Hello and welcome to another Side-Quest episode of Talk This! It’s Dangerous to Podcast Alone! This week, we’re talking about dads in video games. Happy Father’s Day!
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The Topic
Who are the best video game dads? Why are there so many video game dads anyway? And why are they all the same kind of dad? What makes up a dad versus some other mentor figure? What do we want to see from dads in video games going forward? Or do we even want more dads, or have we had enough?
The Actual Discussion
We talk about our favorite video game dads and why some popular video game dads are actually not that great. We also try to figure out why there’s such an influx of gruff dads who learn to love their surrogate child. Also, just to be fair, we also talk about the lack of moms, and why stories are so biased towards fatherhood instead of motherhood.
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