Videogames haven't really started in earnest this year, so that makes for a truncated Popcast. We scrape the news barrel to talk nVidia's new streaming service, as well as some pretty poor Mega Man mobile ports. Then there's NJPW in Tekken 7, a new Shantae game, and Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun.

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So long to the stink year of 2-16 and on to 2017! Where the realities of terrible decisions will really hit home and we'll all be worse off. Still, there are games, and Chris and Chad will talk about them, along with Playstation VR, and our final awards updates of the year.

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There's a dearth of news this week as we rapidly approach the end of the year, but the Kaiju Crew takes a look at the NieR Automata demo before it's on to Chris Charlton's games of the year - the tip top takes, as it were. And we've got our penultimate set of Kaiju Pop Awards:

Worst Best Game

Hokiest Game Script

Letdown of the Year

Surprise of the Year

Best Skewmorphia

Best Moment in Video Games (Attention: Spoilers here!)

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This week we have a quick check-in with Final Fantasy XV and some unsavory news about its future patches. Super Mario Run seems to have made its mark on the world. Then it's finally time for the Kaiju Pop Games of the Year, starting with Jason Gibson's hot picks of 2016. Guns, swords, and aliens populate his list, but you'll have to listen to find out what they are (or read his article about them, I suppose). But if those aren't enough, we've got more Kaiju Pop awards, including:

Best old game we only played this year

The piles award for handheld game that sucks you in

The best worst game

Best sound

Best combat

Best value for money

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We're actually talking about The Last Guardian this week because it's actually a game that's out. I know. Also, Bitmap Brothers Universe, PSX, and awards including the year's flat out worst game and moment, and best co-op!

 

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We're back to full strength this week, and full of cheer, as Jason enthuses about Tyranny, Chad loves Final Fantasy XV, and Chris adores Titanfall 2. As The Game Awards makes news meanwhile, we start the sixth annual Kaiju Pop awards, deciding Best Kid's Game, Best PC Port, Game We Wished Were Multiplatform, Best Toilet Game, Rainy Weekender and Game of 2016 You Should Wait and Get In 2017.

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Chad controls the show by his lonesome once more this week as the other hosts are unfortunately detained by other obligations. Day One patches, Half-Year patches, and upcoming awards are on this post-Thanksgiving topic table, with a brief chat about the Amnesia Collection as well.

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2 of the Kaiju Crew are out, leaving Chad to run the show all on his own. Assassin's Creed's seen better days, Chad rants about mayonnaise, Frog Fractions has mysterious ways, plus a Famicom craze and more. Then some chatter on Dishonored 2 and Pokemon Moon (and Sun).

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We're going around the world this week, from the American election to Brazil's history with Sega consoles and beyond. Light on games this week but we do have Xenoraid and Small Radios Big Televisions for you. Enjoy!

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There's games aplenty at the moment, but they're not in our usual weird niche wheelhouse, so that leaves some games cheap and cheerful (Spider Rite of the Shrouded Moon, Tumblestone) and some cheap and nasty (Wick, Lithium, Political Animals) to talk about. News wise, a slight eulogy for the WiiU seems in order, as does a quick overview of BlizzCon. So there.

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