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TALK THIS! is a biweekly podcast about video games hosted by Emma and Madelyn Paquette. Every show, they talk about two games- one old (pre-2007) and one new (within the last year or two). At the end of each show, Madelyn and Emma take the best elements from each game and mash them together into a b…

Emma Paquette, Madelyn Paquette


    • May 25, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 54m AVG DURATION
    • 440 EPISODES


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    Episode 214. Wanderstop Your Valiant Hearts

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 58:01


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Valiant Hearts: The Great War and Wanderstop and the fantasy of running a nice store without the capitalism parts. Also featuring the reality of trenches, forgetting names of things, and little creatures following you around.

    Special Episode: Fun Times at PAX East 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 74:02


    In this special episode, Madelyn and Emma go over their PAX East 2025 experience, and resolve to maybe try West next time. Also featuring in-depth soda reviews, a heavier-than-expected prop, and Jesus Christ himself.

    Side-Quest 210. Taking Down the Notes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 51:19


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk journalling and notetaking for video games and their quick eating of food. Also featuring beautiful art projects, pencil calluses, and frog????

    Episode 213. Blue Prince of Mordor

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 54:32


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Blue Prince and get into competing elements of Madelyn-core. Also featuring funny orc names, scholars of different things, and ASMR page sounds.

    Side-Quest 209. The Beauty of Jank

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 51:58


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about jank in video games and how it's actually a positive description. Also featuring the line before broken, more mangled quotes, and the memorability of a bug.

    Episode 212. Sorry We're Pirates

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 48:50


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Sid Meier's Pirates! and Sorry We're Closed and the power of putting your name on something. Also featuring coat envy, the power of the wind, and the invention of London.

    Side-Quest 208. Never Been More Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 69:31


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about their last six weeks of gaming and the monkey's paw of game services. Also featuring wrestling with RNG, entering new chapters, and how simple running a tea shop would surely be.

    Episode 211. This Ninja is Avowed

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 55:56


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Ninja Gaiden and Avowed and the return of the ninja boom. Also featuring the lack of romance, disclaimers of views, and a new gap in the market. *Worth mentioning this episode was recorded before Microsoft was identified as a priority BDS target.

    Side-Quest 207. Holding Hands and Punching Stuff

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 57:27


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about team-ups and cooperation between player and character and why every game should probably have a hold hands button. Also featuring too long punch-kicks, sending the girl to the garbage, and judging by usefulness. 

    Episode 210. Antonblast of the Famicom Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 51:06


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Famicom Detective Club and Antonblast and the challenges of escaping conversations. Also featuring useless cowboy outfits, fun literary influences, and the era of the red angry man.

    Side-Quest 206. Stealing is Sharing

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 53:46


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about theft mechanics in games and suggest that everyone should pick a safe word for Mario Party games. Also featuring a mangling of famous quotes, shampoo inconveniences, and meta genre transformations.

    Episode 209. Marvelous Rivals of God Hand

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 51:17


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss God Hand and Marvel Rivals and fundamentally opposed design approaches. Also featuring bad IGN reviews, a return to the mad funny question, and the fun behind throwing your buddy across the map.

    Side-Quest 205. Pirates in Your Dreams

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 71:59


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about their last six weeks of gaming, and a long-awaited series makes its triumphant and terrible return. Also featuring cats voiced by men, embracing the casual, and fulfilling resolutions.

    Episode 208. Eternal Sin & Punishing Strands

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 52:17


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Sin & Punishment and Eternal Strands and the sacrifices of a little fire boy. Also featuring the near future past, making bosses the appropriate size, and production-first design.

    Side-Quest 204. Audio Jungle

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 56:08


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about sound effects and foley in games and how to describe a sound in words. Also featuring weird little noises, the trials and tribulations of balancing audio, and the need to carry a mic around. Ironically still figuring out my mic, gonna have a pop filter next time - Emma

    Episode 207. Hundred Hero Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 52:49


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Mario Party and Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes and how many parties they've ever thrown in their life. Also featuring lying numbers, what makes you hate your friends, and how to spell names.

