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Experiencing Womanhood in A Year of Springs

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Show Notes

We’ve all had unrequited feelings for one of our best friends at the hot springs, right? Right????

Today we're talking about A Year of Springs by npckc! A game about the endless complexity of being a woman and sending cute lil emojis.

Get A Year of Springs on Steam or itch!!! Follow npckc’s work on their website!

Discussed in the episode: A YEAR OF SPRINGS soundtrack on Bandcamp ---

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Art by Tara Crawford

Theme music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari ---

Timecodes:

(00:00) - Someone make a good way to take screenshots

(01:07) - Lifeguard Off-Duty

(02:07) - Who is npckc?

(03:16) - What is a Year of Springs

(05:21) - Hard to not spoil!

(08:23) - General subject matter

(12:18) - Beep boop

(12:25) - One Night, Hot Springs

(18:07) - Endings

(22:45) - The difference in perspectives

(25:36) - Last Day of Spring

(29:03) - Presents for transgender women

(30:56) - The texting is good!

(32:25) - Spring Leaves No Flower

(37:40) - An unexpected shift

(42:32) - Why is it so hard to be a woman!!!!!!

(44:14) - I guess I gotta talk to my boyfriend...

(45:22) - Endings

(46:47) - This one is for the girls

(51:07) - The Epilogue

(52:39) - Getting a new start

(55:46) - Big Takeaways

(55:56) - Kim's Big Takeaway

(59:26) - Robin's Big Takeaway

(01:04:17) - Good game!!!

(01:04:23) - Kim attempts the outro

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