Ep. 396 - Horse Valet, with Nicole Carpenter and Will Jagielski-Harrison

Game journalists Nicole Carpenter and Will Jagielski-Harrison join Ash Parrish to discuss the state of game journalism, World of Warcraft, and gamer girl bathwater stolen valor. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Nicole Carpenter, and Will Jagielski-Harrison. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

• No More Heroes series
• Pokemon series
• Electric type
• Steel type
• Fairy type
• Dark type
• Normal type
• Eevee
• Dog
• Fox
• Felidae

1: How fucked is game journalism? (03:23)

• Aftermath
• Aftermath Endorses Zohran Mamdani For NYC Mayor
• King of the Hill
• King of the Hill reboot
• Sasuke Uchiha
• Boomhauer
• Star Wars: the Clone Wars
• The Simpsons
• Alone Again, Natura-Diddily
• Lisa the Vegetarian

2: How do you recommend a game to someone in a way that will get them to play it? (08:24)

3: Happy pride! How does queerness and queer narratives manifest uniquely in games, in contrast to other media? (11:44)

• Essence of Azeroth
• World of WarCraft
• Tauren
• Draenei
• The Sims series
• Murloc

4: What the hell is going on in the story of World of Warcraft? (16:17)

• Thrall
• Azeroth
• World of WarCraft: Cataclysm
• Overwatch
• Baby Winston
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