The Girls on Games Podcast

The Girls on Games Podcast

Weekly video game podcast with a dash of geek culture! The GoGCast features industry news, round table discussions and engaging interviews.

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July 10, 2025 74 mins

It's a CELEBRATION! 🎉 500 episodes of the GoGCast, can you believe it? We certainly can't. Friends of the podcast, past panelists and community members join us to play some games such as Two Lies and a Truth, Game Geography and Super Steam Reviews. It's a fun one, enjoy!

Joining the crew this week: Ali aka EightBitBlonde, Naomi Kyle, Steve Saylor, Phoenixci, and Darth Stridious.

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Summer is in full effect, the news cycle is calm, so we are putting our doom scrolling to good use! This week’s episode has us sharing some of the cool shit they have found on the internet. It’s not all bad out there! Plus, Joelle tries to stump Leah with a game of ‘Bazaar Patch Notes’. Grab an espresso and let’s go!

What is Everyone Playing? (00:22:13)

Game On: Bazaar Patch Notes (00:40:40)

This Week’s Topic (00:49:05)

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This game is bananas! B A N A N A S! 🍌 We peel away all the details from  the Donkey Kong Bananaza Direct and can’t wait to play it. Plus, Xbox announces a hardware partnership with AMD and Cat brings back Super Steam Reviews for this week’s Game On. It’s on like Donkey Kong!

What is Everyone Playing? (00:26:35)

Game On: Super Steam Reviews (00:35:17)

This Week’s News (00:41:09)

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Got a snack attack? Well we sure do, even when we play games! We chat about our favourite foods to eat, cheetos dust be damned! Cat thinks we should do a Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Spoiler Cast episode and a round of Metacritic Mayhem has the crew laughing for days. It’s a silly one folks, so strap in and dig in. Bon Appetit!

What is Everyone Playing? (00:33:01)

  • Mario Kart World Strategies (00:51:...
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June 12, 2025 112 mins

It’s the most wonderful time of the year 🎶 Merry Switchmas to those who celebrate! And with Summer Game Fest, it feels like Christmas in June. We chat about some of our favourite announcements from Summer Game Fest Live, PlayStation State of Play, Xbox Showcase, Wholesome Direct and more. Plus, we play a round of Higher or Lower. It’s a long one, so strap in!

 

What is Everyone Playing? (00:30:20)

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We’re back from vacation, so let’s catch up! Leah and Cat retell stories from their trip to Mexico while Joelle details her adventures in breadmaking. Since we’re not ready for real life again, Leah reviews her most anticipated game of the year: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time. Finally, we attempt to guess them all with a pod game of Plant or Pokémon. To quote Reggie Fils-Aimé, my body is ready, so let’s go!

Game On: Grass...

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May 15, 2025 69 mins

Ever have a game that you liked a lot, loved even, but didn’t complete? Girl, same 😔 We share our top 3 unfinished games and some of them are downright shameful. Plus, Leah brings back a round of two truths and a lie and actually got the math right this time around. Plus, we swoon over the new Sleep Token album because, who wouldn’t, but also because it seems to have taken inspiration from the Fairy Fountain song from The Legend o...

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It’s a newsy one this week on the GoGCast: Grand Theft auto 6 is delayed, Xbox consoles are now more expensive, and EB Games is coming back to Canada. Plus, Joelle tests our mini game knowledge with a round of Game within a Game.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:22:40)

  • More Clair-Obscur: Expedition 33 (00:22:40)

Game On: Game Within a Game (00:35:10)

This Week’s News (00:48:11)

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It’s time for the World Tour of… Mario Kart! Leah went to the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience in Toronto to get hands-on with the Nintendo Switch 2, Mario Kart World Tour, Donkey Kong Bonanza and more. Speaking of the Nintendo Switch 2, we retell our trials and tribulations into trying to secure a pre-order. Plus, Joelle shares her first impressions of Clair-Obscur: Expedition 33 and Cat brings a new game called Pokémon or Metal Band...

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Here we go again! Take two on pre-ordering a Nintendo Switch 2… but now that we have waited and the sticker price has sunk in, do we still want to drop that kind of cash? We finally know what kinda game Bungie’s Marathon is going to be, and maybe the Oblivion Remaster will be out by the time you read this (spoiler: it is)! Plus, Joelle gives us the breakdown on the hot new puzzle game, The Blue Prince.

