Transmediacrity

No more art games. Only apolitical, big budget, Triple-A blockbuster hits that, crucially, MAKE MONEY. That's how it's going to be from now on. Join the Media Maidenz in this new game jam world as they turn your game ideas into magic. Games developed on this podcast include: -"Do You Love Your Mom And Her Two-Hit, Multi-Target Attacks" Gacha -Hitman Grand Order -Fumblr Tycoon -"Braid 3" -Cultist Simulator: Enhanced With Wii-Fit -Concerned Parent Rummages Send us questions and game jam submissions!! Rate us on iTunes! Email us at transmediacrity@gmail.com! Check out our TUMBLR and TWITTER and Curiouscat! SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Or donate directly to Madiha for hosting costs. Check out our YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Subscribe, and like our videos! Special thanks to Velt for our cover art! Check her art here. (Not worksafe.) You can find us at:  Madiha: Twitter, Tumblr, Mastodon, The Solstice War. Esther: Twitter, Tumblr.

Having to deal with your burgeoning sapphic feelings for this older girl...while also having to deal with your feelings towards 9/11. Topics include: Why Madiha stays out of fandom; prosaic fanfiction settings; 9/11 AU; Die Hard AU; Russo-Ukrainian War AU; tumblr is dying, so fuck it!; Madiha read "Do You Love Your Mom And Her Multi-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?"; her answer is that she does not love that mom; fast food anime; mom garnish; the worst, horniest mom; Wise stealing the show; shitty gamer son; own your cliches; full course mom meal; a quick experience in depravity and an escape from social norms in Caves of Qud; Esther played Stella Glow, an RPG by some weird company she read about on Wikipedia; purchased fully legally, FBI; Image Pooch; two years of depression; bodysuit witch; it's a tactical RPG with Witches, like, Luminous Arc?; Fate/Extra will never be on PC; Curiouscat Question Time; what are the good trans animes? (umm); why don't you do conventions (no money); what games did you take forever t

She tripped over and it triggered her hyper-asthma and that's why she's dying in the ICU. The Media Maidenz tackle episodes 11 and 12 of Selector Spread Wixoss! After months, they have done the impossible and completed the second anime club. OR HAVE THEY? Join us as we discover the mysteries and see whether our theories held up. Is Ulith the ultimate evil? Is Mayu god? Does Hitoe get to do anything? Will Mari Okada make us squirm and suffer with more twin incest romance? There's only one way to find out. Thanks so much to everyone who has listened to all of this. We could not do this without your support and appreciation. If you're here: you've made the appropriate Selection. Send us questions and game jam submissions!! Rate us on iTunes! Email us at transmediacrity@gmail.com! Check out our TUMBLR and TWITTER and Curiouscat! SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Or donate directly to Madiha for hosting costs. Check out our YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Subscribe, and like our videos! Special thanks to Velt for our cover art! Ch

I've been trying to keep my media consumption cali-free. Topics include: She-Ra and the Masters of the Universe cartooniverse; you can't have a coffee shop AU with Mantenna in it; it needs to be more toyetic; yung skeletor; Madiha machine broke; the bad holiday where you have to eat with a bunch of people you don't like; breaking out of the GACHA JAIL where Madiha played Azur Lane because another gacha game was too bad; Ship girls look stupid; everybody wanna fuck the Atago; I like LESS gameplay in my gacha games; its like Girls Frontline but it did everything worse and it's hornier; Sega Heroes was the gacha game Madiha stopped playing to play Azur Lane; it sucks and looks like a flash game; we should've never left PAD; Esther is still playing Labyrinth of Refrain!; old school MSX dungeon crawler; titty lady sales; Handsome Fuck; the McElroy brothers are NOT dungeon delvers; shitty puppet shows; Madiha played HITMAN 2; it's Hitman 2016 but MORE and BETTER (and even includes Hitman 2016); make the wheel bett

