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In this episode Gino, Pete, Em, Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED-, and Jeff Rud debate the games we played this year for our annual Trenchies! The categories this year are: Game of the Year 2020, Best Comedy, Best Horror, Best Drama, Best Action, Best Adventure, Best Character, Worst Character, Best Soundtrack, Prettiest Game, Best Performance/Voice Acting, Best Mechanic, Biggest Disrespect of the Player's Time, Best Twist, Worst Game of Our Year 2020, Worst Story or Written Dialog, Biggest Indictment of Capitalism, Most Replayable Classic, Best Non-Game, John Paul Sartre Memorial Award for Game That Best Expresses the Ultimate Futility of the Human Condition, Gino's Platypus Award for Game That Should Not Be, ZP's "Help I'm Trapped in Sysiphean Torment" Award, Em's Sheeple Award: Most Wildly Overstated/Overrated, Jeff's Isolated corner Where He Still Plays Rock Band in 2020 CE, and Game of Our Year

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In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em are joined by special guest Eric Kanius to discuss Control! We cover the game's unique setting, excellent puppets, and snappy gameplay. We also delve into just what makes Control's setting so compelling and where the game's design is a tad confusing.

You can follow Eric @EricKanius on twitter.

You can listen to The Personal History of Games here.

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In this episode Gino, Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED-, and Jeff Rud discuss the end of Final Fantasy XIII-2. We cover the game's ridiculous story, tedious gameplay loops, and genuine heart. We wrap by putting the game on the Ranking of Fantasies list! Where will it go? Is it better than FFXIII? Is it better than FFX-2? Listen to find out!

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In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. We discuss the game's oddly dark story, it's incredibly boring combat, and whether it would be better as a movie. Things take a very sharp turn when we talk about the Fairy Godmother.

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In this episode Gino, Chris "ZombiePie" -REDACTED- and Jeff Rud discuss the first 15 hours of Final Fantasy XIII-2. We cover how hard the game breaks away from FFXIII lore, how little it breaks away from FFXIII combat, and how "lol who cares" the story is. We all agree the game is mediocre at best, but our appreciation levels of that mediocrity vary.

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In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss the grosses Metroidvania of them all: Carrion. We discuss the game's unique control scheme, it's decision to make you play as the villain, and it's psuedo-linearity. We wrap up by discussing why certain forms of locomotion gross people out.

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In this episode Gino is joined by Em, Noelle, Emily, and Emily to discuss the musical comedy show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. We discuss our favorite characters, songs, and moments from the show. We then discuss the show's handling of romance and mental illness. It's been a long time coming baby!

You can listen to Emily and Emily on Worst Friends Forever 

You can follow Emily V @ItsEvolkYo

You can follow Emily K @egkeller

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In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em are joined by a special guest to discuss Hades! We cover the game's mechanical density, our favorite Boons and weapons, and our pet strategies. We then pivot to talking about the game's representation of Greek gods and mythology.

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In this episode Gino and RVA Returner John Schreiner discuss Opus XII of the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game! We discuss multicolor cards, the best cards of each element, and the cards that we're most excited to build around.

You can find the RVA Returners here: https://returnersfftcg.com/

And you can join the Returners Discord here: https://discord.gg/tDq3MDQ

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In this episode Gino, Pete, and Em discuss Genshin Impact, free to play games, and the dangers of gacha systems.

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