December 27, 2023

The 2023 Game of the Year Spectacular

6 hours 22 minutes

Brendon, Stephen and AJ are once again in THE SAME ROOM to talk about VIDEO GAMES. And of course, to have some lunch.

!!!SONG CREDITS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHOW NOTES (BELOW CHAPTERS, ABOVE PATRONS) SCROLL AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

Discussed: At least Ten (10) Video games!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:49) - Hello and how this is going to work

(08:41) - GotOY Time!!!!

(09:06) - Stephen's GotOYs

(25:40) - AJ's GotOYs

(34:47) - Brendon's GotOYs

(49:37) - TWG Discord GotOYs

(52:13) - ANNOUNCEMENTS!!!!!!!!!

(01:00:46) - IT'S GOTY TIME BABY

(01:01:03) - Acknowledging the state of the industry and talking about 2023

(01:04:17) - It's time for the GotYs, dude

(01:05:43) - Stephen's #10

(01:10:28) - AJ's #10

(01:18:38) - Brendon's #10

(01:24:37) - Sadie's game of the year!

(01:27:14) - Stephen's #9

(01:31:50) - AJ's #9

(01:36:03) - Brendon's #9

(01:41:19) - Alanna's game of the year!

(01:43:07) - NOT Stephen's #7

(01:48:54) - AJ's #8

(01:58:04) - Brendon's #8

(02:07:02) - Matt's game of the year!

(02:08:00) - Stephen's #7 for real

(02:13:45) - AJ's #7

(02:20:23) - Brendon's #7

(02:29:20) - Christian's MODES of the year!

(02:31:48) - Stephen's #6

(02:38:47) - AJ's #6

(02:44:03) - Brendon's #6

(02:46:49) - C YA!

(02:47:17) - Will's game of the year!

(02:48:28) - Lunch of the year

(02:49:22) - Yeah, I'm on the seafood diet. I SEE FOOD and I EAT IT xDDDDDD

(02:49:42) - Stephen's #5

(02:54:19) - AJ's #5

(02:58:33) - Brendon's #5

(03:05:05) - Adam;s game of the year!

(03:07:33) - Adam's game of all time!

(03:07:59) - Stephen's #4

(03:15:00) - AJ's #4

(03:19:57) - Brendon's #4

(03:26:42) - Chase's game of the year!

(03:30:01) - Stephen's #3

(03:35:50) - AJ's #3

(03:40:24) - Brendon's #3

(03:48:02) - Kim's game of the year!

(03:50:19) - Stephen's #2

(03:50:28) - Stephen AND Brendon's #2

(04:02:43) - AJ's #2

(04:10:31) - Scout's game of the year!

(04:12:10) - Stephen's NUMBER ONE GAME

(04:22:04) - AJ's NUMBER ONE VIDEO GAME

(04:33:11) - Brendon's NUMBER ONE MINESWEEPER GAME

(04:42:23) - Recapping The Lists

(04:43:57) - Reading Brendon and Stephen's predictions for each other

(04:47:03) - Christopher Plante's game of the year (I guess)

(04:49:25) - Results of the TWG Discord GotY Poll!

(04:53:40) - Back to US (Honorable Mentions)

(05:10:00) - Figuring out the Aether Top 5

(05:44:27) - Testing the list

(05:47:03) - The Into the Aether Top 5 Video Games of 2023

(05:47:45) - Someone's game of the year!!!!!

(05:48:37) - The ITA GOTY Post-Show

(06:19:29) - One final BIG REVEAL

(06:19:57) - Wrapping up

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SPOILERS BELOW

Links

Thoughts of Sea of Stars, its ending, and the priorities of indie devs
Jacob Geller’s “The Best 10 Games of 2023”

Song credits

A Bit of Fun by Thomas Brunet
Title Theme by Studio Thumpy Puppy
Hinoeuma Night by Yasunori Nishiki
Inazawa Chainsaw by NUMBER GIRL
Nee Dhaane ft. Shreya Sukumar by Alpha Something
Main Menu (Orchestral) by Dale North
Suspicion by Hidenori Iwasaki
Trials of the Mist by Eric W. Brown
Far East Princess by Yeakun Yoo
Petal Isles by Koji Kondo, Shiho Fujii, Sayako Doi, Chisaki Shimazu
Dive to the Depths by Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, Tsukasa Usui
Shooting Range - The Drive Remake version by Kota Suzuki
Jusant by Guillaume Ferran
Raasa feat. Divya Vivek and Harish Kumar by Alpha Something
Herald of Darkness by Poets of the Fall (Old Gods of Asgard)
Catch Me! by Thomas Brunet
Mechanic Hub by Chi Leung
Not a Little Girl by Yoshiya Terayama
Mother Plant by Jakob Schmid
Gather Your Allies! by Borislav Slavov
Agnea's Theme by Yasunori Nishiki
Main Theme by Borislav Slavov
Now Entering: Ward 13 by Rob Westwood
Main Theme by Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, Tsukasa Usui
Heatwave by Shuichi Kobori
Bard Dance by Barislov Slavov
This Road by Poe
Save Theme by Kota Suzuki
I Want to Live by Borislav Slavov

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