Words About Games

Amy & Moody are joined by Joe Medforce to talk the horrific allegations from an ex-Zenimax Online trans employee and Joe's upcoming independent feature film Blood Disco (which you can support at the links below).

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:24:24 - Elder Scrolls Online Studio Allegedly Held Healthcare “Hostage” To Get Rid Of Trans Employee

0:53:58 - Scarlet Deer Inn - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1553260/Scarlet_Deer_Inn/

0:58:00 - Dave The Diver Review

1:11:37 - Major Nelson is leaving Microsoft after two decades

1:18:36 - Microsoft is replacing Xbox Live Gold with Game Pass Core

1:29:56 - Microsoft-Activision deal deadline extended

1:35:37 - PlayStation Access controller launches this December

1:43:35 - Bungie is abandoning the Destiny subreddit due to abuse

1:47:07 - What's happening next week?

1:55:28 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

2:05:19 - Dance To Your Death

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It was a slow news week, so Amy & Moody discuss the amazing Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, before talking about a grab bag of gaming new stories.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:09:50 - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is pretty amazing

0:30:45 - This week's episode is weird

0:31:38 - The Last of Us nominated for 24 Emmys

0:40:12 - Capcom is “discussing” remakes of unnumbered Resident Evil titles (like Code Veronica)

0:46:19 - Square Enix is considering remastering more of its back catalogue

0:56:02 - 87% of classic games are unavailable

1:05:54 - Indie Game of the Week - Frogue (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1936990/FROGUE/)

1:08:54 - Dutch government to ban loot boxes

1:14:05 - Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard moves closer to completion

1:28:52 - Sega of America workers successfully vote to form a union

1:31:25 - Sega says pay-to-earn blockchain games are boring, announces one anyway

1:34:55 - EA reveals new studio Cliffhanger Games, working on a Black Panther title

1:40:05 - A petition for South Korean ratings board to change a game rating led to an investigation that uncovered massive corruption

1:43:20 - ID@Xbox’s Chris Charla believes there’s less need to separate AAA games and indie games

1:52:53 - Peter Molyneux teases his next game, which has an idea that’s “never been seen in a game”

1:54:18 - Apple reportedly scaling down Vision Pro headset production

1:56:39 - What's happening next week? (with streaming & video essay updates)

2:11:28 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

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Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:21:10 - Final Fantasy XVI

0:42:35 - Aliens: Dark Descent

0:55:08 - AEW: Fight Forever

1:05:16 - Indie Game of the Week - Abandonware: The Horror Collection (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1813470/Abandonware__The_Horror_Collection/)

1:10:06 - Skullgirls is getting review bombed because the devs removed Nazi stuff & underage sexualization

1:15:41 - NoClip is attempting to preserve a massive chunk of gaming history

1:23:25 - Microsoft reckons a PS5 Slim is releasing later this year

1:29:04 - Perfect Dark development tells a depressingly familiar story

1:55:10 - Annapurna Interactive Showcase 2023

2:01:03 - What's happening next week?

2:07:57 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

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Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:14:25 - Our Favourite Games of 2023 So Far

0:45:17 - Our Most Anticipated Games For The Rest of 2023

1:11:33 - Guerilla Games has included a tribute to Lance Reddick in Horizon: Forbidden West update

1:14:03 - Pokemon earbuds!

1:16:33 - Activision Blizzard Acquisition Lawsuit Revelations

1:43:47 - E3 2024 and 2025 may have been cancelled?

1:48:32 - Among Us is getting an animated show

1:51:33 - Sonic Superstars is too fast to have online multiplayer

1:53:58 - What's happening next week?

1:55:41 - OpenCritic head-to-head

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This week Amy and Moody talks about development cycles, live service games, the woman (singular) who was apparently due to appear at Summer Game Fest, and more.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:18:22 - Xbox Game Studios chief says people need to realise games now take 4-6 years to make

0:30:52 - PlayStation's live service ambitions

0:45:34 - Amy’s 13 Favourite Steam Next Fest Demos (In 20 Words Or Less)

1:07:53 - Goodbye Volcano High is the Tribeca Games Spotlight 2023 winner

1:10:52 - Nintendo Direct thoughts

1:23:28 - Geoff Keighley says woman was due to appear on Summer Game Fest stage

1:35:20 - Hundreds Of PlayStation Fans Sign Petition To Make Starfield PS5 Exclusive

1:39:25 - Respawn worked on Titanfall 3 "in earnest" for 10 months before shifting focus to Apex Legends

1:45:02 - Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Series X and Xbox Game Pass

1:50:57 - What's happening next week?

