We're joined in the first half by Rebel Wolves - Creative Director Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz and Writer Ariana Siarkiewicz - developers of the just announced game Blood of the Dawnwalker! We chat about the narrative ambitions of the game, and what a narrative sandbox really means. In the back half we get into some of the news such as the Switch 2 being officially revealed, TikTok being banned and unbanned. Our roach expert Cohh weighs in on the recent Twitch drama and POE2 drama. Games we're playing: Dynasty Warriors Origins, The First Berserker Khazan demo, Indiana Jones, Oni and more!

0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Cats
1:55 - Interview with Rebel Wolves (Blood of the Dawnwalker devs)
13:20 - What is a narrative sandbox?
55:00 - Rebel Wolves shoutouts
57:40 - Knowing the people who make our games
1:00:00 - TikTok
1:05:40 - The Switch 2!
1:16:00 - PlayStation cancels more GaaS games
1:20:00 - Dragon Age: The Veilguard director leaving Bioware
1:25:00 - Studies suggest players want shorter games
1:28:30 - The First Descendant loses 96% players
1:29:50 - David Lynch passed away
1:33:40 - Roach expert Cohh
1:39:00 - Comedy stuff
1:42:50 - Shuhei Yoshida on Bloodborne
1:49:00 - Elon's maps
1:54:40 - Dynasty Warriors Origins
2:10:30 - CD-ROM-a-thon
2:35:40 - League hell
2:36:40 - The First Berserker Khazan
2:45:10 - Indiana Jones
2:47:50 - Vtuber haters
2:53:20 - Shoutouts

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Cohh and Zeke are out this week, which means it's the perfect week to bring in some vtubers: Jhinxx & Neomi (and Bruce Greene)! We ask some hard hitting questions about vtuber tech, reasons for wanting to be a vtuber and why vtubers talk about poop so often? Then we get into Nvidia's new AI initiative and some of the games we've been playing that includes a lot of Marvel Rivals!

0:00 - Intro
1:22 - Vtubers
7:40 - Vtuber tech
19:35 - Why choose a virtual model?
32:00 - VRChat
46:25 - New Years resolutions
48:00 - Game of the Year
55:20 - League grinding
55:55 - Stellar Blade devs get bonuses 
56:35 - Marvel Rivals player retention
1:01:20 - Switch 2 announcement imminent?
1:09:10 - Musk is a fraud (to the surprise of no one)
1:13:20 - Assassin's Creed Shadows delayed again
1:17:30 - Tencent is a military company?
1:19:45 - Nvidia and AI
1:40:50 - AGDQ raises 2.6 million
1:43:40 - It takes 36 days to unlock a single hero in League?
1:46:00 - Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
1:52:00 - The Closing Shift
1:57:40 - Project Zomboid
2:03:00 - WoW Hardcore
2:07:50 - Balatro
2:09:00 - Fast Food Simulator
2:16:45 - Helldivers 2
2:25:00 - Marvel Rivals
2:38:30 - Ys
2:39:00 - Are vtubers anime?
2:42:00 - Shoutouts

 

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It's time for our extremely objective list of the top games of 2024! Much deliberation and brain power was used in the making of these lists to give you the most accurate assessment of what games are the best in 2024!

0:00 - Intro

2:55 - Games We're Playing

19:32 - Our GOTY begins!

20:24 - Favorite New IP

30:33 - Favorite Multiplayer

39:52 - Favorite Writing

49:20 - Favorite Art Style

55:05 - Favorite Music

1:00:46 - Favorite Sound Design

1:07:51 - Favorite Character

1:19:11 - Favorite Performance

1:31:12 - Intermission

1:36:11 - Favorite Moment

1:45:52 - Favorite Feature

1:57:01 - Biggest Surprise

2:07:46 - Biggest Disappointment

2:20:01 - Games We Wished We Played

2:28:16 - Most Anticipated Game of 2025

2:35:34 - Top 3 Games Streamed

2:37:07 - Our Top 10 Games of 2024

3:52:48 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by Warren Spector and Greg LoPiccolo to chat about their new multiplayer immersive sim: Thick as Thieves! After that we ask Cohh how he can split up a family of kittens before getting into our discussions of The Game Awards and our thoughts on Path of Exile 2 (so far)!

