It’s December and that means another round of the Game Awards! The 10th edition brought us lots of cool new trailers and surprises. We also crown multiple winners this week, not only with our Game Awards Prediction Competition, but we also close out this year’s Fantasy Critic Leagues.

Podcast Fantasy Critic League: https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/d3d0abb7-e9a3-4fed-90cc-99dda2c79b62/2024 

Community Fantasy Critic League: https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/6026f7cf-9784-4f84-8b75-f841f58e71ec/2024 

What is Everyone Playing? (00:30:20)

• Long final review of Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

This Week’s Topic: The Game Awards 2024 Round-Up and Prediction Game Results (00:54:57)

Everything announced at The Game Awards 2024: https://www.ign.com/articles/the-game-awards-2024-everything-announced 

Outro and Wrap-up (01:13:30)

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It’s snack time, And a wholesome one at that! Jenny Windom from Wholesome Games joins us to talk about the latest Wholesome Snack: The Game Awards Edition. So if you’re looking for some cozy games to add to your Steam Wishlist, this is the episode for you! Both Cat and Joelle review games from the briefing, Pine: A Story of Loss and Naiad. Finally, we attempt to guess what game console was released in Japan, 20 years ago, on Dec 12, 2004.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:28:30)

• Pine: A Story of Loss (00:29:00)
• Naiad (00:33:57)

Walk Down Memory Card Lane (00:40:55)

This Week’s Topic: Interview with Jenny Windom of Wholesome Games (00:48:10)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:10:44)

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Do video games help reduce stress? Well, it depends. We look into that. We also learn that Joelle hasn’t played a pokemon game, and we try to convince her to start. Plus, Cat has a plan to play through all the Dragon Age games over the Holidays? Is she crazy? We think not! All this and more in this week’s GoGCast.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:29:40)

• Cat’s plan to play all Dragon Ages (00:31:06)
• Joelle never played Pokémon (00:47:06)

This Week’s Topic: Do Video Games Help Reduce Stress (00:57:40)

• Violent video games decrease stress hormones, study finds: https://www.psypost.org/violent-video-games-decrease-stress-hormones-study-finds/ 
• Commercial Off-The-Shelf Video Games for Reducing Stress and Anxiety: Systematic Review: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8406113/

Outro and Wrap-up (01:16:03)

Extra credits: The documentary on Darude’s Standstorm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYLQHc6J9N0 

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It’s that time! Game Award predictions time, that is. The 2024 Game Awards nominees are out and we place our bets on who we think will wake home the glory. Plus, Joelle reviews Lego Horizon Adventures and we guess what game released on November 21st, 1990.

Want to join in on the fun? Place your predictions on which game you think will win in each category here and we’ll tally the results for a future episode of the GoGCast!

What is Everyone Playing? (00:16:31)

• Lego Horizon Adventures Review (00:17:05)

Walk Down Memory Card Lane (00:28:26)

This Week’s Topic: 2024 The Game Award Predictions (00:30:10)

Outro and Wrap-up (00:58:00)

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Happy belated N7 days, nerds. On this week’s GoGCast, we learn more about the Pokémon vs Palword patent infringement lawsuit; folks using video games to launder money; and after the success of Fallout, Amazon has a Mass Effect tv series in the works. Cat also played some video game based board games: Slay The Spire and Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz. Plus, the crew guesses what game released on November 17th, 2009.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:32:00)

• Stardew Valley 1.6 update (00:44:00)

Walk Down Memory Card Lane (00:47:56)

This Week’s News (00:58:56)

• Mass Effect TV Series seems to be a go (00:58:56)
• NetEase employees arrested on charges of laundering $130m (01:01:56)
• Pocket Pair reveals which patent Palworld is infringing upon (01:06:17)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:14:32)

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In this week’s episode, Joelle and Cat are hot on Solas’s trail in Thedas as they share their first impressions of Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Plus, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Pokémon TCGP both release to instant success.  Also, the crew guesses what game was released on November 8th, 2019.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:25:09)

• Dragon Age: The Veilguard First Impressions (no spoilers)

Walk Down Memory Card Lane (00:46:19)

This Week’s News (00:51:58)

• Call of Duty Black Ops 6 brings in the Gamepass subs (00:51:58)
• Pokémon TCG Mobile is already a success (duh) (00:53:57)
  • Steve’s video: https://www.tiktok.com/@blindgamersteve/video/7432419853836848390 
• Stardew Valley Update 1.6 is live across all platforms (00:59:12)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:04:05)

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C’est l’Halloween! And that means we are getting spooky… well kind of. Prove us wrong as we talk through games that are not traditionally spooky but we want to justify that they just might be! Plus our walk down memory card lane brings us to November 1st, 2007.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:21:00)

• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Spoiler Talk (00:21:00)
• Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred DLC (00:27:37)
• My Time at Sandrock (00:30:42)

Walk Down Memory Card Lane (00:35:43)

This Week’s Topic: Halloween Adjacent Games (00:41:55)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:03:09)

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We’re feeling better now and we've been catching up on the past 2 weeks. All of us have played The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and we sing its praises. Leah reviews Potion Tycoon. There's been plenty of action in the Fantasy Critic. We share our favs from the xbox partner showcase. Plus, the crew guesses what game released on Oct 27, 2009.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:28:48)

• Potion Tycoon Review (00:51:50)

Walk Down Memory Card Lane (00:57:42)

This Week’s News (01:06:03)

• Xbox Partners Showcase

Outro and Wrap-up (01:15:20)

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On the show this week, we chat things unreleased, yet to be released and that will be released:

controller prototypes at the new nintendo museum, star citizen is making devs crunch, and the future of halo. Plus, Cat tries to guess what game released on Oct 14, 2008.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:26:08)

Walk Down Memory Card Lane (00:35:25)

This Week’s News (00:41:46)

• Nintendo Museum puts prototype controllers on exhibit (00:41:46)
• Star Citizen Crunch (00:47:10)
• The Future of Halo (00:59:40)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:06:38)

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We’re playing Zelda! Yes, we know Zelda is the girl. She’s finally the hero of her story! Leah and Joelle review The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. Plus, we round-up the latest State of Play and follow-up with the Nintendo vs Pocketpair lawsuit.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:30:38)

• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (00:35:55)

Walk Down Memory Card Lane (00:53:28)

This Week’s News (00:57:16)

• PlayStation State of Play (00:57:16)
• Follow-up on Nintendo suing Pocketpair (01:04:39)
• PlayStation 5 Pro did not sell out in US/UK (01:12:40)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:16:40)

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Let’s circle back to last week’s episode, shall we? We check out IGN’s deep dive into the Annapurna Interactive walk-out: the who, the what and the why. Get your pikachu surprised faces ready because Nintendo is suing Pocketpair, the studio behind Palworld. Finally, scalpers are not only trying to make a buck on console resales, they are selling attempts at purchasing a PlayStation 5 Pro during the pre-order window.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:34:45)

Walk Down Memory Card Lane (00:40:24)

This Week’s News (00:47:56)

• IGN deep dive in to the Annapurna Interactive walk-out (00:47:56)
• Nintendo sues Palworld studio (01:07:36)
• Scalpers Wants $10,000 to “attempt” to buy PS5 Pro (01:15:35)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:21:17)

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