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 203. Where Even Am I?
02/02/2025 Duración: 55minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about navigation in games and the realism of the mini-map feature. Also featuring long parkways with not enough exits, pacing problems, and getting lost with your buddies. Sorry for the strange audio on Emma's end! Probably wasn't close enough to the mic.
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Episode 206. SaGa Roco Emerald
26/01/2025 Duración: 50minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss LocoRoco and SaGa: Emerald Beyond and going up and down the scale of complexity. Also featuring a growing choir, physics-based status effects, and the appeal of a guy who uses puppets.
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Side-Quest 202. Cartoon Cat Commits Crime
19/01/2025 Duración: 50minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk their last seven weeks in gaming, and they're not looking to incite a debate here. Also featuring living on air cans alone, a perfect number of games, and short story anthologies.
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Episode 205. Horrors of the Shovel Head
12/01/2025 Duración: 51minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Shovel Knight and Slitterhead and the different sizes of digging implement. Also featuring cool blood powers, brainstorming stretch goals, and how many more games come out nowadays.
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Side-Quest 201. When Do I Get to Call Him Ishmael?
05/01/2025 Duración: 01h01minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk how to start a game and no, they don't mean how to launch a game from your computer. Also featuring iconic opening lines, pressing the book buttons, and the Steam refund period.
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Special Episode: 2024 is No More
29/12/2024 Duración: 55minIn this special episode, Madelyn and Emma reflect back on the year of 2024 in gaming from the great games to the not-so-great industry. Also featuring a need for more Trine 2 energy, the true upper limit of video games, and hope/trepidation for the future.
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Episode 204. Final Fight of the Dragon Age
22/12/2024 Duración: 01h03minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Final Fight and Dragon Age: The Veilguard and the power behind a title. Also featuring mayoral politics, letting characters date each other, and Nintendo being Nintendo.
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Side-Quest 200. Crossover of the Phone Wires
15/12/2024 Duración: 56minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk crossovers in games and the extremely easy and simple process of just making a phone call. Also featuring the power of not speaking English, the reveal of a Snake, and fun little dollhouses.
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Episode 203. UFO Knack
08/12/2024 Duración: 56minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Knack and UFO 50 and what a world would like like if there were 50 Knack games. Also featuring learning the buttons, Morbillions of dollars, and desperate pleas for a console release.
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Side-Quest 199. History of Pushing Blocks
01/12/2024 Duración: 01h05minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk their last six weeks of gaming and whether they've ever pushed a block in their life. Also featuring non-clicking genres, plenty of tactics games, and having the time for a for-beginners club.
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Episode 202. Prototyping the Mouthwash
24/11/2024 Duración: 53minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Prototype and Mouthwashing and the different views on power fantasies they bring. Also featuring more gargling than expected, where Spiderman fits into all of this, and gobble gobble Thanksgiving time.
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Side-Quest 198. Touching the Grass
17/11/2024 Duración: 53minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about nature in games and the appeal of watching ants go about their day. Also featuring long boring hikes, transitioning between biomes, and whether Cloud needs to be damper.
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Episode 201. Kirby v. Mr. Dracula
10/11/2024 Duración: 53minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Kirby's Dream Land and V Rising and the power of suction. Also featuring how birds feed their babies, how much we love counting up sticks, and what color Kirby should be.
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Side-Quest 197. In a Time Loop, In a Time Loop
03/11/2024 Duración: 01h44sIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about time loops in video games and high school performances of Groundhog Day. Also featuring the lack of an after in time loop stories, whether this is all a pandemic thing somehow, and how long it would take them to start drugging loved ones.
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Episode 200. Hotel Tekken
27/10/2024 Duración: 56minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Hotel Dusk: Room 215 and Tekken 8 and who is throwing who off a cliff. Also featuring how to hold a book, fighting your own ghost, and the potential of visual novels.
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Side-Quest 196. Crime-Boyfriend Has Been Forgiven
20/10/2024 Duración: 01h11minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about their last six weeks in gaming and the many different flavors of Simones. Also featuring Like A Dragon speculation, decisions on forgiveness, and a sampling of Steam Next Fest.
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Episode 199. Banishers of Limbo
13/10/2024 Duración: 59minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Limbo and Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden and the usage of "buddy" for a pet name. Also featuring jumping off of logs, hard to interpret stories, and the ever-presence of Kingdom Hearts.
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Side-Quest 195. The Age of the Girly Pop
06/10/2024 Duración: 54minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about female protagonists in video games and why they're cool and stuff. Also featuring graphical fidelity for acne purposes, engaging in some counting, and different perceptions of violence.
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Episode 198. Trails in the Pacific Drive
29/09/2024 Duración: 59minIn this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky and Pacific Drive and whether Pixar owns the rights to sentient talking cars. Also featuring cheerful girl/sullen bike, a few unavoidable car puns, and ten novels of content. Sorry for the lawnmower noise near the end!
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Side-Quest 194. That's Pretty Expensive
22/09/2024 Duración: 59minIn this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about the price of video games and video game consoles, especially the newly announced PS5 Pro. Also featuring the eldritch demon called the PS3, loss leaders, and the hidden costs of losing physical media.