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Episode 256: Does that Go With Red, White, or...Paperback?: (Video)Game and Book Pairings
Not Your Mama's Gamer
1 hour 41 minutes
7 months ago
Episode 256: Does that Go With Red, White, or...Paperback?: (Video)Game and Book Pairings
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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Not Your Mama's Gamer
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.