In the Academic Gamer Podcast Episode #2, we begin coverage of our nominees for Game of the Year 2018. Four our purposes, nominees include not only games released officially in 2018 but also the games that were meaningful to us this year. Stay tuned for Part 2 where we address the second half of our list and begin deliberations to determine our Game of the Year!

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Guests:

Timothy Day (@TheTDay) https://twitter.com/thetday

Troy Edwards (@TroyEdwards) https://twitter.com/troyedwards

Jared Newton (@JaredDNewton) https://twitter.com/jareddnewton

Games List (Part 1):

(00:06:23) Monster Hunter World

(00:12:22) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

(00:18:55) Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

(00:27:03) Red Dead Redemption 2

(00:30:40) World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth

(00:34:59) Super Mario Odyssey

(00:41:43) Rocket League

(00:48:07) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

(00:52:33) Dead Cells

(00:58:35) God of War

(01:05:00) 7 Days to Die

(01:11:36) Fez

Intro/Outro music by Ozzed (https://ozzed.net)