AVoCADo GamesCast

Episode #98: The Phantom Burp: The 2023 Year-End GamesCast

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Featuring:
Merve
Science is Bad
Wolfman Jew
The Kappa
LittleMac
Bloomed Wings
3rdstringhero

Editor:
The Kappa

Timestamps:
0:15 – Introduction
3:05 – The Game Awards 2023: Discourse
32:25 – The Game Awards 2023: Announcements
1:02:20 – Layoffs and the State of the Games Industry
1:30:25 – LittleMac’s Top 3
1:38:05 – Bloomed Wings’s Top 3
1:40:35 – 3rdstringhero’s Top 3
1:45:05 – Our Favourites: Honourable Mentions
1:52:25 – Our Favourites: #5
2:05:05 – Our Favourites: #4
2:23:35 – Our Favourites: #3
2:56:25 – Our Favourites: #2
3:14:20 – Our Favourites: #1
3:52:15 – Our Disappointments and Least Favourite Games
4:49:00 – Our Surprises
5:07:20 – Conclusion

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep98

Podcast header image from Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Major spoiler warning for Viewfinder. Minor spoiler warning for Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo. Linkdump, including specific segments with spoiler warnings, after the jump.

Introduction (0:15)
  • itch.io page for Butterfly Soup.
  • Steam store page for Wilmot’s Warehouse.
    • The Game Awards 2023: Discourse (3:05)
    • Official website for The Game Awards.
    • Grant Theft Auto VI Trailer 1. (Source: Rockstar Games on YouTube)
    • Official webpage for the D.I.C.E. Awards. (Source: Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences)
      • The Game Awards 2023: Announcements (32:25)
      • Announcement trailer for Marvel’s Blade. (Source: Marvel Entertainment on YouTube)
      • Teaser trailer for Kemuri. Clarification: The description on the YouTube video does provide some information concerning what the game is about, but this information was not delivered at The Game Awards. (Source: UNSEEN on YouTube)
      • Official trailer for the Dave the Diver/Dredge crossover DLC. (Source: MINTROCKET on YouTube)
      • Official reveal trailer for No Rest for the Wicked. (Source: Private Division on YouTube)
      • Power Surge: Sega reveal trailer – TGA 2023. (Source: SEGA on YouTube)
      • Pony Island 2: Panda Circus announcement trailer. (Source: GameSpot Trailers on YouTube)
      • The character whom SungWon Cho played in Lost Judgment is Tesso. (Source: Wikipedia)
      • Reveal trailer for The Casting of Frank Stone. (Source: Behaviour Interactive on YouTube)
      • Reveal trailer for Jurassic Park Survival. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
      • Community Wiki article on the episode “Investigative Journalism.” (Source: Fandom)
      • Wikipedia article on The X-Files episode “The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat.”
      • Official release date trailer for Black Myth: Wukong. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
      • Rebekah Valentine and Khee Hoon Chan’s report on sexism at Game Science, the developers of Black Myth: Wukong. (Source: IGN)
      • Announcement trailer for The Rise of the Golden Idol. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
      • Light No Fire announcement trailer. (Source: HelloGamesTube on YouTube)
      • Cinematic trailer for Exodus. (Source: Archetype Entertainment on YouTube)
      • Reveal teaser for Lost Records: Bloom & Rage. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
      • Announce trailer for Visions of Mana. (Source: Square Enix on YouTube)
      • Trailer for Usual June. (Source: Finji on YouTube)
        • Layoffs and the State of the Games Industry (1:02:20)
        • A list of video game layoffs in 2023. (Source: Game Industry Layoffs)
        • Wikipedia article on PM Entertainment.
        • Report on layoffs and their circumstances at Bungie. (Source: IGN)
          • LittleMac’s Top 3 (1:30:25)
          • Nintendo Store page for Disney Illusion Island.
          • Nintendo Store page for F-Zero 99.
          • Steam store page for Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons.
          • #3: Chants of Sennaar. (Source: Steam)
          • #2: Super Mario Bros. Wonder. (Source: Nintendo Store)
          • #1: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. (Source: Nintendo Store)
            • Bloomed Wings’s Top 3 (1:38:05)
            • First pick: Let’s! Revolution! (Source: Steam)
            • Second pick: Birth. (Source: Steam)
            • Game of the year: Against the Storm. (Source: Steam)
              • 3rdstringhero’s Top 3 (1:40:35)
              • #1: Baldur’s Gate 3. (Source: Steam)
              • #2: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. (Source: Steam)
              • #3: Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader. (Source: Steam)
              • A list of video game layoffs in 2023. (Source: Game Industry Layoffs)
                • Our Favourites: Honourable Mentions (1:45:05)
                • Merve’s #10: Dordogne. (Source: Steam)
                • Merve’s #9: Super Mario Bros. Wonder. (Source: Nintendo Store)
                • Merve’s #8: Backfirewall_. (Source: Steam)
                • Merve’s #7: Hi-Fi Rush. (Source: Steam)
                • Merve’s #6: A Space for the Unbound. (Source: Steam)
                • Science is Bad’s #10: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. (Source: Steam)
                • Science is Bad’s #9: Pizza Tower. (Source: Steam)
                • Science is Bad’s #8: Quake II remaster. (Source: Steam)
                • Science is Bad’s #7: System Shock remake. (Source: Steam)
                • Science is Bad’s #6: Resident Evil 4 remake. (Source: Steam)
                • Wolfman Jew’s #8: Sea of Stars. (Source: Steam)
                • Wolfman Jew’s #7: Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp. (Source: Nintendo Store)
                • Wolfman Jew’s #6: Metroid Prime Remastered. (Source: Nintendo Store)
                • The Kappa’s honourable mention: Age of Wonders 4. (Source: Steam)
                • The Kappa’s honourable mention: GoldenEye 007 remaster. (Source: Xbox)
                • The Kappa’s honourable mention: Hi-Fi Rush. (Source: Steam)
                  • Our Favourites: #5 (1:52:25)
                  • Merve’s #5: Misericorde: Volume One. (Source: Steam)
                  • Science is Bad’s #5: Sludge Life 2. (Source: Steam)
                  • Wolfman Jew’s #5: Dredge. (Source: Steam)
                  • The Kappa’s #5: Marvel’s Midnight Suns. (Source: Steam)
                  • Wikipedia articles on Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Engage.
                    • Our Favourites: #4 (2:05:05)
                    • Merve’s #4: Pikmin 4. (Source: Nintendo Store)
                    • Science is Bad’s #4: Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew. (Source: Steam)
                    • Report on Mimimi Games’s upcoming shutdown. (Source: Game Developer)
                    • Wolfman Jew’s #4: Super Mario Bros. Wonder. (Source: Nintendo Store)
                    • The Kappa’s #4: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. (Source: Ubisoft)
                      • Our Favourites: #3 (2:23:35)
                      • Merve’s #3: The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood. (Source: Steam)
                      • The essay Merve wrote about The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood. (Source: Refrigerator Rants)
                      • Science is Bad’s #3: Alan Wake 2. (Source: Epic Games Store)
                      • Steam store page for Control.
                      • Wolfman Jew’s #3: Pikmin 4. (Source: Nintendo Store)
                      • Pikmin 4 sold 2.61 million copies worldwide (both physical and digital) by the end of September, 2023. (Source: Nintendo Financial Results Explanatory Material, 2nd Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 2024)
                      • Pikipedia article on Louie.
                      • The Kappa’s #3: Starfield. (Source: Steam)
                      • Fallout Wiki article on the Dunwich Building. (Source: Fandom)
                        • Our Favourites: #2 (2:56:25)
                        • Merve’s #2: Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. (Source: Steam)
                        • Science is Bad’s #2: Chants of Sennaar. (Source: Steam)
                        • Wolfman Jew’s #2: Resident Evil 4 remake. (Source: Steam)
                        • Resident Evil Wiki article on the Garrador. (Source: Fandom)
                        • The Kappa’s #2: Baldur’s Gate 3. (Source: Steam)
                          • Our Favourites: #1 (3:14:20)
                          • Merve’s #1: Chants of Sennaar. (Source: Steam)
                          • Wikipedia article on logograms.
                          • Science is Bad’s #1: Baldur’s Gate 3. (Source: Steam)
                          • IMDb page for Jennifer English.
                          • Wolfman Jew’s #1: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. (Source: Nintendo Store)
                          • The Kappa’s #1: Fortnite. (Source: Epic Games Store)
                            • Our Disappointments and Least Favourite Games (3:52:15)

