{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6393ec46b89a2a0010dee819/694b5a2209314afbec665f40?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 153 - Finding Our Way Home in Wanderstop and Baby Steps","description":"<p>It’s the annual Girl Mode Game Exchange, the episode where we force each other to play one of our favorite games of the year, under penalty of death. This year, we chose Wanderstop and Baby Steps, two games about the struggle to find self-worth that take two very different paths to get there. Only one is obsessed with making you look at donkey dicks, for instance. This year, we were both pretty surprised by our reactions to our games and we didn’t even get furious with each other once, which I think is a first for one of these episodes!</p><p><strong>!Spoilers for all of Wanderstop and Baby Steps!</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>(00:10) The Great Girl Mode Game Exchange, aka, what we’re doing this week</p><p>(03:00) Wanderstop</p><p>(1:06:00) Excerpt from “The Everything” by C418 on the <a href=\"https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/wanderstop\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Wanderstop OST</a></p><p>(1:06:30) Baby Steps</p><p>(2:19:30)&nbsp; What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. a very fucked up situation at Critical Reflex, letting Zoe cut your hair, Pluribus)</p><p><br></p><p>Mentioned this week:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.inverse.com/gaming/wanderstop-review\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Robin’s Wanderstop review</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/review/536249/wanderstop-review-ivy-road-annapurna-tea-shop/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole Carpenter’s Wanderstop review</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/baby-steps-review/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Gio Colantonio’s Baby Steps review</a></p><p><a href=\"https://filmfreakcentral.net/2025/12/avatar-fire-and-ash-2025/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Walter Chaw on Avatar</a> (I can’t remember if our mention of this made the final cut but it’s too late to go back and check and it’s really good either way)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB6jrARl_jA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">I worked at the creepiest publisher in indie games (CRITICAL REFLEX)</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://ko-fi.com/girlmodepod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Support us on Ko-fi!</a></p><p><a href=\"https://theworstgarbage.online/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!</a></p><p><a href=\"https://discord.com/invite/xQ7ht3V\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Join The Worst Garbage Discord!</a></p><p><a href=\"https://linktr.ee/girlmodepod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us and send us questions!</a></p><p><a href=\"https://robinbea.carrd.co/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Robin!</a></p><p><a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/thewillarowe.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Willa!</a></p><p><br></p><p>Music&nbsp;</p><p>Street Food by FASSounds</p><p><br></p><p>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 <a href=\"https://www.tumblr.com/girlmodepod/777054312290549760/advocacy-orgs-and-other-links-we-used-to-have-in?source=share\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Big List Of Links</a>.</p>","author_name":"Girl Mode Podcast"}