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For our second episode of 2022, we have our first guest of the year. Lovingly called The Maestro, Lee Navarro is one of the 3 main folks behind The Phoenix Overdrive Extra Life Team who, for more than a decade now, has dedicated almost all of their off time to the one weekend in November where most of the gaming world comes together to raise money to help sick kids via the Children's Miracle Network of Hospitals. While they are just one team among many, they've continued to gain more donations every year since forming. In 2021, they raised over $25K which is no mean feat when you consider they do all the grassroots work locally in New York. But all that work has not stopped him from playing games and stopping by to tell a story or 2. Give him a follow @nisiar83 on Twitter or check out the wonderful Phoenix Overdrive Extra Life Team at https://www.phoenixoverdrive.com/ and find out how you can help this crew help those of us who might need it more than others through the Children's Miracle Network.

Also, we talk about video games a bit and Matt was up for 27 hours. 

As always, we hope you enjoy the show. Love you!

We hope you have a wonderful week!

Intro Music: “All Time High” by Colin Fraser

Outro Music: “Brightest Hour” by Young President

After a brief break following our Game of the Year discussion, everyone is back in 2022. We start the year by finishing up the old backlog challenge before trying out a new way to tackle that endless list.

Michaela played Atelier Ryza and enjoyed what she has played so far. It is not recommended for JRPG newbies though.

Moose explored the Oldest House in Control and even went ahead and nabbed that platinum trophy.

Matt finally experienced Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart and loved every minute of this Pixar-esque video game.

Jason time-traveled back to ancient Egypt and completed Assassin's Creed Origins with thoughts of possibly playing Odyssey and Valhalla.

With some time to spare, we briefly go over what we have played during the hiatus.

As always, enjoy the show and we will see you next week.

Intro Music: “All Time High” by Colin Fraser

Outro Music: “Brightest Hour” by Young President

Game of the Year Discussion Part 5. The top 3 for all 4 hosts. Enjoy and see you in 2022.

Part 4 of 5. The top 10 lists! #10-#4.

Part 3 of 5. Categories Part 3.

Part 2 of 5. Categories Part 2

Part 1 of 5. Categories Part 1.

This week is just Michaela and Jason. Before jumping into games played, they share what Black Friday gaming purchases were made.   

If you have not played Inscryption, this is your spoiler warning.  

There were a few news items to discuss like the possible PS Plus leak (confirmed now), a Chrono Cross rumor, some news about Horizon: Forbidden West, and more.  Enjoy the show and join us next week for our Game of the Year discussions.

This week, the group played some old games, some new games, and had some interesting thoughts about games. Jason had a ‘Trigger Witch moment’ with Inscryption and has some mixed feelings towards Guardians of the Galaxy. Matt is Helldiving, F.I.S.T.-ing (PHRASING) and Halo (ing?). In a strange twist, Michaela is surprisingly not feeling Shin Megami Tensei V. Moose is back to Breakpoint as he dove into the new content.   

We also discuss some news including Hitman 3's 2022 roadmap, GTA's rough week (or two or three), and a few game delays.  

As always, enjoy the show and we will see you next week.  

Intro Music: “All Time High” by Colin Fraser  

Outro Music: “Brightest Hour” by Young President

Michaela took a week off so it's just Matt, Moose, and Jason. Surprisingly, there were little puns probably because it would not annoy anyone. We got a couple of platinum trophies to discuss and some news to go over.  

As always, we hope you enjoy the show.  

Intro Music: “All Time High” by Colin Fraser  

Outro Music: “Brightest Hour” by Young President