1:56:26 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

2:02:50 - Fantasy Critic Check-In

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Amy and Moody watched like 200 video game trailers and they have lots of thoughts and more than a few favourites.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:09:35 - What did we think of Summer Game Fest?

0:22:21 - What did we think of the Xbox Showcase?

0:36:11 - What did we think of the Starfield Direct?

0:42:25 - What did we think of the other showcases (Day of the Devs, Wholesome Direct, etc)

1:05:30 - What the hell was the PC Gaming Show this year?

1:10:39 - The games we are most excited about from the Summer showcases

1:58:02 - What's happening next week?

2:05:10 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

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Amy and Moody talk about their expectations, hopes and dreams for the Summer of Gaming (E3).

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:18:16 - Summer of Gaming rundown

0:23:36 - What are we most excited for?

0:29:48 - Expectations

0:47:33 - Hopes

1:01:03 - Dreams

1:22:02 - Wildcard

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Amy and Moody talk about the shitheel running Activision Blizzard, Moody reviews Like A Dragon Ishin, they both review Planet of Lana & Star Trek: Resurgence, and more!

Also Discord crashed at one point but I think I covered it quite well.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:17:41 - Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick blames scandals on "a very aggressive labor movement"

0:30:51 - Activision Blizzard substantiated more than two dozen misconduct incidents by employees last year

0:44:45 - Redfall suffered unclear direction during development, new report suggests

1:03:07 - ‘Last of Us’ Multiplayer Video Game Faces Setbacks at Sony

1:12:04 - Indie Game of the Week - Bits And Bops (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1929290/Bits__Bops/)

1:15:35 - Planet of Lana Review

1:30:23 - Like A Dragon Ishin Review

1:40:44 - Star Trek: Resurgence Review

2:00:59 - What's Happening Next Week

2:04:16 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

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Amy & Moody talk about this week's PlayStation Showcase, how Amy got mad at some discourse she saw on social media, the status of the KOTOR Remake, and more.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:18:07 - PlayStation Showcase Reactions

1:10:43 - Indie Game of the Week - Videoverse (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2079180/VIDEOVERSE/)

1:13:44 - moody takes control

1:14:54 - Fanboys :/

1:28:18 - Embracer CEO Has "No Further Comments" On KOTOR Remake

1:32:22 - $2 billion partnership deal falls through for Embracer Group

1:36:13 - Dead Island 2 exceeds internal expectations after topping 2 million sales

1:38:58 - I seduced Joe Biden easily in Steam's newest dating sim, then he said I was too old for him

1:42:04 - Japanese authorities make their first arrest over video game spoilers

1:45:29 - What's happening next week?

1:48:47 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

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Amy has played a lot of Tears of the Kingdom (as have a lot of people) and she wants to tell Moody about it this week. Also discussed - Overwatch 2's PvE changes, more about the Activision Blizzard acquisition, and more.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:18:16 - Amy's Tears of the Kingdom initial thoughts

0:33:06 - Tears of the Kingdom has sold 10m copies in 3 days

0:44:39 - Lack of accessibility options in TOTK is disappointing

0:51:22 - Indie Game of the Week - Cabernet (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2401410/Cabernet/)

0:56:13 - moody can't drink successfully

0:57:43 - Overwatch 2 Fans Are Furious Over Dramatic PvE Changes

1:05:10 - Chancellor says UK regulator must "understand wider responsibilities" after Microsoft Activision deal block

1:16:27 - Microsoft CEO Refuses To Rule Out Pulling Activision Games From The UK

1:21:31 - Riot's $100 million gender discrimination settlement granted final approval

1:26:52 - Sony obliged to refund players' money for FIFA FUT packs, after Austrian loot box ruling goes unchallenged

1:35:06 - What's happening next week?

1:48:29 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

1:55:30 - Fantasy Critic Check-In

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