I already am eating from the trash can all the time. That trash can is Selector Spread Wixoss, episodes 9 and 10. Topics include: dark fantasy psychological horror lesbian masterpiece; Anime Club schedule; is Milulun a "fake bitch"?; Hitoe's perfect texting; what book would you want to become trapped inside forever?; Madiha's one year of American curriculum High School English; a teacup for Iona; Mayu's white minecraft room; post "anti-abuse Hitoe" at them and they'll delete; Chiyori at the WcDonalds; analyzing the Chiyori vs. Hitoe duel and Chiyori's tactical situation; Hitoe is the villain; dingbat; cult or pyramid scheme; analyzing Akira's confrontation with Ulith at the tower, the greatest scene in Wixoss; your body will never forget Aoi Akira; basically a wedding; enjoyment and apprehensions about fucked up shit; Hanayo and Kazuki are the worst characters in the show; three Ionas; This Is Wrong; bad mom Mayu; film school 101 shit; I am sorry I'm not Slavoj Zizek; Madiha cries; Yuki. Send us questions a

The Gek? They got shooters out here. It's ME. I'm the shooters. Topics include: Madiha learns to hate Mickey Mouse by going to a Disney themed outdoor shopping mall; the Media Maidenz are 2D; desperately awful game The Quiet Man is also racist; an IGN review angers Madiha; The Tragedy of the Kicks; the 4th Plot Twist; Esther reads a news post for the release of the translation patch of the game she played, Shin Megami Tensei: If; the prequel to Persona; the classmate is the route; dying for Guardians; ~~DEMONIC FUN~~; Madiha plays No Man's Sky! despite the bad launch, it's a fun survival game; Subnautice taught me why people play Survival Games; the Underwater Update; fixer-uppers; learning alien languages; two different approaches to Sentinels; terror of the deep; WARFRAME IS HAPPENING AGAIN BAYBEE (Esther is back at it again); liberating the work camps; SICK warframe skateboard tricks; motion sickness; THE GACHA PANOPTICON locks us into a fresh new gacha game, ground zero, you heard it here first, EPIC SEV

These two adults are going to destroy a child. We tackle Selector Spread Wixoss Episodes 7 and 8. Oh boy. Topics: Roast of Mayu; she's old enough to be slammed; Madiha internet detectives Mayu; the worst episodes of the season so far; Ulith executing a perfect X-RAY attack on Akira; the scriptwriters regretted their words and deeds; a disappointing look at Ulith's cartoon sociopath backstory; this is really dumb; Ruuko discovers the evil of the world; Akira's lack of a role in the episode; going over card game stuff; MADIHA NOTE: I GOT THE BANISH MECHANIC WRONG. IT DOESN'T WORK THIS WAY. UGH. I'LL FIX IT NEXT EPISODE; talking about Shadowverse for some reason; thanks Adobe; Mayu smites Iona; tell all your friends about our perfect show; WIXOSS PEEPING ANALYZE MANGA SPOILERSCAST from 1:03:00 TO 1:22:25; the Mayu backstory drives Madiha insane; WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT KURO; we live in a society (Mayu doesn't); Mayu reads Charles Murray's "The Bell Curve"; Mayu's racial ideology; WE HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR MAYU; Ma

You may not have heard about it, but the Gen Z-ers are canceling everybody out here. Topics include: a little disclaimer about consuming Japanese media as Westerners; it's our Halloween episode!; Madiha's greatest fear as a content creator; canceled several times already; don't blame Esther for the Year Of Horny; Hornyween 2018; Madiha played 30 hours of Conception 2: Children of the Stars! (for your sins); Conception 2.0 -- You Will (Not) Reverse Japan's Declining Birthrate; i'll keep complaining about Ar Tonelico; Catholic Puritannical Harem Game; how a Star Baby is born; can't go with Alec into the dungeon in a horny outfit; Persona 3 without Aesthetics; babies are better when commanded by their mom; Madiha loves tsunderes; it's barely even horny; THERE'S NO SHOWER SCENES; the lame charm of harem anime shit; Esther saves her deeply cleavaged girlfriend in Nights of Azure 1 *and* 2; Gust's reparations to the Lesbian community; Fullmetal Atelier: Sisterhood; steampunk goth horny; Hornier than Conception 2;

