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• Episode 174 - Trend Alert: Vampires 10.06.2026 1h 1min

  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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 173 - Lesbian Girlfailure Simulator 2026 03.06.2026 2h 3min

  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, BabySupport 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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 172 - Two Apples Tall 20.05.2026 1h 6min

  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 4Final Fantasy 11 videos from The Crawl, Friends at the Table, and A Goth ElfSupport 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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 171 - Sayonara Wild Hearts for Straight People 13.05.2026 1h 9min

  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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 170 - Bobo Bitcoin Betting (Say It Five Times Fast) 06.05.2026 47min

  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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 169 - It’s Not That Complicated 29.04.2026 1h 20min

  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 ShowcaseIn Funeral for the Sun, the only way to unravel a decades-old mystery is traveling back to the day it happenedSupport 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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 168 - What's Pragmata with You? 15.04.2026 1h 6min

  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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 167 - Making the Dolls Kiss 08.04.2026 53min

  This week, we’re only half paying attention to the show because we're thinking about the Moon. When we turn our attention briefly away from the Artemis II livestream, Willa talks about the bad new Life is Strange game and Robin played a smattering of new indies but she’s too tired to say much about them. Timestamps:(00:20) Shoutout to the Moon(02:45) A walk through Life is Strange Discourse Hall(25:00) So that brings us to Reunion(35:50) Robin played some games, too(45:30) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. thinking about the Moon, Sunburn)  Mentioned this week:How Hidden Nazi Symbols Were the Tip of a Toxic Iceberg at Life Is Strange Developer Deck NineSupport 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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 166 - Bipedal Hotties to the Front 01.04.2026 1h 43min

  Zoe graces us all with her presence to regale us with tales of her time spent saving the galaxy and exploring the highs of Rapture and the lows of Columbia. Spoilers abound for the entire Mass Effect trilogy and Bioshock 1, 2, and Infinite.Timestamps:(00:19) Welcome to the Zo Rowe Show(02:17) The Mass Effect trilogy(57:25) The Bioshock trilogy(1:35:50) What else have Willa, Robin, and Zoe been up to this week? (feat. His Motor Bike, Her Island, Project Hail Mary, The Mets, and knitting)  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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 165 - Video Games Have Not Come a Long Way Since Final Fantasy 13 25.03.2026 50min

  This week, we've both been playing the hot new release that's taken the world by storm: the rhythm-based fishing game Sinker Sound. Then, Willa's adventures in the back catalog continue with Final Fantasy and Resident Evil, and Robin has played a pair of weird and wonderful indie sim games. Timestamps:(00:15) Donate to Robin’s truffle dog startup(03:45) Gone fishin’ in Sinker Sound(14:35) Games have not come a long way since Final Fantasy 13(18:30) The Resident Evil Curriculum(23:25) Cooking for critters in Creature Kitchen(28:35) Petting slimes in Dungeon Bodega Simulator(33:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. the hit television show Bones, the hit television show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the hit television show One Piece)  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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 164 - Episode 168 18.03.2026 1h 9min

  This week, we remember the halcyon days of when we cared about Final Fantasy 14, experience what it’s like to watch a gaming awards show that doesn’t make you want to claw your own eyes out, and discover that every once in a while a lesbian with a sword isn’t enough to make your game good.Timestamps:(00:15) It’s all great over here(01:45) Remember when we cared about Final Fantasy 14?(07:40) The IGF Awards(21:15) No Games for Genocide(24:55) 1348 Ex Voto(56:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. getting a camera, Dragon's Dogma Online)  Mentioned this week:FFXIV Live LetterIGF AwardsIndie deckbuilder All Will Rise's dev joins No Games For Genocide boycott and plans to hand back funding it received from MicrosoftSupport 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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 163 - Tom Cruise Missiles 11.03.2026 1h 3min

  Just because we haven't played Resident Evil: Requiem doesn't mean we can' talk about the discourse surrounding it and the franchise's odd position of rewriting vs reckoning with its past. Also: Silksong and Willa educating Robin on the Tom Cruise cake.Timestamps:(00:26) Daylight saving time kicks our ass (and then a weird rabbit hole of tangents)(05:56) Resident Evil… Requiem… discourse (lightest of spoilers throughout)(38:09) Resident Evil 2 Remake(45:35) Robin finally likes Silksong(56:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. getting a camera, Dragon's Dogma Online)  Mentioned this week:Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster on Resident Evil: Requiem 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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 162 - The G(irl Mode) Virus 04.03.2026 45min

  We talk about Marathon and the state of live-service titles in this one, and we could not have predicted Highguard would announce its shutdown between recording and release. Then it's to the Spencer Mansion for Willa and to Next Fest for Robin.Timestamps:(00:18) Resident… Evil?(01:24) Marathon(15:14) Resident… Evil!(25:40) Robin's selected Next Fest picks(36:07) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Bridgerton season 4, putting yourself out there and making friends)(37:00) Bridgerton spoilers start(38:35) Bridgerton spoilers endMentioned this week:Kaile Hultner on Marathon SNL Iran cold openDotzip on Next FestSupport 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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 161 - All News Is Bad News 25.02.2026 1h 8min

