So many excellent game series deserve a second chance and that’s what our debate is all about this episode! Join us as game developer and community member Kevin (aka TongueSurgery) joins the crew to talk about the series we want to see brought back from the depths. Then after some excellent game pitches, we determine the future of video games as we play a heated game of “Kill The Future”! Only one game will remain. Which hot IP will make it through unscathed? You’ll have to tune in the find out and we’re pretty sure you’ll be surprised with the outcome! Cheers and enjoy the episode.

 Kevin's game page: https://tonguesurgery.itch.io/

Welcome to this musical episode of The Great Game Debate Podcast! Joining us this week we have Ryan from the Spelunkers Podcast and Travis from The Draftpunks Podcast. We have an up beat and bumping music game debate over The Artful Escape and Sayonara Wild Hearts. Then we move to the pitch where we pitch three games and the crew has to decide if they will buy in or not. Last but not least we end the show with our game due to the absence of the the game master himself Wes Bates,  Kaedhen takes up the title GM for 20 Questions. Will the crew guess the correct game or will they bust. 

One last big thank you to all the folks of the GGD community for donating to Doctors Without Boarders!

Kaedhen's Dungeon Master link: https://startplaying.games/gm/kaedhen

The Spelunkers: https://twitter.com/theSpelunkers?s=20&t=OIybgL4NuLWbVip2SyLIiw

The Draftpunks: https://twitter.com/RealDraftPunks?s=20&t=OIybgL4NuLWbVip2SyLIiw

It's time to steal some hearts and explore the Metaverse in today's podcast, as friend of the show, Jesse Vitelli, returns to debate Persona 5 Royal confidants! Take your time as we battle it out to determine which character is the best to prioritize investing YOUR time with - Detective Prince, Goro Akechi or Teacher/Maid, Sadayo Kawakami. Outside of the debate, the crew also reminisces about old video game magazines, gives some dynamite video game pitches and strain their brains in a fresh game of Video Game 20 Questions! Board the cat van cause this show is going places! Cheers and enjoy the episode!

We have a bit of an oddball episode for you this week. Originally we were going to fill the back half of the podcast with hype from the last couple of weeks of showcases and highlight some of the most exciting announcements that got us jumping out of our seats with anticipation but unfortunately due to technical issues, we lost the majority of that discussion. Thankfully we were able to salvage a great horror game themed debate with our guest Justin from Justin's Gaming Corner and we had our good friend Sal Viesca along for the ride as well. We have a few other laughs to share along the way too so sit back and enjoy half a podcast! Cheers and thanks for sticking with us on this off the cuff episode!

Today we celebrate the little guys who make the hero look. Matt Storm of the Fun and Games Podcast joins the crew to debate Mario Sidekicks! It's Luigi vs. Cappy in this battle of humble helpers and it's one of our best debates ever! Afterwards the panel runs through some fantastic pitches plus tests their mettle of gaming series sales with a great game to wrap it all up! It's a jolly time for all in this episode of the GGD Podcast!

Fire up the grill and crack open a cold one because we’ve got a dadtastic debate of epic proportions as Kevin Fontana of the NXScast brings his fabulous beard to join the panel for a video game dads debate (Joel Miller vs Kratos). Who’s the best (or worst) dad? You’ll have to listen in to find out! Afterwards the boys sling a few pitches on Touhou Luna Nights, Radiata Stories and Bibi & Tina on The Horse Farm (yes, you read that right) and you’ll laugh yourself blue in the face with our very first round of Video Game Mad Libs. If you don’t have a great time, we’ll turn this car around mister! Don’t test us!

Please welcome back Isla Hinck from Easy Allies, and our amazing friend Hunter Pearson filling in for Wes. In this episode we rewind time with an epic time loop debate. Consisting of Isla vs. Kaedhen in a time splitting, head to head battle of wits. Afterwards we move on to the pitch where we have changed things up a bit, the person pitching their game won't announce what the games title until the buying phase is over. Lastly we move into the game and this one is a madhouse. Due to the resident game master Wes Bates taking time off, Steven takes over for some game series trivia. So sit back and enjoy the show.

Get ready for a bone-crunching, spine-ripping, bloodbath with our Mortal Kombat Fatalities debate! This week, Marcus Stewart of Game Informer attempts to perform a Fatal Attack on Wes in a three Vs. three fatality showdown. Will he succeed, or will Wes Kounter with his own Krushing Blow? Only one can come out with a Flawless Victory in this deadly debate. Afterwards, the crew mops up the mess with pitches for the robot blasting, cooperative shooter, Generation Zero, and heavy, sci-fi adventure title NORCO before wrapping it all up with some back of the box trivia. Let the debate begin!

Debaters, start your engines, because we are off to the races in this episode of the show as Haley MacLean joins the crew to debate Mario Kart tracks and share her experience working in video game law. Then the panel chats the merits of Gearbox’s latest endeavor in “The Pitch” with Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands along with what makes Spooky multiplayer thriller Dead By Daylight so engrossing. And what would a great episode of the GGD Pod be without some video game 20 questions? Buckle up cause you’re in for a great podcast with this episode of the show!

Kaedhen makes his triumphant return to the show on this episode of the GGD Podcast and what better way to celebrate his return than to wax poetic about why Elden Ring is so amazingly… bad? That’s right, we have our first 3-way debate as Steven, Kaedhen and Wes square off to talk about the things that aren’t so great about Elden Ring and let’s just say things get surprisingly sultry. After that we chat Nintendo’s latest, Kirby and The Forgotten Land, indie Castlevania homage Infernax and a little game nobody has ever heard of called Fortnite in The Pitch. Lastly, how well do you know your From Software NPC’s? Test your might with the Dark Souls of trivia games in our From Soft NPC game as we wrap it all up. You’re guaranteed to have a good time hanging with the crew in this episode of the Great Game Debate Podcast!