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Gaming The System - The Feminist Gaming Podcast
Gaming The System - The Feminist Gaming Podcast
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The podcast where 3 intersectional feminists examine gaming and games  through a feminist lens.  New Episodes every Thursday.Alex, Jem and Matt believe... more

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Episodes

225 - Gaming Narratives: Power and Pitfalls in Interactive Storytelling - Feat. Chris - Part 2

In the second half of our conversation with Chris on writing in games, we dive even deeper into how writing... more

07 May 2025 · 27 minutes
224 - The Last of Us Season 2 – Double Episode Special!

After two long years of anticipation, The Last of Us is back – and so are we! In this extra-long,... more

30 Apr 2025 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
223 - Gaming Narratives: Power and Pitfalls in Interactive Storytelling - Feat. Chris - Part 1

Alex, Jem, and Matt are joined by lifelong writer and gamer Chris for a rich and unfiltered conversation on the... more

23 Apr 2025 · 26 minutes
222 Gamer Guilt Episode 04 - Backlogs, Bias & Letting Go

In this final instalment of our Gamer Guilt series, we delve into the emotional baggage of gaming: the backlog shame... more

18 Apr 2025 · 33 minutes
221 - Baldur's Gate 3 Fan Casting Part 4 - Muscle Mommies, Miniature Space Hamsters & Mage Hand Mischief - Feat. Fin

In the fourth and final episode of our Baldur’s Gate 3 FanCast, Matt, Alex, Jem, and returning guest Fin wrap... more

09 Apr 2025 · 28 minutes
220 - GTS March News roundup - Part 2 - What do gamers want? Thick thighs but not Wonder Woman!

In this episode, Alex, Jem, and Matt get stuck into more of March’s gaming headlines, with their signature intersectional feminist... more

02 Apr 2025 · 26 minutes
219 - GTS March News roundup - Part 1 - Games, Gimmicks and Gatekeepers

Gaming the System – March News Round-Up (Part 1) In This Episode: This week, your favourite feminist gaming trio—Alex,... more

28 Mar 2025 · 29 minutes
218 - Casting Baldur’s Gate 3 - Part 3: Our Tav, Astarion’s Trauma, Minthara’s Chaos (Feat. Fin)

Welcome back to Gaming The System, the podcast where three intersectional feminists 🎭 examine gaming through a critical lens. In... more

19 Mar 2025 · 38 minutes
217 Gamer Guilt Part 3: The Cost - Spending, Regrets and Justifications

Welcome back to Gaming the System, where three intersectional feminists examine gaming and games through a feminist lens! In this... more

15 Mar 2025 · 33 minutes
216 - Gamer Guilt Part 2: Productivity & The Raw Dogging Life

Welcome back to Gaming The System! This week, Jem, Alex, and Matt are back with Part 2 of our deep... more

06 Mar 2025 · 28 minutes
215 Gamer Guilt - Part 1

Gaming The System: Gamer Guilt Part 1 – Show Notes 🎮 Welcome back to Gaming The System! This week, Jem,... more

27 Feb 2025 · 32 minutes
214 - Baldur's Gate 3 Fan Casting Part 2 - Lae’zel & Wyll! Feat. Fin

Baldur’s Gate 3 Fancast – Part 2 🎭 Welcome back, adventurers! Last time, we debated the perfect fan cast... more

20 Feb 2025 · 41 minutes
213 - Baldur's Gate 3 Fan Casting Part 1 - Halsin, Shadowheart & Gale! Feat. Fin

🎲 Baldur’s Gate 3 Fancast – Part 1 🎭Welcome back to Gaming the System, the podcast where three intersectional feminists... more

13 Feb 2025 · 34 minutes
212 - GTS News! 19k Games in 2024 & Marvel Rivals Boob Physics

Episode Summary: Welcome back to Gaming The System, the podcast where three intersectional feminists explore the gaming world through a... more

06 Feb 2025 · 22 minutes
211 - GTS News! Meta-Mayhem Tech-Bro Takeover

Gaming the System News: Impact of Corporate Policy Changes on the Gaming Industry In the first episode of 2025,... more

30 Jan 2025 · 29 minutes
210 - Our New Years Gaming Resolutions!

PAYPAL & PATREON If you want to support us, you can send us a one-off donation via paypal or... more

23 Jan 2025 · 30 minutes
209 - Our Gaming Over Christmas!

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16 Jan 2025 · 36 minutes
208 - Premonitions and Predictions for 2025! Part 02

📢 Support the Podcast! Let us know on BlueSky (@gamingthesystem.bsky.social), Instagram (@gamingthesystempodcast) or in the comments on YouTube! ... more

