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Girl Mode Podcast

Girl Mode is a podcast (mostly) about video games by two trans women and gaming journalists where we talk about the latest news in the industry, our takes, weekly topics, and more about the Mets than you're probably expecting.

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#187
Yesterday · 1 hr 5 min
Episode 187 - Mulholland Mega Drive
After a short news segment on layoffs we could have had basically any week this year, Willa continues to explain why Control Resonant failed to resonate. Then Robin relives the worst parts of her barista days in Roman Sands RE:BUILD, and Willa contends with vampires and the even more monstrous generative AI use in Blood of a Dawnwalker. Timestamps: (01:00) More Xbox layoffs pt. 10,000 (05:11) Returning to Control Resonant corner (spoilers for Control Resonant and, somehow, Final Fantasy IV) (27:05) Customer Service Hell Simulator 2026 (Roman Sands RE:BUILD) (40:00) The Blood of the Dawnwalker (49:45) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Have you heard of Elden Ring?, Aack Cast!, The Love Hypothesis) Mentioned this week: Willa's Control Resonant review The Blood of Dawnwalker Studio Uses AI Annie and Robin’s walking tour of Leyndell Royal Capital Aack Cast! An Elven Alliance Is Protecting Iceland’s Natural Wonders 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#186
September 23 · 48 min
Episode 186 - Hold for Joke Intro
This week, Willa and Robin talk about two big releases: Wolverine and Control Resonant. You will be shocked to hear which one they have more nice things to say about. Then it is on to vampires in Nighthawks, collected criticism, and Cold Stone Creamery. Timestamps: (00:45) Wolverine first impressions (19:10) Control Resonant corner (33:57) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Nighthawks, A Control Resonant anecdote, Seasons of Discontent by Robert Brustein ) Things Mentioned: Willa's Control Resonant review The article Robin mentioned about the consultant being weird about female protagonists Germinate blog 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#185
September 16 · 45 min
Episode 185 - My Wife The Amiibo
This week, Nintendo tests our patience with two Directs that should have been one email. Timestamps: (01:00) At least the music was good (12:46) Another fucking Direct (34:15) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Furious, Isle of Reveries, the idea of Drakengard 3) 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#184
September 9 · 50 min
Episode 184 - Save Rooster
This week Robin and Willa play catch up with the many showcases that happened when we took a week off. That means GTA VI, Gamescom (but mostly the Witcher), and State of Play. Also, some Control talk and our usual antics. Timestamps: (00:30) And now, the weather (01:16) GTA VI lets you hold hands 10/10 (05:58) Gamescom Opening Night Live was pretty boring but the Witcher is awesome (15:55) State of Play (34:39) Somehow Lollipop Chainsaw returned (36:01) Zoe takes Control (2019) (39:14) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Entropy, Grey's Anatomy, Being married) Mentioned this week: 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#183
August 26 · 1 hr 1 min
Episode 183 - Lesbian Escape Room Island
Tune in to hear two hot women with problems talk about two games with hot women and problems. Timestamps: (02:50) Plague Tale 3: Resonance: A Plague Tale Game: Legacy (28:10) Fields of Mistria (45:47) South of Midnight and making combat optional (48:55) A little more Fields of Mistria (51:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Ghost in the Shell check-in, Spider-Man comma The Amazing) Mentioned this week: Jay Castello’s Fields of Mistria review Compulsion Games pulls off management buyout and separates from Xbox Boycott Microsoft's Xbox just one guy, just one spider-man. or woMn, we dunno. fOR suRE 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#182
August 13 · 50 min
Episode 182 - Gun Violence Isn't Fun Violence
This week, Robin isn't a fan of the nun with a gun in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. We also talk about the X-Men (typical), baseball (typical), Spider-Man, and Big Walk. Timestamps: (00:19) Direct from Netflix, it's Girl Mode (01:27) X-Men news (06:32 ) About the WPBL opening weekend (21:35) Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave direct (30:34) More demos from Robin (36:04) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Spider Man: Brand New Day, Big Walk) (37:27) Brand New Day spoilers start (43:13) Brand New Day spoilers end Mentioned this week: WPBL Opening Day anthem 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#181
August 5 · 49 min
Episode 181 - Continuing Adventures in Problematic Women
What do baseball and D&D have in common? I don’t know but we’re playing games inspired by both. Listen in this week for lots of RPG and VN talk and let’s go Firebells! Timestamps: (01:50) Toxic Yuri VN Jam 2 redux (9:55) Esoteric Ebb (24:16) Original Sin 2 (33:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. WPBL, The Odyssey, Little Blue Encyclopedia again, Ghost in the Shell) Mentioned this week: Leslie (2025) 2-4 ‘94 You can actually watch the WPBL on Tubi. Thank you, Tubi. Here’s the schedule. 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#180
July 29 · 57 min
Episode 180 - A Good Gathering Place for Miserable Girls
It's Toxic Yuri VN Jam season! Willa and Robin talk about a handful of selections from the latest jam. Then it's on to the Incident at Galley House, which is like if TR-49 was a good game. Timestamps: (00:30) Toxic Yuri VN Jam 2 (15:400) The Incident at Galley House (beware SPOILERS) (49:52) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante Rock, Wimbledon) Mentioned this week: Our Toxic Yuri VN Jam 2 recommendations on itch.io 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#179
July 22 · 56 min
Episode 179 - Get On My Scales!