0:00 - Intro
1:22 - Interview with Warren Spector and the Thick as Thieves devs
26:00 - What's an immersive sim?
48:10 - Interview over
56:50 - Stream together
1:05:00 - The Twitch Mobile app still sucks
1:08:00 - The Game Awards... Controversies?
1:16:00 - Astro Bot wins GOTY at TGA
1:18:40 - Wukong devs criticize TGA
1:21:00 - NFT cats
1:25:10 - Real cats
1:28:00 - Bungie hires fans to save money
1:34:30 - Publisher won't commit to a 2025 schedule until GTA6 announces
1:37:50 - Path of Exile 2
2:00:05 - Box opening
2:23:00 - Dropped Frames GOTY vote
2:25:50 - Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 
2:27:40 - Zeke plays a ton of games
2:44:50 - Metaphor: ReFantazio
2:48:20 - Shoutouts

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It's been a crazy week for game releases! JP has been deep into Path of Exile 2, luckily we've brought in a ringer with GassyMexican to give us the lowdown on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Marvel Rivals!

0:00 - Intro
2:20 - The week of games
2:50 - AI emotes
9:00 - Merged chat
22:40 - More people watch games than play games
30:50 - OTK Winter's Game Expo
36:00 - PC Gaming Most Wanted
37:05 - The Streamer Awards
42:30 - Fortnite Ballistic
49:40 - Moonlighter 2
52:45 - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
1:30:25 - Marvel Rivals
2:09:30 - Twitter take of the week
2:12:45 - Path of Exile 2
2:50:30 - Our TGA plans
2:56:45 - Shoutouts

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We're only 5 days until gaming nirvana: Path of Exile 2 launches into Early Access and Zizaran is here to check our hype levels (and his). The Witcher 4 is full steam ahead, Musk ruins everything, Balatro sales skyrocket, Marvel Rivals surprises with more characters, Cohh's time with STALKER 2 and more!

0:00 - Intro
1:09 - The abyss
2:20 - The Dark Souls of Wikis
11:00 - Path of Exile 2 hype check
1:21:40 - Hardcore World of Warcraft
1:29:10 - Shoutouts for Zizaran
1:32:00 - Wyoming
1:43:00 - The Witcher 4 production in full-swing
1:46:00 - Baldur's Gate 3 gets a major update
1:49:10 - Musk trying to ruin everything
1:51:40 - Balatro surges 
1:56:00 - Squirrel Girl
2:04:30 - Avowed
2:17:10 - Kai Cenat reclaims world record
2:26:55 - STALKER 2
2:40:10 - Our GOTY categories!
2:50:00 - Manhunt
2:55:10 - Use Your Words 2
2:56:05 - Shoutouts

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Should DLC and Remakes be considered for games of the year? That's the topic of discussion this week as we go over all the nominations of The Game Awards that were announced this week! Then we go through our final thoughts on Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the jankiness (affectionate) of S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 and more! 

0:00 - Intro
1:09 - Conspiracies
5:10 - The Game Award Nominations
1:55:00 - Dragon Age Veilguard
2:35:00 - STALKER 2
2:45:00 - Ratshaker
2:50:00 - Cottage Simulator
3:01:10 - Shoutouts

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Twitch has created a new tag category to separate politics and "sensitive social issues," but what are the unintended consequences? How will this be enforced? In other news Playstation has shut down Concord developers: Firewalk Studios and recent acquisition Neon Koi. How can an industry learn from flops when everything gets destroyed after one failure? Nintendo launches the more Nintendo thing ever: Nintendo Music. Ubisoft is late to the grift with a new NFT game. Path of Exile 2 gets delayed a few weeks and our review of Dragon Age: Veilguard and Metaphor: ReFantazio!

