It's been a week ya'll! We have a new addition to the Player 2 family to celebrate, we talk about the most recent additions to the Matrix and the Witcher stories, and we go over our top and bottom games of 2021! Let us know what your favorite games were and what you're looking forward to in 2022!

Games Discussed: Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, Dragon Quest Builders 2, Golf Story, Shin Megami Tensei V, Metroid Dread, Resident Evil Village, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Persona 5 Strikers, It Takes Two, Tales of Arise, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Kill It With Fire, Lost Judgment, SCARLET NEXUS, Ys IX: Monstrum Nox, The Gunk, Forza Horizon 5, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, Returnal, Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance, Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, Panzer Dragoon: Remake

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Time Stamps:

It's Been A Week (0:33)

The Matrix: Regurgitated (2:21)

The Witcher: Season Two (9:17)

Whatcha Playing? (12:52)

- Yakuza: Like a Dragon

- Pokémon Brilliant Diamond (15:10)

- Dragon Quest Builders 2

- Golf Story (17:44)

- Shin Megami Tensei V (19:43)

Gaming News? (21:46)

Our Top 5 Games of 2021! (23:25)

Top Games of 2021 Honorable Mentions (41:12)

The Worst Games of 2021 (45:32)

Listener Question: Which FF Should I Play? (49:53)

Listener Question: Gamer Resolutions? (58:48)

Happy Holidays from the Player 2 crew! This episode is a little shorter than usual and for the first time in our show's history, it is edit-free (to give MC Paperstacks a free day to hang with the fam for Christmas). This week we're talking shows like The Witcher Season 2, Hawkeye, and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. We both had a chance to see Spider-Man: No Way Home and discuss plans for a spoilercast. We also played and completed some amazing new games this week so be sure to hang with us and enjoy!

Games Discussed: My Friend Pedro, Dodgeball Academia, Paw Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay, Firewatch, Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth, The Gunk, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, Dragon Quest Builders 2

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Time Stamps:

Player 2 Raw (0:50)

Corrections: Strider Edition (3:06)

Hawkeye Season Finale (3:57)

Spider-Man: No Way Home (11:39)

Rewatching Raimi Spidey (13:24)

Whatcha Playing? (15:33)

- Dodgeball Academia

- My Friend Pedro (17:00)

- Paw Patrol (17:26)

- Firewatch (20:26)

- Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth (21:47)

- The Gunk (24:56)

- Pokémon Brilliant Diamond (28:11)

- Dragon Quest Builders 2 (28:51)

Gaming News (32:18)

- Hades Wins Awards

- FFVII Remake Upgrade Now Free (33:43)

- PSA: Check Holiday Sales! (35:01)

- P5 Strikers on Plus? (36:27)

Player 2 GOTY Next Week! (37:00)

Nora Interlude (39:18)

Whatcha Feelin'?: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (40:15)

Whatcha Feelin'?: Witcher Season 2 (42:15)

We have a very special treat for you guys this holiday week! Please enjoy a bonus spoilercast episode where we cover the recent surprise hit, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (the game)! Square Enix and Eidos-Montréal really hit it out of the park with this game and we were lucky enough to have two gamer friends along to help us explain everything we loved about the game and some things we didn't. Join us and let us know what you thought!

NerDy_the_Sensei:

https://www.instagram.com/stolen_satori/

https://www.juicegummis.com/

Big Nkrumah (Gamer Friends)

https://www.gamerfriendspodcast.com/episodes

https://twitter.com/gamerfriendspod

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Time Stamps:

Our History With The Guardians (1:22)

Background and Expectations (3:36)

Gameplay (8:06)

Bugs? (15:44)

Them Graphics! (17:05)

Gameplay to Improve? (20:48)

An Aside On Design (25:20)

Accessibility (28:27)

Story/Writing (Spoilers!) (32:40)

Overall Thoughts/Rating (59:40)

This week we have the curator of Europe's only Fallout-themed museum with us to talk about his love for the Fallout series, the amazing pieces he has on exhibit, and where you can see more! We also share our red ring of death stories in honor of Xbox's new docuseries, our Switch year in review stats, our impressions on Nintendo's Indie World presentation, and a fun listener question about failed consoles that should get a mini/classic version! Come hang out with us and share us around with gamer friends here and around the world!

