For many people a holiday isn’t a holiday. It’s hard. My wife and I have suffered two miscarriages and the death of a child. For a mother I can’t imagine what it is like, as a husband, I’ve had this talk with my wife before, but I really wanted to find out where she was mentally this year. It’s a tuff episode but I love my wife and I love talking to her. And don’t worry, I try to find out what she is excited about with upcoming titles. We bring it around to games in the end. FYI we recorded this in advance.

God of War 2018 won award after award and I think it is a great example of dealing with loss in games, did it do it the right way? God of War Ragnarok answers those questions in spades. Building upon the lessons from the last game and taking the a great end. Let’s break it all down in this episode of Gaming with Grief.

I finally finished the Sony Epic. Let’s talk about the fact that I was wrong in my deep-dive, but not for the wrong reasons. I didn’t know how deep this game would go. Am I glad I was wrong. Let’s talk about it.

I’m incredibly excited about where the themes of this game is going and the performances of the the two amazing leads. Let’s talk about reconciliation.

GwG Episode 204-How to Say Goodbye Spoilercast(Kindof) by Joseph Carlson

I’ll admit, the game is a bit abstract but I think by the end, I’ll probably end up crying.

I preview both game and talk a little about the nuts and bolts for a prelude to a deep dive next week.

Avin from The Grief of Politics and I discuss the controversy surrounding Hogwarts Legacy. I think for both of us it was pretty informative.

I talk about why I do the podcast and thank everyone who has supported the show. Thank you so much.

I don’t think I’ve every whiplashed so hard before while playing a game. Let’s talk about all of it. Spoiler warning of course.