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What happens when friends with more than 35 years of games industry experience combine their powers for an epic podcast? Hopefully something pretty cool.

Welcome to What's Good Games, a new show for the nerd-inclined!

What exactly is What's Good Games? It's our happy place: a space where we can talk about games and other stuff we fancy with YOU – through videos, podcasts, streams and events. With this group of ladies, it's certain that the conversation will be insightful, wacky and passionate!

This particular Voltron is comprised of:
Andrea Rene (Host/Producer seen on GameTrailers, Yahoo Esports, GameStop TV)
Alexa Ray Corriea (Former writer at Polygon, Gamespot)
Brittney Brombacher (Creator of BlondeNerd.com)
Kristine Steimer (Formerly at IGN and PlayStation)

Over the many years we've been friends, we've often discussed how there weren't great ways to get our voices out there together. That is, until now -- the stars have aligned for us to join forces and to create our own project. We've met tons of our fans and viewers in our time in the games industry, and are incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to build a new community and make some really cool content.

We're committed to producing a free weekly podcast for all of you, but none of us are the type that are satisfied with doing the bare minimum. We're eager and excited to create more content and we have a lot of ideas, some of which you can check out in our goals!

In order to make that additional content happen, we'll need your support. More funding means more time to dedicate to new streams, interviews, events and more, on top of the weekly podcast. We're ready to throw ourselves in, headfirst, but the future of What's Good Games is in your hands.

We hope you're so jazzed to join this community that you'll take the step to become a patron. Patrons will get behind-the-scenes access, exclusive photos and videos, and other extra goodies. But you can also help through your participation: listening to the podcast, giving us a review on iTunes, sharing our social media posts...these all help us build momentum!

Please check out our tiers and goals for more details and jump in as a patron today! If you have any questions be sure to reach out!

Cheers!
<3 Andrea, Alexa, Britt & Steimer

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[Jakoo]

I put this in the GB Community thread too, but I hope Austin Walker is getting some residuals off that name ;-).

This is great though, I love the idea of an all-female Bombcast style podcast and I feel like it could break up the feeling of sameness of a lot of the big video gaming podcasts that are out there.

 

[NavyPharaoh]

I love Steimer

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Nice!
Since this doesn't appear to be a full-time thing, what's Alexa doing these days? I always enjoyed her appearances on giantbomb.

 

[CockHammer]

I honestly think that it is sexist and borderline racist if more people didn't support this. Here are four intelligent, smart, and passionate women who know gaming as well as your average Greg Miller or Brad Shoemaker. I donated $10 to support our oppressed women in gaming.

 

[SprachBrooks]

I honestly think that it is sexist and borderline racist if more people didn't support this. Here are four intelligent, smart, and passionate women who know gaming as well as your average Greg Miller or Brad Shoemaker. I donated $10 to support our oppressed women in gaming.

Lol.

 

[AmuroChan]

Nice, it's like the female version of KF, except way more knowledgeable on games.

 

[Inferno313]

This sounds awesome. I'm a big fan of a number of these folks. There needs to be way more women in games journalism, so this is very exciting to see.

 

[Dynasty8]

I honestly think that it is sexist and borderline racist if more people didn't support this. Here are four intelligent, smart, and passionate women who know gaming as well as your average Greg Miller or Brad Shoemaker. I donated $10 to support our oppressed women in gaming.

Ok.......

 

[Zukkoyaki]

Alexa, Andrea and Kristine is a damn impressive slate and a very good combination of enthusiasm, critique and knowledge similar to Easy Allies. I will definitely check this out!

 

[CockHammer]

Lol.

I'm not joking, we are flooded with all-men gaming groups like Giant Bomb or Kinda Funny. Women NEED a voice in gaming to disown men of their sick control over the industry.

 

[Staf]

I honestly think that it is sexist and borderline racist if more people didn't support this. Here are four intelligent, smart, and passionate women who know gaming as well as your average Greg Miller or Brad Shoemaker. I donated $10 to support our oppressed women in gaming.

Just borderline? You Sir are soft.

 

[Milly Osworth]

This thread already &#128163;

 

[Lindsaymv]

I can't really afford to support Patreons in my current life stretch but I will absolutely listen to this podcast and hopefully support this in the future. Everything I'm seen of these people on their Giant Bomb and Kinda Funny appearances has been hilarious and clever, looking forward to this a lot.

 

[SprachBrooks]

I'm not joking, we are flooded with all-men gaming groups like Giant Bomb or Kinda Funny. Women NEED a voice in gaming to disown men of their sick control over the industry.

Refer back to my original response.

 

[Simply Sami]

Andrea Rene? No ta.

She's the biggest corporate shill going. I remember her on the bonus round a few years back trying to defend Microsofts actions about used games.

 

[Maligna]

I honestly think that it is sexist and borderline racist if more people didn't support this.

That's no way to get people to listen to your opinion...

 

[AAK]

Stop feeding the troll.

 

[LordofPwn]

This announcement makes me happy. Best of luck to them, I'm sure they won't need it though.

 

[dugdug]

Andrea Rene? No ta.

She's the biggest corporate shill going. I remember her on the bonus round a few years back trying to defend Microsofts actions about used games.

Rest of the lineup is solid, though!

Wish them the best of luck. It's a perspective that's sorely lacking in gaming podcasts.

 

[theifofdreams]

I'm not joking, we are flooded with all-men gaming groups like Giant Bomb or Kinda Funny. Women NEED a voice in gaming to disown men of their sick control over the industry.

