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Novel Gaming!
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.
Episodes
Novel Gaming!#31 — Book Club: 'A Psalm for the Wild-Built' by Becky Chambers
Get yourself a nice cup of tea and settle in (maybe out in nature with your robot companion) and join us as we explore 'A Psalm for the Wild-Built' by Becky…
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#30 — 20 Questions: Video Game Characters!
Is it a podcast? Yes. Are there three hosts? Yes. Are they playing a game? Yes! It's game time! We're playing 20 Questions, and the answers are all video game…
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#29 — Book Club: ‘The Three-Body Problem’ by Liu Cixin
Get ready to talk a little bit about aliens and a whole lot about science! Liu Cixin's Three-Body Problem (the first in the trilogy) provides the fodder for…
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#28 — Our Favorite Video Game Monsters!
It's spookytime, so we're talking spooky stuff! Specifically, we're talking about our favorite (and not-so-favorite) monsters from video games! Which monsters…
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#27 — Book Club: 'The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue' by V.E. Schwab
Addie LaRue? Never heard of her. Or have we?! Join us as we talk about V.E. Schwab's story of a woman who lives a wild life that everyone seems to forget…
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#26 — Three More Gaming Questions!
It's the sequel to our gaming Q&A! Each of us prepared one video games related question for the group to chat about! If you find yourself answering them as you…
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#25 — Book Club: 'Black Water Sister' by Zen Cho
This episode we're discussing 'Black Water Sister' by Zen Cho, a novel set in Malaysia that features ghosts, gangs, and gods! Conversation starts around 19:25…
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#24 — Playing Multiplayer Games Online!
We're logging on to talk about all of our favorite multiplayer online games! Buuut before we get into all that, we squad up the lobby and chat about everything…
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#23 — 2021 Gaming Goals Check-In
We're halfway through 2021! To mark the occasion, we check in and give progress reports on the gaming goals we set for the year. Conversation starts around…
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#22 — Book Club: 'Piranesi' by Susanna Clarke
Book Club Time! We're reading 'Piranesi' by Susanna Clarke. This episode contains books spoilers. Discussion begins at 31:26. Released a decade and a half…
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#21 — The Great Outdoors (Video Game Style)
We're traversing the great outdoors... from the comfort of our living rooms! Listen in as we highlight video games that inspire us to explore and get connected…
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#20 — Book Club: 'Infinity Reaper' by Adam Silvera
It's time for Book Club, and for the first time on the podcast, we're talking about the sequel to a book we've already discussed: 'Infinity Reaper' by Adam…
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#19 — New Pokemon Snap!
The wait is finally over! New Pokemon Snap for the Nintendo Switch is out! Join us for our first impressions and thoughts on it. Convo starts around 26:15…
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#18 — Book Club: ‘The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea’ by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Our 2021 May Book Club is here! This episode we talk about 2020's ‘The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea’ by Maggie Tokuda-Hall. The spoiler-filled chat about…
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#17 — Gaming! But Not Video Gaming!
We're talking about games! But not video games?! We're diving into our favorite card, board, and paper & pencil games. As we long to hang out IRL once again…
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#16 — Book Club: ‘Artemis’ by Andy Weir
Our April 2021 Book Club is here! This episode we talk about 2017’s ‘Artemis’ by Andy Weir. The spoiler-filled discussion about this sci-fi, action packed…
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#15 — Ten Years of the 3DS!
Happy anniversary, 3DS! The handheld console recently turned 10 years old! Listen in as we reflect on our relationship with it, the games we’ve played (and…
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#14 — Book Club: 'The Space Between Worlds' by Micaiah Johnson
Book Club is back for March 2021! This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 27:42. This week we're talking about 'The Space Between Worlds' by…
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#13 — Three Gaming Questions!
Games, games, games! It's a gaming Q&A! Each of us prepared one video games related question for the group to chat about! If you find yourself answering them…
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#12 — Book Club: 'Infinity Son' by Adam Silvera
It's our book club pick for February 2021! This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 23:32. This week we're talking about 'Infinity Son' by…
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#11 — Our 2021 Gaming Resolutions!
It's still January, so it's still okay to make resolutions, right? Well we did! Each of us thought up a few gaming-related resolutions, and would you believe…
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#10 — Book Club: 'Midnight Sun' by Stephenie Meyer
Our first book selection and first episode of 2021! This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 31:53. This week we're talking about 'Midnight…
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#9 — Our 2020 Year in Review!
It's our last episode in the year 2020! Huzzah! What better way to close out the year than by talking about the best stuff we played, read, watched, listened…
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#8 — Book Club: 'Each of Us a Desert' by Mark Oshiro
Our last book club discussion of the year is here! This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 21:51. This week we're talking about 'Each of Us a…
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#7 — We Play Gaming Trivia!
It's another gaming episode! It only makes sense since we had two Book Club episodes in September. This time we're trying to answer trivia questions we made…
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#6 — The Games That Scared Us
It's just a handful of days after Halloween, and we're still in the spooky spirit, so we're talking about games that scared the pants off of us as kids... or…
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#5 — Book Club: 'America Is Not the Heart' by Elaine Castillo
October's book club discussion is here! This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 33:00. This week we're talking about 'America Is Not the…
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#4 — Gaming Starter Packs
We're back to chatting about video games! This time we're putting together our "gaming starter packs," a set of five games that show off our gamer…
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#3 — Book Club: 'My Sister, the Serial Killer' by Oyinkan Braithwaite
It's another September book club episode! (We were still figuring out our release schedule when we recorded this.) This episode contains book spoilers…
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#2 — Book Club: 'The Night Tiger' by Yangsze Choo
We're back with our first book club episode! This episode contains book spoilers. Discussion begins at 12:37. This week we're talking about 'The Night Tiger'…
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#1 — Earliest Gaming Memories
It's our very first episode! And what better way to kick things off than by talking about how we got into gaming in the first place? Before we dive in, we…
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#0 — Introduction!
Every podcast needs an introduction episode, right? Well, here's ours where we tell you who we are, what our podcast is all about, and why we started it up in…