This week, Frank and Alex recap the big events from this past weekend, The Game Awards and PlayStation Experience! In case you missed it, we've got you covered with play-by-play of the weekend's festivities and reactions for the big announcements.

Listen in and let us know your take on the big shows!

Headlines

The Game Awards 2015: All of the news, trailers and awards

PlayStation Experience 2015: All the news, announcements and videos

Capcom reveals the identities of Street Fighter 5's first six DLC characters, 2016 season pass announced

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This week’s episode features music from Street Fighter V

The intro song is from Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game Soundtrack by Anamanaguchi

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This week, Frank and Alex return to their normal Thursday groove. Frank checks off another game from his backlog, while Alex adds another to the pile. They also discuss a potential new TMNT game from a respected developer, more processing power unlocked on the new consoles, Kojima's grand vision of global nuclear disarmament, and so much more!

What We've Been Playing

The Wonderful 101

Ori and the Blind Forest

Batman: Arkham Knight

Headlines

Platinum Games' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game rated

Sony Unlocks PS4's Seventh CPU Core, Data Suggests

Metal Gear Solid 5's secret 'nuclear disarmament' event has begun, Konami says

Mighty No. 9's latest trailer shows off co-op and online modes

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This week’s episode features music from The Wonderful 101

The intro song is from Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game Soundtrack by Anamanaguchi

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This week, Alex and Frank talk about their Thanksgiving escapades and reminisce about McDonalds food before getting into games! They discuss disappointing Sonic ripoffs, disappointing Mario spinoffs, and the latest Assassins Creed. They also talk about new characters in Divekick, referring a friend in Destiny, the PS4 possibly getting PS2 & PS1 emulation, the insane prize pot for Blizzards Hearthstone Tournament, and so much more!!

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Games Played

Rodea The Sky Soldier

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash

Assassin's Creed Syndicate

Headlines

The Fencer From Nidhogg Enters The Battle In Divekick

Refer A Friend In Destiny

Sony Working On Bringing PS2/PS1 Games To PS4

Hearthstone World Championship Has $1 Million Prize Pot

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This week’s episode features music from Rayman Origins!

The intro song is from Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game Soundtrack by Anamanaguchi

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We're back from our short hiatus with the long awaited latest episode of Good Games! This week, Alex and Frank discuss the psychological benefits of beating games, Cloud making an appearance in Smash Bros, nominees for the upcoming Game Awards, news from the latest Nintendo Direct, another game that is getting the HD treatment and so much more!!

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What we've been playing:

Indivisible (Prototype)

Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection

Persona 4: Dancing All Night

Super Mario 3D Land

Game Of Thrones: Episode 6 - The Ice Dragon

Headlines:

Cloud Is Entering The Battle In Smash Bros.

Nominees For The Game Awards and How Disappointingly Safe They Are

Nintendo Direct News

Valkyria Chronicles Is Getting A Remake

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This week’s episode features music from Chrono Trigger!

The intro song is from Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game Soundtrack by Anamanaguchi

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This week, Frank and Alex discuss the impending holiday season and what is on their wishlists, then weave their way into games proper with talk on console exclusives, epic boss battles, news from Blizzcon 2015, preserving our favorite pastime, backwards compatibility, and so much more!

What We've Been Playing

Whoa Dave!

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Destiny: The Taken King

Broken Age

Headlines

New Nintendo Direct Coming This Thursday

Biggest News, Trailers, and Videos From Blizzcon 2015

National Videogame Museum set to open in December

Xbox One's official backward compatibility list: All 104 games so far

Bonus Content

TJWilkinson's Twitch Archive - All 3 Destiny Raids for Extra Life

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This week’s episode features music from No More Heroes

The intro song is from Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game Soundtrack by Anamanaguchi

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This week, Frank and Alex seriously consider finishing games for once, revisit a classic fighting franchise, play "Who's that Pokémon?" with the new Street Fighter V characters, discuss big name developer acquisitions, the Sonic Cycle, and so much more!

What We've Been Playing

Agario

Street Fighter Alpha (series)

Axiom Verge

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Headlines

Six Additional Characters to be Added to Street Fighter V

Activision Blizzard Acquires Candy Crush Developer King for $5.9 Billion

Evo 2016 tournament kicks off July 15 in Vegas

The best Japanese cat-collecting game is finally available in English

Sonic games won’t suck anymore, Sega promises

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This week’s episode features music from Street Fighter V

The intro song is from Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game Soundtrack by Anamanaguchi

You can also listen to the Good Games Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher, or subscribe directly to our RSS feed!

This week, Frank and Alex discuss the merits (or lack thereof) of the console wars, the impending fall releases, counter-programming, touch screen gimmicks, cheating, a whole bunch of Sony news, trick-or-treating in games, and so much more!

What We've Been Playing

Rock Band 4

Uncharted: Golden Abyss

Downwell

Persona 4: Dancing All Night

Headlines

Sony has no titles in the pipeline for PlayStation Vita, says executive

Everything from the PlayStation Paris Games Week press conference

Sony offers sneak peek at what's coming to PlayStation Experience 2015

Halloween comes to Destiny in a delightfully mischievous way

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This week’s episode features music from Persona 4: Dancing All Night

The intro song is from Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game Soundtrack by Anamanaguchi

You can also listen to the Good Games Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher, or subscribe directly to our RSS feed!

This week, Frank and Alex discuss the merits of difficulty in games, new gaming hardware, the varying levels of cuteness, the end of a gaming era, beloved time travel vehicles, the story of how a major release was rushed out the door, and so much more!

What We've Been Playing

Super Meat Boy

Downwell

Yoshi's Woolly World

Headlines

WSJ: Nintendo NX will be a console and a handheld, with 'industry-leading chips'

Why Did Hideo Kojima Leave Konami?

Konami Denies Hideo Kojima Has Left, Says He's 'On Vacation'

Back to the Future's DeLorean comes to Rocket League on Oct. 21

The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny

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This week’s episode features music from Yoshi's Woolly World

The intro song is from Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game Soundtrack by Anamanaguchi

You can also listen to the Good Games Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher, or subscribe directly to our RSS feed!

This week, Frank and Alex recount tales from their trip to New York Comic-Con, including getting hands on time with Street Fighter V! They also get into the new Rock Band game, disappointing fighters, Star Wars, free PS4s, microstransactions where you least expect them, the ephemeral nature of digital games, and so.... much..... more!!!

What We've Been Playing

Rock Band 4

Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax

Star Wars Battlefront (Beta)

Street Fighter V

Headlines

Destiny's in-game currency prices and emote costs revealed

A Bunch of Games Are Getting Pulled from iOS in the Wake of the Latest Update

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This week’s episode features music from Ultra Street Fighter IV

The intro song is from Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game Soundtrack by Anamanaguchi

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This week, Frank and Alex talk about the merits of trash talk, the dangers of Kickstarter, changes to a beloved gaming soundtrack, the possible return of a fantastic franchise, and much more!

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What We've Been Playing

Destiny: The Taken King

Runbow

Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (DEMO)

Persona 4 Golden

Headlines

Looks Like This Is a Brand New Street Fighter V Character

Developer Ghosts with over $30,000 Raised on Kickstarter

Super Meat Boy comes to PS4 and Vita Oct. 6, but it needed an all-new soundtrack

Former Criterion Games devs hint at successor to Burnout

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This week’s episode features music from Super Meat Boy

The intro song is from Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game Soundtrack by Anamanaguchi

You can also listen to the Good Games Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher, or subscribe directly to our RSS feed!