The present remains bleak for video games, so this week we're playing games from the past, which remain safe until executives find a way to lay people off via time travel. I'm sure it won't take long. Timestamps: (00:15) New monkey just dropped (03:50) Checking in on the game industry: It’s Still Bad (11:50) Y’all heard of Gravity Rush? (25:20) Dread Delusion (34:50) FFXIV Mobile (briefly) (36:40) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Final Fantasy XIII, 30 Rock) Mentioned this week: Entirely New Monkey Species Discovered in The Congo Rainforest, And It Doesn't Look Impressed The PriceMaster Paradigm Shift: On Finally Getting Past Final Fantasy XIII-2 Werewolf Bar Mitzvah 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#178
July 15 · 48 min
Episode 178 - Goldballs Was Right
This week has a lot of X-Men talk for a non X-Men episode. Beyond that Robin has played some Luna Abyss and Willa does a check in on Marvel Rivals, because of X-Men. It all comes back to X-Men. Timestamps: (00:54) Dazzler the musical (01:35) Checking in on Xbox… still bad (11:07) Jubilee the vampire and too much Marvel Rivals talk (20:51) Luna Abyss (29:20) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Lots of X-Men, Witch Hat Atelier) Mentioned this week: 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#177
July 8 · 1 hr 3 min
Episode 177 - I Am Not a Cawp
If you can get past the purposefully bad boston accents at the start of this episode you can hear Willa and Robin talk about Echoes of Aincrad's smooth brain demo, Xbox sucking, and PlayStation also sucking. Timestamps: (00:34) Labubu missile, Winnie the Pooh, Boston molasses flood. Now that is what I call the fourth of July (04:41) Echoes of Aincrad demo (13:24) Robin on Code RAPID, Entropy (16:36) The news! Starting with Xbox sucking (29:40) PlayStation also sucks (43:40) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Beastro, X-Men '97 Season 2) Mentioned this week: Labubu missile Indiepocalypse 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#176
June 30 · 1 hr 33 min
Episode 176 - Bobby, You're Gay
Happy Pryde! Catch up with the story so far in episodes 26, 38, 56, 72, 95, and 139. Follow along this week here. 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#175
June 17 · 1 hr 18 min
Episode 175 - A Visit from Clippy
This week, Willa went to Tribeca to play some games and Robin stayed home to do the same. Timestamps: (00:20) A three-martini lunch (04:00) Tribeca Games (4:55) Bad Magpie (8:40) Demi and the Fractured Dream (15:00) Drifted (17:15) Forever Ago (23:00) Kidbash (24:25) Lofsöng (28:50) Rivage (32:55) Rebounder (36:05) Rockbeasts (38:30) Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! (42:20) There Are No Ghosts at the Grand (54:20) Virtue and a Sledgehammer (1:00:30) What’s the deal with Tribeca? (1:11:20) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Widow’s Bay, Flying Saucer Video) Mentioned this week: Tribeca Games 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#174
June 10 · 1 hr 1 min
Episode 174 - Trend Alert: Vampires
It has been a busy Summer Game Fest and all the events from the State of Play to the Nintendo Direct. This week Willa and Robin dive into what announcements piqued their interest, namely all the ones with vampires (of which there were many). Timestamps: (00:20) Cryptid talk? (02:48) A whole lot of Summer Game Fest week announcements (54:08) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Moonsigil Atlas, Enter the Chronosphere, Dimension 20: City Council of Darkness) Mentioned this week: 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#173
June 3 · 2 hr 3 min
Episode 173 - Lesbian Girlfailure Simulator 2026
