Yoshi's Island looks like a girls game, full of flowers and tiny pink dinosaurs. But when you get hit by an enemy, baby Mario pops off your back,. goes into a bubble and then starts crying. So when you are in peril, the sound that you hear is a screaming baby. When we were six, we worshipped out at like it was an altar, like we loved it. I challenge any of you to pick that up and not feel like the world is against you.
Gaming used to be for everybody, like Lego. But somewhere around the early noughties gaming became extremely gendered, with first person war shooters dominating mainstream gaming and “girl” games arrived. We talk The Sims, Harvest Moon, Pokemon, Stardew Valley, tv and movie franchise games, horse riding games, a little bit of Zelda, and a little bit of Skyrim. We also discuss Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and finish with recommendations for new gamers. Recs include:
Wandersong
Chicory
A Short Hike
Cult of the Lamb
Boyfriend Dungeon
Going Under
Wychwood
What Remains of Edith Finch
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