This episode is all. About. GAMER GIRLS in ROMANCE!
Join me and romance authors Vivien Jackson and Tamsin Ley as we chat about all things gaming, our favorite gaming romances, how gaming has become such an integral part of our lives, and reminisce about our best (and worst) times in games like World of Warcraft, Munchkin, D&D, and so many others!
Inside this episode
Not sure this is the podcast for you? Hey, I totally get it. This episode is 90 minutes long, so it’s lengthier than the previous GT Romance podcasts, BUT, it’s a ton of fun, especially for any gamers out there. I can’t provide a full transcript, but here’s a loose topic list to give you an idea of what we chatted about. Don’t forget to check out the recommended books linked below to snag some fan-freaking-tastic gamer romances for your e-reader!
Topic List
- World of Warcraft, fire mages vs frost
- Dungeons & Dragons (and why not to play with “friendly fire” on when Sue is your teammate!)
- “Meet” Tamsin Ley’s “Rubac” not-merman paladin from WoW’s Cenarian Circle server (screenshot below! Or see him on my Facebook live preview here or on YouTube)
- Star Wars TOR and all its Jedi (does having so many Jedi kill the game’s atmosphere?)
- Bioware & romance in their games
- RL (real life) gaming romances that started in games (Psst! I tell the story of how I met my husband)
- Second Life (life replacement type game)
- WoW movie (and the only good things about it)
- How GraveTells got its name (ever been curious about that? 😉 )
- SimCity BuildIt – the evils of the global marketplace
Mass Effect (and more in-game romance, thanks BioWare!) - Cyberpunk – what it is and why you may not have heard of it
- The Sims franchise (and how you can force creepy romances)
- Dragon Age
Ultima Online (one of my guest authors was killed by town guards for getting naked. Darn those decency laws!) - Board games: Escape!, Zombieside, Munchkin (there should totally be an Evil Bunny Munchkin!), Exploding Kittens, Cranium, Gloom (kill your family the fastest!)
- How games affect kids
Connecting friends and family through online games - How games become part of your real life
- Bonds with fellow gamers
- Women in gaming and how much things have changed
- The LitRPG genre of fiction
- The romance of Farscape & bad guys you sorta like
- And, because it really can’t be said enough: For the Horde!
Recommended books for gamer girls
These are the books we chatted about during the show.
- Loving You Easy by Roni Loren
- The Merman’s Quest by Tamsin Ley (this is a freebie available only to Tamsin’s newsletter subscribers, so sign up here for your free ebook!)
- Wanted & Wired by Vivien Jackson
- Stolen by an Alien by Amanda Milo
- Scorched by Mari Mancusi
- Taking Over Me by Sara Brookes
- The Land: Founding by Aleron Kong
Meet my guests!
About Tamsin Ley
Wine-lover, beer-brewer, foodie, serious gardener, and secret zombie prepper, Tam lives in Alaska with her husband of twenty something years. In the long days of summer you can find her in the great outdoors, but when the long winter nights set in, she’ll be at the keyboard creating sexy heroes who don’t know they need a mate – that is, until they meet the woman they can’t resist. Sizzling standalone romances with no cliffhangers and a guaranteed happily-ever-after. Find her online at www.mates4monsters.com or on facebook @tamsinley
The Merman’s Kiss can be found at http://smarturl.it/mermans-kiss
About Vivien Jackson
Vivien Jackson writes fantastical, futuristic, down-home salacious kissery. After being told at the age of seven that she could not marry Han Solo because he wasn’t a real person, she devoted her life to creating worlds where, goldarnit, she could marry anybody she wanted. And she could wield a blaster doing it. A devoted Whovian Browncoat Sindarin Jedi gamer, she has a degree in English, which just means she’s read gobs of stuff in that language. When she’s super comfortable with you, she might confess those late-night limericks about old Gondor (and where to find them). With her similarly geeky partner, children, and hairy little pets, she lives in Austin, Texas, and watches a lot of football.
You can find her @Vivien_Jackson or on the web at http://www.vivienjackson.com.
Join the discussion
Are you a gamer girl? Or maybe just a fan of Vivien or Tamsin? Leave a comment and let us know your thoughts!
