In this episode, James and Richie welcome Gimmighoul into this world, invent a controller that is a basketball, and outline their plan to use JRPGs to combat Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Games Discussed: Dragon Quest XI S: Echos of an Illusive Age, Pokemon Scarlet/Violet

Happy Hallow's Eve ghouls and gamers! Just a heads up: this episode is pretty scary. You might want to listen to this one with the lights on, in case you get too scared. Expect horrifying conversations around The Quarry, Yume Nikki, Omori, and Resident Evil. Also, we rank our top 5 creepy monsters in video games. Think you can handle it?

Games Discussed: The Quarry, Yume Nikki, Omori, Resident Evil Village: Shadow of Rose

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James and Richie open a fresh booster pack of Video Games and find a couple of holographic gems. Also, is Antman from Marvel Snap a reference to the ants in Inscyption? Or do they both reference the mechanics of real life ants in nature?

Games Discussed: Marvel Snap, Inscryption, Pokemon Trading Card Game, Yu-Gi-Oh: The Sacred Cards

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This week, James and Richie comb through the Overwatch 2 launch and the Street Fighter 6 Beta. A big shoutout to our sponsors this week: ketchup flavored mustard, lemon-lime edible batteries, the Diddy Kong garden statue to scare bunnies away, the new book that just came out by A̴͇̞̯͓̐̈͋n̶͔̳̑̑̌̊ ̴̻̪͗̂ͅė̶̝̟y̶̠̺̞̺̑̊ê̷̯l̷̜̑̀̂͝ę̵̔̏́s̴̭͈͈̰̎̕s̶͖̈́̈́ ̵̛̺ä̶̝͖́̊̆b̶̨̟̯̍͆͂̎o̷͇͖̻͑m̶͔̯̠̆i̴̢̦̫̍͐n̴̥̞̅a̴͈̋ṯ̶̝̆̍͝͝ḭ̸̫́ȍ̸̻̓͠n̴̡̘̬̂͆̂̋͜ ̸̗̺̈́̌͐͝ͅw̸̪̏i̸̛͇̤̹͓̓͛̔ţ̸̱̬̃̀̋̚h̴̰͒ ̷̢͚̔͂́͋s̸̲̟͎͚͊̐ě̶̻̬̊v̶̲̥͜͜͝ẹ̶̦͉̟̒̀̇̕ṅ̶͍̩͝ ̷̤̅̏̊͑m̷̞͎͈͕̆͘͝ò̴̬̜ȕ̷̥͖̱̻͝t̷̜̼̟̀͛h̸̟̄̽ṣ̶̞̈́.̸̹͔̍̊ͅ, the new season of The British Bakeoff, A-1 Game Sauce, and the Hsu Hao body pillow.

Here at GGA, we're all about asking the important questions. Like, does existence precede essence? Is there an inherent relationship between a text and its meaning, or do we derive meaning ourselves? Buckle up gang, and hang on for dear life.

Games Discussed: Nier: Replicant, Nier: Automata, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Overwatch 2, World of Warcraft

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This week, we are joined by the worthy Chris Shriver (Platformer's Podcast, Toadstool Boardroom) to examine three video games based on the collective works of Mike Myers. Hop in the Shaguar and buckle up because it's Myerthon 2022 baby! Yeah!

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This week, James and Richie take no pleasure in reporting that the Console Wars are back. Escalations ramped up starting with the September 13th Nintendo Direct, followed by the immediate counter-offensive by Sony with their Playstation State of Play. Xbox seems to be quietly building their defenses with Gamepass. Who will emerge victorious? Is there such thing as a winner within the context of war?

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(5:52) Nintendo Direct

(44:11) Playstation State of Play

(01:12:31) Xbox

Happy Splatoon weekend! Hope that you dripped out squid kids have fun painting the world in whichever color you like best. Our favorite is green, but all colors have purpose and only work in relation to one another. Also, PSA: ink the spawn, unless you want a noogie from the both of us.

Games Discussed: Splatoon 3, VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, Neofeud, Cyberpunk 2077

Timestamps:

(3:26) Splatoon 3

(31:32) VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

(34:25) Neofeud

(45:11) Cyberpunk 2077

To our human listeners: our apologies, but this episode is for cat ears only. Please tune in next week for our regularly scheduled human-based video game programming.

To our cat listeners: pspspsps aww who's a cute baby!!! you are!!!!

Games Discussed: Games for Cats, Mouse for Cats, Mouse in Cheese, Happy Cats, Cat Games, Cat Fishing: A Game for Cats, Fish Dissector 6, Super Smash Brothers Melee, Dark Souls 2, Fire Emblem: Fates, The Last of Us Part 1, Mortal Kombat

Timestamps:

(2:21) Games for Cats

(8:26) Mouse for Cats

(12:31) Mouse in Cheese

(17:47) Happy Cats

(21:28) Cat Games

(23:50) Cat Fishing: A Game for Cats

(32:46) Fish Dissector 6

This week, James and Richie discuss the topics that you felt merited a deep discussion. Thanks to all of our listeners who sent questions in for this episode! We really appreciate it, it means a lot to have such an engaged audience. 

Questions we pull from (Note to Richie: do NOT put this part in the show notes)

https://levelskip.com/community/fun-video-game-related-questions-to-ask