Hey everyone! We hope you're enjoying your holidays. The List took this week off but we did record ourselves playing a trivia game where Daniel gets put on the spot to answer a few video game questions. Let us know if you did better than Daniel by emailing [email protected] and have a fantastic week!

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The List went to the Game Awards! Well, ok, we didn't go. But we watched! This week we're bringing you all the coolest announcements from the game awards and then talking about the awards winners and a few of the rivals that didn't quite get there this year. It's a whole lot of fun! If you want to join the conversation email us at [email protected].

Watch The Game Awards or check out the winners at https://thegameawards.com/

Or review the announcements at https://kotaku.com/all-the-big-announcements-at-the-2019-game-awards-1840403731

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The episode ran a little long this week. Our topic is one that we really enjoyed talking about. Before we get to that we discuss Sony's recent State of Play, a new Bioshock title and the law suite against Riot Games. Then its all about why we play video games. What is fun? What are games doing to create fun for us?

You can check out State of Play at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=HgzV3MFs2ok&feature=emb_logo

Find out everything we know about the new Bioshock from https://kotaku.com/sources-the-new-bioshock-has-been-in-the-works-for-yea-1840314561

And learn about the Riot settlement by visiting https://apnews.com/693f93a972e54f7d8f7007973b7f4548

And read about Aesthetics here! https://users.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/MDA.pdf

Let us know what you thought by writing to [email protected] or become a podcast hero by supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/enginewithin

And also, Thank you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed the music in this episode. josephmcdade.com/music www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

The List is back! That means Daniel and Duncan are back too and bringing you news about the nominations for The Game Awards. Then it's all about Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter this week. Have you played it? Let us know at [email protected] !

You can vote on The Game Awards by visiting https://thegameawards.com/nominees

Find out more about The Devil's Daughter and other games from Frogwares here http://frogwares.com/games/#Sherlock_Holmes_The_Devils_Daughter

Or, become a podcast hero by supporting us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/enginewithin

And also, Thank you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed the music in this episode. josephmcdade.com/music www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

Your hosts both played Blackwood Crossing this week and they'll tell you all about it after the news. Google Stadia is out now for founders and Valve has a new announcement. Also, lots of news about upcoming games from XO19!

Join us for a real emotional experience and, afterwords, email us what you thought of Blackwood Crossing at [email protected] or become a podcast listening hero at www.patreon.com/enginewithin

Find out more about Blackwood Crossing from http://www.blackwoodcrossing.com/

And also, Thanks you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed the music in this episode. josephmcdade.com/music www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

It's finally time for the much anticipated Thimbleweed Park Episode! The guys spend a little time talking about news. China is closing a fist ever tighter around video games there and the Sonic movie has released a new trailer. Then, after a few words from Bowser Oil, the guys go deep into Thimbleweed Park. Come on a point and click adventure with us!

If we make it out again, let us know what you thought about Thimbleweed Park by emailing us at [email protected] or become a podcast listening hero at www.patreon.com/enginewithin

You can watch the Sonic trailer here https://youtu.be/szby7ZHLnkA

And find out more about Thimbleweed Park, including how to get your own copy, at https://thimbleweedpark.com/

And also, Thanks you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed the music in this episode. josephmcdade.com/music www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

Duncan has dragged Daniel back for another episode. This time its all about Blizzcon! The guys talk a little about other news and then jump into the big announcements of the week from Blizzard about Diablo IV and Overwatch 2. Let us know what you thought of Blizzcon by emailing us at [email protected]

Visit us at www.EngineWithin.com or become a podcast listening hero at www.patreon.com/enginewithin

And also, Thanks you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed the music in this episode. josephmcdade.com/music www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

This week it's prosthetics by Sarif Industries bringing you your weekly episode of The List! Your hosts round up the news and discuss the purchase of game developer Tuque, by Wizards of the Coast, a game music concert by The Houston Symphony Orchestra and they almost forget to talk about Blanche, from Pokémon Go! Then, after the break, the guys talk about how it sucks to get old and why young people are whooping our butts at video games.

Let us know if you're feeling your age by writing to us at [email protected]

If you want to read the Vice article yourself you can find it here https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pa7w9z/can-you-get-too-old-to-be-good-at-video-games

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Extra special thanks to Miracle Of Sound! We were kindly allowed to use some of his music for our episodes. Check out Miracle Of Sound at www.patreon.com/miracleofsound or www.youtube.com/user/miracleofsound

And also, Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed the music in our ad. josephmcdade.com/music www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

This episode is brought to you by Brahman VR by Abstergo Entertainment! The guys spend waaaay too long talking about NBA 2K20 and the video game industry, they mention Riot Games, and then they get to the good stuff. That's right! Ads! No, wait, apparently the good stuff is, in fact, Mass Effect Andromeda. Listen to find out how it scored and write to us at [email protected] to let us know what score you would give Mass Effect Andromeda.

If you do want to know more about the new Riot games check https://www.riotgames.com/en and you can find out about NBA 2K20, if you must, here https://nba.2k.com/en-US/

Find out more about Mass Effect Andromeda, including where to buy your own by visiting https://www.ea.com/games/mass-effect/mass-effect-andromeda

Visit us at www.EngineWithin.com or become a podcast listening hero at www.patreon.com/enginewithin

Extra special thanks to Miracle Of Sound this week! We were kindly allowed to use some of his music for this episode. Check out Miracle Of Sound at www.patreon.com/miracleofsound or www.youtube.com/user/miracleofsound

And also, Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed the music in our ad. https://josephmcdade.com/music https://www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

In this episode, the guys talk about rumored Ubisoft cartoons and Castlevania on Netflix, Esports in the Dallas, TX area, and address the update to the BlitzChung story. Then, what does it take to make a good adaptation to or from a game?

Find out everything I know about the Ubisoft cartoons here https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/10/20908070/watch-dogs-far-cry-blood-dragon-ubisoft-animated-series-adi-shankar-captain-laserhawk-rabbids

Learn more about Espots in Dallas from https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2019/10/13/friday-night-bytes-dallas-isd-starts-video-game-teams-on-64-campuses/

And, the link to Blizzard's statement on BlitzChung https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/blizzard/23185888/regarding-last-weekend-s-hearthstone-grandmasters-tournament

Contact us at [email protected] to pitch us your game adaptation ideas; and visit www.patreon.com/enginewithin to become a podcast listening hero.

Extra special thanks to Miracle Of Sound this week! We were kindly allowed to use some of his music for this episode. Check out Miracle Of Sound at www.patreon.com/miracleofsound or www.youtube.com/user/miracleofsound