Games Discussed: Fallout 3, Fallout 4, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 76, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR Edition, Angry Birds VR, Shin Megami Tensei V, Deathloop, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond

Vault 74 Overseer Alexander:

https://www.vault74.nl/

https://www.tiktok.com/@vaultboy74

https://www.instagram.com/vaultboy74/

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Time Stamps:

Introducing Vault 74 Overseer Alex! (0:37)

Game Pass: Use It or Lose It (27:40)

Whatcha Playing? (31:54)

- Angry Birds VR (32:11)

- Skyrim VR (33:43)

- Fallout 76 (36:49)

- Shin Megami Tensei V (40:57)

- Deathloop (42:43)

- Pokémon Brilliant Diamond (45:10)

Gaming News (45:58)

- This Week On Game Pass 

- Nintendo Indie World (47:15)

- Nintendo Switch Year In Review! (48:17)

- Persona Coming To Switch? (55:22)

- PS5 Plates Covers (56:40)

- Xbox Docuseries (58:15)

The Red Ring of Death! (59:13)

Listener Questions: Failed Console Mini (1:05:37)

Whatcha Feelin'?: A New Monitor! (1:11:45)

Whatcha Feelin'?: Lego Sets (1:13:55)

Whatcha Feelin'?: Action Button (1:15:30)

Fun episode this week! We get to rap about Geoff Keighley's "The Game Commercials" and there were some awards there too, Mike has a story of intrigue and murder while playing Among Us, we both watched good and bad tv shows, and Cowboy Bebop got canceled! Phew! It's been a week and it was a thing! Sit back and let us tell you all about it and if you dig it, share around with your friends!

Games Discussed: Among Us, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, Lawn Mowing Simulator, Bucky O'Hare, Shin Megami Tensei V, Halo Infinite, Deathloop, The Matrix Awakens

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Dustin's TikTok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@riscadruid?

Black Leftist/Video Essay Creators To Support:

Voice Memos for the Void

https://www.youtube.com/c/voicememosforthevoid

Jordan Harrod

https://www.youtube.com/c/JordanHarrod/videos

The Storyteller

https://www.youtube.com/c/TheStorytellerAJ

CJ the X

https://www.youtube.com/c/CJTheX

Khadija Mbowe

https://www.youtube.com/c/KhadijaMbowe

T1J

https://www.youtube.com/c/the1janitor

Yara Zayd

https://www.youtube.com/c/Yharazayd

Victory The Creator

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8JTStI16odEK-N3JJcMmpw

Time Stamps:

True Story? (3:13)

Hawkeye 1-4 (5:13)

Whatcha Playing? (10:21)

- Among Us (10:45)

- GTA Trilogy Definitive (14:35)

- Pokémon Brilliant Diamond (15:41)

- Lawn Mowing Simulator (23:00)

- Bucky O'Hare (24:10)

Cowboy Bebop Interlude (25:22)

Back to Whatcha Playing? (27:41)

- Shin Megami Tensei V (28:01)

- Halo Infinite (28:39)

- Deathloop (29:58)

- The Matrix Awakens (37:17)

Gaming News (42:26)

- New eShop Filter (42:47)

- New Spidey Suits! (43:37)

- Sony Exec Fired (44:01)

- The Game Awards (46:11)

Listener Question (1:09:09)

Whatcha Feelin'?: The Parent Hood (1:12:54)

Whatcha Feelin'?: Break Bread (1:14:37)

This week we have the current speedrun world record holder for Ninja Gaiden on the show! Ian aka The Retro Runner stops by to chat with us about his recent success, how he got into speedrunning, and the supportive community built around it! We also chat about some videogame/anime shows, some recent obscure games that may have gone under your radar, PlayStation's version of Game Pass, and a ton more! Check us out and share us around to your gamer friends!

