Indie game Citizen Sleeper episode is coming out next week! I promise, in the meantime I put in a more causal type episode that I am calling a check point that covers my favorite book I've read in the past four months and one that didn't quite resonate with me. Let me know your thoughts and thank you for your understanding!

Next up --> Citizen Sleeper

Timestamps
(4:06) Outline
(5:36) Meddling Kids
(10:43) Guilty Pleasures
(17:29) 3 books I'm looking forward to
(26:10) Outro/May Announcements

Books Mentioned in todays episode
*****Check out your local libraries, local bookshops or buy secondhand*****

• Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
• Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
• Fortuna by Kristyn Merbeth
• CosmoKnights by Hannah Templer
• The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss
• European Travels for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss

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Sorry about all the noise and the delay! But today's episode is talking about the 2002 light novel Kamikaze Girls by Novala Takemoto and translated by Akemi Wegmuller. This discussion talks about attachment theory and how it relates to the friendship between the main characters, Momoko and Ichigo. Hope you enjoy!

Next up --> Citizen Sleeper (indie Game)

Time Stamps
Episode outline: 4:36
Background information: 5:41
Attachment theory discussion: 26:29
Final thoughts: 59:01
Writing Prompt: 1:04:24
Outro: 1:06:10

Author and Translator
https://hardcover.app/authors/akemi-wegmuller
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novala_Takemoto
Attachment Theory
https://www.simplypsychology.org/bowlby.htm
The Strange Situation Experiment
https://www.simplypsychology.org/mary-ainsworth.html
Stream of Consiousness
https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf/what-stream-consciousness

Further Reading
Kamikaze Girls by Novala Takemoto
Be Not Afraid of Love by Mimi Zhu
Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
So Pretty /Very Rotten by Jane Mai and An Nguyen

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Today we are talking about my favorite character within the Indie Game Sea of Stars from Sabotage Studios release in 2023. Join me in this appreciation for Garl the Warrior Cook with the biggest heart any adventurer needs. We talk about his character development and how sometimes the side characters can be the true protagonists.

Next up ---> Kamikaze Girls by Novala Takemoto

Episode outline (4:58)
Background on Sea of Stars (6:23)
Key definitions (16:19)
Garl Talk (23:18)
Creative Prompt (46:58)
Outro (49:26)

Charities to Donate to:

• https://www.pointofpride.org/
• https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

Sabotage Studios

• https://sabotagestudio.com/

Sea of Stars Articles

• https://seaofstars.fandom.com/wiki/Characters
• https://gamerant.com/sea-of-stars-garl-main-character-playable-companion-chef/

Watch a Game play through

• https://youtu.be/h9MFyMDJkDo?si=GjRDu2HeAW_JNjxu
• https://youtu.be/gpxpjQX78DI?si=Qk805fYxzMlaGuwO

What are character types?

• https://nofilmschool.com/protagonist-vs-main-character
• https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-a-supporting-character-definition/

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