A games advice podcast

 

Games and Feelings is an advice podcast about being human and loving all types of games: video games, TTRPGs, escape rooms, bar trivia. Whether you need a game recommendation, need to sort out a dispute, or how to put your money where your mouth is when buying something, our revolving panel of experts in games and feelings are here to help.

The show is hosted by Eric Silver and a member of the Multitude podcast collective. Learn more about us here!

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The End of the Instruction Manual With Jasper Cartwright and Amanda McLoughlin
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Black Friday Memories, Solo Action Adventure Thoughts, and Schedule Updates
Black Friday Memories, Solo Action Adventure Thoughts, and Schedule Updates

Eric is turning a chair around like a cool teacher and telling you the straight dope about the AAA games he’s playing on PS5.

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How Do I Set Expectations for My Table Without Comparing to Actual Plays? With Jasper Cartwright
How Do I Set Expectations for My Table Without Comparing to Actual Plays? With Jasper Cartwright

This is how Eric + Jasper episodes go: first, we make some jokes about Eric being the Avatar, Jasper shares the weirdness of getting recognized on the Internet. But then we spend the majority of the episode dissecting the differences between TTRPG games at home and for actual play, in which media are audiences allowed to pick apart play decisions, and how our media diet in 2023 blends the performative and the real. And we make a lot of dumb jokes through it.

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My Friend Is Trying to Strand Us in the Woods! With Amanda McLoughlin
My Friend Is Trying to Strand Us in the Woods! With Amanda McLoughlin

Welcome back to The Replay where Eric & Amanda reply to the questions that people write in to advice columnists about games! In this episode, we’re looking at Outside Magazine’s advice column run by Blair Braverman. We cannot guarantee adorable sleddogs in this episode, but we can guarantee interrogation of the types of people who write in to advice columns!

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Spiderman 2 & Mario Wonder Came Out on October 20th! With Mischa Stanton
Spiderman 2 & Mario Wonder Came Out on October 20th! With Mischa Stanton

This episode is a celebration of October 20th, or the end of Bone and Joint Health Action Week! But really, Eric and Mischa beat the two games that came out on that day and we’re doing a joint review of the games. Same questions, different games, good videogame podcast content.

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How Do I Recover After a Big Nerd Convention? With Jasper Cartwright
How Do I Recover After a Big Nerd Convention? With Jasper Cartwright

Shhhhh, we are such sleepy boys. Please, keep it down. Actually, you can get very loud and excited for the best organized professional development event we’ve ever been to (AND it was part of a DEI initiative!). But only get loud for that, we need to sleep otherwise.

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