Hmm, this post and your history don't exactly match up very well... Also that user name...

 

[Maintenance]

Andrea Rene? No ta.

She's the biggest corporate shill going. I remember her on the bonus round a few years back trying to defend Microsofts actions about used games.

Sounds like it belongs in this thread.

 

[ReubyJuice]

This will hopefully offer a refreshing perspective on a lot of things in games, looking forward to checking it out!

 

[DarkLordMalik]

Andrea Rene? No ta.

She's the biggest corporate shill going. I remember her on the bonus round a few years back trying to defend Microsofts actions about used games.

What's wrong with the tweet? She looks like a console user and plenty of people can get annoyed by the awkward nature of PC game installations.

 

[Inferno313]

Andrea Rene? No ta.

She's the biggest corporate shill going. I remember her on the bonus round a few years back trying to defend Microsofts actions about used games.

Oh noes. Someone has an opinion and prefers consoles. The horror.

 

[Simply Sami]

What's wrong with the tweet? She looks like a console user and plenty of people can get annoyed by the awkward nature of PC game installations.

Erm yes because you don't wait around for console games to install nowadays. They just work straight away.

 

[Inferno313]

Erm yes because you don't wait around for console games to install nowadays. They just work straight away.

Mhm. My Switch sure does!

 

[Crocodile]

"What's Good Games" sounds like a pretty bad name? It feels hard to say

I don't know a ton about these particular people (though I think Rene was on a recent KFG episode and she seemed cool) but otherwise this seems like a great idea. The industry NEEDS more visible/prominent women and POC voices.

 

[AwakenedCloud]

Erm yes because you don't wait around for console games to install nowadays. They just work straight away.

If you buy physical, there's potential for huge drops in wait time, especially if your download speeds aren't great. Calling her a shill is a step too far.

 

[Blackthorn]

Lord knows I didn't need another all-male gaming podcast, I'll definitely check it out.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

Awesome, looking forward to their content.

 

[ST2K]

In for Alexa and Steimer. They know their stuff.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Oh shit, I remember Brombacher from a podcast with Miller about We're Alive

And Steimer because she dated Greg a while back...

 

[GlamFM]

Yes! Only know Andrea (from weekend confirmed), but I´m gonna back this.

Please don´t make this thread shit.

 

[Salty Hippo]

Andrea and Kristine are excellent. Rene schooled Colin Moriarty a few times in both of her guest appearances in the KF podcast. Don't know the other two. Will definitely check this out.

 

[benicillin]

That's a pretty solid lineup. Definitely going to check out the podcast.

 

[Weebos]

I used to listen to Alexa's Airship podcast, I was sad when that ended.

Happy to see this, will have to give it a listen when the first episode drops.

 

[kulapik]

What's wrong with the tweet? She looks like a console user and plenty of people can get annoyed by the awkward nature of PC game installations.

Console installations can take as long or even longer as that.

 

[Inferno313]

Console installations can take as long or even longer as that.

Yeah, if you buy digitally. Most folks buy games at retail, still. And her point totally stands if you're talking about retail games. It's very rare that a install-from-disc takes a significant amount of time, in my experience.

 

[napata]

Yeah, if you buy digitally. Most folks buy games at retail, still. And her point totally stands if you're talking about retail games. It's very rare that a install-from-disc takes a significant amount of time, in my experience.

How does one buy a retail copy of an alpha though?

 

[Nerokis]

Andrea Rene? No ta.

She's the biggest corporate shill going. I remember her on the bonus round a few years back trying to defend Microsofts actions about used games.

...what's wrong with those tweets?

Also, a good amount of people saw reason in Microsoft's actions. You'll need to flesh out your case that she's "the biggest corporate shill going" a little bit.

 

[Weebos]

I don't see anything to complain about in these tweets.

 

[FelipeMGM]

Thats a great cast, good luck to them. Looking forward to the first episode of their podcast

 

[Brashnir]

Andrea Rene? No ta.

She's the biggest corporate shill going. I remember her on the bonus round a few years back trying to defend Microsofts actions about used games.

I mean, I agree re: her being a huge corporate shill, but those tweets are a really odd thing to use as evidence of such.

 

[Tankard]

Good to see that Alexia is back to gaming and that Steimer is seemmingly back from CDProjektRed.

 

[Frostman]

Yes! Only know Andrea (from weekend confirmed), but I´m gonna back this.

Please don´t make this thread shit.

Too late.

It's been relegated to PC vs Console ease of use arguments, even though there's a thread for it on the front page.

 

[TWrecks310]

This thread is weird.

Good for them though, I'll definitely check it out.

 

[oti]

I loved the IGN girl fight podcast back in the day and I know three of these ladies pretty well thanks to other podcasts. I'll definitely give this a listen.

 

[Boke1879]

I honestly think that it is sexist and borderline racist if more people didn't support this. Here are four intelligent, smart, and passionate women who know gaming as well as your average Greg Miller or Brad Shoemaker. I donated $10 to support our oppressed women in gaming.

Fam lets not turn that into this thread ok.


That said. Yall Britt is fucking awesome. I've been following her on twitter for years. This is awesome and I can't wait to see what they have to say and what their experiences are like as well. Stiemer is great as well.

 

[GalacticMouse]

Subbed and supported on Patreon. Great cast with a tremendous amount of experience on all sides of the industry. Can't wait for their first video!