Welcome to Emmi & Annie's year in review, including our definitive video game crush of 2025, episode stats, and a cocktail or two. Thanks for a great year of talking indie. We're really looking forward to the next one.

Girl Mode and the episode we guested on back in May

Emmi’s non-EATI recs

The Apothecary Diaries

• Manga
• Light novels
• Anime

Coffee Rush board game

Delicious in Dungeon

Heated Rivalry

Tinto de Verano

Annie’s non-EATI recs

The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin

Common Side Effects (animated series on HBO Max)

Saturday Edition on Playdate

Every single game we talked about in this episode:

Aviary Attorney

Balatro

Blue Prince

Carimara - Beneath the forlorn limbs

Co-op Kaiju Horror Cooking

The Chef’s Shift

Dave the Diver

Death of the Reprobate

Dredge

Drova - Forsaken Kin

FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time

FlyKnight

Hades II

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Infinity Nikki

Many Nights a Whisper

Mouthwashing

Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst

Pajama Sam: No Need To Hide When It’s Dark Outside

PEAK

Saturday Edition

Squirreled Away

Tiny Garden

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4

Music:
Bit Forest Intro music by Bertsz -- https://freesound.org/s/545457/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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Emmi and Annie battle motion sickness to answer a ghost’s questions three.

Chapters:

(00:30) News

(06:45) State of Silksong

(10:32) Carimara Discussion

(01:08:22) Upcoming Games

News Links:

Netflix to buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion (GamesIndustry.biz, Dec. 5)

Netflix sells studio Spry Fox back to original owners (PC Gamer, Dec. 5)

Micron announces exit from Crucial consumer business (Dec. 3)

2025 PC Gaming Show highlights (PC Gamer, Dec. 4)

Carimara Links:

Interview with Carimara Dev Bastinus Rex (Six One Indie, May 22)

TRIP demo by Bastinus Rex (Itch.io)

Bastinus Rex talking about workflow between art and code (Reddit, August 2025)

Blog which provided some folklore reference for Carimara (Benoit Reveur)

Upcoming Games Mentioned:

Rhyolite, Dec 11

Bearly Brave, Dec 15

Music:
Bit Forest Intro music by Bertsz -- https://freesound.org/s/545457/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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This week we’re talking Dave the Diver, killer whales, and the Ratatouille of it all in Part 2 of our Fishing Game Duology.

Chapters:

(01:02) News + State of Silksong

(25:23) Dave the Diver

(01:11:23) Upcoming Games

News Links:

NYT on the Saudi Arabia PIF being low on funds

Game Developer on the Unity/Fortnite partnership

NYT interview with Roblox’s CEO

Science Daily on new research on West Coast orcas

Lime Kiln Point State Park and the Whale Museum are great places to visit on San Juan Island

Infinity Nikki v2.0 promo video

Wired on Steam Machine

Dave the Diver Links:

PC Gamer interview with director of Dave the Diver (July 25, 2023)

Disappearance of billions of crabs around Alaska (CNN, August 2024)

The problem with nature documentaries (The Atlantic, April 2021)

Upcoming Games Mentioned:

Randomice, Nov 25

Knight of the Lions, Nov 27

Effulgence RPG, Dec 2 (early access)

Octopath Traveler 0, Dec 4

Death Howl, Dec 9

Music:
Bit Forest Intro music by Bertsz -- https://freesound.org/s/545457/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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Watch Annie and Robin of Girl Mode stream games! https://www.twitch.tv/parallelplayers

Listen on our website! https://eati.games