This week Willa and Robin step out of their comfort zones by playing Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, a game about being a girlfailure who really wants to make out with mean women. Also: Mina the Hollower and 007 First Light. Timestamps: (00:24) What's the deal with ZA/UM? (09:30) Zero Parades! (we spoil the hell out of this thing throughout) (01:53:57) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Mina the Hollower, 007 First Light) Mentioned this week: Superbloc, Baby 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#172
May 20 · 1 hr 6 min
Episode 172 - Two Apples Tall
This week, we’ve got it all: old games, boring games, games we don’t play, and even things that aren't games at all but rather raccoons. Timestamps: (00:20) Robin’s new roommate (03:00) Hello Kitty urban legends (07:30) Directive 8020 (28:00) Marathon PvE (31:00) Uncharted 4: Game’s fun, game’s bad (38:45) A little game called Final Fantasy 11 (55:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Marriage Toxin, Heartspell: Horizon Academy) Mentioned this week: Uncovering Amy Hennig's Uncharted 4 Final Fantasy 11 videos from The Crawl, Friends at the Table, and A Goth Elf 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#171
May 13 · 1 hr 9 min
Episode 171 - Sayonara Wild Hearts for Straight People
Wasn’t being a teenager great? Isn’t music magical? Don’t you want to play a whole game that’s basically that sentiment repeated for three hours? Timestamps: (00:20) Spinning our wheels to avoid talking about Mixtape (04:20) We can no longer avoid talking about Mixtape (51:50) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Call of the Elder Gods, The Dad Rock That Made Me A Woman) 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#170
May 6 · 47 min
Episode 170 - Bobo Bitcoin Betting (Say It Five Times Fast)
Willa and Robin go into the game grab bag this week. Robin has been gambling in Bobo Bay, wielding the elements in Elementallis, and totally not romancing a living statue in Sovereign Tower. Willa, meanwhile, is building civilizations in Amberspire. Timestamps: (00:26) Tune in next week for our thoughts on [Redacted] (01:13) Bobo Bay and Elementallis (16:15) Amberspire (32:11) Sovereign Tower (37:47) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Elsinore, Folding Ideas' Why was I invited to Beast Studios?, World Collage Day) Mentioned this week: Why was I invited to Beast Studios? 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#169
April 29 · 1 hr 20 min
Episode 169 - It’s Not That Complicated
This week, Willa and Robin confront their respective greatest enemies: theater kids and math. First, we go long on Titanium Court, and why neither of us found it as groundbreaking or as hard to explain as you may have heard. Then we talk about Sol Cesto, a game you’ve probably heard less about because the universe is as cold and uncaring as the probability that makes Sol Cesto great. Timestamps: (01:00) Describing Titanium Court (18:40) Slight Titanium Court spoilers (23:45) For real Titanium Court spoilers (47:40) Trying to move on to Sol Cesto but immediately talking more about the reception to Titanium Court (in a non-spoiler way) (53:30) Actually talking about Sol Cesto (1:05:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. HR: Human Remains, Inkblood, PUNK, Speed Racer) Mentioned this week: Second Wind Showcase In Funeral for the Sun, the only way to unravel a decades-old mystery is traveling back to the day it happened 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#168
April 15 · 1 hr 6 min
Episode 168 - What's Pragmata with You?
Artemis II might be back from the moon but Willa and Robin aren't. This week it's the Pragmata extravaganza, come along as we dive into Capcom's new action game that's pretty dang good! Timestamps: (00:13) Sponsored by Orbitz (00:48) Pragmata extravaganza (53:15) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Moves of the Diamond Hand, Invincible) Mentioned this week: Nothing : ( 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 FASSounds Things 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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