0:00 - Intro 

1:20 - POLITICS

4:10 - Going Camping

10:10 - Youtube streaming

13:50 - Twitch fumbles again

22:30 - Playstation shuts down Concord dev Firewalk and Neon Koi

31:20 - Destiny Rising

33:30 - Nintendo Music

37:40 - League of Legends Worlds

42:50 - Monster Hunter Wilds Beta

1:01:50 - Ubisoft's NFT game

1:07:00 - Path of Exile 2 delayed 3 weeks

1:14:40 - Phasmophobia sells over 20 million copies

1:15:25 - Exodus lore videos with Matthew McConaughey

1:18:00 - Dragon Age: The Veilguard

2:18:35 - Metaphor

2:51:50 - Shoutouts

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Cohh has returned just in time to purchase the new $90 Brontosaurus mount in World of Warcraft! The creators of the horse armor are rolling in their graves (they're fine.) On the other side of the pond, Ubisoft is going through it with Assassin's Creed Shadows which could spell doom for the mega company if it fails. 6v6 returning to Overwatch, Netflix closes its game studio before revealing any game. a large discussion on ear shapes and Call of Duty, excitement for Monster Hunter Wilds and Dragon Age Veilgard and so much more!

0:00 - Intro
1:20 - A very special episode
10:40 - Casa Bonita
15:50 - New puppy
17:05 - Blizzard releases a $90 mount for WoW
37:35 - Ubisoft changes Assassin's Creed plans
42:30 - 6v6 returns to Overwatch
48:35 - No new Prince of Persia
52:30 - Netflix closes game studio
58:50 - No Man's Sky launches a new Expedition
1:03:10 - Call of Duty Black Ops 6
1:05:30 - Ear shapes
1:20:30 - Monster Hunter Wilds open beta
1:29:50 - Dragon Age Veilguard
1:42:50 - Dragon Age Inquisition spoilers
1:43:40 - Spoilers over
1:48:00 - Batman Arkham Shadows
1:50:30 - Alan Wake 2: The Lake House
1:59:10 - Metaphors
2:13:00 - A Quiet Place
2:27:00 - Finishing Satisfactory
2:28:40 - Starting Factorio
2:34:30 - Towerborne
2:35:00 - Eternal Strands
2:38:50 - Neva
2:50:00 - While We Wait Here
2:52:48 - Silent Hill 2
2:58:30 - Shoutouts

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We're joined by Jesse Cox this week to chat about spooky season, how to be a gracious podcast guest & vehicular marriage. CitizenCon also happened this weekend with all new gameplay footage of Squadron 42 and a roadmap that they will for sure keep. NetEase takes on Destiny and more Marvel, Ben Starr is in everything, we gush about Metaphor and much more!

0:00 - Intro
1:20 - When is Halloween?
4:00 - Podcast guests
7:30 - Tiktok trends
11:50 - Arnold Palmer's D***
12:40 - League of Legends Worlds
14:30 - Star Citizen still hasn't released
41:20 - Subnautica 2 annouced
49:20 - Alan Wake 2: The Lake House
53:50 - Cronos: The New Dawn
1:02:00 - Rule 34 cars
1:09:50 - Mistfall Hunters
1:14:20 - FBC Firebreak
1:18:20 - Dragon Ball Sparking ZERO sells a lot
1:23:00 - Spider-Man 2 coming to PC
1:24:40 - Hades 2 gets a big update
1:29:00 - Song lyrics
1:32:00 - Claire Obscura: Expedition 33 reveals voice cast
1:38:00 - Space Marine 2 sells a ton
1:42:00 - Final Fantasy franchise sales
1:50:20 - Destiny Rising
1:53:50 - Marvel Mystic Mayhem
1:56:50 - Factorio: Space Age
2:00:00 - Steam Next Fest
2:26:10 - Hordes of Hunger
2:40:10 - Metaphor Refantazio continues
3:03:50 - Neva
3:07:25 - Beyond Galaxyland
3:10:25 - Romancing Saga
3:13:00 - The Penguin
3:16:40 - Agatha All Along
3:21:15 - Shoutouts

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