We dive into the boardgames world this week with our guest from the Youtube channel Minimum Player Count, Steph!  Shelby gives his full review of the hit game Hades and Casey questions if Elon Musk will start the ape uprising.  Battle lines are drawn as the group picks their faction in the debate of pancakes vs waffles.

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Two games leave the backlog challenge, as Shelby gives his final review of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla and Casey hits  Luigi Mansion 3 with the hard truth.  The fellas also talk about the Gamestop Day Traders vs Wall Street Hedge Fund managers. More importantly, we cover the most important issue… what is the best chip?

The fellas record episode 43… again! *sigh* Shelby laments his lost save data of a game he has worked on for weeks, but hey it gave him more time to play Hades instead.  Casey plays all the games and makes a strong argument for early game of the year with Monster Hunter Rise.  We then discuss the importance of the new Pokemon Snap and Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game. To wrap it up, we give our monthly TV recommendations during Whatcha Watching?

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Joining us on today’s episode is twitch streamers Dad’s 1st Time.  Topics range from wrestling, anime and of course videogames.  Dad and Casey talk about their experience in the digital courtrooms for Space Court and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy.  Also we talk about when kids should be allowed to stream and what classic’s from our childhood should come back.

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Today on Hades talk, Sean and Shelby provide a clear case why this was game of the year for so many major game publishers in 2020.  Shelby makes a personal pick for his backlog wanting to finish Assassin's Creed: Vahalla. Casey makes his personal pick as well, hunting ghost in Luigi’s Mansion 3. Then Shelby is tricked into a new segment called the Dungeon Dive where we begin his journey into the world of Dungeon & Dragons.

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We are ringing in the New Year with a new backlog challenge.  Thanks to a meeting of the minds with our High Council of Gamers, Shelby and Casey have locked into another video game challenge for 2021.  Enjoy!

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Our count down show ends with our number game that we played on our backlogs in 2020.  Casey stays on brand with an all time classic JRPG, where as Shelby was immersed in a grand story and world building on a open world classic.

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Games We Loved in 2020 continues with our second favorite game of the year. There is a theme of daddy issues among Shelby’s game and Casey talks about a game that is a family affair.

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Day three of the Games We Loved in 2020 is here!  Shelby admits that he is a Naughty Dog fan boy and Casey flexes his gamer skills while talking about a masterpiece made by Heart Machine.

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