                            MAJOR SPOILERS: Viewfinder

                            • Wolfman Jew’s pick: Sea of Stars. (Source: Steam)
                            • Steam store page for The Day Before. The game is no longer available for sale.
                            • Steam store page for Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta – Episode 1 – Gold Edition.
                            • Merve’s let’s play of Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta. (Source: Merve Mervington on YouTube)
                            • The Kappa’s pick: The Settlers: New Allies. (Source: Ubisoft)
                            • The Kappa’s pick: Company of Heroes 3. (Source: Steam)
                            • The Kappa’s pick: Cities: Skylines II. (Source: Steam)
                            • The Kappa’s pick: Gloomhaven. (Source: Steam)
                            • Wolfman Jew’s pick: the continued success of Hogwarts Legacy. (Source: Steam)
                            • Science is Bad’s pick: Season: A Letter to the Future. (Source: Steam)
                            • Steam store page for Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between.
                            • The Kappa and Merve’s pick: Atomic Heart. (Source: Steam)
                            • Merve’s pick: American Arcadia. (Source: Steam)
                            • Steam store page for Viewfinder.
                              • Our Surprises (4:49:00)

                              MILD SPOILERS: Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

                              • Merve’s pick: Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo. Confirmation: It is indeed set in Sumida Ward. (Source: Steam)
                              • Wolfman Jew’s pick: Unity’s runtime fee. (Source: The Verge)
                              • Report on Unity’s revised pricing model. (Source: The Verge)
                              • Overview trailer for Another Code: Recollection. (Source: Nintendo of America on YouTube)
                              • The developer of Another Code: Recollection has not been revealed. (Source: Cing Wiki on Fandom)
                              • The Kappa’s pick: The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria. (Source: Epic Games Store)
                              • Science is Bad’s pick: Alan Wake 2. (Source: Epic Games Store)
                              • Merve’s pick: Wyna Liu’s Connections for the New York Times.
                              • GuessThe.Game.
                              • Official website for Puzzmo.
                                • Conclusion (5:07:20)

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