Episode 10!!! Double Digits Baybee!

Bargain Bin:

*^{More like SKA tape. (Ska’s not dead).}*

Jay’s Picks:
Inside – $1.99 (90% off $19.99 – matches previous low)
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees – $10.04 (33% off $14.99 – lowest price ever)
Card Shark – $16.99 (15% off $19.99 – lowest price ever, releases June 2)

Em’s Picks:
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 – $32.99 (18% off of $39.99)
Donut County (hurl me into a dumpster)– $3.79 (71% off $12.99 – matches previous low)
Jackbox Party Pack 7 – $19.49 each (35% off $29.99, also Jackbox Party Pack 5 $17.99)

What we’re playing this week:

Jay:
Stardew Valley
Shady Side of Me
Garden Story

Em:
Stardew Valley
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond

Reality TV Picks of the Week:
Britain’s Best Home Cook (I know I said chef, we all make mistakes sometimes)
The Circle (finale 5/25)
Is It Cake?

Episode 10! Check in and games we are (still) excited about:

Jay’s picks:

^{This Lego Luke Skywalker (deluxe edition figurine) drinking seemingly expired milk.}

Kirby and the Forgotten Land (released March 25, 2022)
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (April 5, 2022)
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sequel (Spring 2023)

Em’s Picks:

*^{Alexa: play Eventually by Tame Impala}*

Bear and Breakfast (2022)
Lake (out on multiple platforms, tbd for Nintendo Switch)
Little Witch in the Woods (out on multiple platforms, pushed back 2023 for Nintendo Switch)

Games to look forward to:
Em:
Time on Frog Island (Now pushed to 7/15 from 5/27 – I can’t win here)
Snacko (TBA 2022)
Mineko’s Night Market (TBA 2022)
Coral Island (TBA 2022)
Puffpals: Island Skies (2023)
Haunted Chocolatier (???)
Yokai Inn (???)
Boyfriend Dungeon DLC (???)

Jay:
Advance Wars 1 + 2: Reboot Camp (TBD)
Cuphead DLC (June 30, 2022)
Splatoon 3 (September 9, 2022)

Also: Grow-a-frog: as adult frogs they need bigger aquarium tanks, not the tiny plastic box.

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Episode 5! What time is it?!

What time is it? Adventure Time? Time to get ill? Closing time?
Nope! Time for everyone’s least favorite topic! Daylight Savings Time! We talk games to play all day with that extra hour. Bargains, farming sims, and the games we’ve been enjoying this week!

Bargain Bin:

Jay’s Picks:
Cozy Grove **(30% off) – $10.49 (reg. 14.99) – sale ended, but mobile game also available/goes on sale regularly.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (50% off) – $14.99 (reg. 29.99) (we love a bargain bin bundle! – matches previous low) – Shout out to friends/listeners Gretchen and Ian who bonded over this game! ❤️

Em’s Picks:
The Stillness of the Wind (80% off) – $2.59 (reg. 12.99) (lowest price ever!)
Summer in Mara** (60% off) – $9.99 – (reg. 24.99) (matches previous low)

Currently playing (March 2022)

Jay
Cozy Grove
Turmoil**
Pokemon Unite**
Kirby and the Forgotten Land Demo**

Em
Unforeseen Incidents**
Boyfriend Dungeon** (dated all the swords!)
Animal Crossing Pocket Camp
Heardle

Daylight Savings Time!
Common myth: It is for farming and farmers.
It is not.
It’s about capitalism and bug collecting.
Benjamin Franklin wanted people to capitalize on more daylight and burn less candles.
In New Zealand in 1895, entomologist George Hudson wanted more daylight for bug collecting and inspecting (sounds familiar).
It’s actually a myth that it’s for farmers, they lobbied hard against it (like my mother every year on social media). It’s supposedly for things like energy saving during wartime/energy crises but many call it “daylight slaving time.” Time is money.
But! It’s time to burn daylight with our favorite farming sims.

Farming Sims!

