this week's brew 🎧what we played this week + supplementary materials to help you dig deeper. To be in a relationship with someone requires change and the ability to accept change. Moving from the vast majority of games where romantic pursuits are clear-cut, both in how you foster relationships as well as who you want to pursue. Characters have their specific likes, dislikes, and personalities, and are (largely) predictable to interact with. A game that was this compellingly messy with it's...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
this month's brew 🎧what we'll be playing for February + supplementary materials to help you dig deeper. First discussion episode drops Feb 4th! We had a great hangout concluding our playthrough time with Control -- thanks for everyone who made it! It's now time to introduce our February selection, a game that has taken over my mind in a lot of (wonderful) ways:By a la mode games, Sorry We're Closed is a nostalgic, single-player survival horror game with rich lore, deep characters and multiple...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
this week's brew 🎧our discussion of Control this week + supplementary materials to help you dig deeper. Watch and listen now on YouTube, Spotify, iTunes, and wherever you find your podcasts! Okay, I’ll admit it. I hit my first (Hiss) wall at the very start of the Old Boys’ Club mission last week, but after that, it was smooth sailing - and flying! - through the halls of the Bureau. This week’s podcast is all about our descent into truly dangerous areas of the Oldest House, like the aptly...
2 months ago • 4 min read
In today’s newsletter: the first g&g episode of the year! some of our 'most anticipated' titles for 2025 a writing challenge this week's brew ☕our discussion on what we played over the last week + next week's focus. Happy New Year! We’ll start the year with a new job title: Director of the Federal Bureau of Control. Time to figure out what exactly that means!In this episode, we delve into our first impressions as we start Control: while Joel has played before, this is my first time, and I've...
3 months ago • 4 min read
In today’s newsletter: revealing 2025's community selections sharing our top games of 2024 new releases to close out the year podcast recap 🎧our podcast discussion + other media we've gotten into over the last week. It's that time of year again, time to wind down our to-do's (hopefully) and bring up our top 10s! I love the tradition of creating lists, especially with the games I've played over the year. For me, it's not just about figuring out which games were "the best"— games are an art...
3 months ago • 4 min read
In today’s newsletter: the latest podcast new game releases to keep an eye on an analysis of the fourth wall (and another on the knife) in deltarune podcast recap 🎧our podcast discussion + other media we've gotten into over the last week. First off: welcome to all the new subscribers! <3 We have a bunch of new folks here, so I wanted to quickly say welcome and thank you for joining the club ~ please feel free to message me here, say hi, and let me know if you've got any questions! ^_^"Your...
3 months ago • 5 min read
In today’s newsletter: the nominees for the 2025 community selections announcing December's brew new game releases to keep an eye on podcast recap 🎧our podcast discussion + other media we've gotten into over the last week. the episode is out now on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple podcasts! The holiday season is upon us which also means we're preparing for 2025! This is one of my favorite times of the year -- I'm setting up my planner, finishing up this year's game journal, and prepping the...
4 months ago • 5 min read
In today’s newsletter: our discussion of slay the princess a FREE book about community organizing new game releases to keep an eye on last week's recap 🎧our podcast discussion of the game + other media we've gotten into over the last week. the episode is out now on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple podcasts! At the start of Slay the Princess, the developers don't hide the fact that this horror game is a love story. But, how could a game about slaying a princess be a love story? My favorite part...
4 months ago • 3 min read
In today’s newsletter: steam next fest highlights announcing our november brew 2025 nominations begin last week's recap 🎧our podcast discussion of the game + other media we've gotten into over the last week. the episode is out now on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple podcasts! Another Steam Next Fest has come and gone, and it was illuminating to see the wide difference that Joel and I had in our experiences! There's been a recent update in how Valve's algorithm suggests demos to us during a...
5 months ago • 3 min read