In this episode of dia.log, witness the birth of the GM echo chamber as Danial and Meck is left to ramble on their own for the first 50 minutes.  

Anan startled the crew after that and from there we're back on our old groove. We pressed the juices out of the details from the Epic Games v. Apple case, talk a lot of courts, CODs and beating a dead horse. And kickflip over a dead body.  

There's no balik kampung season for us this year, so come sit by the interrogation table and tune in.

It's that time of the year again, the limited-time event of Ramadan has arrived.  

Somehow, in this holy month, Meck ended on the other side of the gates of hell as he's been suffering from trying to play mobile games.  

Meanwhile Danial finds Call Of Duty Warzone has dropped the nukes that brought them back to 1984.  

Anan's dreams of playing Bloodborne on PC might be coming true, though it's a stretch.  

Happy fasting to those that do, and remember to login everyday for that rate up chance. It's only once a year, you never know if this will be your last one.

April rolls in and we have one big title almost everyone on the panel is playing. Meck, Danial and recurring guest Mr. Toffee from Kakuchopurei discuss the many points of the latest looter-shooter on the block, Outriders.

Toffee also shares some early impressions of the upcoming Nier Replicant ver. 1.22474487139... (i.e. √1.5) from his time with a preview build of it.

The rest is all the latest news. Get hyped for more Street Fighter and Streets Of Rage content, and also put your radar on No More Heroes 3... and a Hot Wheels game?

Crack open your soda drink with the flavour (and weeb anime girl) of your choice, it's a new long episode.

In a wild and blooming flower (or dead leaves falling) episode of dia.log, Anan takes a trip to the virtual world and found the wholesome side of VRChat. 

Meanwhile, Danial got a new PC built and has been a bunch of video games.  

Meanwhile, Meck is trapped in robot nostalgia as he finally take the plunge into Daemon X Machina. And his newfound anxiety about the virtual goods that can probably be gone if some corporate entity decided to pull the plug on the servers.  

It's another episode of comfy old video games talk. Come inside, the weather's fine.

Celebrate the love and we are all invited. Special guest Mr. Toffee is here to talk to us about two new RPGs - the classic to a fault Bravely Default II and the wild new salad bar combo of an RPG that is Loop Hero.  

Meanwhile, Meck is busy tearing it down in Teardown, and Danial is preserving a rare copy of the Fallout New Vegas The Frontier mod - the one before the purge.  And Anan is here still waiting for Bloodborne on PC.  

In the meanwhile, enjoy the celebration of love between Xbox and Bethesda. And the nasi minyak on offer today.  

Contains spoilers for Fallout New Vegas: The Frontier. Skip to 35:01 where spoiler ends

Hwargh! In this episode of dia.log: Danial has moved on from The Division 2 and found a new promising looter-shooter in its wake: Outriders. 

And Meck explained why Outriders reminded him of a better Mass Effect Andromeda, of all things.  

Meanwhile, Anan left these suckers and played the new hotness that is Valheim (and told us what's so great about it).  And of course, we took the time to explain the weird word selection in Square Enix game subtitles. And the very specific decisions around Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade.

  Grab your axe and make a boar farm, we still be hunting big numbers.  

(Go to 1:17:49 to skip the F1 talk)

It's been a while since your regularly scheduled episode of dia.log, and we've been playing a bunch of video games since then.  

Meck explains his undying love of Hitman 3's levels and what makes them so good (it involves spoilers), while Anan is still figuring out where's the fun in The Division 2. Danial has firmly enjoyed Division 2, only to be let down by the ending (also spoilers).  

And it's also been a full year since the crew even mentioned about video game movies on the podcast. So that's something new.  

The news are all depressing including the state of racing games (which is growing to be more niche and dire), video game patents and the death of a console that's already never existed.  

Grab a drink (hopefully not human-infused grape flavour), and help us get some big numbers, it's a new episode of (mostly) video games talk.  

(Skip to 30:40 to avoid The Division 2 spoilers, skip to 53:58 to skip the Hitman 3 level spoilers- come back when you've played them don't ruin the surprise for yourself)

It's 2021 and we're finally ready to talk about the only next-gen (or current-gen, as it is right now) console to be officially sold in Malaysia: The PlayStation 5!

But with its limited availability, even today, should you wrangle your way in whatever means possible to get a PS5 right now in Malaysia?

Together with friends of the podcast Burhan and new guest Najmi of The Kampung Nerd, we ask the room of PS5 users on what's it like to have the memeishly huge console, how are the games and is the more expensive DualSense controller justify its higher price.

The future is here, so we even spitball some ideas of what we like to see in the future of gaming. Butt motors, anyone?

Welcome to 2021/2020 Season 2, same like the last year.

As things outside are still rough (and we in Malaysia are in lockdown again), let's find some solace in this avenue by talking about (mostly) video games.

Meck got deep into Phantasy Star Online 2 and starts roasting on Destiny. Danial somehow got a hold of a PS5, and the journey to get one was wild. Meanwhile, Anan is now obsessed with Kamen Rider and has a hot take: "Neo-Heisin Kamer Riders suck, fight me"

Don't worry, we still do talk about video games. The crew waffle on early-year game delays, the revival of Lucasfilm Games, Cyberpunk 2077's upcoming fix plans and the state of gaming laptops.

However you like your Franklin roasted, we'll be here for you.

2020 has been a rough year, and it's an undersell to say video games have seen a resurgence thanks to the pandemic, quarantine and utter depression that is the dreadful state of the world.

Still, it's important for us at Gamer Malaya and Gamer Matters to continue to convene at each of the year to discuss, deliberate and most importantly- celebrate - the hard work and passion from video game developers big and small. In times like this, video games have been a great outlet of introspect, escapism, and a place to just have fun. So it's good to remember the best games that came out this year.

(And also remember some of the most awful and disappointing ones as well.)

The Gamer Malaya and Gamer Matters Game Of The Year Awards 2020 celebrates the 32 best games of the year that we play, watch and felt its presence in 9 different awards.

This is a completely subjective process from a panel of three crew members- various biases are evidently at play- as this is, after all, our Game Of The Year awards. Don't be surprised seeing some interesting picks that differ from the general consensus.