Randy and Daniel talk about the nominations for Game of the Year. They also discuss the controversy surrounding the nomination of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

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00:00 - Game of the Year Nominees Revealed

02:46 - Astro Bot

04:37 - Balatro

08:02 - FF7 Rebirth

09:40 - Black Myth Wukong

14:28 - Metaphor: Refantazio

16:31 - Will our favorites win?

19:43 - GOTY Poll

25:39 - Which games got snubbed

30:41 - Shadow of the Erdtree controversy

36:25 - About adding a DLC/Expansion award

40:30 - A purposefully contrived controversy?

42:02 - Should DLCs be eligible? (poll)

44:30 - More about adding new categories/awards

49:06 - What games we've been playing

01:00:55 - Sony wants to acquire FromSoft's parent company (bonus episode info)

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