It’s another Game|Life podcast, to close out 2015. Erstwhile WIRED contributor Matt Peckham, now a full-time editor at Time, joins in the discussion to discuss his experience interviewing Nintendo’s new president Tatsumi Kimishima, his play time with Nintendo’s new massive Wii U RPG Xenoblade Chronicles X, my trip to PlayStation Experience and more.

It’s time for another Game|Life podcast!

In this episode, Matt Peckham and I discuss this week’s monumentous announcement of Nintendo’s first game for smartphones, Miitomo, as well as our thoughts so far on Assassin’s Creed Syndicate.

Nintendo and DeNA stock plummeted after the much-anticipated announcement of its first phone game. Why? And what does that mean for Nintendo? We get right to the point. Well, we get there eventually.

WIRED podcasting superstar Laura Hudson joins Chris and Matt this week for a no-holds-barred, sometimes confused, hopefully entertaining discussion of A Beginner’s Guide, the new game from Davey Wreden, creator of The Stanley Parable. Spoilers abound, so don’t listen until you’ve played it! It’s only about an hour and a half, but you might spend a lot more time thinking about it afterwards. Fair warning!