  This week, everything is bad in the world of AAA, and not just for the usual reasons. After running through the latest disasters at PlayStation and the sinking ship that is Xbox, Willa once again puts on clown makeup to await the next game from Yoko Taro, and Robin takes solace in games that are just okay.Timestamps:(00:30) The Olympics, etc.(08:50) Finally some gaming talk (it’s all bad)(17:15) RIP Bluepoint(30:10) A bunch of Yoko Taro news(44:10) Robin self-medicating with 7/10 games(57:33) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Love Story, A Year of Springs)Mentioned this week:The biggest gaming series are going indiePhil Spencer Retiring, etc.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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 160 - Chaser James Bond 19.02.2026 46min

  This week, we do a quick Olympic check-in before running through the State of Play and its many (un)interesting announcements. Robin and Willa do, however, come up with a groundbreaking idea to fix 007. Then it's a pair of games, one new and one old.Timestamps:(00:38) More olympic talk(03:25) State of the State of Play(34:20) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Love Eternal , Verho - Curse of Faces)Mentioned this week:Willa's Love Eternal reviewSupport 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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 159 - Hockey Is Where The Lesbians Are 11.02.2026 50min

  This week, we talk almost as much about the Olympics as we do about video games. Timestamps:(00:35) Video games? More like Winter Games(16:20) Nintendo Direct happened this week(25:45) Close enough. Welcome back, Dauntless.(28:40) More Bioshock talk somehow(35:00) Elden Ring with Seamless Co-op rips(37:55) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. The Starving Saints, Nothing)(45:10) Olympics talk repriseMentioned this week:Harvestella Review: Sometimes the best gourmet meals are the simplest dishesGore Verbinski's BioShock Movie Would Have Somehow Included Both of the Game's EndingsThe Korrasami fic Willa likesThe Aerti fic Robin likesSupport 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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 158 - Big Daddy Energy 04.02.2026 59min

  Somehow Willa and Robin eventually get through the many detours of this episode (hand injuries, bisexual Zohran, etc.) to talk about some games. There is a report on Zoe saving the galaxy and heading to Rapture as well as Robin going up in Valkyrie Saga and Cairn. Timestamps:(00:11) Willa’s housewife injury(03:06) Cursed blades RANKED(04:06) Talking about not talking about critical discourse (06:21) More detours, this time about Zohran Mamdani(07:26) Mass Effect and BioShock in 2026(27:37) Valkyrie Saga and Cairn(46:10) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Recovery of an MMO Junkie , Journal with Witch)Mentioned this week:The Toxic Positivity Problem by Critical ErrorIf You Ask Nicely by Autumn WrightSupport 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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 157 - This One’s For The DO-11s 28.01.2026 1h 4min

  After taking a break for the longest week in human history (and the customary annual lay-off of one of our hosts), we’re back to talk about two interesting games: one we like and one we don’t. How novel. Timestamps:(00:10) The Gay Bachelor, etc.(04:50) TR-49 (mechanical and light story spoilers start)(23:30) TR-49 story spoilers start for real(26:30) TR-49 story spoilers start for real for real(40:05) Perfect Tides: Station to Station(50:50) Spoiler for a very fun moment in Station to Station(53:20) Spoilers end(56:25) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Dolls Nest, Love Through a Prism)Mentioned this week:Meredith Gran on Post GamesMeredith Gran AMAWilla on TR-49 and Perfect Tides: Station to StationSupport 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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 156 - Surely We Will Get Better At Predictions One Of These Years? 14.01.2026 38min

  It's prediction time! First we tally up the scores from 2025 to see who the winner of an undecided prize is. Then it's into the future as Robin, Willa, and Zoe (via Willa reading her notes because we won't let her back on the pod) tell you what 2026 will hold for gaming with 100% accuracy.Timestamps:(00:35) Robin's dogs, the Pitt, and some Mets talk(03:43) Our 2025 predictions, which did not go as well as we hoped(12:47) Making 2026 predictions that will absolutely come true(26:39) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Hyperbeat, The Expanse)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 FASSoundsThings 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.
• Episode 155 - Most Anticipated Games of 2026 (Unless They Get Delayed) 07.01.2026 48min

  To ease into the new year Robin and Willa took it easy and are basically giving you the audio version of those lists every outlet puts out in January. We also talk about Zoe's exploits in Mass Effect and Robin's exploits in getting one over on her landlord.Timestamps:(00:12) It's raining cats and possibly ceiling debris(1:22) A lot of 2026 games getting namedropped(37:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. the Mass Effect Trilogy, letting Zoe cut your hair, The Twilight Zone, and violating your lease )Mentioned this week:dotzip on Perfect TidesDying MMO jam 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 FASSoundsThings 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.