    Side-Quest 203. Where Even Am I?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 55:50


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about navigation in games and the realism of the mini-map feature. Also featuring long parkways with not enough exits, pacing problems, and getting lost with your buddies. Sorry for the strange audio on Emma's end! Probably wasn't close enough to the mic.

    Episode 206. SaGa Roco Emerald

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 50:39


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss LocoRoco and SaGa: Emerald Beyond and going up and down the scale of complexity. Also featuring a growing choir, physics-based status effects, and the appeal of a guy who uses puppets.

    Side-Quest 202. Cartoon Cat Commits Crime

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 50:49


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk their last seven weeks in gaming, and they're not looking to incite a debate here. Also featuring living on air cans alone, a perfect number of games, and short story anthologies.

    Episode 205. Horrors of the Shovel Head

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 51:37


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Shovel Knight and Slitterhead and the different sizes of digging implement. Also featuring cool blood powers, brainstorming stretch goals, and how many more games come out nowadays.

    Side-Quest 201. When Do I Get to Call Him Ishmael?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 61:57


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk how to start a game and no, they don't mean how to launch a game from your computer. Also featuring iconic opening lines, pressing the book buttons, and the Steam refund period.

    Special Episode: 2024 is No More

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 55:22


    In this special episode, Madelyn and Emma reflect back on the year of 2024 in gaming from the great games to the not-so-great industry. Also featuring a need for more Trine 2 energy, the true upper limit of video games, and hope/trepidation for the future.

    Episode 204. Final Fight of the Dragon Age

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 63:37


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Final Fight and Dragon Age: The Veilguard and the power behind a title. Also featuring mayoral politics, letting characters date each other, and Nintendo being Nintendo.

    Side-Quest 200. Crossover of the Phone Wires

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 56:04


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk crossovers in games and the extremely easy and simple process of just making a phone call. Also featuring the power of not speaking English, the reveal of a Snake, and fun little dollhouses.

    Episode 203. UFO Knack

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 56:15


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Knack and UFO 50 and what a world would like like if there were 50 Knack games. Also featuring learning the buttons, Morbillions of dollars, and desperate pleas for a console release.

    Side-Quest 199. History of Pushing Blocks

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 65:17


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk their last six weeks of gaming and whether they've ever pushed a block in their life. Also featuring non-clicking genres, plenty of tactics games, and having the time for a for-beginners club.

    Episode 202. Prototyping the Mouthwash

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 53:42


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Prototype and Mouthwashing and the different views on power fantasies they bring. Also featuring more gargling than expected, where Spiderman fits into all of this, and gobble gobble Thanksgiving time.

    Side-Quest 198. Touching the Grass

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 53:44


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about nature in games and the appeal of watching ants go about their day. Also featuring long boring hikes, transitioning between biomes, and whether Cloud needs to be damper.

    Episode 201. Kirby v. Mr. Dracula

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 53:17


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Kirby's Dream Land and V Rising and the power of suction. Also featuring how birds feed their babies, how much we love counting up sticks, and what color Kirby should be.

    Side-Quest 197. In a Time Loop, In a Time Loop

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 60:44


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about time loops in video games and high school performances of Groundhog Day. Also featuring the lack of an after in time loop stories, whether this is all a pandemic thing somehow, and how long it would take them to start drugging loved ones.

    Episode 200. Hotel Tekken

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 56:17


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Hotel Dusk: Room 215 and Tekken 8 and who is throwing who off a cliff. Also featuring how to hold a book, fighting your own ghost, and the potential of visual novels.

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    Side-Quest 196. Crime-Boyfriend Has Been Forgiven

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 71:06


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about their last six weeks in gaming and the many different flavors of Simones. Also featuring Like A Dragon speculation, decisions on forgiveness, and a sampling of Steam Next Fest.

    Episode 199. Banishers of Limbo

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 59:40


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Limbo and Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden and the usage of "buddy" for a pet name. Also featuring jumping off of logs, hard to interpret stories, and the ever-presence of Kingdom Hearts.

    Side-Quest 195. The Age of the Girly Pop

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 54:29


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about female protagonists in video games and why they're cool and stuff. Also featuring graphical fidelity for acne purposes, engaging in some counting, and different perceptions of violence.

