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Novel Gaming is a twice-monthly podcast where long-time friends Vicki, Doug, and Katie talk about video games, books, and pop culture with a spattering of current events or anything else they just can't get off their minds.
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#145 — 'Go-Man: Champion of Earth' by Hamish Steele (opens the original)
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This month we read the 2025 graphic novel Go-Man: Champion of Earth by Hamish Steele! (Discussion begins at 28:00) But before we chomp on a glowing plant and grow to the size of a skyscraper, we check in on some of the things we’ve been playing, watching, and thinking about lately. Playing? Spirit Swap (Steamdeck) Penko Park (Switch) Valheim (PC) Watching? 9 to 5 (Disney+/Hulu) Draw 4 (YouTube) Halishy (YouTube) Sketchbook Skool (YouTube) Thinking About? Rampage 40th Anniversary Collaborative Ar
#144 — Cooperative Video Games! (opens the original)
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Lots of things are better with friends - video games included! Grab a controller and join us as we talk about cooperative video games! Before the conversation starts (32:55), we check in on what we've been reading, watching, and thinking about lately. Reading? 90s Superman Comics (Death of Superman Arc) by a bunch of people 'Project Hail Mary' by Andy Weir Watching? Current Superhero Cartoons (My Adventures with Superman, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, X-Men 97, Batman Caped Crusader) La
#143 — 'Murder by Memory' by Olivia Waite (opens the original)
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Drunk spaceships, queer detectives, and death, oh my! All that and more can be found in the 2025 sci-fi cozy mystery novella, 'Murder by Memory' by Olivia Waite. Discussion starts at 27:35. Before we fully investigate, we check in on the stuff we've been playing and watching lately. Playing? Mina the Hollower (Switch 2) Yoshi's Woolly World (Wii U) Golden Sun (GBA) Watching? MCU Spider-Man Movies Widow's Bay (Apple TV+) Remarkably Bright Creatures (Netflix) Find us on Bluesky & Instagram: @Novel
#142 — 'Rosemary and Rue' by Seanan McGuire (opens the original)
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We've just woken up from 14 years of being a fish, and what's the first thing we did? Book club! This month we read 2009's Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire, the first in the 19-book October Daye fae private eye series. But before we get into it, we check in on the stuff we've been reading, watching, and thinking about! Playing? Divinity Original Sin 2 (Steam) Baldur’s Gate 3 (PS5) Ball X Pit (NS2) Watching? Robyn music videos Supergirl Thinking About? PS5 going exclusively digital XBox laying
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