Geeking with the Moms

In our final episode of the year, we talk about which games were our favorites. But that's not all. We also talk about holiday shenangins with our kids and have a very spoiler-free conversation about that little Star Wars movie that just came out.

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Special guest Marcia Morgan from the Mommy Gamers joins us this week. We give a rundown of the winners from the Game Awards, and some things we think the show needs to do better. Then we talk about the PlayStation Experience and some of the cool new demos and trailers we saw there. Finally, the Switch is selling like gangbusters and Animal Crossing Pocket Camp will be getting an update soon.

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The final, at least for now, word on Star Wars Battlefront II comes from EA's CFO. Turns out they couldn't make loot boxes out of cosmetic items because they don't own Star Wars. It's a great point no one thought about. Player Unknown Battlegrounds is coming to mobile, bu just in China for now. Animal Crossing Pocket Camp has been released and has taken over our lives. Some Animal Crossing fans are complaining about it, but we think they're just wrong. Also there is going to be a Mario cereal. For real.

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EA has tried to save face with Star Wars Battlefront II. Despite turning off microtransactions we're skeptical that the game can recover from the backlash of the past few weeks. A new Pokemon GO event is happening now. This event will see Pokemon appearing outside of their home regions. Animal Crossing Pocket Camp has been released and we're already addicted.

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Star Wars Battlefront II is grabbing all the headlines, but not in a good way. Since the game became available on Early Access, its multiplayer component has left a sour taste in lots of gamers' mouths. What will it mean for the game? Nominees for the third game awards have been announced and Nintendo is dominating the list. In addition Player Unknown Battlegrounds has been nominated in a couple of categories, despite the fact that's still in Beta. What does than mean in terms of what can be nominated? Also, there may be a Mario animated movie on the way.

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Seems like everyone loves Super Mario Odyssey and it shows. The game has sold more 1 million units in tthe U.S. alone. That makes it the fastest selling Mario game in history. But sales aren't the only thing going for it. It's also garnering almost universal good reviews. The success of Odyssey offers a contrast to Nintendo's mobile game Super Mario Run. While that game has tons of downloads, it's not making enough money to make Nintendo happy, but the mobile Animal Crossing game could make those bad feelings go away. Sony made tons of announcement and gave updates on previously announced games at the Paris Games Week. And finally, the Xbox One X hits stores next week.

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