09 Jan 2025 · 29 minutes
207 - Premonitions and Predictions for 2025! Part 01

📢 Support the Podcast! Let us know on BlueSky (@gamingthesystem.bsky.social), Instagram (@gamingthesystempodcast) or in the comments on YouTube! ... more

02 Jan 2025 · 33 minutes
206 - Best/Worst Games and News Stories of 2024! Part 02

PAYPAL & PATREON If you want to support us, you can send us a one-off donation via paypal or... more

26 Dec 2024 · 44 minutes
205 - Best/Worst Games and News Stories of 2024! Part 01

📢 Support the Podcast! Let us know on BlueSky (@gamingthesystem.bsky.social), Instagram (@gamingthesystempodcast) or in the comments on YouTube! ... more

19 Dec 2024 · 42 minutes
203 - Jingling The System Part 01

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12 Dec 2024 · 29 minutes
204 - Jingling The System Part 02

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05 Dec 2024 · 26 minutes
202 - Disability & Race in Horror Games Part 02

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28 Nov 2024 · 29 minutes
201 - Disability & Race in Horror Games Part 01

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21 Nov 2024 · 35 minutes
200 - Spooking The System Part 04

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14 Nov 2024 · 31 minutes
199 - Spooking The System Part 03

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07 Nov 2024 · 40 minutes
198 - Spooking The System Part 02

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31 Oct 2024 · 31 minutes
197 - Spooking The System Part 01

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24 Oct 2024 · 34 minutes
196 - GTS News! Save-Scumming & Palworld's Pokemon Patent Problem

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17 Oct 2024 · 34 minutes
195 - Masculinity in WH40K: Space Marine 2

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10 Oct 2024 · 37 minutes
194 - Levelling Up in Life - Part 02

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03 Oct 2024 · 34 minutes
193 - Levelling Up in Life - Part 01

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26 Sep 2024 · 32 minutes
192 - Accessibility Consultant Who Never Actually Existed? Part 02

"A Prominent Accessibility Advocate Worked With Studios anda Inspired Change. But She Never Actually Existed" https://www.ign.com/articles/a-prominent-accessibility-advocate-worked-with-studios-and-inspired-change-but-she-never-actually-existed ----- ... more

19 Sep 2024 · 38 minutes
191 - Accessibility Consultant Who Never Actually Existed? Part 01

"A Prominent Accessibility Advocate Worked With Studios anda Inspired Change. But She Never Actually Existed" https://www.ign.com/articles/a-prominent-accessibility-advocate-worked-with-studios-and-inspired-change-but-she-never-actually-existed ----- ... more

12 Sep 2024 · 32 minutes
190 - Voice Actors Speak Out Against Exploitative Work Environments Pt 02

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05 Sep 2024 · 30 minutes
189 - Voice Actors Speak Out Against Exploitative Work Environments Pt 01

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29 Aug 2024 · 31 minutes
188 - Olympics Post-Mortem Pt 02 - Dutch Pedophile Steven Van De Velde's Crimes

Articles Mentioned: Claims that Olympic opening ceremony ‘mocked Christianity’ ignore the long-standing connection between Jesus and Dionysus - https://theconversation.com/claims-that-olympic-opening-ceremony-mocked-christianity-ignore-the-long-standing-connection-between-jesus-and-dionysus-236271... more

22 Aug 2024 · 30 minutes
187 - What We're Playing Right Now!

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17 Aug 2024 · 16 minutes
186 - Olympics Post-Mortem Pt 01 - Opening Ceremony, Gender Equality & Boxing Gender Controversy

Articles Mentioned: Claims that Olympic opening ceremony ‘mocked Christianity’ ignore the long-standing connection between Jesus and Dionysus - https://theconversation.com/claims-that-olympic-opening-ceremony-mocked-christianity-ignore-the-long-standing-connection-between-jesus-and-dionysus-236271... more

15 Aug 2024 · 42 minutes
185 - The Last of Us Season 2 Trailer Reaction!!! with Matt and Jem

📢 Support the Podcast! Let us know on BlueSky (@gamingthesystem.bsky.social), Instagram (@gamingthesystempodcast) or in the comments on YouTube! ... more

12 Aug 2024 · 18 minutes
184 - GTS Goes to Wimbledon... Again!

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08 Aug 2024 · 38 minutes
183 - Olympics Controversy - Child Molesters and Animal Abusers

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01 Aug 2024 · 31 minutes
182 - GTS Live @Chichester Fringe! Part 02

GTS performed our 2nd in-person live show at the Chichester Fringe festival. PAYPAL & PATREON If you want... more

25 Jul 2024 · 30 minutes
181 - GTS Live @Chichester Fringe! Part 01

GTS performed our 2nd in-person live show at the Chichester Fringe festival. PAYPAL & PATREON If you want... more

