamps(2:00) Atelier Yumia and the Bad Video Game Title(15:40) What does it mean to remake a game?(19:40) Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition(43:05) Reignbreaker, briefly(45:20) Itch wildfire relief bundle roundup(51:25) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Eternal Strands, OMEN, riding bikes)Mentioned this weekSuikoden I And II HD Remaster

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1:29:10

Episode 117 - RETVRN to GameFAQs with Emily Price!

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2025/03/12

This week, certified Girl Mode Fave™ Emily Price joins Robin to talk about a few more Next Fest demos, 15th century Catholicism, playing soccer as a child, falling off mountains, what words to use to describe music, and why you should make a website. Check the links below for where to follow Emily!Timestamps(0:20) OMG it’s Emily Price!(02:15) Next Fest chat(5:20) Unpacking yourself from capitalism/you should start a blog(10:45) Angeline Era(19:00) Blue Prince(31:00) Cairn(38:20) Despelote(47:30)

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1:11:29

Episode 116 - Steam Next Fest aka Gamer Christmas

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2025/03/05

After a brief but important look into the state of milfs in Pokémon, we dive into our favorite demos from this year’s quarter’s Steam Next Fest.Timestamps(1:15) Talking about not talking bout Pokemon(04:00) Next Fest(05:20) Skulker(08:35) Neo Junk City(12:20) Moves of the Diamond Hand(13:50) Robin’s roguelike corner (As We Descend, Shuffle Tactics, Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3, Kaamos)(19:05) Demon Tides(22:00) Haste(24:50) Despelote(27:00) Wheel World(31:20) Static Dread(34:50) Desert

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1:09:50

Episode 115 - Drinking Blood For Fun And Profit

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2025/02/26

CW: Mentions of alcoholism in the Cabernet discussion (specifically from around 34:45 to 38:20)This week we’re discussing Cabernet, a game with a lot to say about the social construction of vampires, the cyclical nature of authoritarianism, and blood play.Editor’s note: I cut out us deciding not to discuss a game because we haven't played enough but left a few vague mentions of it in. It’s Cage of Roses, by one of our favorite VN developers, ebi-hime, so it’s probably good. I could go back and clean

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1:21:23

Episode 114 - Hold Onto Your P-Organ

Girl Mode ·

2025/02/19

We’ve watched the State of Play and played a bunch of games this week, so naturally we start off with an update on the 2005 Fantastic Four movie before getting to any of that.Timestamps(01:05) We’re a Fantastic Four podcast now(04:00) State of Play(08:20) The ones we’re kind of excited about(26:05) The State of Play(ing Overwatch)(34:40) Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog(39:50) Of the Devil(44:20) Lost Records(54:00) Possible extremely vague Lost Records spoilers(59:10) Slightly less vague Lost Records

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Episode 113 - Doug Jones Simulator 2025

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2025/02/12

This week, we spend an unbelievable amount of time talking about the Fantastic Four before remembering we’re supposed to be a video game podcast and pivoting to World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XIV. Then, Sony said we’re not allowed to play Elden Ring, so we talk about some indies we’ve played instead.Timestamps(00:20) An incredibly long tangent on the Fantastic Four(13:35) A shorter tangent on the Mets(15:25) MMO corner with WoW and FFXIV(30:55) Sony tells gamers to go touch grass(35:20) What

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1:00:48

Episode 112 - Another Great and Fun Week In The World

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2025/02/05

BioWare is 30 years old and collapsing (relatable amirite) so we’re talking about the legacy, decline, and doubtful future of a studio whose work we’ve both really enjoyed this week. Then, Willa has brainworms for a new anime movie and Robin has two certified sicko games to share with the class.Timestamps(01:45) Complaining/reminiscing about BioWare(33:50) Two quick, less depressing shoutouts for the Video Game History Foundation and Trans Joy Jam(39:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to

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