Games Discussed: - Enter The Gungeon, Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth, Shin Megami Tensei V, Strider, Metroid Dread, Donut County, Lawn Mowing Simulator, Tales of Arise, Guardians of the Galaxy, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond

The Retro Runner:

https://www.twitch.tv/theretrorunner

https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRetroRunner/videos

https://theretrorunner.bandcamp.com/

https://twitter.com/retro_runner

https://www.facebook.com/theretrorunner

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Time Stamps:

Introducing The Retro Runner! (0:33)

Derrick's Pickups (30:06)

HBD Nora! (32:26)

RE Movie Bad? (34:05)

Bopflix Still Bad (34:52)

We Are Watching Hawkeye (37:31)

Whatcha Playing? (38:19)

- Enter The Gungeon (38:53)

- Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth (40:06)

- Shin Megami Tensei V (42:15)

- Strider (46:14)

- Metroid Dread (48:30)

- Donut County (51:19)

- Lawn Mowing Simulator (52:12)

- Tales of Arise (54:38)

- Guardians of the Galaxy (55:14)

- Pokémon Brilliant Diamond (56:23)

Gaming News (58:14)

- The State of Halo

- Xbox Series S Moves Units! (1:00:26)

- Dragon Age Creative Director Steps Down (1:02:21)

- Marvel's Avengers: Spider-Man (1:03:15)

- Cyberpunk 2077 Making a Comeback? (1:04:14)

- Bobby Kotick Still Unpopular (1:06:16)

- Mass Effect on GP? (1:08:11)

- Paper Mario 64 on NSO (1:09:16)

- PlayStation Game Pass? (1:12:41)

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! The guys are on vacation next week so in lieu of a full episode, we hail to you from beautiful Skyrim! MC Paperstacks and Fullmetal Murk decide to turn to Yelp to find the best Inns and Taverns in all the Nine Holds. We read reviews from every inn we can find and some sound great while others sound....interesting... Hope you enjoy and we'll see you next week for a full episode of Player 2!

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Time Stamps:

The Bannered Mare (1:17)

Braidwood Inn (2:30)

Candlehearth Hall (3:25)

Dead Man's Drink (4:23)

The Drunken Huntsman (5:19)

Frostfruit Inn (6:07)

Moorside Inn (7:27)

New Gnisis Cornerclub (8:31)

Nightgate Inn (9:32)

Old Hroldan Inn (10:45)

Four Shields Tavern (11:48)

Silver-Blood Inn (13:02)

Sleeping Giant Inn (14:37)

The Bee and Barb (15:57)

The Stumbling Sabrecat (17:21)

The Winking Skeever (18:49)

Vilemyr Inn (20:28)

Windpeak Inn (21:44)

There was a surprising amount of comic book movie stuff to talk about this week! Derrick had a great week with pickups, we discuss new Netflix shows like Cowboy Bebop and Arcane, Xbox's 20th Anniversary was this week and they had some great surprises in store for us, ActiBlizz CEO Bobby Kotick continues to compete for "World's Worst Human Being", and Rockstar is....sorry? Check out all the videogame news and fun asides this week and share us around to your gamer friends!

Games Discussed: Shin Megami Tensei V, Haven, Tales of Arise, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Definitive Edition, It Takes Two, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

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Fire Bobby Kotick Petition:

https://www.change.org/p/blizzard-entertainment-fire-blizzard-employees-responsible-for-sexual-assault

Vote in 2021 Game Awards:

https://thegameawards.com/

Time Stamps:

Spider-man: Another Trailer Though... (1:36)

Shang-Chi comes to Disney+ (5:29)

Carnage, Let There Be (8:26)

Live-Action Cowboy Bebop (11:00)

Derrick's Pickups (15:46)

Whatcha Playing? (17:30)

- Shin Megami Tensei V

- Haven (26:50)

- Pokémon Brilliant Diamond (27:36)

- Tales of Arise (31:26)

- GTA: San Andreas Definitive? (37:22)

Gaming News (39:43)

- Rockstar is Saweeee!