18 Jul 2024 · 26 minutes
180 - Okey Dokey, it's Fallout Time!

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11 Jul 2024 · 34 minutes
179 - GTS News! Abu Salim Schools Bigots & Harrison Butker's Wild Graduation Speech

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04 Jul 2024 · 40 minutes
178 - PlaySchool - Games as Education? Part 02

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27 Jun 2024 · 35 minutes
177 - PlaySchool - Games as Education? Part 01

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20 Jun 2024 · 29 minutes
176 - GTS News! Child Extortion, Non-Disparagement Agreements & The Witcher's Future

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13 Jun 2024 · 38 minutes
175 - Neurodivergency & The Rainbow of Needs

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06 Jun 2024 · 29 minutes
174 - Violence, Puzzles and... Horseys? Game Genres

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30 May 2024 · 35 minutes
173 - GTS News! AC Goes to Japan, Fallout's Fallout & Hollywood's Gaming Bandwagon

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23 May 2024 · 37 minutes
172 - Addicted to Gaming? Part 02

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16 May 2024 · 30 minutes
171 - Addicted to Gaming? Part 01

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09 May 2024 · 34 minutes
170 - GTS News! Olympics Uniform Debacle & Stellar Blade is Finally Here!

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26 Apr 2024 · 31 minutes
169 - GTS News! The Caitlin Clark Effect & Tales of Kenzera

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25 Apr 2024 · 31 minutes
168 - Building Better a World

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18 Apr 2024 · 33 minutes
167 - Government Censorship

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11 Apr 2024 · 34 minutes
166 - Teenage Tifa Censored? Gamergate 2.0?? Roosterteeth Ruin???

📢 Support the Podcast! Let us know on BlueSky (@gamingthesystem.bsky.social), Instagram (@gamingthesystempodcast) or in the comments on YouTube! ... more

04 Apr 2024 · 36 minutes
165 - You Can't Say That! - Censorship in Gaming

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28 Mar 2024 · 33 minutes
164 - Industry Layoffs, International Women's Day & Tennis Corruption!

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21 Mar 2024 · 37 minutes
163 - Semantics & Gendered Language

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14 Mar 2024 · 34 minutes
162 - Witchcraft vs Swift-Craft? - Witches in Gaming Part 2

Swift-Craft: Witches in Gaming Part 2 How does the witch as a healer and protector appear in the gaming world?... more

07 Mar 2024 · 33 minutes
161 - If it ain't broke...Copy it! - WTF is Happening?

Alex and Matt discuss some of the latest gaming news stories, including a new game from Palworld devs, Helldivers 2... more

29 Feb 2024 · 28 minutes
160 - Come, Little Gamers! - Witches in Gaming Part 1

Part 1: The GTS team examine witches from the gaming world, just what defines a witch? They share their most... more

22 Feb 2024 · 35 minutes
159 - Superbowl Special! - Player Tantrums, Private Jets & Swifty Haters!

Let's Go, Chiefs!!! Alex and Matt discuss the biggest NFL game of the year. Aggressive men having temper tantrums? Billionaire... more

15 Feb 2024 · 27 minutes
158 - WTF is Happening? - Tomb Raider: Remastered vs Indiana Jones and the... ehh?

Should we be excited about a slightly less pointy Lara Croft? And Harrison Ford is back as Indiana Jones, sort... more

08 Feb 2024 · 24 minutes
157 - God of War: Valhalla!!! Part 02

Alex and Matt explore the Norse wellness retreat of Valhalla, the epic expansion to God of War: Ragnarok. -----... more

01 Feb 2024 · 36 minutes
156 - WTF is Happening? - Subscription-Only Games, Increasing Price of Gaming

Ubisoft CEO wants to abolish gamers actually owning games, layoffs replacing people with AI, price of games skyrocketing. WTF is... more

25 Jan 2024 · 29 minutes
155 - God of War: Valhalla!!! Part 01

Alex and Matt explore the Norse wellness retreat of Valhalla, the epic expansion to God of War: Ragnarok. -----... more

18 Jan 2024 · 34 minutes
154 - Face-to-Face Gaming - Part 02

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11 Jan 2024 · 37 minutes
153 - Baldur's Gate 3 - Part 02 feat. Fin!

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04 Jan 2024 · 41 minutes
152 - Face-to-Face Gaming - Part 01

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28 Dec 2023 · 34 minutes
151 - Baldur's Gate 3 - Part 01 feat. Fin!

