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It is the end of the year and no better a time to reflect on what games we enjoyed the most!  Shelby and Casey will take you through the top games they played in 2020 in this five part series!  Each day this week we will drop short episodes breaking down our favorite games. In this episode the fellas give some honorable mentions and their number 5 game of the year, except for Casey who wimped out and gave two. If you’d prefer to hear the long form conversation, that episode will drop later this week!

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Welcome to the future as Cyber Punk 2077 is finally here. Dr. Zubat tells us about his experience with the game amidst all the controversy it has caused.  The fellas go over all the big announcements from the game awards. Then they play a game of Yay or Nay and debate over which franchise will reign supreme, Marvel or Star Wars?  Enjoy!

Chappy returns with his co host of the Joystick Club Taylor Jacobs. Taylor is the esports guy in the sports world and the sports guy in the esports world as he covers Esports for ESPN. We talk about the current state of esports and Taylor’s love for Animal Crossing. Casey’s love on One Piece is finally on his switch as he tells us how he taught his son to read maps on One Piece Warriors 4.  We all then reminisce about PAX, but more importantly we answer the hardest question of all: who is the greatest 90’s heartthrob of all time?

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After a nice holiday, Sean returns to the show to create a divide among everyone by uninstalling Assassins Creed: Valhalla. Casey tries to convince Shelby that the only raiding he should do is in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands.  The fellas talk about wanting to have a business trip to Nintendo Land in Japan during the news. Then answer the hardest question of all, which cereal reign supreme of all?

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The artist formerly known as DavionMtrx, Armor Andy joins the show! He joins Shelby in basking in the adventure Assassins Creed: Valhalla has to offer. Oh and Casey “beat” a video game called Hyperlight Drifter in less than a week.  We also realize that Gamestop maybe for hipsters. Then we take a moment to give our thanks! 

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Shelby rejoices as he has joined the next generation of console gaming.  Dr. Zubat returns to talk and compares his Assassins Creed: Valhalla experience to Shelby’s.  Casey talks a bit about the new Pokemon DLC: Crowned Tundra and finally wraps up Tales of Vesperia, so we get to choose his next game. Hopefully he can avoid taking anymore aggro from his wife. The fellas then cover some extra news and talk mobile games!

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On this episode we are joined by  guest artist, illustrator, and game designer Seakae.  We talk about his work on titles such as Infamous and  Ghost of Tsushima. More importantly, Seakae lets us know about the charity event he will be running next week on Extra Life. Then, we get into the complexities of Death Stranding and the wild ride Kojima likes to take players on. Spoole give us his first thoughts on Assassins Creed: Valhalla as well.  We also speculate where Sega will end up after they lose close to a billion dollars this year.  If you want to help Seakae raise some money, click the links below!

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Casey and Shelby talk videogames to distract themselves from the outside world a bit.  Casey talks about his replay of Mario Odyssey with his son, he also talks about how his last few days of World of Warcraft is treating him.  Shelby finally puts Middle-earth: Shadow of War to bed and we pick his next videogame endeavor.  Gamestop being out of touch hits the news line once again and the fellas then plan for a future segment with a prize on the line.

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This week Geoffrey Golden joins us on the cast. Geoffrey is the narrative designer of Sandship on iOS / Android and Game Master of the Adventure Snack e-mail RPG. We talk about writing games and adventure, we get a shocking history lesson about the SNES and the Internet and we decide when it’s a good time to call it quits on a game.  Enjoy!

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