This wasn't a normal year, so in addition to your nice hosts' annual tradition of celebrating the year's "Nicest," and looking forward to the games and the gamedev in the coming year, we do another pandemic check-in, and reflect on the how the show has been one of the stabilizing forces in our lives. PLUS: We reveal this year's hiatus project!

0:20:56Local Releases (2020)HyperDotElemetalsWidget Satchel (in Japan)Color Jumper (on Switch)Death Drives a BusAstral Gunners (in Early Access)Flailure0:32:46Nicest (2020)

Ellen:

Ellen played 2019's Baba Is You on Switch this year.

Ellen played 2019's Borderlands 3 at the beginning on the pandemic.

Ellen is staring down the HUGE pile of games from 2020's Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality.

Mark:

One of Mark's Nicest was "new consoles," which we talked about in:"Not like Beauty and the Beast."Paper Mario: The Origami King is a laugh-out-loud funny RPG on the SwitchAndrew WebsterPolygon

Stephen:

Civilization VI didn't come out in 2020, but with all the new content, it sometimes feels like it!

Nioh 20:48:39Most Anticipated (for 2021)

Ellen:

EndlingThe MediumBoyfriend Dungeon

Mark:

Ratchet & Clank: Rift ApartAway: The Survival Series

Stephen:

Baldur’s Gate 3Deathloop1:01:29Gamedev Resolutions (for 2021)1:12:17What We're Working On (in 2021)