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Game Off 53 is here with perhaps the BIGGEST news story of the year. One of the biggest gaming Publishers (Call of Duty, World of Warcraft) has been SOLD to mega Microsoft for a great many billions. Andy and Brent discuss the good, the bad and the monopoly of it all! Then stick around for our weekly SHOWCASE featuring the hit co-op only IT TAKES TWO and the very single-player only GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY. There's a lot to be said in this narrative heavy GAME OFF #53!

The End (of the year) is nigh! Award seasons here and there plenty of chatter to work through before the Game Awards. We take a look at all the major nominees and give our analysis and predictions (plus some spicy takes). All that and a Showcase to keep you warm this winter... we've got the latest Tales of game that's been delighting audiences and a comforting, unique indie game. Ladies and gentlepeople, please enjoy TALES OF ARISE and UNPACKING on Game Off #52.

Episode 51 is here and with it more Animal Crossing News! We discuss all the ways that the ANIMAL CROSSING DIRECT crossed Andy the wrong way. Then we tackle a couple of colorful games in this weeks showcase: arcade racer HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED and blast-from-the-past ECHO GENERATION. All that and a bag of cats this week on Game Off #51!

50 Episodes you say? Hard to believe but we take a look back at the first 49 episodes to discuss our surprises from the last couple of years, as well as regrets and favorite moments. Then we actually HAVE a 50th episode by talking about some GAMES! We discuss the subversive and surprising new EDF entry EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS, then talk anime RPG goodness with SCARLET NEXUS. Here's to 50 more and then some with episode 50!

GAME OFF RETURNS! We're back from the long spring lull and we're starting off our end of summer series with some colorful games! First we FINALLY react to the Steam Deck announce. Is it the PC and console killer people think it is or just hurting itself? THEN we game off two palette cleansing games: the Surprise Super Mario Sports sequel that so few expected with MARIO GOLF: SUPER RUSH and the artful high school sports game that just SCREAMS anime storyline: DODGEBALL ACADEMIA! All this and a bag of other nonsense on GAME OFF #49!

2m // Steamdeck Feelings 

19m // Dodgeball Acedemia

32m// Mario Gold Super Rush 

Game Off RETURNS this week to ask the important questions! What the hell is going on with Cyperpunk? Why the hell is nothing going on with Cyperpunk? Who is going to explain to us what the hell is going on with Cyberpunk? Then we get straight to our SHOWCASE of the WEEK featuring a not-so-awaited but well-received sequel to a cult classic base-builder and a VHS-inspired, style-oozing crowdfunded platformer. Folks... feast your ears on EVIL GENIUS 2 and NARITA BOY all on GAME OFF #48.

1m Cyberpunk 2077 Post Mordem | 14m - Evil Genius 2 | 37m Narita Boy

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Rocking just as hard with Season 3 Episode 2! Got nothing but the biggest names in Poland-based horror and the long awaited sequel to everyone's favorite match-3 sex game. But before delving into those titans of their respective scenes, we've got to get personal and get real; these are our confessions. Particularly about what gaming gewgaws and tchotchkes we can't seem to part with no matter how many bankers boxes they fill up. What is it about video games that turns you into the shame of Hoarders Season 29? Then we face off with two of the most anticipated games of the year, first with Bloober Team's return to non-licensed-horror-games: The Medium. Then get really uncomfortable listening around your parent's, its hopefully the biggest and only sex game on the docket for the year: Huniepop 2 - Double Date! All this and maybe more, definitely not less, in Episode 47 of the Game Off Podcast!

Check out RPGG's love letter to Yakuza: Like a Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW6shYLhJ-E

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ITS SEASON 3 BOYS AND GIRLS! We're kicking the new season off with some surprise hits from the early 2021 season. Before our showcase we talk about the internets favorite feature: Always-Online games. Why do they keep proving troublesome? When did we first learn to hate them? How does this keep happening!? Then we dive into our furious and loopy showcase of the week! Expect great things from the bundled-up Mario rider with Bowser's Fury. Then get lost in loops for many days with the super unique rogue-lite Loop Hero! All this and more in the season 3 premiere of Game Off Podcast (Ep. 46).

1:00 Outriders Sloppy Launch | Bowser's Fury | Loop Hero

Check out RPGG's love letter to Yakuza: Like a Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW6shYLhJ-E

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ITS BACK! We've been ranking them all year long and it's finally time to pin them together and make them duke it out for Game Off's Tournament of Champions... Champion and de facto Game Off Podcast Game of the Year! We've also added a little twist this year: an absolute spit-take worthy Worst of the Year Tournament (title clearly in service). It's a high energy culmination of a year's worth of episodes all in one place. Join in as we wrap up 2020 or kick-off your Game Off adventure in our extra special Game Off #45 - the Tournament(s) Edition.

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Game Off 44 RETURNS for an episode just chock-full of head-scratching and desk-pounding. We discuss the BORDERLANDS movie casting and the general state of Video Game Film adaptations. THEN - despite our better judgment - we just keep on playing Ubisoft games; we dig into the not-so-quiet ASSASSINS CREED VALHALLA and the mouthful IMMORTALS FENYX RISING. Are we pleasantly surprised or have they gone even further off the rails? When can we expect Ubi-Eats? Check out GAME OFF #44 for all the ubi-off you can possibly handle!

Fireside Chat: 0:30: Borderlands Casting,  David Lynch's Zelda adaptation | 19:35: Immortals Fenyx Rising | 40:55 Assassins Creed Valhalla

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