GI Show - Pokémon Sword, Writing Reviews, The Outer Worlds Interview

On this week's episode of The Game Informer Show podcast, we talk about some interesting news stories before Brian Shea talks about playing the first 1.5 hours of Pokémon Sword and Kimberley Wallace explains why she loves the new Trails of Cold Steel III. The director (Warren Arnold) of the excellent Push the Button from Jackbox Party Pack 6 then joins the show to talk about the game's development and then we dive in deep on how to write a game review with Game Informer's reviews editor Joe Juba. After some great community emails, we interview The Outer Worlds' co-game director Leonard Boyarsky and narrative designer Niati Poddar about getting the exciting RPG across the finish line.

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To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the time stamps below.

6:26 - Riot Games' new games

12:08 - Fortnite Chapter 2

13:50 - Analogue Pocket

16:24 - Pokémon Sword and Shield

23:30 - Trails of Cold Steel III

31:22 - Jackbox Party Pack 6's Warren Arnold

48:17 - Writing Game Informer's reviews with Joe Juba

1:34:00 - Community emails

2:19:20 - Obsidian's Leonard Boyarsky and Nitai Poddar on creating The Outer Worlds