    Episode 198. Trails in the Pacific Drive

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 59:10


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky and Pacific Drive and whether Pixar owns the rights to sentient talking cars. Also featuring cheerful girl/sullen bike, a few unavoidable car puns, and ten novels of content. Sorry for the lawnmower noise near the end!

    Side-Quest 194. That's Pretty Expensive

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 59:01


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about the price of video games and video game consoles, especially the newly announced PS5 Pro. Also featuring the eldritch demon called the PS3, loss leaders, and the hidden costs of losing physical media.

    Episode 197. Jeanne Wakes the Deep

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 57:13


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Jeanne D'Arc and Still Wakes the Deep and decide how long they would last on a haunted oil rig. Also featuring Emma's PSP collection, zero bad accents, and the space station with a heartbeat.

    Side-Quest 193. Monkeys and Gods, But No Monkey God

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 56:10


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about their last six weeks of gaming and a bunch of little guys who like to dance and chant. Also featuring conspiracy puzzles, the "huh" to "oh" cycle, and situationships.

    Episode 196. Take the Lunar Exit 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 51:41


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Lunar: The Silver Star and The Exit 8 and decide when you should be suspicious of your friend's mysterious name. Also featuring changes to the JR Rail Pass, the Vita 2, and sudden losses of party members.

    Side-Quest 192. Don't Talk About Our Feminist Propaganda

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 61:38


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about NDAs in the game industry and the uncomfortable grey zones that content creators occupy. Also featuring our love for ominous atmopsheres, the evolution of attitudes towards Let's Plays, and whether or not any of this can last.

    Episode 195. Balatro at the Olympics

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 55:23


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games and Balatro and whether poker could be at the Olympics. Also featuring card sharks, famous Miyamoto quotes, and a real lack of deep dives.

    Side-Quest 191. Certified Fresh Big Screen Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 66:49


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about video game movie adaptations and whether or not the whole thing is a big waste of time. Also featuring baseless predictions, the edge factor of Sonic, and too many streaming services.

    Episode 194. A Banner for Crow Country

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 56:52


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss The Banner Saga and Crow Country and what could or should be called a "zombie." Also featuring the Viking trend, the cool hangout vibes of Silent Hill, and walls breaking without explanation.

    Side-Quest 190. Monkey Balls of Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 57:52


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about their last six weeks of gaming and reference a few too many memes. Also featuring the invention of the phantom thief, more insight into Emma-core, and games that are set in a place.

    Episode 193. Injustice of the Unicorn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 56:17


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Injustice: Gods Among Us and Unicorn Overlord and admit that their main DC Comics experience is from the CW shows. Also featuring associations with the word Unicorn, lots of blond archer elves, and the logistics of fighting Superman.

    Side-Quest 189. Rest in Peace and Rise Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 60:10


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about death in games and wait forever for the downfall of Michael Mouse. Also featuring Buddhism, the cycles of life, and the equivocation of death and failure.

    Episode 192. Octodad Zau

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 54:13


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Octodad: Dadliest Catch and Tales of Kenzera: Zau and reflect on gaming dads some more. Also featuring imposter syndrome, more thoughts on the evils of the Gamers, and some very reliable sources.

    Side-Quest 188. We're Gonna Learn Today

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 58:18


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about edutainment games and the true story of Mavis Beacon. Also featuring the lack of historical fiction games, classic novel visual novels, and history repeating itself.

    Episode 191. An Indika of Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 55:02


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Child of Light and Indika and cross "Russian nun simulator" off their 2024 game bingo board which totally exists. Also featuring the trials of working at a big company, rhyming in other languages, and the huge fish at the huge fish factory.

    Side-Quest 187. A Lightning Strike of Indies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 72:09


    In this not-episode, Madelyn and Emma talk about their last six weeks of gaming and swim desparately against the wave of indies that released in May. Also featuring unintuitive cooking mechanics, a beautiful serenade, and missed opportunities. 

    Episode 190. Animal, Well... Plants or Zombies?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 62:27


    In this episode, Madelyn and Emma discuss Plants vs Zombies and Animal Well and the divergent careers of Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish. Also featuring a slow descent into soulessness, dog-cats, and the power of a slinkee/yo-yo.

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