Jay
Friends of Mineral Town on the Gameboy Advance
Stardew Valley**

Em
Garden Paws
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
My Time at Portia

✉️ Mailbag! ✉️
Thank you to friend and listener Pete! After episode 4 (Strong Female Protagonist/Women’s History Month), Pete sent in the tip about Roberta Williams! There are so many influential and talented women in the gaming industry, but Roberta Williams is a pioneer. Some highlights about Williams: influential female game designer, instrumental in pioneering the graphic adventure which is definitely the building block for our cozy, chill games today (also point and clicks!) She is the “queen of adventure games.” She has won the Industry Icon Award (2014) and the Pioneer Award – Game Developers Choice Awards (2020).
Games she designed to check out: Kings Quest series, Phantasmagoria, Laura Bow, and more!
The Secret (TBA) with husband developer Ken Williams – Keep an eye out for their new game!

Em’s deep cut of the day: Peasant’s Quest (King’s Quest Parody from Homestar Runner)

Strong Bad email #58: Dragon

Last but not least, shout out to Skatune Network. I mentioned Ska Shores (Animal Crossing covers on vinyl) and it is everything I hoped and dreamed it would be.

**mentioned in a previous episode

Episode 3! Love is in the air!

Happy Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14)!

But also, Happy…
Singles Awareness Day (Feb. 14), Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday (Feb. 12), Library Lovers Day (Feb. 14), National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day (Feb. 18), Rihanna’s Birthday (Feb. 20), Presidents Day (Feb. 21), International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day (Feb. 23), National Margarita Day (Feb. 22), Inconvenience Yourself Day (Feb. 23), and Twin Peaks Day (Feb. 24)!

Bargain Bin:

Cosmo's Quickstop by Big Sir Games — *I’d stand on my head to make you a deal!*

Jay’s Picks:
Overcooked 2 (75% off) – $6.24 (reg. $24.99)
Moving Out! (75% off) – $6.24 (reg. $24.99)
Yoku’s Island Express (75% off) – $4.99 (reg. $19.99)

Em’s Picks:
Speed Dating for Ghosts (60% off) – $2.79 (reg. 6.99)
Arcade Spirits (55% off) – $8.99 (reg. $19.99) (lowest price ever)
Monster Prom: XXL (69% off, nice) – $4.95 (reg. $15.99) (lowest price ever)

The Best and Worst Spouses in Pelican Town
Worst
Em:
1. Shane
2. Haley
3. Harvey
Jay:
1. Haley
2. Sam
3. Harvey

Best
Em:

^{“I made a whole secret book of poems expressing my love for you.”}

1. Elliott (always and forever)
2. Sebastian
3. Emily/Krobus

Jay:

_{“We’re lucky to have a library in a small town like this.”}

1. Penny
2. Leah
3. Maru

Dating Sims!
1. Dream Daddy (gay dad dating sim, full of dad jokes, minigames and ska references 10/10)
2. Hatoful Boyfriend (pigeon dating sim)
3. Speed Dating for Ghosts (speed dating ghosts as a ghosts, all about helping ghosts romantically OR platonically)
4. Monster Prom: XXL (Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp XXL released on 2/14 on the Nintendo Switch) (adult themes, good for anxious adults, in groups! single or multiplayer, minimal time commitment, fun)

Currently playing: Boyfriend Dungeon (dungeon crawler, good activity with a partner or pal who wants to do the combat parts, soundtrack is great), Later Daters (old people dating sim).

Honorable mentions/other: Half Past Fate (visual novel-esque dating sim, low time commitment), Arcade Spirits (really beautiful graphics, more visual novel than game), Best Friend Forever (dog adoption premise had me hooked, but it is expensive/predictable and feels like a rip off of Dream Daddy, you can finish the whole game 4 hours – pick up if on sale), Purrfect Date (looking forward to this: cats!).

People also like: Doki Doki Literature Club (this is not for children, anxious adults, or stoners as it is scary and breaks the fourth wall apparently), LongStory (middle school dating sim).

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