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21 Dec 2023 · 33 minutes
150 - 12 Games of Christmas

We say farewell to 2023 with each of our 4 best games of the year! Ho Ho Ho! -----... more

14 Dec 2023 · 38 minutes
149 - What About Men??? Part 03 - The Male Gamer

Ah the male gamer, the stereotypical toxic creature perpetually lurking the virtual world.... Okay there's the fantasy image, but... more

07 Dec 2023 · 40 minutes
148 - Recognition vs Rejection: Should We Care About Awards?

Alex, Jem and Matt return to ask a familiar question for this episode: Do awards matter? Find out if their... more

30 Nov 2023 · 35 minutes
147 - What About Men??? Part 02 - International Men's Day

We examine the serious side of international men's today, focussing on the wellbeing of men and boys. The patriarchy forces... more

23 Nov 2023 · 47 minutes
146 - Artificial Intelligence 03 - Operation: Zero Dawn

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16 Nov 2023 · 30 minutes
145 - Artificial Intelligence 02 - Baymax or Blade Runner?

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09 Nov 2023 · 30 minutes
144 - Women 2.0: Reboots and Remakes

Why do game studios choose to redo existing games instead of making new IPs? Does technological evolution match social evolution?... more

02 Nov 2023 · 35 minutes
143 - Artificial Intelligence 01 - Satan Ex Machina?

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26 Oct 2023 · 31 minutes
142 - That's What She Said! Writing Female Characters

How female characters look and behave always seem to lead conversation about how women are represented in games. But what... more

19 Oct 2023 · 39 minutes
141 - Barbie vs Lara Croft

Alex and Jem compare two of the biggest female protagonists of present times: Barbie and Lara Croft. Which is a... more

12 Oct 2023 · 34 minutes
140 - Is the Barbie Movie "Gaming the System?"

Alex and Jem get together to discuss the phenomenon that is the Barbie Movie, and reflect on this icon of... more

05 Oct 2023 · 30 minutes
139 - Cardiff Live Show Debrief - The GTS Odyssey

After 2 weeks of decompression, the team talk about all the behind-the-scenes shenanigans and ordeals surrounding the live show we... more

28 Sep 2023 · 44 minutes
138 - Cardiff Live Show Debrief - The GTS Iliad

After 2 weeks of decompression, the team talk about all the behind-the-scenes shenanigans and ordeals surrounding the live show we... more

21 Sep 2023 · 35 minutes
137 - Gaming Through a Feminist Lens - Live from Cardiff Anime & Comic Con

GTS is very proud to present our first ever in-person live show! We were invited to perform live at the... more

14 Sep 2023 · 42 minutes
136 - Who Said That? Voice Actors! Part 2

Voice Actors continued! We chat about celeb culture in gaming, and share our favourite talents from behind the microphone. ... more

07 Sep 2023 · 35 minutes
135 - Who Said That? Voice Actors! Part 1

Alex, Jem and Matt share their takes on the working landscape for gaming voice actors, from opportunities, to pay, to... more

31 Aug 2023 · 30 minutes
133 - The Sound of (Video Game) Music - Part 1

The GTS gang discuss all things video game music, how it has the power not only to enhance, but to... more

25 Aug 2023 · 40 minutes
134 - The Sound of (Video Game) Music Part 2

The GTS gang discuss all things video game music, how it has the power not only to enhance, but to... more

24 Aug 2023 · 34 minutes
132 - Anger Issues Part 2

Jem, Alex and Matt explore the topic of anger. What are our opinions on anger? How is women's anger portrayed... more

10 Aug 2023 · 28 minutes
131 - Anger Issues Part 1

Jem, Alex and Matt explore the topic of anger. What are our opinions on anger? How is women's anger portrayed... more

03 Aug 2023 · 32 minutes
130 - The GTS Effect feat. GTS OG Caroline! Part 2

The GTS Effect - Across 2 half-hour episodes, the GTS team, joined by founding POD member, Caroline, talk about how... more

27 Jul 2023 · 33 minutes
129 - The GTS Effect feat. GTS OG Caroline! Part 1

The GTS Effect - Across 2 half-hour episodes, the GTS team, joined by founding POD member, Caroline, talk about how... more

20 Jul 2023 · 34 minutes
128 - The Wimbledon Fortnite Part 2

Alex and Matt talk about the state of tennis in 2023, for the sport, often viewed as elitist. The failures... more

13 Jul 2023 · 28 minutes
127 - The Wimbledon Fortnite Part 1

Alex and Matt talk about the state of tennis in 2023, for the sport, often viewed as elitist. The failures... more

06 Jul 2023 · 35 minutes
126 - Peace in Our (Virtual) Time? Part 2

Non-Violent games make up only a fraction of the gaming world, especially compared to massive AAA franchises like Call of... more

29 Jun 2023 · 32 minutes
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The GTS Effect - Across 2 half-hour episodes, the GTS team, joined by founding POD member, Caroline, talk about how the Gaming... more