Tori and Noah are joined by special guest Alanna Okun to talk about the games that inspired Alanna to dive deeper into gaming. We're talking Persona, crafting and, you guessed it, Elden Ring. Noah also tests Alanna and Tori's gaming knowledge with the Real Game vs. Fake Game challenge.

THINGS MENTIONED: 

Vox's The Goods.

Into the Aether, a lowkey video game podcast.

Alanna's books.

Katie Heaney's article in The Cut, Video Games Are a To-Do List You Play.

The Asynchronous podcast.

SPOILER ALERT FOR: Shin Megami Tensei Persona 3, Persona 4 and Elden Ring.

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