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Guess what? Not all video games are about shooting people in the face or driving recklessly! Games have evolved into a rich and varied medium where there's something for everyone. No gaming experience? No console? No idea where to start? Enter your heroines, Anna Tarkov and Jessica Dennis.

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    138: It's Not You, It's Us

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2017 4:26


    After 137 wonderful episodes, we bid you, our faithful listeners, the very fondest of farewells. We've arrived at the metaphorical fork in the road, and we don't even care what a dreadful cliché that is. We hope you've had as much fun, learned as much, and generally had as good a time as we have with Unconsoleable. Remember, aloha means goodbye, but it also means hello love: so to you, our listeners, aloha!

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    137: Doggins 2: First Blood

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2017 81:33


    We talk to the brains behind Brain & Brain, acclaimed (and adorable) developers of Burly Men at Sea and Doggins

    136: Game Training

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2017 67:22


    Aside from Jessica's Big! Huge! News!, a pretty disappointing week in gaming all around

    135: Hint Whales

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2017 80:44


    In which we can finally abuse Alan Hazelden to his face (more or less)

    134: Whatever Threats are Necessary

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2017 60:39


    Feels: happy feels, angry feels, battery feels?

    133: Sweet, Sweet Nutella Numbers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2017 64:13


    Details emerge about the new The Room Game, a Candy Crush game show (?!), Crossy toys, and dire warnings

    132: Full On Cannibal

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2017 68:22


    We sigh about Nintendo, mull mini-Kickstarters, go full cannibal, and more

    131: Fake Horsey Girl

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2017 67:43


    Our triumphant return from our respective conferences

    130: The Unconsoleable Time Machine

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2017 59:17


    When your hosts are away, your podcast app will play: old skool Unconsolable!

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    129: Still Failing After All These Years

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 44:24


    Missed our very first episode? Good news: we've re-released (and shh, lightly remastered) it for your listening enjoyment!

    128: Accepting Delivery of My New Unicorn

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2017 64:22


    The grueling Unconsoleable con schedule, Nazi-punching, Nintendo news, and more

    127: Go Straight to Jerk Jail

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2017 65:03


    We tell you how we really feel about PewDiePie and a racist Madden Bowl winner

    126: Flappy Bird is a Corolla

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2017 61:49


    Our week in gaming, Nintendo news, and Steam shenanigans

    125: Very, Very Mighty

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2017 71:47


    The unreasonably cool Ben Britten joins us to talk Mighty Games and more

    124: If Nothing Else, We’ve Got Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2017 61:47


    We're still in the midst of some dark days, but games help us through it

    123: Make Games Great Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2017 62:44


    Mobile gaming is good, but could it be better?

    122: Toilet Paper Beliefs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2017 58:26


    Mobile games and the toilet: a match made in bathroom. Plus, Nintendo Switch!

    121: The Vagina Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2017 68:01


    The 2017 gaming year gets off to an *interesting* start

    120: The Usual Caveats Apply

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2017 91:12


    The very best mobile games of 2016 according to us

    119: Advisory Women

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2016 69:44


    Exploring the Wise Woman stereotype as it relates to railroad management

    118: An Instant Classic

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2016 76:39


    We bring you the developers of Mini Metro, who are as delightful as you might imagine

    117: Whatever, Nintendo

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2016 89:32


    Good friend and erstwhile game developer Joe Macirowski joins us once again to puzzle over some curious Nintendo decisions. To put it mildly.

    116: Game Shame

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2016 62:27


    Jessica plays ads, Anna plays Facebook games, has the world gone mad?!

    115: The Herring Theory

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2016 62:55


    Some games got us riled this week, plus our extremely plausible and highly scientific herring theory

    114: Millions of People Must Be Wrong

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2016 56:18


    We're still reeling from the election, but we try to keep it on track and about games this week!

    113: All Our Parties Have Gotten Pooped On

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2016 65:02


    We discuss the big stinking elephant in the room, then catch up on some gaming news.

    112: Signing Up for Judgement

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2016 63:07


    We're posting this episode while election results come in so you're getting a really crappy iTunes summary this week

    111: Gamer Stank

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2016 59:27


    The only thing that didn't stink is, surprisingly enough, that cheesy-looking game Anna fell in love with

    110: So Designy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2016 69:18


    Hang on, three St. Petersburg train stations are getting over-crowded

    109: Your Phone in Your Bra

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2016 64:42


    Hoo boy do we ever have some thoughts about some games this week

    108: Show Me Your Graphs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2016 67:54


    Anna and Jessica drink their way through what they're playing, ponder App Store search ads, and mock some Nintendo "news"

    107: The High End of Mediocre

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2016 67:16


    We like some games, we hate some games, and some games are just ok. Plus, Ubisoft bought WHAT?

    106: Baby Spoons

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2016 63:46


    We do play games sometimes, you know, in between the anger.

    105: A Carousel of Privilege

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2016 71:15


    We get righteously angry at the dot bizzes and their bad attitude toward premium games, then take a moment rip entitled gamers a new one

    104: Don't Go in the Arsenic Room

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2016 75:04


    Important life advice featuring Reigns game developer Francois Alliot

    103: How Can We Monetize Our Poop Data?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2016 78:53


    The Most Excellent Templar of Tacos and Sublime Prince of the Royal Tortilla join us to talk looty dungeons and mobiley games

    102: The Angry 1%

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2016 66:28


    Gaaaaaaames. So many games. We'll catch you up on what we've been playing in between guests and let you know what might be worth your precious time (and sometimes money)!

    101: The Game is Your Common Enemy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2016 76:17


    We've captured two spry foxes, er, Spryfoxers, to talk to us about making awesome games, especially on mobile

    100: Happy Hundredthversary!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2016 80:19


    100th Episode. Boom.

    99: Making Cookies and Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2016 78:58


    We talk to indie dev and Thimbleweed Park game designer Jenn Sandercock about making games, both analog and digital. The analog ones involve cookies. We approve.

    98: First Prize in Dickery

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2016 63:41


    Who wins first prize in dickery? Can a mobile fencing game really be any good? What do we hate this time? All this and more!

    97: Doom Killed Adventure Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2016 84:31


    Legendary (yes, we insist) game developer Ron Gilbert joins us to talk adventure games, indie game dev, woodchucks, and exploding hamsters.

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