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April 18, 2025 81 mins

Unravel the secrets of a small Louisian town as folks get tangled up in unholy business. Cat and Joelle weave a review of the mystical, fantastical and downright musical South of Midnight. We lament the loss of Mythic Quest, and play a podcast game of 2 lies and a truth, video game style.

Game On: Two Lies and Truth (00:37:29)

This Week’s Topic: South of Midnight Review (00:44:02)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:18:00)

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We are a little hung over from all the Nintendo Switch 2 news last week… And all that talk about tariffs is not helping. To beat the blues, we answer a community member question: what are the top 5 games from our youths. Plus, Cat brings a round of Notable and Quotable for our pod game of the week.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:24:53)

Game On: Notable and Quotable (00:36:23)

This Week’s News (00:51:28)

US Tariffs delay Nintendo Swi...

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April 3, 2025 80 mins

We have a date, we know the specs, we have a price, we know the games, now let’s pray to the pre-order gods we can buy one! 🙏 The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct just happened and we are all feeling the hype and cannot wait to get our hands on the console. Enjoy this episode entirely dedicated to the Nintendo Switch 2.

This Week’s News: Nintendo Switch 2 Direct (00:14:01)

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Life is how you build it, even in video games! This week we chat about the latest news on upcoming life sim inZOI, Minecraft hits us with a new spring drop, and we finally are seeing the introduction of a standardized accessibility label system for games. Leah also shares her first impressions of Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Finally, we play 2 truths and a lie, video game edition that brings all the laughs. It’s a jam-packed episode s...

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So fresh and so clean! 🫧 On this week’s episode of the podcast we chat about Power Wash Simulator 2 coming later this year and the confirmation of an Xbox handheld. Plus, Joelle tries to stump Cat and Leah in a round of Nintendo trivia in honor of Mario day. Put your thinking caps on and let’s-a-go! 

What is Everyone Playing? (00:20:00)

Game On: Nintendo Trivia in honor of Mar10 Day (00:35:40)

This Week’s News (00:43:59)

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We’re on the hunt this week, for monsters, pocket monsters and museum exhibits. Joelle played Monster Hunter Wilds, Leah showcases bones in Two Point Museum, and we recap all the announcements from Pokémon Day. Plus, we play Cat’s Easter Egg Hunt. All this and more in the GoGCast… let’s catch em all!  

What is Everyone Playing? (00:34:54)

  • Monster Hunter Wilds (00:45:02)
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It’s snack time! Jenny Windom joins us to chomp down on some snackable games which are shorter games you can play in one sitting. On the menu: Sorry We’re Closed, Venba, Minnit and Relaxing Fields. Plus, Leah brings back Memory Card Lane and the crew guesses which game came out December 5th 2023. Bon appétit!

Game On: Walk Down Memory Card Lane (00:27:43)

This Week’s Topic: Snackable Games (00:34:20)

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State of Play, and state of the snow storm! We recap our favourite announcements from Wednesday’s PlayStation state of play which was jam packed. Leah ventured out in the snow to celebrate the Canadian way at the Canadian Game awards, and Joelle brings us an exhilarating game of higher or lower, video game style.

Crew Check-In: Canadian Video Game Awards (00:23:26)

What is Everyone Playing? (00:32:48)

Game On: Higher or Lower (00:4...

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February 13, 2025 97 mins

We’re in the dead of winter and it’s a great time to cozy up and play some games. So we have some game reviews for you all! Joelle bops along to Spirit Swap: Lo-fi Beats to Match-3 To, a cozy game that matches (pun intended) an interactive novel with a match-3 game. Cat wields a sword and board and her godlike powers in Avowed, the long awaited high fantasy RPG. Plus, the girls take on some real deal jeopardy video game questions.

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Cozy Games can quell stress and anxiety… at least that's what an interactive article from Reuters tells us this week. Leah’s back on the city builder train and brings us a quick review of the newly released Foundation. Finally, for this week’s game, Cat is trying to stump the team with a round of ‘super steam reviews’.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:22:08)

  • Foundation (00:26:20)

Weekly Game: Su...

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