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Every year, Tori sits down with her gamer husband to find out what stood out among the many games he played. Join us for a little midweek bonus in the feed with 2025's JGOTYs (Jesse's Games of the Year).
THINGS MENTIONED
Jacob Geller's YouTube video essay "Fear of Cold"
Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online.
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Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs, people we should have on the show and other stuff at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
I see gaming in your future...
THINGS MENTIONED:
00:00 Reviewing over our 2025 predictions
12:00 2026 predictions and what we want to play
34:20 What Tori's Playing
48:20 What Noah's playing
01:00:09 What Nathaniel's playing
01:18:30 Wrapping up
Tori's on bluesky: toridp98
Nathaniel's online
Noah's online
Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online.
Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel!
Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs, people we should have on the show and other stuff at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
We got more OTYs in here than you could ever possibly imagine.
THINGS MENTIONED:
00:00 Opening and Gift giving
14:34 Nathaniel's long-awaited tierlist
24:36 Tierlists from Discord
37:56 Giveaway!!
39:02 Time for the OTYs starting with... GOTY
45:57 GOTOY
57:12 MOTY
01:06:15 MOTOY
01:16:47 AOTY/AOTOY
01:31:01 BOTY
01:34:20 POTY
01:47:31 PSOTY
01:52:37 PSTOTY
01:55:24 FOTY
02:05:08 Closing
Tori's on bluesky: toridp98
Nathaniel's online
Noah's online
Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online.
Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel!
Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs, people we should have on the show and other stuff at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
HEY don't forget to join our holiday Wordatro giveaway! Info at the top of the show!!
RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 SPOILERS: 17:50 - 26:30
THINGS MENTIONED:
00:00 Intro and holiday giveaway reminder
05:25 What Noah's playing
17:30 What Nathaniel's playing
33:33 What Tori's playing
47:00 Wrap-up
Tori's on bluesky: toridp98
Nathaniel's on Discord: nathanbased
Noah's on Discord: noahhurts
Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online.
Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel!
Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us your tierlists, what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
Yeah OK we'll talk about the Game Awards but ONLY because they showed off a silly Star Wars game.
THINGS MENTIONED:
0:00 Press START Nation, welcome to the podcast
0:17 The Game Awards talk
14:20 Star Wars: Galactic Racer™ - Official Reveal Trailer live watch
39:25 What we’ve been playing
1:07:46 THE BASKETBALL TALK IS RIGHT HERE
1:15:44 Press START GOTY 2025 Giveaway Explanation!
1:18:25 Wrapping up
1:19:32 Closing thoughts
The episode title is a bit gun to my head I don't think I could answer a single question about the Streamer Awards.
59:02 - 01:09:50 CW: dementia, Alzheimer's, domestic abuse
LISTEN TO THE END FOR IMPORTANT INFO ABOUT OUR HOLIDAY GOTY GIVEAWAY!!
THINGS MENTIONED:
00:00 haiii xD
05:46 Midtroid Prime 4??
Further reading: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is a technical marvel and game design nightmare - NPR
Metroid Prime 4 Won’t Let Its Stunning World Speak For Itself - Inverse (Hi Robin !!)
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Review - Game Informer
23:19 Looks like Netflix is buying Warner Bros
Further reading: Film industry reacts to news that Netflix is set to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery - NPR
Mortal Kombat, Hogwarts Legacy, And Batman: Arkham Are Going To A Company That Closed Its Only AAA Game Studio - Kotaku
35:14 What we've been playing
PlZZAGATE: a deep dish - Chill Goblin on YT
59:02 CW warning: dementia, Alzheimer's, domestic abuse
01:09:50 CW over with
01:15:00 GOTY check-in and GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT!!
01:22:00 Listener mail
01:24:00 Wrapping up
Tori's on bluesky: toridp98
Nathaniel's on Discord: nathanbased
Noah's on Discord: noahhurts
Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online.
Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel!
Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us your tierlists, what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
Guys, just wait, JRPG 3.0 is coming so soon. Just you wait!!
THINGS MENTIONED:
00:00 Intro, old people haircuts and skinny jeans
9:20 Persona Director Says ‘JRPG 3.0’ Is Coming To Re-Shape The Genre ‘At A Fundamental Level’ – Kotaku
19:00 "AI will be involved in nearly all future production," says Epic Games boss, so having Steam games disclose whether they were built with AI makes "no sense" - eurogamer
25:15 Steam Is For Products, Not Art – aftermath
Further reading: CD Projekt's PC Game Storefront GOG Gets Behind Horses After Valve Steam Ban: 'Players Should Be Able to Choose the Experiences That Speak to Them' - IGN
31:00 What we're playing
87:00 Outro, Wordatro and goodbyes
Tori's on bluesky: toridp98
Nathaniel's on Discord: nathanbased
Noah's online
Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online.
Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel!
Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us thoughts about RPGs, what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
Come for the Game Awards hate, stay for the car hate. Come to think of it, good bit of hater energy in this one...
THINGS MENTIONED
00:54 Steam Machine
11:52 Half-Life fans are in a frenzy over the prospect of a Half-Life 3 announcement that there's (almost) no good reason to believe is happening - PC Gamer
16:36 It's Zelda movie time
Further reading: leaked tweets & a Miyamoto tweet
24:52 EA will skip next year’s F1 game and release update DLC instead - The Verge
28:51 Unity and Epic Games Together Advance the Open, Interoperable Future for Video Gaming - Epic Games press release
33:06 Game Awards nominees announced (and our hot takes)
Further reading: Mystery Megabonk developer withdraws from The Game Awards following incorrect nomination - Eurogamer
44:24 The annoying guy in Metroid Prime 4
Further reading: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’s chatty NPCs aren’t as surprising as you think - Polygon
& Arlo fussing about it
51:04 What we've been playing
Tori's on bluesky: toridp98
Nathaniel's on Discord: nathanbased
Noah's online
Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online.
Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel!
Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us thoughts about Guillermo del Toro, what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
This week we go deep (into a whole in a mountain) on Toby Fox's 2015 RPG Undertale. It's a good game, folks!!
Someone ought to teach you how things work around here!
TIME STAMPS:
00:39 Welcome to Press START Plays: Undertale
01:26 What we were doing when the game came out
19:31 Final spoiler warning
Tori's on bluesky: toridp98
Nathaniel's in our Discord: nathanbased
Noah's in our Discord: noahhurts
Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online.
Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel!
Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions, what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
Forget Tomato Town, we're dropping in Springfield, baby.
THINGS MENTIONED:
00:00 Readying up
05:00 Where we dropping? Our Fortnite thoughts
36:00 MrBeast Is Opening A Theme Park In Saudi Arabia This Month - Kotaku
42:30 Amid its latest layoffs Square Enix says they’re moving the bulk of its QA work to generative AI - Kotaku
48:30 Clair Obscur snubbed in Grammy video game soundtrack nominations - VGC
60:00 What we're playing (Undertale, A Song of Ice and Fire, Dungeon Crawler Carl, the Criterion Collection)
01:25:30 Heading back to lobby
The Futurama Hit and Run mod
Chug Jug With You by Leviathan
Tori's on bluesky: toridp98
Nathaniel's on Steam: nathanbased
Noah's in our Discord: noahhurts
Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online.
Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel!
Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions about Undertale, what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.
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