Words About Games

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0:00 - Intro 5:49 - Six Days in Fallujah publisher ‘not trying to make a political commentary’ on Iraq War 22:58 - Everything announced in this week's Nintendo Direct 47:45 - Reggie Fils-Aimé on E3: "If the ESA doesn't figure out how to do this, someone else will" 56:43 - Report: Google told Stadia developers progress was great, began layoffs five days later1:03:29 - Microsoft launches gaming accessibility testing platform for developers 1:07:45 - Source claims 'Resident Evil Outrage' is the third instalment in the Revelations series 1:13:33 - Valve bans developer who sneakily named his company Very Positive on Steam 1:19:14 - Josef Fares promises $1,000 to anyone who gets bored of It Takes Two1:26:46 - Games Out Next Week 1:30:11 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head: Bravely Default II

Amy sits down to chat about the latest Super Mario game from Nintendo & discusses her time with recently released out of Early Access Curious Expedition II.

0:00​ - Intro6:58​ - Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury 29:56​ - Curious Expedition 2 (code provided)

In this week’s episode we discuss the ESA’s plan for E3 2021, Warner Bros patenting a game mechanic, Riot Games’ CEO being sued for sexual harassment and more.

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0:00 - Intro8:19 - E3 2021 may be digital as ESA says it’s ‘transforming’ the gaming showcase21:46 - Warner Bros finally secures patent for Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis system29:21 - Riot Games CEO sued for sexual harassment37:08 - Ubisoft Moving Away From Reliance on AAA Releases47:39 - One of the most controversial video games of the 2000s is being released55:04 - Cyberpunk 2077 publisher CD Projekt targeted in ‘cyber attack’1:01:44 - Kowloon Nights announces litany of indie studio partnerships1:05:24 - ‘The Last of Us’ HBO Series Casts Pedro Pascal as Joel, ‘Game of Thrones’ Breakout Bella Ramsey as Ellie1:10:36 - Terraria canceled on Stadia after developer gets locked out of his Google accounts1:14:48 - Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart launches June 11 on PS51:19:49 - Silent Hill Interview Pulled From YouTube After Composer Seemingly Teases New Entry 1:24:09 - Games Out Next Week1:27:16 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head - Fallen Legion: Revenants1:33:08 - Xbox games never update when they're supposed to

Amy & Moody sit down to talk about the games they played over the last week.

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4:14 - The Medium 21:20 - Destruction AllStars 51:00 - Nuts

Amy & Moody sit down to discuss Google Stadia shutting down their internal game development studios, Ori director Thomas Mahler's comments about studios overhyping their games, PlayStation 5's launch sales numbers and more!

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0:00 - Intro10:11 - Google Stadia is closing its internal studios and Jade Raymond is leaving20:33 - Ori director criticises developers for overhyping games with "lies and deception" 39:47 - PlayStation 5 sold 4.5m units in less than two months45:02 - MLB The Show is coming to both PlayStation and Xbox consoles on April 20th50:49 - Riot pushes for out-of-court settlement in gender discrimination suit, again56:12 - Amazon is reportedly spending nearly $500 million a year on its video game division1:02:10 - Mass Effect returns: BioWare talks trilogy tweaks and franchise revival 1:09:00 - EA investors updates 1:13:47 - Borderlands developer Gearbox acquired by Embracer Group in $1.3B deal 1:20:38 - Zelda live-action show cancelled in 2015, two GameStonk movies coming, RE8's Tall Vampire Lady is tall1:26:04 - Games Out Next Week1:29:05 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head: Little Nightmares II

Amy & Moody chat about cyberpunk stealth game Disjunction and sci-fi platformer Cyber Shadow.

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07:57​ - Disjunction 34:20​ - Cyber Shadow

Amy & Moody attempt to understand how the stock market works, and how Reddit has gone to war with Wall Street, as well as discussing other gaming related stuff.

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0:00 - Intro8:13 - GameStop’s stock market explosion, explained24:00 - The fallout from GameStop’s wild Wednesday has been ugly35:42 - Scavengers Studio suspends creative director after harassment allegations49:12 - Activision Blizzard says interviewing diverse candidates for every opening "unworkable"59:13 - Hitman 3 is already profitable, recoups total project costs in less than a week 1:04:01 - Xbox Series X|S launches help push Microsoft gaming revenue up 51%1:12:10  -Xbox u-turns on Gold subscription price hike after fan backlash1:12:38 - Returnal Delayed to April 20211:27:46 - Netflix is making a Tomb Raider anime1:30:05 - Games Out Next Week1:35:51 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head: Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood

Amy & Moody sit down this week to discuss Hitman 3.

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0:00 - Intro5:07 - Hitman 332:16 - Maiden (Resident Evil: Village Demo)46:40 - Ocean's Heart

Amy & Moody discuss the Resident Evil Showcase, a new report about Cyberpunk 2077’s development woes, the best-selling games of 2020, and more.

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0:00 - Intro9:17 - Resident Evil Showcase Impressions34:31 - New report details Cyberpunk 2077's development troubles, crunch and "almost entirely fake" E3 demo1:04:04 - Top selling games of 20201:20:35 - Dead by Daylight studio apologises following developer comments about colourblind mode1:28:07 - Sony removes PS5 game release dates from CES 2021 trailer1:30:03 - Celeste B-side composers haven't been paid royalties in almost two years1:34:19 - Uncharted movie delayed to February 20221:36:44 - Games Out Next Week & Picks of the Week1:43:04 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head (The Medium)

Amy & Moody still don't have any new games to review, so they spend this week's Weekly Review throwing out their predictions for gaming in 2021, which get steadily more unhinged and unlikely as time goes on.

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0:00 - Intro2:25 - 2020 Predictions Results24:02 - 2021 Predictions