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This week, we do a quick Olympic check-in before running through the State of Play and its many (un)interesting announcements. Robin and Willa do, however, come up with a groundbreaking idea to fix 007. Then it's a pair of games, one new and one old.Timestamps:(00:38) More olympic talk(03:25) State of the State of Play(34:20) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Love Eternal , Verho - Curse of Faces)Mentioned this week:Willa's Love Eternal reviewSupport 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 FASSoundsThings 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.

This week, we talk almost as much about the Olympics as we do about video games. Timestamps:(00:35) Video games? More like Winter Games(16:20) Nintendo Direct happened this week(25:45) Close enough. Welcome back, Dauntless.(28:40) More Bioshock talk somehow(35:00) Elden Ring with Seamless Co-op rips(37:55) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. The Starving Saints, Nothing)(45:10) Olympics talk repriseMentioned this week:Harvestella Review: Sometimes the best gourmet meals are the simplest dishesGore Verbinski's BioShock Movie Would Have Somehow Included Both of the Game's EndingsThe Korrasami fic Willa likesThe Aerti fic Robin likesSupport 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 FASSoundsThings 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.

Somehow Willa and Robin eventually get through the many detours of this episode (hand injuries, bisexual Zohran, etc.) to talk about some games. There is a report on Zoe saving the galaxy and heading to Rapture as well as Robin going up in Valkyrie Saga and Cairn. Timestamps:(00:11) Willa’s housewife injury(03:06) Cursed blades RANKED(04:06) Talking about not talking about critical discourse (06:21) More detours, this time about Zohran Mamdani(07:26) Mass Effect and BioShock in 2026(27:37) Valkyrie Saga and Cairn(46:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Recovery of an MMO Junkie , Journal with Witch)Mentioned this week:The Toxic Positivity Problem by Critical ErrorIf You Ask Nicely by Autumn WrightSupport 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 FASSoundsThings 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.

After taking a break for the longest week in human history (and the customary annual lay-off of one of our hosts), we’re back to talk about two interesting games: one we like and one we don’t. How novel. Timestamps:(00:10) The Gay Bachelor, etc.(04:50) TR-49 (mechanical and light story spoilers start)(23:30) TR-49 story spoilers start for real(26:30) TR-49 story spoilers start for real for real(40:05) Perfect Tides: Station to Station(50:50) Spoiler for a very fun moment in Station to Station(53:20) Spoilers end(56:25) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Dolls Nest, Love Through a Prism)Mentioned this week:Meredith Gran on Post GamesMeredith Gran AMAWilla on TR-49 and Perfect Tides: Station to StationSupport 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 FASSoundsThings 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.

It's prediction time! First we tally up the scores from 2025 to see who the winner of an undecided prize is. Then it's into the future as Robin, Willa, and Zoe (via Willa reading her notes because we won't let her back on the pod) tell you what 2026 will hold for gaming with 100% accuracy.Timestamps:(00:35) Robin's dogs, the Pitt, and some Mets talk(03:43) Our 2025 predictions, which did not go as well as we hoped(12:47) Making 2026 predictions that will absolutely come true(26:39) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Hyperbeat, The Expanse)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 FASSoundsThings 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.

It’s the Girlies! You know the drill. If you don’t, just listen and you’ll get it. It’s like an awards show but better.Thanks for listening this year!You can find a whole list of winners (with a couple of visual aids) here.Timestamps:(00:15) The Girlies!(51:30) Spoilers for Carimara and Old Skies(54:25) Spoilers end(1:22:00) Spoilers for Carimara and Silent Hill f(1:24:20) Spoilers end(1:37:25) GOTY discussion(1:43:30) Thematic spoilers for our pick(1:48:30) Major story spoilers for our pickMentioned this week:Neil Newbon being correct about generative AIJennifer English being incredible at the Golden JoysticksAdditional music this episode:Take me out to the ball game from Trombone ChampBaby Steps background musicEra Calling from Angeline EraNina Pasadena from Skin Deep I’m A Bitch, My Name’s Robert from DispatchI Am Gonna Claw (Out Your Eyes then Drown You to Death) from Hades 2 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 FASSoundsThings 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.

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!!Spoilers for all of Wanderstop and Baby Steps!Timestamps:(00:10) The Great Girl Mode Game Exchange, aka, what we’re doing this week(03:00) Wanderstop(1:06:00) Excerpt from “The Everything” by C418 on the Wanderstop OST(1:06:30) Baby Steps(2:19:30)  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)Mentioned this week:Robin’s Wanderstop reviewNicole Carpenter’s Wanderstop reviewGio Colantonio’s Baby Steps reviewWalter Chaw on Avatar (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)I worked at the creepiest publisher in indie games (CRITICAL REFLEX)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 FASSoundsThings 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.

This week Willa and Robin run through all the announcements at The Game Awards, including: Tomb Raider for the straights, DILF Leon, and Control with a man. Boooooo. Also, more Old Skies talk because it's just that good!Timestamps:(00:12) Zoe probably wants to stab Willa (medically)(02:05)  A lot of time spent on Game Awards reveals  (45:00) Less time on Day of the Devs and Wholesome Snack(51:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Cheese Ball, Octopath Traveler 0, Old Skies)Mentioned this week:Everything announced at The Game AwardsEverything announced at Day of the DevsEverything announced at Wholesome SnackSupport 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 FASSoundsThings 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.