Fine Time

Award shows are destined to piss everyone off, but what about The Game Awards? Do they often get it right with their Game of the Year? Of course not! The dynamic duo of Dre and Trey talk about the Game of the Year nominees from every year, debate if they made the right choice, and talk about their memories from the years in question.

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[00:00] Intro

[02:56] 2014

[11:30] 2015

[22:46] 2016

[30:33] 2017

[38:30] 2018

[44:03] 2019

[48:45] 2020

[58:26] 2021

[01:04:49] 2022

[01:13:04] Predictions for 2023?

[01:15:34] Outro

There's yet another new Sonic game, and the wheel of fate spins once more. Is this one of the good ones or the bad ones? Andre is joined by Thrak to answer this very question and discuss the latest Sonic excursion.

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RoboCop: Rogue City, WarioWare: Move It!, Gargoyles Remastered, the upcoming Zelda movie and more all get discussed in our last Big Deal of 2023. Thanks for being with us these last two years and we'll continue to entertain you!

Twitter: @FineTimePodcast

Andre on Bluesky: @pizzadinosaur.fineti.me

Steve on Bluesky: @monotonegent.fineti.me

Kevin on Bluesky: @kevinflevin89.fineti.me

[00:00] Intro (RoboCop)

[01:57] Some quick housekeeping

[04:48] Andre talks about RoboCop: Rogue City

[19:59] Kevin played WarioWare: Move It!

[26:40] Steve destroys Gargoyles Remastered

[38:34] Break #1

[40:01] PlayStation revoming Twitter integration

[45:38] Zelda movie?! Expectations and hopes

[58:59] Coyote vs. Acme and Warner Bros. is being investigated

[01:04:20] Break #2

[01:05:45] Our Non-Tears of the Kingdom Games of the Year (Octopath Traveler II, Sea of Stars, Metroid Prime Remastered, Pikmin 4, Remnant II, Dead Space, etc.)

[01:23:29] The Marvels and the Disney+ Problem

[01:31:36] See You Next Year!

The latest from Remedy Entertainment is here and Alan Wake has returned, but was this sequel worth the long wait? Andre is joined by Patrick to discuss the worldbuilding, techinal prowess, setpieces, plot, and characters of Alan Wake 2. FULL SPOILERS AHEAD, so be warned!

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Andre on Bluesky: @pizzadinosaur.fineti.me

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[00:00] Spoiler warning and intro

[02:23] Basic overall assessment

[04:35] Tonal shift to horror, Mind Place, and new gamefeel

[12:11] Graphics, technical wizardry, music, and live-action FMV

[26:16] Combat, traversal, and inventory

[41:15] Saga, Alan, and main scenario

[59:06] Alan Wake: The Musical

[01:04:26] Mr. Door, Zane, Alice, and ending

[01:21:39] Next Time on Alan Wake

Mario is back and so are we! We spend a long time dissecting Super Mario Bros. Wonder from every possible angle that we can think of before we get to a couple of finishing questions. Enjoy!

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[00:00] Welcome to the Super Mario Bros. Wonder Super Show!

[02:45] Shaking off the New Super Mario Bros. feel

[08:57] Are Poplins creepy?

[12:13] Too easy? No time limit?

[22:01] Can we talk about Bowser Jr.? Boss encounter discussion

[27:53] Wowie Zowie!

[30:37] Break #1

[31:38] Music and sound effects

[38:09] Search Party and Music Break courses... why? And fun callbacks

[43:24] Post-level screenshots and online functionality

[45:18] Favorite Wonder Flower scenarios

[48:54] Snappy loading times

[50:52] Art style, animations, and aesthetic

[55:23] Is 2D Mario maxed out?

[01:01:13] Break #2

[01:02:08] What can Nintendo do to provide more challenge to the core player?

[01:10:52] Who's the most influential musician of our lifetime?

[01:23:22] Andre hates the term 'hack and slash'

[01:25:09] See You Next Time

A couple years after Bram Stoker's Dracula, then came another R-rated classic monster movie adaption with the author's name attached, this time in the form of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. While the Dracula movie was flawed but very successful in its mission, how does Frankenstein fare? Uhhhh...

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Does the next Nintendo system really need backwards compatibility? Does Ubisoft have have cold feet about live services? The guys also talked about Nour: Play With Your Food, Resident Evil 6, Sonic Advance, and tons more on this latest Big Deal. Thanks for joining us!

Twitter: @FineTimePodcast

Andre on Bluesky: @pizzadinosaur.fineti.me

Steve on Bluesky: @monotonegent.fineti.me

Kevin on Bluesky: @kevinflevin89.fineti.me

[00:00] Intro

[02:26] Steve played Resident Evil 6

[13:43] Andre experienced Nour: Play With Your Food

[25:53] Kevin tried the Wizordum demo

[30:19] Kevin played Sonic Advance

[36:58] Break #1

[40:33] XDefiant gets its release date pulled

[49:34] The Microsoft and Activision Blizzard King saga is finally over

[54:30] Does the next Nintendo system need to have backwards compatibility with Switch?

[01:06:36] Break #2

[01:07:40] Place Your Bets!

[01:21:52] Candy: Real or Fake?

[01:38:09] Outro

Andre and Vin dive into the most recent Inti Creates platformer, the 2D action game Gal Guardians: Demon Purge. What did they think about this spoopy Castlevania-like endeavor? Let's listen and find out.

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Sea of Stars: We came, we saw, we conquered! But did we like it? We also talk about the sad state of industry layoffs, what we would put in our breakfast buffet omelette, and more this week on the Big Deal.

Twitter: @FineTimePodcast

Andre on Bluesky: @pizzadinosaur.fineti.me

Steve on Bluesky: @monotonegent.fineti.me

Kevin on Bluesky: @kevinflevin89.fineti.me

[00:00] Intro

[03:32] Sea of Stars (Spoiler-Free!)

[42:56] Break #1

[44:04] Coporate greed at Epic Games lays off 900 people

[55:31] Hideki Kamiya is leaving PlatinumGames

[57:27] Unity's backpedals, but not far enough

[01:05:12] Jim Ryan is stepping down from PlayStation

[01:06:23] Break #2

[01:07:18] Andre was offended by an aspect of FoamStars

[01:13:00] Name As Many Things As You Can In 45 Seconds!

[01:27:02] What's your omelette order at the breakfast buffet?

[01:31:45] Outro

What's going on with all these green guys living in the sewers?!? After talking about their personal TMNT history, Steve and Andre discuss all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles happenings in the last year or so, including Cowbunga Collection, Shredder's Revenge, and the recent movie Mutant Mayhem.

Twitter: @FineTimePodcast

Andre on Bluesky: @pizzadinosaur.fineti.me

Steve on Bluesky: @monotonegent.fineti.me