Sinopsis
Talk This! is a bi-weekly podcast about video games, old and new. Each episode, hosts Emma and Madelyn Paquette host a lively debate about two random video games (one old and one new) and then subsequently make up their own by mashing the best elements of each.
Episodios
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Side-Quest 97. My Kingdom for a Dragon
22/11/2020 Duración: 01h07minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about what they've been playing for the last six weeks and have some thoughts about unreality. Also featuring forgiving the moon, terrible Kids' Bop rap, and good friends from Greek myths
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Ep 100. Crossing the Chrono Worlds
15/11/2020 Duración: 01h04minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma talk Chrono Cross and The Outer Worlds and reflect on risk taking sequels. Also featuring dethroning Rockefeller, William McKinley, and the complications of parallel worlds.
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Side-Quest 96. Big Voice Action
08/11/2020 Duración: 01h04minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about voice acting in video games and give their best efforts. They're still not very good efforts. Also featuring Kiryu impressions, small talent pools, and appreciation for the song "Beautiful Soul"
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Ep 99. Romance of the Three Fall Guys
01/11/2020 Duración: 55minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma talk Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Fall Guys and wonder if their memories have been wrong all this time. Also featuring getting the wrong Daylight Savings Time, real life obstacle courses, and eyeball eating.
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Side-Quest 95. Politics Pretty Sus, NGL
25/10/2020 Duración: 57minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about the intersections between politics and gaming. This was all Madelyn's idea! Also featuring new conspiracy theories, the Animal Crossing approval process, and thoughts on the voting rallying cry.
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Ep 98. Super Ghost Boy of Tsushima
18/10/2020 Duración: 59minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma talk Super Meat Boy and Ghost of Tsushima. That is just the one Ghost, despite how often they mess up the title. Also featuring super bad crunch, all the pretty colors, and Beat Saber meat chopping.
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Side-Quest 94. Punchy Like a Mecha Dragon
11/10/2020 Duración: 59minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about what they've been playing for the last six weeks and who's the real parent of the Yakuza series. Also featuring memory and computers, what happens when you steal, and disappointing memories.
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Ep 97. A Valorant Fable
04/10/2020 Duración: 01h05minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma talk Fable and Valorant and go in deep to the "corn on the cob" level of your computer. That's the technical term. Also featuring being followed by flies, going for the headshot, and collateral damage.
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Side-Quest 93. Getting Owned by the Terms of Service
27/09/2020 Duración: 01h01minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about ownership in digital and physical media and the impermanence of life itself. Also featuring three letter acronyms, the birth of Steam, and why we like games in boxes.
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Ep 96. The Sayonara Effect
20/09/2020 Duración: 01h03minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma talk Mass Effect and Sayonara Wild Hearts and discuss the benefits and drawbacks of complexity versus simplicity. Also featuring a dislike for patterns, everybody playing the good guy, and the death of angels and devils.
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Side-Quest 92. Talk This! The Definitive Edition
13/09/2020 Duración: 01h09minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about remakes and remasters and what those words even mean really. Also featuring hot takes about lighting, hot takes about art style changes, and lukewarm takes on everything else.
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Ep 95. Mirror to the Wattam
06/09/2020 Duración: 55minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma talk Mirror's Edge and Wattam which go together like a nose and a top hat. Also featuring our bad reaction times, playing co-op games with kids, and the terrible sensation of falling.
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Side-Quest 91. Time Sure Keeps on Going
30/08/2020 Duración: 59minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about what they've been playing for the last six weeks and what do you know? It's more than just Animal Crossing. Also featuring powerful plants, the Wipeout-style appeal of Fall Guys, and the endless march of the clock.
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Ep 94. Abe's Disco World
23/08/2020 Duración: 01h07minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma talk Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and Disco Elysium and there's just generally a lot of unintentional, somewhat comical death. Also featuring how taking off your pants increases your stats, refreshingly intentional politics, and what works as a TV show.
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Side-Quest 90. Let's Get Escapist
16/08/2020 Duración: 01h08minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about games as escapism and reveal themselves as to-do list fanatics. Also featuring throwing molotovs, Fire Emblem University, and power fantasy 101.
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Ep 93. Don't Cross Mama!
09/08/2020 Duración: 01h04minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma talk Cooking Mama and Animal Crossing: New Horizons and also that Tamogotchi game for the DS, man that was a good game. Also featuring the whole Cookstar situation, Emma forgetting Puddles, and tool breaking points.
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Side-Quest 89. Take It Slow, Or Fast
02/08/2020 Duración: 01h06minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about pacing in games, especially the dreaded question...are games too long? Play horror movie sting. Also featuring a throwback, the benefit of game-like elements, and distractions before the main mission.
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Ep 92. Zero Escape From the Maneating Shark!
26/07/2020 Duración: 50minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma talk Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (999) and Maneater and go deep into shark psychology. Also featuring pseudoscience vs wrong science, the localization of puns, and Stinky Pete.
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Side-Quest 88. Ex-Gatcha SOLDIER
19/07/2020 Duración: 56minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about what they've been playing for the last six weeks and make plans to destroy their sisterly relationship with Overcooked 2. Also featuring the lure of the gatcha, the dreaded Joycon drift, and how much Rean kinda sucks.
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Ep 91. What the Borderlands?
12/07/2020 Duración: 59minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma talk Borderlands and What the Golf and wonder how many people are wearing full Borderlands masks to encourage social distancing. Also featuring a dude in a strange land with strange forces, subway philosophers, and how somebody would golf Naruto.