Amy, & Moody are joined by special guests Elfdaughter, Feywald, Russell and Vitz to draft their teams for this year's Fantasy Critic showdown.

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We're joined this week by the wonderful Vitz Patel, who helps us countdown our favourite games of 2022 & speedrun through some of the games we're most excited for in the coming year.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro & Just Chatting

0:12:22 - Moody & Joe argue about the new Avatar while Amy hides in the corner

0:22:44 - Moody has some news

0:25:15 - A messy conversation about the games we like to play and why we like to play them

1:00:09 - Case of the Golden Idol

1:06:47 - The Entropy Centre

1:13:23 - What's on our Christmas gaming backlog?

1:21:11 - Indie Game of the Week - Imperial Grace (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1652580/Imperial_Grace/)

1:22:45 - The Google doc broke (it must have known this was the last podcast of 2022)

1:22:30 - The Pokémon Anime Bids Farewell To Ash With The Reveal Of A New Series

1:33:36 - The Next Tomb Raider Will Be Published By Amazon Games

1:40:20 - Xbox addresses lack of Game Awards presence, promises "incredibly exciting" 2023

1:49:18 - Henry Cavill is set to produce and star in an entire Warhammer 40K cinematic universe

2:04:24 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head (Final Results)

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Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro & Just Chatting

0:20:04 - General thoughts on the Game Awards

0:33:20 - Talking about the Game Awards awards

0:44:06 - Game Awards trailers and stuff

1:05:05 - Indie Game of the Week - Europa (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2214880/Europa/)

1:07:21 - Pokemon Scarlet & Violet

1:14:39 - A Little To The Left

1:17:47 - How To Say Goodbye

1:23:33 - The Last of Us (TV Show) official trailer thoughts

1:29:25 - Call of Duty is coming to Nintendo (apparently)

1:32:48 - Days Gone wasn't a hit because reviewers were too "woke", director claims

1:38:04 - Diablo IV developers allege mismanagement, crunch and disturbing creative decisions in new report

1:51:02 - FTC is suing Microsoft over Activision Blizzard deal

1:53:50 - Games Out This Week

1:55:29 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head (High On Life)

1:58:53 - Fantasy Critic update

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Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro & Just Chatting

0:10:05 - Amy's got beef with Geoff Keighley

0:16:48 - Amy read 111 pages of Microsoft's CMA review response for some reason

0:20:11 - Microsoft admits "many" PlayStation exclusives "better quality" than those on Xbox

0:32:57 - Nintendo has a highly successful console without Call of Duty

0:46:57 - Phil Spencer admits Microsoft shipped games "too early"

0:55:51 - Pentiment wouldn't have been possible without Game Pass, says Obsidian's Josh Sawyer

0:59:13 - Indie Game of the Week - Writer's Block (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1841380/Writers_Block/)

1:01:40 - Nintendo apologises for buggy Pokemon Scarlet & Violet release

1:11:51 - Fortnite World Cup Skins Let Players Express Pride When Real-Life Tournament Won't

1:23:28 - UK university reports loot boxes cause "financial and emotional harm" to children

1:34:12 - God Of War Ragnarok Is Now PlayStation's Fastest-Selling First Party Game

1:37:50 - Games Out This Week

1:40:57 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

1:47:19 - Fantasy Critic Update

1:50:26 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head again because we forgot to guess the score for Choo-Choo Charles

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Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro & Just Chatting

0:18:16 - How did Amy & Moody become friends?

0:31:55 - What a year

0:36:31 - Moody's first game is coming out this week

0:45:26 - Games that had a big impact on us (Part 1)

1:08:27 - Indie Game of the Week - Paleo Pines (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1202200/Paleo_Pines/)

1:11:03 - Games that had a big impact on us (Part 2)

1:48:21 - Triple-A Alien Game Inspired By Dead Space And Resident Evil Reportedly Launching 2023

1:57:14 - Games Out This Week

1:59:40 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

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Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro & Just Chatting

0:09:47 - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet is a bit buggy

0:16:28 - God of War: Ragnarok spoiler-free review

0:25:50 - God of War: Ragnarok spoiler discussion

1:08:46 - God of War: Ragnarok post-game discussion (more spoilers)

1:30:42 - Indie Game of the Week - Abiotic Factor (https://store.steampowered.com/app/427410/Abiotic_Factor/)

1:32:54 - Game Awards nominees thoughts

2:04:06 - Games Out This Week

2:05:21 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

2:10:03 - Fantasy Critic Check-In

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Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro & Just Chatting

0:17:55 - Upcoming video updates

0:25:33 - Final Fantasy 16 Producer Defends Lack Of Diversity

0:47:25 - Signalis

0:57:52 - Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip

1:06:06 - Indie Game of the Week - Moviehouse (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1576280/Moviehouse/)

1:09:45 - PSVR 2 to launch on February 22 for $550

1:17:22 - The Last Of Us TV Series Confirmed To Premiere In January

1:21:29 - EA has "at least" two more Marvel games in the works

1:25:41 - Ikea has demanded an indie dev change his ‘infinite furniture store’ horror game

1:32:04 - Ukie's RaiseTheGame launches Access November to "inspire the games industry to make games more accessible"

1:37:00 - Day of the Devs' 10th anniversary indie showcase

1:44:35 - Sam Barlow was offered "exposure" to put Her Story in a Tesla

1:48:59 - Games Out This Week

1:55:10 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head (Sonic Frontiers & Pokemon Scarlet/Violet)

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Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro & Just Chatting

0:25:28 - Microsoft misses Xbox Game Pass subscriber target for second year

0:37:40 - Yakuza Producer Credits Game Pass For Rise In Popularity In the West

0:41:00 - Microsoft Reveals Almost Half Of Series S Owners Are New To Xbox

0:46:17 - We Are OFK

1:01:25 - Vampire Survivors

1:09:18 - Indie Game of the Week - Shumi Come Home (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1740300/Shumi_Come_Home/)

1:11:38 - CD Projekt Red announces remake of first Witcher game

1:16:19 - Meta is Losing Billions on the Metaverse, And It's Not Getting Better

1:28:06 - Hellena Taylor Part 3

1:33:36 - BioWare says Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is now playable "to the very end"

1:37:28 - The Callisto Protocol developer cancels Japanese version

1:43:25 - Creative Assembly vows investigation after 'deeply concerning and serious' allegations of workplace abuse

1:50:04 - Games Out This Week

1:54:02 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head (God of War: Ragnarok)

2:00:40 - Fantasy Critic Check-In

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Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro & Just Chatting

0:16:21 - Konami revives Silent Hill with five new projects

0:36:08 - A Plague Tale: Requiem Review

0:55:07 - The Gran Turismo 7 Curveball

0:56:38 - Final Fantasy XIV has ensarned a new victim

1:07:09 - Indie Game of the Week - Exocide (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1678350/EXOCIDE/)

1:09:44 - Resident Evil 4 Remake thoughts

1:18:10 - Final Fantasy XVI story trailer thoughts

1:26:29 - Why no Gotham Knights review???

1:32:01 - Dev Claims Many In The Industry Are Trying To Get Series S Launch Requirements Dropped

1:42:07 - The Bayonetta voice actor dispute just got more complicated

1:52:58 - Apex Legends' next hero is trans "terraformer and defensive conjurer" Catalyst

1:56:07 - Games Out This Week

2:01:36 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head (Bayonetta 3)

2:07:13 - Fantasy Critic Update

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