Words About Games

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0:00:00 - Intro

0:20:30 - The existential horror of the YouTube algorithm

0:22:54 - Doctor Who

0:31:32 - A Highland Song

0:45:06 - American Arcadia

0:49:46 - Sea of Stars

0:59:05 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

1:02:25 - Indie Game of the Week - Wild Bastards (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1660840/Wild_Bastards/)

1:06:25 - GTA6 officially revealed

1:12:55 - Dragon Age: Dreadwolf exists!

1:17:07 - Sony is being sued for UK PlayStation store pricing

1:19:58 - Sony removes users purchased movies & TV series

1:23:19 - Bethesda responds to negative user reviews on Steam

1:31:07 - Nintendo Live event followed after staff threatened

1:33:35 - E3 is officially dead

1:47:03 - Bungie is at risk of full Sony takeover, morale in the studio has plummeted

2:00:02 - Spider-Man 2 vs Baldur's Gate social media discourse is ridiculous

2:09:45 - Fantasy critic check-in

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0:00:00 - Intro

0:06:46 - The Game Awards was a terrible "celebration of video games"

1:04:33 - The award winners

1:31:17 - The trailers

2:07:14 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head - The final results

2:14:08 - Fantasy Critic check-in

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0:00:00 - Intro

0:21:39 - Backlogs & Burnout

1:08:43 - Indie Game of the Week - Selfloss (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086620/Selfloss/)

1:10:48 - Chants of Sennaar & In Stars And Time

1:15:43 - Fight, Magic, Items

1:17:58 - TV shows

1:29:21 - A dev reckons Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is launching next year

1:32:05 - YouTuber recreates Legend of Zelda as a Studio Ghibli style film

1:34:08 - Gamers(TM) lose their minds over an LGBTQ+ flag in Suicide Squad gameplay footage

1:39:43 - Atlus are raising their average annual salary by fifteen percent

1:44:38 - Black Myth: Wukong devs accused of enabling a sexist culture at studio

1:52:29 - Gender discrimination lawsuit against Pokemon Go developer Niantic is going ahead

2:06:31 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

2:10:03 - Fantasy Critic Check-In (it all comes down to A Highland Song)

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0:00:00 - Intro

0:13:14 - Games Amy wants to play & the insidiousness of "missing" games

0:33:22 - Did the technical limitations of older games help creativity?

1:03:24 - Indie Game of the Week - Tiny Glade (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2198150/Tiny_Glade/)

1:07:18 - Slay The Princess

1:19:21 - Thirsty Suitors

1:32:45 - Baldur's Gate 3

1:44:24 - Getting ready for Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth

1:54:20 - Coccoon

2:01:08 - The final run to our Game of the Year discussion

2:06:49 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

2:10:14 - Fantasy Critic Check-In (the Amy vs Vitz titanic clash)

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0:00:00 - Intro

0:19:04 - The Game Awards nominations have been announced

1:02:45 - Genocide is bad, actually

1:06:31 - Indie Game of the Week - Excuse Me Sir (https://airdorf.itch.io/excuse-me-sir)

1:09:00 - What if we were in charge of the Game Awards

2:02:55 - WAP lore

2:03:52 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

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Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:29:41 - Predicting Game of the Year

0:59:24 - Indie Game of the Week - Grifford Academy (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2445780/Grifford_Academy/)

1:04:23 - Silent Hill: Ascension

1:20:18 - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pack (Final Wave)

1:28:38 - New Mass Effect 5 teaser revealed for N7 Day

1:42:20 - PlayStation has delayed half of its live service games

1:51:41 - Warner Bros. is focusing on turning its biggest franchises into live service games

1:55:43 - Xbox employees to lose free Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit

1:58:54 - Nintendo is helping retirees in Japan tear it up in Mario Kart

2:02:30 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

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Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:22:04 - Alan Wake 2 excitement

0:24:10 - Spider-Man 2

0:36:00 - Trophy hunting & backlogs

0:42:03 - "Best looking" games

0:56:16 - Indie "Game" of the Week - Cry Club Studios (https://cryclubstudios.crd.co)

1:00:28 - Talking about YouTube ads

1:04:15 - Xbox Partner Showcase

1:13:30 - Capcom is selling lots of games

1:16:50 - Starfield is driving Game Pass subs

1:24:36 - Buy the Games for Gaza Bundle on itch.io (https://itch.io/b/2120/games-for-gaza)

1:27:16 - Spider-Man 2 is the fastest selling PS Studio game ever

1:29:43 - Fallout TV show premieres next April

1:32:19 - Final Fantasy Rebirth reckons OG FF7 is difficult to get into

1:38:17 - Nintendo accounts will ease transition to Switch successor

1:43:41 - What's happening next week?

1:50:30 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

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Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:21:22 - Moody has discovered 24/7 chill gaming streams

0:25:57 - Microsoft has finally bought Activision Blizzard

0:44:31 - Persona 5 Royal

0:54:31 - Assassin's Creed Mirage

1:08:32 - Indie Game of the Week - Born of Bread (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1555140/Born_of_Bread/)

1:12:39 - moody's time to shine???

1:13:15 - Pete Hines is retiring from Bethesda

1:18:21 - Super Mario Bros. (1993) Is Getting A New Worldwide Release In 4K

1:20:21 - Cities: Skylines 2 performance has "not achieved the benchmark we targeted", Paradox admits ahead of launch

1:32:23 - Report: 53% of devs say toxic behavior has worsened in past year

1:41:37 - EGX Comes Under Fire For Sexism, Security Concerns

1:54:03 - Streamer's Shiba Inu to become first dog speedrunner at AGDQ 2024

1:57:00 - What's happening next week?

2:07:32 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

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Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:17:57 - There are too many games, and we're playing none of them

0:36:15 - James Corden hosted an Activision Blizzard town hall

0:40:39 - Disney reportedly looking to acquire major publisher like EA

0:54:19 - Indie Game of the Week - The Drifter (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1170570/The_Drifter/)

1:02:12 - Unity CEO John Riccitiello 'retiring' from company weeks after pricing controversy

1:12:14 - Redfall's Steam Player Count Is Dropping Into Single Figures

1:30:17 - Telltale Games lays off staff in response to "current market conditions"

1:39:17 - Ubisoft says it's "on the right path" following sexual harassment allegations

1:45:28 - CD Projekt Red, Avalanche Studios developers unionise

1:53:17 - What's happening next week?

1:59:51 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

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Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:10:27 - Amy's been playing Final Fantasy X

0:19:13 - Is 2023 The Horniest Year of Gaming So Far?

0:43:43 - Forza Motorsport Impressions

0:54:58 - Under The Waves Impressions

0:59:00 - Cocoon Review

1:05:47 - Indie Game of the Week - Core Decay (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1260940/Core_Decay/)

1:08:30 - zoidberg

1:11:47 -Bramble: The Mountain King wins Best Independent Game at NYX Game Awards 2023

1:14:19 - Vitz watched the Gran Turismo movie

1:21:58 - Stop trying to “fix” women’s faces in video games you fucking melts

1:29:00 - Hatoful Boyfriend creator alleges Epic never paid her royalties

1:33:33 - Significant job losses likely at Worms publisher Team17

1:47:38 - Report: Naughty Dog lays off "dozens" of contract developers

1:58:05 - Ex-BioWare employees sue studio over "shortchanged" severance

2:03:12 - Keywords Studios' unionised Dragon Age QA team laid off

2:10:42 - What's happening next week?

2:13:06 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

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