Bad Gamers Anonymous

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• Intro
  • Welcome back Joe
  • Thanksgiving Catch-up
  • Black Friday Buys
• Gaming news
  • In news that will piss off gamers everywhere….BLIZZARD IS GOING MOBILE
  • Discord Nitro
  • CoD outsold RDR2 in October
  • Speaking of RDR2, it’s November 25…where’s that multiplayer?
  • New Spider-Man DLC
    • Is it grabbing us like Black Cat did?
  • Gaming Journalism
    • Rock Paper Shotgun goes to FFXIV Fanfest
      • LBR Reaction
      • Difference between podcasts and journalists
        • Can they both be media?
        • What’s the difference?
        • What should be the difference?
• GAMES WE MISSED IN 2018 Series
  • God of War

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Crowley welcomes Cab and Joe to the show this week. The trio discuss Sony pulling out of E3, FFXIV Fanfest 2018, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Fallout76. Once they’re done analyzing the news of the week, they deep dive into all the video game deals on Black Friday at Target, Walmart, and Best Buy. If you’re looking for gifts for that special gamer in your life, you don’t want to miss this episode.

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Crowley puts out the call for two new co-hosts to join him on a permanent basis. Apply by emailing him at [email protected] or contacting EGM at http://eargluemedia.com/contact/

Crowley goes solo and covers the highlights from X018, held in Mexico City. Crowley covering XBOX the way only Crowley can. He then briefly discusses gaming news before jumping back into the culture in gaming journalism and its attempts to virtue signal in a pretend world.

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Garrick and Crowley welcome special guest Chris (Herd63 on our Discord server) to the show. The three discuss idiotic comments made by a Kotaku journalist on Twitter, and idiotic comments made by the guy who runs Blizzard Watch. The trio continue the idiocy by reviewing the suicidal Fallout76 B.E.T.A. before diving head first into their full review of Red Dead Redemption 2.

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Garrick and Crowley give their first impressions and experiences with RDR2! They cover the depth, attention details, physics, and stay spoiler free! Crowley reviews the new Spider-Man DLC and discusses how “adult” Black Cat is. The two then review the mobile game, Ghostbusters World!

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Garrick and Crowley cover all the latest gaming news from Oct. 2018. From Rockstar using the Australian legal system to issue search and seizure on cheating gamers, to Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2 writing staff working 100 hours a week. Garrick looks forward to Fallout 76’s B.E.T.A. and Crowley calls for an all-out boycott of EA before he vows to never discuss EA on BGA again; it’s the classic Crowley rant. Garrick and Crowley then disagree on Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.

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With Garrick on assignment, Crowley welcomes Jonesy to the show. Crowley quickly discusses the Ear Glue Media website with its creator before jumping into gaming news. Jonesy and Crowley discuss the new ability to change your PSN, Skybound finishing up The Walking Dead in lieu of Telltale, and Fortnite beta on Android phones. Crowley and Jonesy calmly discuss…er…go off on EA and its inability to publicly address the server issues with NHL 19 and their overall terrible status with gamers. Jonesy then interviews Crowley about the more expensive version of Fortnite and PUBG…Call of Duty Black Ops 4.

Links Discussed

High School eSports
The impact of “Fortnite” and similar video games

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Garrick and Crowley talk about the launch of the new Ear Glue Media website at http://eargluemedia.com/ before jumping in to the gaming news of the week. Garrick covers Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Super Mario Party before Crowley loses it on EA and their unaddressed dressing room errors in NHL 19. The duo then review Dragalia Lost, a mobile game published by Nintendo, though neither are really sure why.

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Garrick and Crowley review Forza Horizon 4 on the Xbox One. Bad Gamers Anonymous is giving away a copy of Madden 19 for the Playstation 4! Listen to Episode 55 for details! They briefly touch on Crowley’s cigar acquisition disorder before diving into the gaming news of the day. They discuss the suit against Telltale by a former employee, the feel-good story of Nintendo making a gamer’s last wish come true, and then discuss Sony finally allowing cross-play with other consoles. Crowley goes off on Microsoft fanbois before Garrick gives his impression of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and his review of Forza Horizon 4.

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Garrick and Crowley welcome Jonesy back to the show to discuss NHL 19. Before they do, they discuss their move to Podbean and the new logo. The also throw their two-cents in on the Switch Online service being hacked and Telltale layoffs. Once the news is over it’s time to get down to business, throw down the gloves, and skate into NHL 19.