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2022... completed it mate. But this year wasn't the only thing we completed, there were lots of excellent video as usual! Welcome to our extensive GOTY breakdown which we're joined for, as always, by Barry Murphy (@TheBarryLad on Twitter, twitch.tv/Barrylad).

This is part 1 of 4 (we did say extensive!) and we cover the following topics below:

00:55 Intro and games we missed in 2022

10:00 Rules of Engagement - elimination of Pitchford award

12:35 Disappointment of the Year - introduction of the wheel

88:35 Character of the Year

148:00 Gaming Moment of the Year

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Merry Christmas, folks! Thank you for another year of listening to Link to the Cast. We're wrapping up our Game of the Year recordings, which will be ready from Jan 1st.

In the meantime, we have a Christmas special as we are delighted to be joined by Peter Willington @xeroxeroxero to talk about our favourite average games of all time. We discuss how we got to 7/10 as the apex of average in review scoring, Suda 51, the influence of the sandbox genre, Dave Mirra, Robot Wars, Syberia, Walking simulators, and much more!

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Many thanks to Aaron Good @tbone_doog for our intro theme.

00:30 Gearing up for Game of the Year

10:45 The Menu

18:20 Ronaldo O Fenomeno

23:40 Home Alone 2

35:00 High on Life

43:30 Wind Waker 20th Anniversary

48:40 PS5 Witcher 3

53:20 God of War Ragnarok

58:25 Geoguesser

71:50 Steam Deck emulation fun

78:20 Dave's weird quiz segment with a twist ending!

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Polling now open for our Game of The Year tie-breaker poll! https://forms.gle/hiC92N6q1MQSzX2J8

In a new Link to the Cast, someone left Dave and Garrett unsupervised for a week to talk all manner of nonsense:

00:00:35 - Topical Brexit Gags, Seasonal Weather

00:04:40 - Christmas Part Capers

00:10:20 - Criminal Minds is back, in Pog Form!

00:21:50 - Dave is a stranger in a Strange World

00:30:30 - Xenoblade is Garrett's Game of The Year of The Week

00:43:00 - Dave's Elden Ring Update

00:52:00 -Emulation Station

01:00:42 - Marvel Snap hype

01:15:05 - The Keighleys - All The Winners

01:33:30 - Announcements and trailers from The Game Awards

01:53:30 - Bad Game Man makes Bad Tweets

00:30 Humming, attempting to live without sleep and breaking cages

09:20 Mario trailer number 2 and will it be better than Sonic

18:20 What We Do in the Shadows

25:20 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

35:35 Guardians of the Galaxy Xmas Special

38:00 Garrett's post Frasier devastation

39:40 Beavis and Butthead

40:55 Julia

41:50 Mark's still hooked on Marvel Snap

48:00 Jackass: The Game

56:50 Sonic Frontiers

67:25 Jack finishes Pokemon and Garrett's thoughts

91:30 Microsoft to make EU concessions in Activison/Blizzard deal

97:00 Nintendo acknowledge Pokemon issues, release patch

100:25 Gamepass December selection

106:25 Catch the mouse, don't look down...

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The Grap Up- a once in a while pro wrestling podcast with Mark and Bryan Rose

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2022 is almost over as Bryan and Mark talk all the big wrestling news of November including:

- WWE Survivor Series WarGames

- AEW Full Gear

- NJPW/Stardom Historic X-Over

- NWA Hard Times

- And more!

00:30 World Cup watching habits, what we're wearing and has Mark outgrown band shirts

14:10 White Chicks and Vanessa Carlton

16:30 Andor is awesome and Disney Plus Star Wars content

32:15 Confess, Fletch!

37:10 Evil West

44:35 Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, jank and Gamefreak's future

71:30 Mark's God of War Ragnarok thoughts

88:00 Jack debates Mark's view GOW points and Game of the Year thoughts

99:45 High first week sales on GOW and Pokemon show game industry alive

104:05 Netflix dip into AAA video games market

110:20 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC Wave 3

112:25 Tetris the Grand Master

116:05 Making my way down town...

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The Grap Up- a once in a while pro wrestling podcast with Mark and Bryan Rose

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00:30 Strange old time for a World Cup and effect on players

07:15 The numerous issues with playing a World Cup in Qatar

15:20 Missing names we wish were there

19:15 Group A (Ecuador, Netherlands, Qatar, Senegal)

33:40 Group B (England, Iran, USA, Wales)

52:45 Group C (Poland, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Argentina)

68:35 Group D (Denmark, Tunisia, France, Australia)

83:00 Group E (Costa Rica, Germany, Japan, Spain)

98:55 Group F (Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Morocco)

115:35 Group G (Brazil, Cameroon, Serbia, Switzerland)

133:20 Group H (Ghana, Portugal, South Korea, Uruguay)

149:30 Tournament Bracket Picks

158:55 Our individual picks (Winner, Top Scorer, Dark Horse, Potential Flop)

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The Grap Up- a once in a while pro wrestling podcast with Mark and Bryan Rose

Many thanks to Aaron Good @tbone_doog for our intro theme.

00:30 Twitter shambles ongoing, parody accounts and Musk exposure

06:45 Wakanda Forever [No major spoilers]

19:40 Smile

23:20 Once Upon a Jester

30:10 Mark's still on the Marvel Snap train

39:40 Signalis

54:55 God of War Ragnarok early impressions

66:00 RIP Kevin Conroy

71:10 George Clooney for some reason

72:05 God of War Ragnarok day one sales bigger than previous

76:30 Nintendo Switch redesigned to be more energy efficient

83:00 Worst ending to the show ever

88:00 Let's talk about love

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The Grap Up- a once in a while pro wrestling podcast with Mark and Bryan Rose

Many thanks to Aaron Good @tbone_doog for our intro theme.

00:30 Reclaiming "gamer", full names and more bad Bane

07:20 Weird - The Al Yankovic Story

13:00 The Devil's Hour and Peter Capaldi

19:20 Hocus Pocus Two...cus

24:35 24 (Jack Bauer init)

34:50 Bayonetta

45:25 Dave's Elden Ring adventures

61:10 Game of the Year thinking and an exclusive

62:50 Railbound and Jack bought a Steam Deck

69:25 Mario and Rabids

73:30 Playstation Plus loses 2 million subscribers

86:45 PSVR2 is £530 and Sony dodging retail

100:45 Musk Twitter meltdown continues with Nibel leaving among others

119:00 Twitter taking over from message boards

125:25 Who's tweeted the most from the pod

133:25 Ham On

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Many thanks to Aaron Good @tbone_doog for our intro theme.