It's a real miracle this episode came out! Or is it...a curse? We take a long, fraught look at episodes 5 and 6 of Selector Spread Wixoss! Topics: Esther honks herself; CONTENT WARNINGS for emotional abuse, domestic abuse, in the discussion of this episode; Fumio the diet alt girl; Anne the weaboo LRIG; burning chorizo; we're not gonna play the card game the show is about; what do teens do? epic clapbacks; wow, what a hot take; chuuni honeypot; heady discussion of the Fumio vs. Ruuko card battle; kamehameha; talking about Duel Master's relationship to Wixoss; Iona gets BIG MAD; Ultima/Maiden; Fumio is basically Madiha; the Lament of Madiha movement XLVIII; we're leaving the depressing parts in; The Domestic Violence Scene; an alternate timeline where everyone suffers a DARK FATE; GIRL OF BLACK vs. GIRL OF WHITE; we decided to localize this ourselves; GOOD JOB FUNIMATION; Mayu's eponymous room; Akira melting at Ulith; #1 ranked on DOORS; Fumio's curse is Madiha's curse; identity in Wixoss and the Mayu's syste

I have literally never lied to you. I'm extremely honest and I do not lie. Topics include: this is why Esther is a a guest; professional microphone man; breaking the theme of the themed episode; Transmediacrity stans one anime this season and its SSSS. GRIDMAN; so lame and dorky it warps around to extremely hype; Junk; the Trigger Cycle; the ANIMATION; work of modern art; Esther played an RPG, Labyrinth of Refrain! It's a Nippon Ichi game about a shitty lady!; Etryan Odyssey on PC; RPG Lets Plays; Tipping 40s; guys being dudes; Madiha and Esther are confined in GACHA SOLITARY CONFINEMENT at the GACHA SUPERMAX; Madiha plays "Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? Familia Myth: Memoria Freese" that's the whole title; Madiha's gift and curse; flash game animations; secret Danmachi stans; harem shows Madiha likes; Esther played ShinNaZuki, a gacha cryptid that may well be a tax writeoff scheme; nobody knows about this game; unintelligible machine translation; Bratz doll models; mobile game plagiarism; TRANSM

We're cracking all the mysteries of Selector Spread Wixoss Episodes 3 and 4 on this episode guys. Through strong inferences we draw some REVELATIONS. Topics: I forgot the bit; starlight roleplay; Esther's friend Stanislavski; Iona is not a friend; it's Tama! she's sad because everything's fucked up!; literally all the school is talking about incest; you can't escape Iona; can LRIGs choose their card power?; TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME; I wanna see Iona's cool upgraded form; our wish is for the show to be more toyetic; yugioh fails the bechdel test; pop art hellscape; Esther's visual sleuthing; AKIRA'S TWITTER; mad, salty and jelly; Akira's having a normal one; the Hurt part of the Hurt/Comfort fic; the most tedious scene in Wixoss; they got pies at WcDonalds; That Accidental Reunion; THE SHOW IS GETTING HACKED; Wixoss youtube poop; Mari Okada Did Not Make The Whole Show But It's Funnier If She Did, Guys; great shots of Ulith grinning; callout post for Mayu; Chiyori is outclassed; turn 1 fucking huge angels; what a

There is power in a union! Topics include: You haven't had any good years; Madiha excoriates our despised mutant billionaire class; it is healthy to hate them; permaowned man elon musk; despicable rich inhuman alien freak jeff bezos; Telltale lays off 250 workers; Esther's Telltale Forums years; getting your post deleted by Jake Rodkin; solidarity for the workers; talking about scab labor; parallel structures; will you support the workers and the union, even as the corporation cracks down; Esther is "excited" that Let It Die is on PC! go kill some haters; Madiha does Alphascape alone (don't resubscribe to FF14); Battlefield 1 is basically free now on PC and you should go get it because it's fun; SHOUJO KAGEKI REVUE STARLIGHT SPOILERCAST FROM 57:00 to 1:40:00, various topics within, be forewarned; why is Esther interested in Scientology; what would Madiha look like as a Virtual Youtuber? Send us questions and game jam submissions!! Rate us on iTunes! Email us at transmediacrity@gmail.com! Check out our TUM

