Episode 119: Sometimes We Study Vaginas: The 5th Anniversary Episode

Episode 119: Sometimes We Study Vaginas: The 5th Anniversary Episode (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes, Stitcher, or TuneIn).

Tomorrow marks our fifth(!) anniversary, and in celebration, we gathered the whole current crew for this episode to talk games, origin stories, and why some of us refuse to give Bungie any more dollars (for now). Because we had a full crew, we’ve got a big list of games and more for you in these notes. Thanks for five great years of blogging and podcasting, friends — and here’s to five more!

Games We Played

  • Metal Gear Solid V
  • Kentucky Route Zero
  • Shadowgate (remake)
  • Star Wars Battlefront
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
  • The Sims 4
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
  • Knack
  • Destiny: The Taken King
  • Lego Dimensions
  • Gems of War
  • Hasbro Live
  • State of Decay 
  • A Bird Story
  • Neko Atsume

Books We Read

  • Homo Ludens by Johan Huizinga (again, forever)
  • A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster
  • And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
  • Saga by Brian K. Vaughn
  • Lumberjanes by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, and Noelle Stevenson
  • Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue Deconnick
  • Rat Queens by Kurtis J. Wiebe