This week we're talking about the Summer Games Challenge introduced to us by Matt Horton!

Games Mentioned:

Summer Game Challenge:

Matt's Games:

• Despalote
• Yakuza 0 Director's Cut
• The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe
• Home Safety Hotline
• Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson

Kitty's Challenge List:

• Metal Gear Solid
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
• Blue Prince
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
• Resident Evil 4
• The Outer Wilds

Kitty's Completed List

• Opus: The Day We Found Earth
• Opus: Rocket of Whispers
• Rocket of Whispers: Prologue
• Control
• Monument Valley
• Monument Valley 2
• Monument Valley 3

• Celeste
• Before Your Eyes
• Abzu
• Sword of the Sea
• Road Trip to the End of the World

Bluzo's Summer Challenge List:

• Stories from Sol
• The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
• Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
• 25th Ward: Silver Case
• Under a Star Called Sun
• Demonschool
• Bayonetta
• Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC
• Heaven Will Be Mine
• Sorekara

What Bluzo Played:

• The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
• Undertale
• Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
• Of the Devil
• Planetarian HD
• Connect the Dots
• Fairy Unfortunate
• Ten Metre Tide

Jared's Summer Games Roundup:

• Dragon Ruins II
• Blue Prince
• Planetarian HD
• Pokemon Sinking Sapphire
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses
• Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
• Final Fantasy VII
• Hollow Knight Silksong

TK's Summer Games Update:

• Ridge Racer
• Ridge Racer 2
• Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity
• Me & My Katamari
• Loco Roco
• Loco Roco 2
• Strange Jigsaws
• Blue Prince
• Loco Motive
• Toree
• Toree 2
• Toree Saturn
• Toree's Panic Pack
• Hollow Knight Silksong

Recommendations:

• Kitty: Join a Union!
• Bluzo: Gundam Wing
• Jared: Dungeon Crawler Carl
• TK: Play Games on Original Hardware (Sometimes)

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Women lovers and Monster lovers shake hands in this episode as we discuss some very excellent Monster Yuri manga!

Manga discussed:

Zeno’s pick: Alcohol and Ogre-Girls, vol 1 (ch 1-6)

Amet’s pick: I See You, Aizawa-san! (Vol 1, ch 1-6)

Emily’s pick: This Monster Wants to Eat Me, vol. 1

Recommendations:

Zeno:Liar Satsuki Can See Death

Amet:

• Seifuku no Vampiress Lord
• Snake woman and Offering-chan (or most things from Nagori Yu)
• Akuyaku Reijou no Oyome-sama
• Tyra & Cera
• Beauty and the Beast Girl
• I Want to Make Black-Knight Fall In Love With Me!

Emily: The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window

This week, we're chatting with Lex and Rinoa about what we've been up to, the Best Hemisphere [Citation Needed], tinkering, and even some video games!

Games Mentioned:

• Jet Lancer
• Pacific Drive
• Guilty Gear STRIVE
• Hollow Knight Silksong

• Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Remake Demo
• Toree Saturn
• April Grove
• 20 Small Mazes
• Strange Jigsaws
• Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Tolls
• Super Kiwi 64
• Pru the Pidgeon
• Gwen the Hen 64
• Oblivion
• Configuring Oblivion mods
• Customizing Linux
• Running a home server
• Butter by Asako Yuzuki (a Book)
• Oliver VII by Antal Szerb (a Book)
• Japanese Role-Playing Games: Genre, Representation, and Liminality in the JRPG by by Fanny Barnabé, Nökkvi Jarl Bjarnason, Joleen Blom, Andrew Campana, William Huber (a Book)