Transmediacrity Anime Club is back with Selector Spread Wixoss! Covering episodes 1 and 2 of Wixoss' fall 2014 continuation. In a break from recent tradition, we will not have any show notes. You should experience all of this for yourselves with no expectations. Send us questions and game jam submissions!! Rate us on iTunes! Email us at transmediacrity@gmail.com! Check out our TUMBLR and TWITTER and Curiouscat! SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Or donate directly to Madiha for hosting costs. Check out our YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Subscribe, and like our videos! Special thanks to Velt for our cover art! Check her art here. (Not worksafe.) You can find us at:  Madiha: Twitter, Tumblr, Mastodon, The Solstice War. Esther: Twitter, Tumblr.

You're the kid from danganronpa and you have to shoot the truth bullets. Topics include: EA's big loot box fiasco; EA is going to jail in Belgium; we got your back homie; one percent of 7.5 billion gamers who love loot boxes; the infamous plagues of King Herod; a very special episode about Games Journalism; justifying the drive-by; the fascist push against the press; that time Madiha was harassed; the time a spiderman video game billboard led to online harassment; Vice dot com verticals; that shithead who defends loot boxes on Polygon; Jeff Gertsmann excommunicated from Gamespot; who is the Commentariat, and what is their privilege of office; the limits of corporate outfits; Vox Media, literally founded by a democratic party strategist; epic blacklisted lady, Madiha; critiquing the media from the outside; unfortunately going on reddit to find game information; support indie criticism like ours or Timber Owls; RETWEET US; danganronpa; Saltybet; draw cool anime Madiha (the character from The Solstice War, not

SPOILERS @ 27:30 to 35:30 FOR "SORRY TO BOTHER YOU" If there was like a .8% chance, I'd roll for it. Fuck it. Topics include: improving on Valve's "Artifact"; Madiha's trip; airport prison; the very first lets play of The Incredible Machine; Boots Riley's 3/4s of a masterpiece "Sorry To Bother You"; SPOILERS @ 27:30 to 35:30; Kakegurui Claymation; kickstart live action Asobi Asobase; Esther steals from random Source mod maps in Jazztronauts; in the GACHA GAOL, Madiha becomes the fashion chosen one in Love Nikki--Dress Up Queen!; a sobering discussion of racial ideology in fashion and dress-up games; T-DOLLS BE SHOPPING vs. Do you love this cruiser's titties, Master; favorite books? read The Solstice War http://spiritsofeden.com; Qualia the purple; Esther's cursed Tale of Genji; read Otaku: Japan's Database Animals. Send us questions and game jam submissions!! Rate us on iTunes! Email us at transmediacrity@gmail.com! Check out our TUMBLR and TWITTER and Curiouscat! SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Or donate directl

In the depths of depression, I discovered King Vader. Topics include: 50th episode milestone; the beginning of Transmediacrity; inspirations for Transmediacrity; the audio dump; Worst Idea of all Time; the verboten episodes; Ode To El Chapo; Questions!; MTGA problems; Esther urges you to play Pokemon instead; movies are too long now; Madiha mistakes Darude's album "Rush" for the single "Drive"; Esther listens to the Wickerman vinyl on Youtube; writing elitism vs. music elitism; why Madiha loves Trance; Juno Reactor; Madiha forgets the name of Juno Reactor's "Shango Tour 2001 Tokyo"; Fursonas and Madiha's disgust of anthro snouts; favorite animals; saving the worms; Madiha (the Solstice War character, not the hostess) in Warhammer 40k; The Fall of the House of Usher; Esther's reading tastes; Castlevania; Madiha cuts a promo; Transmediacrity is about not looking at popular stuff and instead talking about the sublimity of Darude for 15 minutes; Madiha's vacation. Here's the link to Madiha's Spotify Radio Bange

