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Amy and Patrick sit down to discuss the gaming news of the past week.

On this week's episode Amy gushes about Among Us & tries to convince Moody it deserves a shot at GOTY 2020.

Time Stamps

0:00:00 - Intro0:03:51 - Among Us0:21:54 - Remothered: Broken Porcelain0:36:31 - Re:Turn - One Way Trip0:44:32 - Ring of Pain (Review code provided)0:58:02 - Carrion1:02:40 - Outro

Amy & Moody discuss the news of the past week, the new game announcements, the games coming out next week and more!

Time Stamps

0:00:00 - Start 0:10:10 - Our first look at the PlayStation 5 user interface - and it could be a game-changer 0:35:57 - Amazon confirms it will shut down its flagship shooter Crucible, months after release 0:44:44 - Unions representing Blizzard workers have called for a strike 0:58:41 - YouTube: Among Us videos reached 4bn views in September 1:12:19 - The Golden Axed designers don't have fond memories of making Sega's prototype 1:19:04 - As Star Citizen turns eight years old, the single-player campaign still sounds a long way off 1:31:20 - New game announcements 1:39:20 - Content Drop (links below) 1:45:10 - Games Out Next Week 1:50:00 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head (Amnesia: Rebirth) 1:54:15 - Post-Show Discussion (Avengers is losing players fast)

Content Drop Links

Successful indie devs on coping with failure, imposter syndrome - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-10-13-successful-indie-devs-on-coping-with-failure-imposter-syndrome

FIFA 21 | Critical ConsensusFIFA 21 | Critical Consensus - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-10-14-fifa-21-critical-consensus

Excellent Xbox Series X Coverage - https://www.youtube.com/user/Charalanahzard

Exclusive Look at Spider-Cat in Spider-Man: Miles Morales - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RzcpdYAQGc&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=GameInformer

Sprayed with Blood Every Time I Get Hit in Dark Souls 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE99BZkRnYk&ab_channel=BigSecretBuilds%3A

On the latest episode of the Weekly Review, Amy chats about her time with Torchlight III.

Games discussed:

0:00:00 - Start 0:03:26 - Torchlight III0:27:04 - Hades 0:37:13 - Ikenfell 0:46:38 - Star Wars: Squadrons 0:51:04 - Command & Conquer Remastered 0:57:22 - Bird Alone

Amy & Moody discuss the news of the past week, the new game announcements, the games coming out next week and more!

Time Stamps

0:00:00 - Start 0:06:22 - Twitch staff call the company out on sexual assault, racism, more 0:29:06 - Ubisoft survey reveals that 25 percent of employees have seen or experienced workplace misconduct 0:38:04 - Picking up on a few points after last week’s discussion about Cyberpunk crunch 0:50:26 - Sony expects PS5 to sell more units in its first fiscal year than PS4 did 0:58:24 - After 26 years, PS5 will make ‘X’ its default select button in Japan 1:05:34 - Aaron Greenberg: "Does the price of a game even matter, if it's in Game Pass?" 1:14:48 - New game announcments 1:28:40 - Content Drop (links below) 1:31:32 - Games Out Next Week 1:44:10 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head 1:50:15 - Post-Show Discussion (Talkin' 'bout movies and TV shows)

Content Drop Links

Twitch staff call the company out on sexual assault, racism, more - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-10-08-twitch-staff-call-the-company-out-on-sexual-assault-racism-more

The 'CD' Stands For 'Crunching Developers' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCNJni1kp2E

The Cyberpunk 2077 crunch backlash - https://www.polygon.com/2020/10/7/21505804/cyberpunk-2077-cd-projekt-red-crunch-youtube-jason-schreier-labor-the-witcher-3

Blacktober Is A Hashtag Full Of Black Artistic Excellence - https://kotaku.com/blacktober-is-a-hashtag-full-of-black-artistic-excellen-1845293117

Watch A Man Tear Down A PlayStation 5 - https://kotaku.com/watch-a-man-teardown-a-playstation-5-1845298260

Hades makes endless struggle entertaining - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-10-06-hades-why-i-love

More video game industry coverage at wordsaboutgames.net

On the latest episode of the Words About Games Weekly review Amy and Moody sit down to talk about their thoughts on Star Wars: Squadrons and Super Mario Bros. 35.

They also squeeze in some time to talk about Hades and Wasteland 3.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Start0:04:12 - Star Wars: Squadrons0:26:53 - Super Mario Bros. 350:46:52 - Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time0:49:03 - Hades0:57:35 - Wasteland 3

***Note: Wasteland 3 code provided for review purposes***