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Not Your Mama's Gamer

Not Your Mama's Gamer

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 NYMGamer’s podcast hosts and guests past and present include scholars, writers, and professionals from a variety of industries, but the focus is always the same: unpacking games from a feminist perspective, and having a good time while we’re at it.Copyright Not Your Mama's Gamer Science Fiction
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  • Episode 258: Don't Answer That Phone: Atomfall Spoilercast

    Episode 258: Don't Answer That Phone: Atomfall Spoilercast
    May 19 2025
    This week we've all played Atomfall. by Rebellion and we're talking about the experience!

    What We're Playing
    Atomfall*
    Blue Prince
    Sunderfolk
    R.E.P.O.
    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
    Fallout 76

    What We're Reading
    Fledgling by Octavia Butler
    Model Home by Rivers Solomon

    What We're Drinking
    Sneaky Sneaky
    Sprecher Orange Dream
    Xila by Flor de Luna

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    1 hr and 41 mins
  • Music to My Ears? Videogame and Music Pairings

    Music to My Ears? Videogame and Music Pairings
    Apr 30 2025
    This week we're talking about games and videogame pairings. Not specifically the music from the specific videogames, but music that we pair with the specific games that we are playing or thinking about.

    What We're Playing
    Atomfall*
    South of Midnight*
    Nobdy Saves the World
    Split Fiction
    Minecraft
    Fallout 76

    What We're Reading
    Fahrenheit-182 by Mark Hoppus
    Model Home by Rivers Solomon

    What We're Drinking
    Great Notion Blueberry Muffin Tart Sour
    Water
    Cold Brew Coffee

    *Code received for streaming and review purposes

    What We Paired


    Victoria
    “You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid” The Offspring – Fallout New Vegas
    “Rox in the Box” The Decemberists – Don’t Starve Together
    “Hiding in the Blue” The Fat Rat & Riell – Minecraft
    “Feed the Machine” Poor Man’s Poison – Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
    “Mothman (Cryptid)” Rat Wyfe – Fallout 76
    Lord of the Rings soundtrack – Warlords Battlecry 3
    “Mezmerize” (album) System of a Down – Final Fantasy VIII


    Jordyn
    "Kingdom Fall" Clare Wyndyam - FFXV
    "Two Roads" Janani K. Jha - Life is Strange, Life is Strange: Double Exposure
    "Here, Before, Now, and After" Morgan Clae - Kena: Bridge of Spirits
    LoTR - particularly Concerning Hobbits, Old Friends, Into the West - Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom
    "Same Old Energy" + "Burn Your Village" (Explicit) Kiki Rockwell; "The Consequence of Imagination is Fear" Junie and the Hutfriends - Little Hope


    Sam
    Bad Ass Women Playlist: Call of Duty
    Writing: Black Ops 6 Paratext Playlist: Call of Duty
    Be Real Black For Me Playlist: Mafia III
    Gregorian Chant Playlist: Metaphor ReFantazio
    South of Midnight OST: Literally EVERYTHING right now (but moving to Minecraft and farming sims?)
    Bastion OST: Playing over Bastion (But not the Build A Wall level)
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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • Episode 256: Does that Go With Red, White, or...Paperback?: (Video)Game and Book Pairings

    Episode 256: Does that Go With Red, White, or...Paperback?: (Video)Game and Book Pairings
    Mar 28 2025
    This week we talk about book and game pairings. If you like these games you might like these books! Errata: Sam said The Monsters We Defy by Justina Ireland and she meant to say by Leslye Penelope

    What We're Playing
    Monster Hunter Wilds
    Assassin's Creed Shadows*
    Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

    What We're Reading
    The Poppy War     by R.F. Kuang
    A Glimmer of Death     by Valeria Wilson Wesley
    Sunrise on the Reaping     by Suzanne Collins

    What We're Drinking
    MARS the Y.A. Japanese Whiskey
    Cold brew coffee with cold foam

    What We Paired

    Jordyn
    1. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson and The Devil in Me by Supermassive
    2. Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake and Queen by Midnight published by Derrington Press
    3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Orwell Keeping an Eye on You by Osmotic Studios
    4. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton and What Remains of Edith Finch by Giant Sparrow
    5. The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor and Lies of P by Round8 Studios

    Sam
    1. Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler and Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Freedom Wars Remastered by Bandai Namco
    2. Trail of Lightning and Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse and Monster Hunter Wilds by Capcom (Middle Grade: Race to the Sun by Roanhorse and Monster Hunter Stories 1&2 by Capcom)
    3. The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang and Avowed by Obsidian
    4.What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez and Tomb Riader by Crystal Dynamics
    5. Ophie's Ghosts by Justina Ireland and The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope and Spiritfarer by Thunder Lotus Games

    Sam's Honorable Mentions
    1. Devil in the Blue Dress by Walter Mosley and L.A. Noire by Team Bondi
    2. Dread Nation by Justina Ireland and The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste and South of Midnight by Compulsion Games

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    1 hr and 42 mins

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