We recap our 2024 year in gaming with made-up categories, spoof sponsors, community submissions, and share what's next for Digital Logik in 2025. To every person who listens to this podcast: from the casual enjoyer to the ever-episode listener-questioner, know that we truly appreciate each and every one of you. Thanks for joining us. To the new year!

TIMESTAMPS

Intro - 00:00

2024 in Review - 3:14

Not Your Dad's Game Award Categories - 21:23

Community/People Awards - 36:49

Game of the Year - 48:20

What's Next? - 1:05:45

Please Wrap It Up - 1:22:45

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Happy new year! Nic takes a break from Marvel Rivals to see if Astro Bot lives up to the hype. Emilio is loving Path of Exile 2, but is it worth investing the time before a reset? Bobby uses science to craft and survive his way out of an alien-infested lab in Abiotic Factor.

TOPICS

Abiotic Factor, Astro Bot, Path of Exile 2, Gaseous Server, Space Engineers 2, Skydances’ Behemoth

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Despite being adamantly against crafting survival games, Bobby finds himself playing two of them. Emilio finishes Dead Island 2 and gives his verdict. Nic gets into Marvel Rivals, the new free to play hero shooter.

TOPICS

Core Keeper, Marvel Rivals, Dead Island 2, Abiotic Factor, Baldur’s Gate 3, Wildkeepers Rising

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It's that time of year again. The Game Awards may not be so much about the awards anymore, but at least we get some exciting new announcements. Bobby, Amanda and Christian talk about their expectations, the winners and the new games we can't wait to play.

TOPICS

Balatro, Dispatch, INTERGALACTIC : The Heretic Project, The Witcher 4, Xenopurge, Thick As Thieves

TIMESTAMPS

Intro - 00:00

Pre-Game Awards Thoughts - 1:30

How was the show? - 16:05

Announcement hype - 47:48

Listener Questions - 1:14:20

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Christian plays Mass Effect for the first time and is in love with a Krogan. Bobby successfully finds a replacement for Stardew Valley, hold the ghost fox. Emilio plays a top-down Battle Royale and lives up to his nickname "Mr. Chickideedeedee Dinner".

TOPICS

Travellers Rest, Supervive, Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition, Covenant, Your Tree, Steel Series Arctis Nova Pro

TIMESTAMPS

Intro - 00:00

Pinging It - 3:05

Travellers Rest - 9:06

Supervive - 18:39

Mass Effect - 29:43

Covenant - 42:10

Your Tree - 52:28

Steel Series Arctis Nova Pro - 55:00

Listener Questions - 1:02:30

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What prop would you be in Call of Duty prop hunt? Get the Windblown out of your hair with multiplayer Hades. Finally form a lasting friend group in Cult of the Lamb, just don’t let Christian die 3 times in a row.

TOPICS
Windblown, Call of Duty Black Ops 6, Cult of the Lamb, King’s Orders, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Mindcop, Windowkill

Intro – 00:00
Pinging It – 2:10
Windblown – 13:55
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 – 19:05
Cult of the Lamb – 34:53
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl – 45:50
King’s Orders – 50:50
Mindcop – 54:50
Windowkill – 1:00:48
Listener Questions – 1:02:30

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Caroline Marchal joins us to talk about the production of As Dusk Falls, her role as CEO/Designer at INTERIOR/NIGHT, and why romancing Astarion is so hard…

Intro – 00:00
Romancing Astarion – 01:30
Connecting with Characters – 2:45
Building a Dev Team – 7:39
Work/Life Balance – 11:30
COVID Production – 18:38
Streamer Dynamics and Surprising Stories – 24:00
Why is the game set in Arizona? – 29:50
What should new players know? – 36:30
What’s next for Caroline and INTERIOR/NIGHT? – 38:45
Games for inspiration? – 40:25

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Steam’s Autumn sale is here, enticing us with cheap prices on games we may never play. This week, we reminisce on past deals, discuss the psychology of sales and look at our own compulsive spending habits on video games.

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TOPICS
Intro – 00:00
Are Steam Sales a Scam? – 1:35
Steam Curator Plug – 4:07
Steam Sale Philosophies/Lab Monkey Rule – 5:14
Our Most Memorable Deals – 20:35
Shopping Tips and Tricks – 34:30
Unplayed Backlog Shame – 41:38
Listener Questions – 52:30
We Hope These Are For Sale – 1:08:00

GAMES REFRENCED
Baldur’s Gate 3, Divinity: Original Sin, Crusader Kings 3, Project Zomboid, Fallout 4, Jedi Fallen Order, Cities: Skylines, Titanfall 2, Loco Motive, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

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Bobby finally gets into the Smite 2 beta, Nic revisits For the King II, Emilio checks out Karate Survivor, a different take on the survivors-like genre, and Amanda plays a Zero Sievert, a top-down extraction shooter.

TOPICS
SMITE 2, For the King II, Karate Survivor, Zero Sievert, UFO 50, Atomfall, The Bazaar, Fruitbus

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Christian and Amanda return to join Emilio heralding the Steam Deck as something you should just probably buy. Deck tips and tricks, our favourite deck games, and our personal deck stories. Deck deck deck.

LINKS
Steam Deck, Welcome to Elk, Coffee Talk, ANNO 1800, Nexus 5X, Hades II, The Darkside Detective, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, Against the Storm, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, ROOT

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