One of Swords Podcast 003: Feel the Love

by Dan on February 11, 2010

Let’s talk about sex! Well, okay, let’s talk about gender. Is the term “girl gamer” an insult? How do you get your better half interested in chainsawing zombies? Will gaming tear your relationship apart? In the spirit of Valentine’s Day we tackle the tough relationship questions with an expert female gamer: Dan’s oft-discussed but never-before-interviewed wife Katrin Auch. The rest of the box of chocolates includes new games confirmed by Activision, MW2 glitches, Breaking Benjamin, iPhone vs. DS, and why companies keep secrets the way they do. Oh, and Britney’s Dance Beat. Really.

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Co-host: Katrin Auch, light gun enthusiast, graphic designer, bassist, photographer, and inventor of Headshotmas
Soundtrack: Yameen – available on iTunes, Amazon MP3, and all online music stores

Links of Great Import:
Steam’s latest hardware survey, including Windows 7
Ubisoft’s plans to release big franchise games more often
Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies DLC report on Kotaku
KOXM, celebrating its 200th show this week, featuring Dan as a guest

Got a question or comment? Write to megamailbag@oneofswords.com or call 1-888-9-1SWORDS (1-888-917-9673) and leave a brief message.

Want to enter the contests? Send your guess to freestuff@oneofswords.com and don’t forget to include your name, address, phone number, and (if you want some new digital friends) your gamer identity online.

And just because it’s Valentine’s Day, here’s a vintage photo of Dan & Kat from 20 years ago. Cut us some slack; it was 1990.

  • http://twitter.com/JalenJade JalenJade

    Alright I'm calling this in as well but wanted to post it here just incase my call isn't used.

    When I started playing WoW back when it first came out (I no longer play.) The question of which gender to play came up and the response from most of the guys in my guild (before they had guilds) was “Why would you want to stare at a male's backside all day?” We were Horde so most the guys who were playing female characters were playing undead since the other female options were disproportional in looks. (Hey we were kids.) I however, was not one of them, it didn't diminish my experience at all. (They were cartoon characters.)

  • http://twitter.com/zigs00 Edd

    On the subject of girl gamers, can I recommend you this fantastic article on the subject: http://www.trueachievements.com/newsitem.aspx?n…. Definitely worth a read

  • http://twitter.com/litrock Matt

    Really liked hearing Kat on the podcast. It's nice hearing a female voice that isn't trying to be an overcompensating 'gamer grrl' type (I'm not naming podcast names). I vote 3 for the cohost to bring back!

  • http://twitter.com/JalenJade JalenJade

    Lack of a physical D-pad on the iphone does make bomberman incredibly difficult

  • mumbles74

    Three shows in and your good lady wife was by far the best co-host to date. Loved the natural flow of the dialogue and it was a lighter listen too (no excessive tech talk this week).

    More Mrs A please

    G McGhie, Airdrie, UK

  • Joshua Simpkins

    Loved the podcast, Dan. Kat was a great co-host! I'm downloading podcast 004 as I type this. Keep up the outstanding work with the site and the show!

  • http://oneofswords.com/ Dan (OneOfSwords)

    That is brilliant.

  • FriedDinosaur

    Love this podcast. I decided to listen to this when I heard about it on KOXM. Its hilarious. Keep up the good work. Oh, and the photo gave me heebie jeebies. What exactly are you reaching for in your pocket anyway?

  • http://twitter.com/ButterflyEdge Siobhan Park

    Great point on the girl gamer thing. I'm sure some people find it insulting, but unfortunately it seems to be used more so a neon light, something to flaunt by the people that are all like 'yeah, look at me, I'm one of those GIRLS that are so rare'. More people abuse that label than are insulted by it, unfortunately.

    I hope people do get over it eventually, online gaming would be a much better place without this superior attitude.

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