We regret our words and deeds. Topics include: WIXOSS FINALE!; Real anime club experiences; banned from the library for tiddy; legit weeb cred; hashtag blessed; weird shot of Ruuko's clothed ass; Iona's reaction to Ruuko emailing her; Yuzuki and Mayu both don't know shit; incoming Madoka shit; DUBS VS. SUBS; LRIG wish consent; Hitoe the tough weenie; breaking down the Ruuko mom scene; explode with WIXOSS energy; Japanese immigration; Epic Bacon Girl Ruuko; Izanami from Persona 4; Iona's fan event; the card texts in the Yugioh anime; Ulith's dub lines; the opening theme of the final episode; killing yourself for your friends is the most beautiful thing; Ruuko Nukes; Ulith and Tama DBZ shit; analyzing the Ulith bloody mouth scene; reinforcing each other's sexual pathologies; Black Desire; White Hope; should've memorized every line of the oath; dueling wishes; battling with you forever; Transmediacrity defeated; Simoun sucks; news stuff. Ending theme is "Akira" from the Selector Infected WIXOSS OST. Send us q

Back then, I was a lot more woke poisoned than I am right now. Topics include: GGNN; depressed thot with dumbass bitch energy; indie horror fads; hot bodies; Fallout Miami; Monster Hunter World episode; what if we played MGSV instead; the commentariat fumbles it again; unoptimized graphics; terrible netcode; the lobby system is a hellscape; we love the game anyway; our Monster Hunter histories; PUT THE SWIMMING BACK IN; hunting the monsters for real; worse than nintendo friend codes; the horny set for Madiha; rude elf lady who vapes; why is there no fanart; why Wixoss?; PSA about tumblr woke poisoning and handling media and characters critically; fictional food we would eat; stan Cave; listen to the Muscle March soundtrack. Send us questions and game jam submissions!! Rate us on iTunes! Email us at transmediacrity@gmail.com! Check out our TUMBLR and TWITTER. SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Or donate directly to Madiha for hosting costs. Check out our YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Subscribe, and like our videos! Special thank

I wanted to gain world class Tekken skills... to Perfect my girlfriend. Topics include: Gamer holiday EVO; Punchboy Punchfights; Smash Brothers at breakfast so we do not have to watch it; The Switch Bastard; respect Melty Blood, disparage Arcana Heart; disrespect Mortal Kombat; finals Elphelt; the 12 year old who killed Daigo; watching EVO; Tencent bringing culture to games; why it's fun to watch DBFZ; He Came, He Saw, He Fursuited; Esther is back with the Shin Megami Tensei; the character Madiha likes; Press Turn on your phone; a 50% joke Lesbian character; Madiha played Metal Gear Solid 5; attention to detail; playing as a girl in a bodysuit; how to get a cold in MGS3; America delenda est; SEND US QUESTIONS; games we like that are bad; the most anime club anime. Send us questions and game jam submissions!! Rate us on iTunes! Email us at transmediacrity@gmail.com! Check out our TUMBLR and TWITTER. SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Or donate directly to Madiha for hosting costs. Check out our YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Subsc

A new challenger appears! You must defeat Hitoe to unlock her in Smash. Topics include: JC Staff adapts all the light novels with small, special girls; understand the bamboozle; yuzuhana; back to the freak show; Ruuko the nicest girl ever; resting bitch face; the best bible story; jealous of Madiha's childhood; Incest Threat; NEVER FORGIVE? HOW MEAN; paggro discord status; Esther's lesbian Yuzuki alternate universe; Citrus II: Season of the Witch; Madiha's "manipulative Hanayo" reading; incest confession scene; almost a clipshow; the horror of Wixoss; sorry! you're trapped in someone's incest fantasy; chekov's cellphone; Nobody Is A Fan of Mom Netorare; good anime parenting; MAYU'S ROOM; WixGod; purgatory that never ends; The Lament of Hitoe, Part LXIX; LRIG Veteran Hanayo; good friend Yuzuki; Ruuko sneaking mission; 100% Street Camo Rating; DARK YURUCAMP; #Selector; Kurt Vonnegut novels; Ruuko struggles with the computer; GARGOYLE; secretly afraid of fucked up porn URLs. Ending theme is "LRIG" from the Sel