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This week it's all about Penguin Colony, a game that Willa and Robin like in concept and purpose more than execution. Also, Final Fantasy Resonance sure is Final Fantasy. Timestamps: (00:18) Robin's love of Soviet cartoons, House House being awesome (04:41) Penguin Colony talk (spoilers dispersed throughout, it's a short game, go play it) (39:40) Final Fantasy Resonance is fine I guess (45:33) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Princess Jellyfish, Witchblade, InSEXts) Mentioned this week: Willa's Final Fantasy Resonance Review Wildlife Photography Awards Support us on Ko-fi! Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online! Join The Worst Garbage Discord! Follow us and send us questions! Follow Robin! Follow Willa! Music Street Food by FASSounds Things are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a plaintive plea to support our good friend Tom Cruise, we once again dive into some great reporting by Rebekah Valentine. Then for this week’s games, Robin takes a look at two extremely idiosyncratic Early Access releases, and we briefly look forward to a couple of games about hot pixelated women by veteran indie studios. Timestamps: (00:30) Go see Digger or Willa WILL scream (08:05) People need to stop making (09:55) Things are not going double fine over there (22:50) Nivalis Nights (37:55) Willa’s NYCC minute (39:00) Devil Peach Soda (Editor’s note: When I say Bubble Bobble I mean Bust-A-Move. Apologies to those gay little dinosaurs.) (44:30) Let Rose Belmont kiss Joan of Arc or else (47:10) Record of Dorathia seems neat (49:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. The Diplomat, The Queer Film Festival) Mentioned this week: Inside The Failed Fight To Unionize One Of Gaming’s Most Idealized Studios Robin's Nivalis Nights stream Record of Dorathia NIÑXS Bearcave The thing we’re laughing at in the tag Support us on Ko-fi! Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online! Join The Worst Garbage Discord! Follow us and send us questions! Follow Robin! Follow Willa! Music Street Food by FASSounds Things are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robin doesn't know who The Savannah Bananas are. Anyway, Willa doesn't find Scotland scary in Silent Hill and thinks Ace Combat 8 needs to be gayer. Meanwhile, Robin gets sewing in Dressmaker. Timestamps: (00:44) Talking recent bad news (CW: sexual violence) (08:06) Zoe goes to the Metaverse (10:29) Willa calming vacation simulator; or, Silent Hill: Townfall (15:00) Dressmaker (28:20) More like Ace Combat Great (36:19) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Dancing with the Stars, Friends at the Table: Perpetua, crocheting) Things Mentioned: Go support Ashley Bardhan Reb Valentine rounding up cool Dressmaker creations Support us on Ko-fi! Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online! Join The Worst Garbage Discord! Follow us and send us questions! Follow Robin! Follow Willa! Music Street Food by FASSounds Things are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a short news segment on layoffs we could have had basically any week this year, Willa continues to explain why Control Resonant failed to resonate. Then Robin relives the worst parts of her barista days in Roman Sands RE:BUILD, and Willa contends with vampires and the even more monstrous generative AI use in Blood of a Dawnwalker. Timestamps: (01:00) More Xbox layoffs pt. 10,000 (05:11) Returning to Control Resonant corner (spoilers for Control Resonant and, somehow, Final Fantasy IV) (27:05) Customer Service Hell Simulator 2026 (Roman Sands RE:BUILD) (40:00) The Blood of the Dawnwalker (49:45) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Have you heard of Elden Ring?, Aack Cast!, The Love Hypothesis) Mentioned this week: Willa's Control Resonant review The Blood of Dawnwalker Studio Uses AI Annie and Robin’s walking tour of Leyndell Royal Capital Aack Cast! An Elven Alliance Is Protecting Iceland’s Natural Wonders Support us on Ko-fi! Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online! Join The Worst Garbage Discord! Follow us and send us questions! Follow Robin! Follow Willa! Music Street Food by FASSounds Things are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Willa and Robin talk about two big releases: Wolverine and Control Resonant. You will be shocked to hear which one they have more nice things to say about. Then it is on to vampires in Nighthawks, collected criticism, and Cold Stone Creamery. Timestamps: (00:45) Wolverine first impressions (19:10) Control Resonant corner (33:57) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Nighthawks, A Control Resonant anecdote, Seasons of Discontent by Robert Brustein ) Things Mentioned: Willa's Control Resonant review The article Robin mentioned about the consultant being weird about female protagonists Germinate blog Support us on Ko-fi! Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online! Join The Worst Garbage Discord! Follow us and send us questions! Follow Robin! Follow Willa! Music Street Food by FASSounds Things are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Nintendo tests our patience with two Directs that should have been one email.  Timestamps: (01:00) At least the music was good (12:46) Another f*****g Direct  (34:15) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Furious, Isle of Reveries, the idea of Drakengard 3) Support us on Ko-fi! Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online! Join The Worst Garbage Discord! Follow us and send us questions! Follow Robin! Follow Willa! Music  Street Food by FASSounds Things are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Robin and Willa play catch up with the many showcases that happened when we took a week off. That means GTA VI, Gamescom (but mostly the Witcher), and State of Play. Also, some Control talk and our usual antics. Timestamps: (00:30) And now, the weather (01:16) GTA VI lets you hold hands 10/10  (05:58) Gamescom Opening Night Live was pretty boring but the Witcher is awesome  (15:55) State of Play  (34:39) Somehow Lollipop Chainsaw returned (36:01) Zoe takes Control (2019) (39:14) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Entropy, Grey's Anatomy,  Being married) Mentioned this week:  Support us on Ko-fi! Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online! Join The Worst Garbage Discord! Follow us and send us questions! Follow Robin! Follow Willa! Music  Street Food by FASSounds Things are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tune in to hear two hot women with problems talk about two games with hot women and problems. Timestamps: (02:50) Plague Tale 3: Resonance: A Plague Tale Game: Legacy (28:10) Fields of Mistria (45:47) South of Midnight and making combat optional (48:55) A little more Fields of Mistria (51:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Ghost in the Shell check-in, Spider-Man comma The Amazing) Mentioned this week:  Jay Castello’s Fields of Mistria review Compulsion Games pulls off management buyout and separates from Xbox Boycott Microsoft's Xbox just one guy, just one spider-man. or woMn, we dunno. fOR suRE Support us on Ko-fi! Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online! Join The Worst Garbage Discord! Follow us and send us questions! Follow Robin! Follow Willa! Music  Street Food by FASSounds Things are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Robin isn't a fan of the nun with a gun in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. We also talk about the X-Men (typical), baseball (typical), Spider-Man, and Big Walk. Timestamps: (00:19) Direct from Netflix, it's Girl Mode (01:27) X-Men news (06:32 ) About the WPBL opening weekend (21:35) Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave direct (30:34) More demos from Robin (36:04) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Spider Man: Brand New Day, Big Walk)   (37:27) Brand New Day spoilers start (43:13) Brand New Day spoilers end Mentioned this week:  WPBL Opening Day anthem Support us on Ko-fi! Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online! Join The Worst Garbage Discord! Follow us and send us questions! Follow Robin! Follow Willa! Music  Street Food by FASSounds Things are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do baseball and D&D have in common? I don’t know but we’re playing games inspired by both. Listen in this week for lots of RPG and VN talk and let’s go Firebells! Timestamps: (01:50) Toxic Yuri VN Jam 2 redux (9:55) Esoteric Ebb (24:16) Original Sin 2  (33:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. WPBL, The Odyssey, Little Blue Encyclopedia again, Ghost in the Shell)   Mentioned this week:  Leslie (2025) 2-4 ‘94 You can actually watch the WPBL on Tubi. Thank you, Tubi. Here’s the schedule. Support us on Ko-fi! Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online! Join The Worst Garbage Discord! Follow us and send us questions! Follow Robin! Follow Willa! Music  Street Food by FASSounds Things are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Toxic Yuri VN Jam season! Willa and Robin talk about a handful of selections from the latest jam. Then it's on to the Incident at Galley House, which is like if TR-49 was a good game. Timestamps: (00:30) Toxic Yuri VN Jam 2 (15:400) The Incident at Galley House (beware SPOILERS) (49:52) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante Rock, Wimbledon)   Mentioned this week:  Our Toxic Yuri VN Jam 2 recommendations on itch.io Support us on Ko-fi! Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online! Join The Worst Garbage Discord! Follow us and send us questions! Follow Robin! Follow Willa! Music  Street Food by FASSounds Things are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The present remains bleak for video games, so this week we're playing games from the past, which remain safe until executives find a way to lay people off via time travel. I'm sure it won't take long. Timestamps: (00:15) New monkey just dropped (03:50) Checking in on the game industry: It’s Still Bad (11:50) Y’all heard of Gravity Rush? (25:20) Dread Delusion (34:50) FFXIV Mobile (briefly) (36:40) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Final Fantasy XIII, 30 Rock)   Mentioned this week:  Entirely New Monkey Species Discovered in The Congo Rainforest, And It Doesn't Look Impressed The PriceMaster Paradigm Shift: On Finally Getting Past Final Fantasy XIII-2 Werewolf Bar Mitzvah Support us on Ko-fi! Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online! Join The Worst Garbage Discord! Follow us and send us questions! Follow Robin! Follow Willa! Music  Street Food by FASSounds Things are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week has a lot of X-Men talk for a non X-Men episode. Beyond that Robin has played some Luna Abyss and Willa does a check in on Marvel Rivals, because of X-Men. It all comes back to X-Men. Timestamps: (00:54) Dazzler the musical (01:35) Checking in on Xbox… still bad (11:07) Jubilee the vampire and too much Marvel Rivals talk (20:51) Luna Abyss (29:20) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Lots of X-Men, Witch Hat Atelier)   Mentioned this week:  Support us on Ko-fi! Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online! Join The Worst Garbage Discord! Follow us and send us questions! Follow Robin! Follow Willa! Music  Street Food by FASSounds Things are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you can get past the purposefully bad boston accents at the start of this episode you can hear Willa and Robin talk about Echoes of Aincrad's smooth brain demo, Xbox sucking, and PlayStation also sucking. Timestamps: (00:34) Labubu missile, Winnie the Pooh, Boston molasses flood. Now that is what I call the fourth of July (04:41) Echoes of Aincrad demo (13:24) Robin on Code RAPID, Entropy (16:36) The news! Starting with Xbox sucking (29:40) PlayStation also sucks (43:40) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Beastro, X-Men '97 Season 2)   Mentioned this week:  Labubu missile Indiepocalypse Support us on Ko-fi! Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online! Join The Worst Garbage Discord! Follow us and send us questions! Follow Robin! Follow Willa! Music  Street Food by FASSounds Things are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Pryde! Catch up with the story so far in episodes 26, 38, 56, 72, 95, and 139. Follow along this week here. Support us on Ko-fi! Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online! Join The Worst Garbage Discord! Follow us and send us questions! Follow Robin! Follow Willa! Music  Street Food by FASSounds Things are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.