- Fire Bobby Kotick (41:48)

- Xbox 20th Anniversary! (44:39)

- Xbox X/S Cloud Gaming (46:45)

- New Wii U Game in Development (52:27)

- Yakuza Dev on New IP (53:22)

- GK's Game Awards (54:58)

- Multiversus (1:00:11)

Whatcha Feelin'?: Arcane (1:03:31)

Whatcha Feelin'?: Food4Dogs (1:11:50)

What a show this week! We got the founder of the Gamer Parent's Strategy Guide, Jed Shaffer, on the show with us to talk about his column/podcast and the advice we all seek as parents of gamers and gamer parents. Mike got his first taste of intentional thrifting this week, there are rumors on abandoned popular franchises getting games, and we talk some first-hand impressions on the big games released this week like Forza Horizon 5 and GTA's Definitive Editions! Check it out and share with a friend!

Games Discussed: Control, Hades, Saint's Row: The Third Remastered, Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove, Kill It With Fire, Shin Megami Tensei V, Zuma's Revenge, Tales of Arise, Haven, Forza Horizon 5, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition

Gamer Parent's Strategy Guide:

https://linktr.ee/gamerparentsstrategyguide

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Time Stamps:

Introducing The Gamer Parent's Strategy Guide! (0:41)

Mike's First Thrifting Run (18:20)

Breaking The TikTok Pledge (19:44)

Whatcha Playing? (20:34)

- Hades

- Control (22:35)

- Saints Row: The Third Remastered (24:54)

- ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove (26:04)

- Kill It With Fire (26:59)

- Shin Megami Tensei V (28:28)

- Zuma's Revenge (31:18)

- Tales of Arise (32:38)

- Haven (33:32)

- Forza Horizon 5 (35:24)

- GTA: San Andreas Definitive (38:29)

Gaming News (49:46)

- Fight Night In Development? (50:15)

- Twitch on Switch (53:25)

- 1 vs 100 Returns? (54:44)

- Tiny Tina's Standalone DLC (56:47)

- Skyrim 10th Anniversary Not On GP (57:43)

Listener Questions: Jed's Gamer 5 (1:01:49)

Whatcha Feelin'?: The Harder They Fall (1:19:34)

Whatcha Feelin'?: The Final Girl Support Group (1:21:32)

Whatcha Feelin'?: SE Books (1:24:31)

We got shiny Pokemon, weird vampire movies, and fun rumors to talk about this week! Plus tons of games we've played and great news for Game Pass users and Playstation fans alike! Check us out and share us around with your friends who love podcasts, videogames, nerd stuff, and good vibes!

Games Discussed:  Rain On Your Parade, New Super Lucky's Tale, Ryse: Son of Rome, Gunstar Heroes, M.U.S.H.A., Sin and Punishment, Star Fox 64, The Pathless, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Tales of Arise, Back 4 Blood, The Forgotten City, Kingdom Hearts 3, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Marvel's Avengers

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Time Stamps:

Beeg Deals At The Store (1:58)

Morbius Trailer (3:09)

Shiny Legendaries (6:43)

Whatcha Playing? (8:05)

- Rain On Your Parade (8:26)

- New Super Lucky's Tale (8:50)

- Ryse: Son of Rome (9:10)

- Gunstar Heroes/M.U.S.H.A. (10:05)

- Sin and Punishment (11:23)

- Star Fox 64 (12:36)

- The Pathless (13:54)

- Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (14:36)

- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (16:58)

- Tales of Arise (18:15)

- Back 4 Blood (20:50)

- The Forgotten City (21:39)

Gaming News (26:01)

- Elden Ring Gameplay Trailer

- WB Making Crossover Game? (32:41)

- Netflix Gaming Update (33:58)

- NSO N64 Controller Update (35:03)

- Predownloading Games Is Great! (35:56)

- Ultimate Co-op On Game Pass (36:56)

- CMOS Battery Update for PS5 (37:44)

- Spider-Man Finally Comes to Marvel's Avengers (40:02)

Listener Question (43:34)

Whatcha Feelin'?: Spacewalk by Daichi Miura (51:26)

Whatcha Feelin'?: Brock's Dubs (52:54)