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Girl Mode

Girl Mode is a podcast (mostly) about video games by two trans women and gaming journalists where we talk about the latest news in the industry, our takes, weekly topics, and more about the Mets than you're probably expecting.

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Gaming Leisure Video Games
Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
71 minutes
Episodes
143
Years Active
2022 - 2025
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Episode 140 - The Penitent Bug Will Pass

Episode 140 - The Penitent Bug Will Pass

Yes, we talk about Hollow Knight: Silksong in this episode, but first Robin and Willa have to salivate over the reveal that we are getting a new Fire Emblem game next year. 


Time stamps:

(00:20) Willa’…

01:05:59  |   Wed 17 Sep 2025
Ep 138 - Baby Died

Ep 138 - Baby Died

Robin and Willa played some games this week, just not the same ones. First up is the detailed world of Artis Impact, followed by the sleek and simple mechanics of Öoo. They both rock! 

Timestamps:

(01:…

00:51:43  |   Wed 20 Aug 2025
Episode 137 - Giving Heartworm An A For Effort (And Leg Tattoos)

Episode 137 - Giving Heartworm An A For Effort (And Leg Tattoos)

This week, we watched Nintendo’s little showcase, which was fine. Then we both played Heartworm, a game that we like a lot, despite all the things we don’t like about it. Finally, Robin talks about s…

00:57:05  |   Wed 13 Aug 2025
Ep 136 - The Philabieldia Philbies

Ep 136 - The Philabieldia Philbies

We’ve got a grab bag of things this week (that includes mini grab bags hidden within). Robin and Willa discuss the latest Nintendo Direct, including everyone’s love of Philabieldia, and then go over …

00:47:22  |   Wed 06 Aug 2025
Episode 135 - Australian Puritans vs. Toxic Lesbians

Episode 135 - Australian Puritans vs. Toxic Lesbians

Everything that was bad last week is even worse this week. Itch has followed Steam in delisting a ton of games for either including offensive sexual content or just gay people. Who can even tell the …

00:46:36  |   Wed 30 Jul 2025
Episode 134 - The Cultural Vandalism Corner

Episode 134 - The Cultural Vandalism Corner

Episode 133 - The Cultural Vandalism Corner

This week Robin and Willa talk about the horrors of horse girl racing, the horrors of pulp point-and-click adventure The Drifter, the horrors of regulating …

00:49:03  |   Wed 23 Jul 2025
Episode 133 - Train Your Horse, Girl

Episode 133 - Train Your Horse, Girl

We took last week off from recording and, what do you know, we ended up playing a lot of games in the meantime. This time, we’re talking about girls who are horses, cats who are girls, and card games…

01:22:01  |   Wed 16 Jul 2025
Ep 132 - Some Games of the 21st Century

Ep 132 - Some Games of the 21st Century

There has not been a lot of news for us to discourse about lately, so we are doing what every good content creator does for engagement: make a bad list. Come for Willa and Robin suffering through a t…

00:44:29  |   Wed 02 Jul 2025
Episode 131 - Big Fish Energy

Episode 131 - Big Fish Energy

We’re coming to you live from the heat dome this week, so assume anything wrong with this episode is due to our brains poaching in our skulls. In the meantime, we’ve been playing fishing games and po…

01:04:32  |   Wed 25 Jun 2025
Episode 130 - Next Fest Demos and Mission Impossible Facts

Episode 130 - Next Fest Demos and Mission Impossible Facts

This week, we've played an unconscionable number of demos, so we run through a whole bunch of the ones we mostly liked at Steam Next Fest and the Tribeca Festival. Then, Willa interviews Tribeca Game…

02:03:31  |   Wed 18 Jun 2025
Episode 129 - Walking Through A Half-Empty Mall

Episode 129 - Walking Through A Half-Empty Mall

The worst part of the year was even worse this year. We slogged through Summer Game Fest and a few showcases that didn’t suck and now we’re here to talk about what we saw there and why everyone’s so …

01:09:58  |   Wed 11 Jun 2025
Episode 128 - Harvestella Sickos Rise Up

Episode 128 - Harvestella Sickos Rise Up

We have a handful of games to talk about this week, including an excellent new farming game, a so-so story from the creator of Katamari Damacy, and a turn-based RPG about death (no, not that one).


Tim…

01:06:43  |   Wed 04 Jun 2025
Episode 127 - Adventures in Off-Brand Paris

Episode 127 - Adventures in Off-Brand Paris

This week, Robin and Willa have a conversation no one will disagree with about a game everyone is being reasonable about. We talk through why Clair Obscur, the FRPG of the year, didn’t live up to the…

01:50:38  |   Wed 28 May 2025
Episode 126 - A Beautiful Summer on Trash Island

Episode 126 - A Beautiful Summer on Trash Island

CW: Brief reference to suicide between (01:05:00) and (01:05:45)

This week, Robin and Willa dive into the work of Selkie Harbour, developer of the recent (and excellent) Many Nights a Whisper. We get …

01:17:04  |   Wed 21 May 2025
Episode 125 - A Concerning Lack of Defenestration with Emmi & Annie Talk Indie!

Episode 125 - A Concerning Lack of Defenestration with Emmi & Annie Talk Indie!

This week, Robin talks to the delightful hosts of the equally delightful Emmi & Annie Talk Indie podcast. We discuss a whole mess of games, with tangents on sexualizing playing cards, furry-friendly …

01:50:37  |   Wed 14 May 2025
Episode 124 - Trying Not To Be A Total Bummer About Games Media

Episode 124 - Trying Not To Be A Total Bummer About Games Media

Like everyone else, we’re still reeling from the destruction of Polygon and Giant Bomb, but trying to do more than curl up into the fetal position about it. After the most constructive takes on games…

01:04:16  |   Wed 07 May 2025
Episode 123 - The Magical Queer Teens Cinematic Universe with Autumn Wright!

Episode 123 - The Magical Queer Teens Cinematic Universe with Autumn Wright!

This week, critic and essayist Autumn Wright joins Robin to talk about Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, a game about growing up as a queer woman that’s just as messy as the real thing. We discuss how the …

01:33:03  |   Wed 30 Apr 2025
Episode 122 - Return of the Sphere Grid

Episode 122 - Return of the Sphere Grid

This week, we played a bunch of different games and now we’re gonna talk about them. I don’t know what else you want.


Timestamps:

(01:25) News we don’t care about and jokes we do

(03:00) Sunderfolk

(21:1…

00:58:16  |   Wed 23 Apr 2025
BONUS - Harry Potter and the Complicity of Games Media rerun

BONUS - Harry Potter and the Complicity of Games Media rerun

The worst February of our lives continues with the release of Hogwarts Legacy. We discuss how the media failed to take its significance seriously, why our reactions are about more than just a game, a…

01:17:54  |   Wed 16 Apr 2025
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