The Gangcast will return.

We have been busy with GDC then moving apartments!

We’ll have a lot to talk about when we return. 🫶

Poll of the Show - The Gangcast Ep.56 Audio Version Video Version

Whoops!

Was just told that one of the questions in our Poll of the Show this week still had last week's validation setup 🙃. This is why you should double check things folks lol. Thanks Neill for the heads up!

Isaiah standing next to a Leon standee and a Porsche. He’s wearing tan converse, green pants, a black hoodie, a white lakers hat, and a grey sling bag

Janet standing in the same spot except she isn’t blocking grace ashcrofts standee. Janet is wearing a black leather jacket and blue jeans.

Resident Evil x Porsche event was quite literally Games and Not Games. 🔥

PC Gaming, Mixtape Preview, and our Quest for Healthier Sleep - The Gangcast Ep.55 Janet and Isaiah talk about their recent PC Gaming renaissance happening in the house, what sparked this interest, what games they’ve been playing, and what they think isin store for them in the future (GAMES). Then they talk about going to sleep. They’re on a quest to find their ideal bedtime routines to get the best sleep they can and talk about what those routines are, how they try to track their sleep, and what’s left for them to improve on (NOT GAMES). Poll of the Show: https://gamesandnotgames.com/poll Timestamps: Intro - 00:00 Catching Up - 00:18 GAMES PC Gaming Renaissance - 10:01 Mixtape Preview - 56:58 NOT GAMES Quest for Healthier Sleep - 01:05:12 POLL OF THE SHOW Poll of the Show - 01:46:20 Outro - 02:00:15 Send your questions and topics to the email address Inbox@GamesAndNotGames.com For more Games And Not Games: - YouTube.com/@GamesAndNotGames - Twitch.tv/GamesAndNotGames - BlueSKy: @GamesAndNotGames.com - TikTok, Instagram, Threads: @GamesAndNotGames - Backloggd: GamesAndNotGames Follow the hosts: - Janet: @gameonysus.bsky.social - Isaiah: @isaiahsmith.dev

We're back and we're having a PC renaissance (and previewing Mixtape) for Games. And we're trying to get the ultimate sleep for Not Games.
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Janet and Isaiah using their hands to make a heart together. They are leaning from their PC set ups.

Happy Valentine’s Day from The Gangcast! 🫶 We’re playing games together on our new/updated PC setups.

Finding Our Shared 5 Favorite Games and Talking Money After Marriage - The Gangcast Ep.53 YouTube video by Games And Not Games

You may know @gameonysus.bsky.social's favorite games and @isaiahsmith.dev's favorite games but what are THEIR favorite games as a unit?

Plus how they're handling finances after marriage.

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Poll: gamesandnotgames.com/poll

Retro Gaming and Our Lock-Ins & Leave-Its for 2026 - The Gangcast Ep.52 YouTube video by Games And Not Games

The past and the future meet!
We talk retro games and skip New Year's Resolutions in favor of Lock-In OR Leave-It.
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Poll: gamesandnotgames.com/poll

Anticipated 2026 Games, Snowboarding, and going to The COSM - The Gangcast Ep.51 YouTube video by Games And Not Games

New Year, Same Pod:
ICYMI we get into our most anticipated games of 2026, talk about our snowboarding trip, and review the Cosm where we saw The Matrix in Shared Reality
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Ayyyy thx for listening!

Isaiah and Janet as Miis on the Wii

Mii-ried. 💍

2024's GANG of the Year - The Gangcast Ep.22 Janet and Isaiah go over the first annual GANG of the Year awards. For each of the 7 "Games and not games" categories, Janet and Isaiah talk about their top choices, discuss what wins each category,…

Another week, another lack of pod :(
Last week Janet was traveling, this week she is sick from having traveled. Thanks for your patience! In the meantime, if you're newer to the show, we recommend checking out last year's GANG of the Year as we gear up for award season:

We are committed to this podcast. Coming back soon with a lot to share!

We plan to return at the end of the month!

The Gangcast Janet Garcia and Isaiah Smith talk Games and Not Games every week. The Games section includes topics like what we've been playing, co-op adventures, opinions on the industry etc. and the Not Games sec...

Wedding planning took more out of our weekends than we expected so please forgive our brief hiatus. In the meantime make sure you are caught up on all the episodes:

Here's the latest from The Gangcast!
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This week’s Gangcast will be a day or two late because we were at Galaxy Mania when we normally record.

Cat in a loaf position.

Pardon our break. Summer travel interrupts our recording schedule. But here’s a picture of our cat.

Gangcast thumbnail. Text says slay the spire and anime expo 2025.

Slay the Spire & Anime? This is an @isaiahsmith.dev coded episode for sure. Hear about @gameonysus.bsky.social's first impressions on one of Isaiah's favorite games, the Frieren panel, & more
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Poll of the Show: gamesandnotgames.com/poll

Gangcast thumbnail. Images are Miss Minutes and a guy working at a laptop. Text says finding time to game and new job = new routines

Everyone congratulate @isaiahsmith.dev on his new job! (& keep him in mind for your web dev needs bc he's still taking clients). We are waking up early now & struggling to find time to game.
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Poll of the Show: gamesandnotgames.com/poll

Yay! Thanks for listening. Yes I love the Loop earplugs. I have the Loop Experience (for concerts/events). Def give the sleep ones a try! Sadly I can't speak to those though because I don't have them. - J

WE BACK!
We talk Switch 2, going to baseball games, and getting (back) into collecting cards.
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No episode today because we are locked in on Clair Obscur (which we will unpack in our next episode!).

One of our mics had weird hitching the entire show and we didn't realize until after we finished recording so no episode this week! We were tricked into having a conversation with each other.

Gangcast youtube thumbnail. Text says Hating/Loving Games and Guess The Character. Key art features Hazel from South of Midnight and the main character from Prince of Persia

We talk about what it’s like when one hates a game the other loves, what it means to “Hate Finish” a game, and more (GAMES). Then we play a new game of “Guess The Character” (NOT GAMES).
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YouTube thumbnail. Text says Early GOTY Check-In, Anime Hit and Miss. Key images are from Split Fiction and That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime.

Bruce's health update (he's okay!). Then we talk about our Game of the Year contenders so far (GAMES). Then we talk about recent developments in Janet’s anime journey! (NOT GAMES). Ep. 36
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Poll of the Show: gamesandnotgames.com/poll

Frequent Gangcast guest Bruce had a medial emergency this past weekend. If you have the means to do so consider donating to help us pay off his medical debt.

As you may have assumed, no episode went up this week because we have had our hands full with this one.

In the meantime, this is a great opportunity to catch up on any episodes you've missed!

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Selfie of Isaiah and Janet in line for switch 2

The gang’s all here. #NintendoSwitch2

Fat grey cat sitting on a tote bag on the ground.

I ask myself this every day.

Self of Janet, Isaiah, and their cat Bruce

Live now for the Triple-I Initiative 2025 indie showcase. Come through!
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2 TVs in the living room on adjacent walls

2 TVs in the living room side-by-side

Here’s a before and after of how things were at the time of the recording vs a spontaneous post-recording re-org so the tvs are now side by side 😅

Not the best photos for overall room layout but should hopefully get the idea across?