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Vivianne talks about her favorite band’s new album release and an unexpected way she found meaning in it.

Melanie's got a list of cool stuff for you Courtesy of Mark Z.

Vivianne talks about a 3D Platformer game she played.

Of course Melanie went to the 4/20 Miku show From left to right: Luka, Meiko, Kaito, Miku, Rin, and Len I just got back from attending MIKU EXPO 2026 in Seattle on the night of 4/20.

Every once and a while Melanie likes to surprise Vivianne with a shared document we can both type in that we then format to look like a chat conversation.

Vivianne felt compelled to talk about Death Stranding 2 after starting another playthrough. the vibes. they are immaculate.

Vivianne ponders why things are fun.

Melanie enjoys learning about the country her wife is from Still from All in the Family (1971) Growing up, I watched a lot of TV Land back when TV Land played shows from the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s.

Melanie is hooked on Pokopia Ditto Melanie from Pokopia I like the amount of games coming out recently that aren’t entirely new concepts, but are massive game play experience improvements on formulas we already love.

Melanie recaps her month, mental health struggles, and where she found some joy I had my yearly physical in January, and at the end I asked my doctor if maybe I should try another anti-anxiety medication, since I've been on my current one for 15 or so yea…

Melanie appreciates their cat, Kitty Pryde. do u have games on ur phone Kitty Pryde, a 12 year-old mixed tabby, was born on the mean streets of San Francisco.

Vivianne talks about the new official FL Studio tutorial that frankly rules, Adam Neely’s video essay, GenAI and Bandcamp Friday (I swear it’s all related). the latest version of FL Studio still has the UI we know and love Chances are we’re both pretty ti…

Welcome back to the X-Men, Melanie… Hope you survive the experience!

Melanie and Vivianne share what’s been going on.

I’ve been going down some rabbit holes on the internet (primarily YouTube) and I figured I’d share some links I found interesting.

Apropos of nothing, Melanie wants to share some YouTube channels she likes.

Melanie has been having a great time playing Hytale Girls Chilling Park It sucks to always be compared to the same thing, but judging by Hytale’s history I don’t think they are going to escape the comparison to Minecraft.

Welcome back to Melanie’s recurring segment: Hatsune Miku Fun Facts. artwork by pockicchi While Hatsune Miku’s birthday is August 31st 2007, March 9th, 3/9, is known as Miku Day.

Vivianne finds a way to spice up her future Metroid Prime playthroughs with Randovania. getting the morph ball in a spot that requires the grapple beam. in the beginning of the game.

Melanie plays her first Dragon Quest game, even though it’s just the demo.

Melanie: Hey Vivianne, thanks for joining me.

Melanie complains about the few ads she does see.

Melanie follows through on her threat in The Introduction Nice stats, shame the game is moments away from destroying them.

Vivianne shares SynaMax’s new video about what was one of the earliest musical performance rhythm games.

Melanie writes about Breadcrumbs: Coming of Age in Post-Soviet Poland by Kasia Babis Breadcrumbs was on my list of books to read, but I never expected I would find a copy at a local bookstore.