Words About Games

Amy and Vitz have both finished Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and they've both fallen head over heels in love with it. Moody wants to talk about Giant Bomb going independant. We also deployed a brand new segment for the podcast.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:11:47 - Cool things we like

0:22:39 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Review

0:52:26 - Moody is worried the game has been overhyped

1:07:03 - Indie Game of the Week - over the hill (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2929250/over_the_hill/)

1:12:35 - Giant Bomb Is Back & Independant

1:39:49 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/

We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025

Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow!

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This week Moody finally returns to the podcast! Both he and Amy want to talk about the Xbox price rises and what they (and everything else) signal about the games industry going for, and Vitz talks about the Grand Theft Auto VI trailer.

Apologies for the audio quality in parts - Discord decided to suck when we recorded.

(Also I forgot to turn most of my lights on. I like to think that as I disappear further into darkness it's an apt metaphor for the games industry - Amy)

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:11:06 - Amy blows everyone's minds by revealing that all PS3s play PS1 discs

0:19:50 - Lamenting the decline of good collector's editions

0:26:05 - The game industry as we know it is collapsing

1:24:07 - Indie Game of the Week - Agni: Village of Calamity (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3151360/Agni_Village_of_Calamity/)

1:28:28 - GTA 6 had another trailer

1:46:05 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/

We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025

Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow!

Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate

Follow along with Amy's backlog progress (including her raw thoughts on the game's she plays) throughout 2025 here: https://tinyurl.com/amysbacklog

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This week Amy made her own list of the most influential games of the 2000s for her and Vitz to talk through, and Vitz went to the recent PlayStation Concert in London and had some thoughts.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:13:46 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 First Impressions

0:24:53 - 25 of the most influential games of the 2000s

1:15:51 - Indie Game of the Week - Welcome To Brightville (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3541250/Welcome_to_Brightville/)

1:20:33 - Vitz's experience at the PlayStation Concert

1:51:44 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/

We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025

Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow!

Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate

Follow along with Amy's backlog progress (including her raw thoughts on the game's she plays) throughout 2025 here: https://tinyurl.com/amysbacklog

Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames

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This week Vitz unpacks their feelings on the Last of Us season 2 and Amy runs through Game Informer's most influential games of the 1990s from 1999. Apologies for the missing intro.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:02:31 - Vitz's Last of Us season 2 thoughts

0:31:58 - Indie Game of the Week - Neo Junk City (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2378230/Neo_Junk_City/)

0:37:56 - Game Informer’s “15 titles of the 1990s that forever changed video games”

1:33:38 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/

We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025

Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow!

Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate

Follow along with Amy's backlog progress (including her raw thoughts on the game's she plays) throughout 2025 here: https://tinyurl.com/amysbacklog

Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames

Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate

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Amy and Vitz have both been playing Blue Prince and Amy has become obsessed. Vitz also watched the Mario Kart Direct and Amy goes through Game Informer's best games of 2002.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:15:15 - Blue Prince Review (mild spoilers ahead)

1:01:25 - Indie Game of the Week - Crescent County (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2202650/Crescent_County/)

1:06:38 - Mario Kart World Direct thoughts

1:28:15 - We review Game Informer Magazine's 2002 Game of the Year top 10

1:53:32 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/

We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025

Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow!

Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate

Follow along with Amy's backlog progress (including her raw thoughts on the game's she plays) throughout 2025 here: https://tinyurl.com/amysbacklog

Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames

Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate

Follow Moody on Bluesky @dafyddmoody

Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:22:19 - Vitz sold their Switch, Amy has a Resident Evil problem

0:35:50 - Atomfall Review

1:03:39 - Indie Game of the Week - Janet DeMornay Is A Slumlord (and a witch) (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2168480/Janet_DeMornay_Is_A_Slumlord_and_a_witch/)

1:08:58 - GT Sophy 2.1 Review

1:19:40 - BAFTA’s Most Influential Games of All Time Poll Concludes

1:59:57 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/

We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025

Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow!

Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate

Follow along with Amy's backlog progress (including her raw thoughts on the game's she plays) throughout 2025 here: https://tinyurl.com/amysbacklog

Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames

Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate

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This week Amy and Vitz discuss just one topic: the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct and its aftermath. We go into our thoughts on the Direct itself, the Switch 2 specs, all of the games, and the revelations about Nintendo's pricing.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:17:15 - Nintendo Switch 2 reveal (part one)

0:58:50 - Halftime

1:01:25 - Nintendo Switch 2 reveal (part two)

1:36:33 - The aftermath

2:00:38 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/

We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025

Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow!

Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate

Follow along with Amy's backlog progress (including her raw thoughts on the game's she plays) throughout 2025 here: https://tinyurl.com/amysbacklog

Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames

Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate

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This week Amy talks about the new game discoverability game Ludocene, we discuss our favourite moments from the latest Nintendo Direct (Everybody's Golf let's go chat), and Moody wants to talk F1 25.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:21:24 - Ludocene could change the game for discoverability

0:59:35 - Indie Game of the Week - Paper Animal Adventure (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1982120/Paper_Animal_Adventure/)

1:07:30 - The (Final?) Nintendo Switch Direct reactions

1:46:59 - There's a new F1 game this year, the deluxe edition hurts Amy's head

2:04:56 - OpenCwitic Head-To-Head

Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/

We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025

Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow!

Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate

Follow along with Amy's backlog progress (including her raw thoughts on the game's she plays) throughout 2025 here: https://tinyurl.com/amysbacklog

Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames

Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate

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This week Vitz wants to talk about Baldur's Gate 4, Amy talks about her lukewarm impressions of 15 hours of Avowed, and Moody wants to talk about Ubisoft (for some reason). We're all also very tired.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:22:54 - Hasbro Is "Very Interested" In Baldur's Gate 4

0:46:57 - Indie Game of the Week - .45 Parabellum Bloodhound (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3014650/45_PARABELLUM_BLOODHOUND__Cyberpunk_Active_Time_Action)

0:54:10 - Amy's Avowed Impressions

1:26:25 - Ubisoft is looking for new investors

2:00:25 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/

We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025

Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow!

Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate

Follow along with Amy's backlog progress (including her raw thoughts on the game's she plays) throughout 2025 here: https://tinyurl.com/amysbacklog

Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames

Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate

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Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel

This week the crew talk about the rumoured Xbox handheld. Is it real? Is it coming this year? Who is it for? They also talk about the ever expanding influence of generative AI throughout gaming.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:18:45 - Xbox Handheld? Next gen console speculation?

0:53:25 - Indie Game of the Week - Eyes Never Wake (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2526200/Eyes_Never_Wake/)

0:57:13 - Sony Is Doing Something Stupid Again

1:18:06 - Xbox desperately scrambles to make AI relevant to its business

1:54:19 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head

Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/

Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow!

Follow along with Amy's backlog progress (including her raw thoughts on the game's she plays) throughout 2025 here: https://tinyurl.com/amysbacklog

Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames

Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate

Follow Moody on Bluesky @dafyddmoody

Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel