Words About Games

Amy & Moody talk about some games they're looking forward to for 2024 (and beyond), "woke soundtracks", emulation and more. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:12:53 - What future games are we looking forward to? 0:59:47 - Indie Game of the Week - Howl (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2172180/Howl/) 1:06:30 - Ex-Stadia head Phil Harrison departs Google following service's demis...

Amy & Moody talk about whether anyone will turn up to E3 (which wasn't cancelled when they recorded it), Amy reviews Octopath Traveler 2, and more. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:20:34 - Is Anyone Turning Up To E3 This Year? 0:46:56 - Octopath Traveler 2 Review 1:11:26 - Indie Game of the Week - Mr. Sun's Hatbox (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1214670/Mr_Suns_Hatbox/) 1:17:32 - Res...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:17:21 - The Last of Us season 1 discussion (Spoilers) 1:11:22 - Indie Game of the Week - El Paso, Elsewhere (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1546310/El_Paso_Elsewhere/) 1:14:08 - Amy has a problem 1:15:33 - Last of Us season 2 and beyond speculation (Spoilers for Last of Us Part 2) 1:54:54 - Cool games coming out next week 1:58:49 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head Want to...

Amy & Moody chat about what the deal is with mid-generation console upgrades, Moody gets his heart broken by The Pokemon Company, we both go on a massive tangent while trying to talk about game prices, and more. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:19:27 - Do we need mid-generation console upgrades? 0:43:21 - Amy's been playing Dino Crisis? 0:48:14 - Indie Game of the Week - Amanda The Adventure...

This week Amy & Moody chat about the history of the term "JRPG", the woes that have beset Square Enix & Ubisoft, and more. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:18:24 - Final Fantasy 16 producer Yoshida sparks debate over use of JRPG term 0:52:19 - Indie Game of the Week - Cognition Method (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1636620/Cognition_Method/) 0:58:06 - Microsoft confirms this year's Xbox...

This week Amy and Moody talk about their Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League thoughts, try to figure out what Pokemon Sleep actually is, wonder what it will take for VR to go truly mainstream, and more. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:17:50 - State of Play Impressions 0:35:21 - Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League Gameplay Reveal Impressions 0:51:05 - What Even Is Pokemon Sleep? 0:56:43 - Elden...

Amy and Moody chat about the ever increasing ridculousness surrounding Microsoft's attempted purchase of Activision Blizzard, Amy reviews the excellent A Space For The Unbound, and more. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:20:02 - The Activision Blizzard merger is getting ridiculous 0:50:50 - A Space For The Unbound Review 1:03:48 - Indie Game of the Week - In Stars And Time (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677...

This week, Amy & Moody chat about open world game design, Game Pass cannibalising sales, fun video game movie trailers (and spoof trailers) and more. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:17:18 - Forspoken Impressions 0:23:58 - Talking about open world design that does and doesn't work for us 0:49:31 - Indie Game of the Week - Coven (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1785940/COVEN/) 0:54:32 - ??? 0:...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:18:45 - Hogwarts Legacy 0:54:29 - Cooling off 0:55:51 - Indie Game of the Week - Shadows of Doubt (https://store.steampowered.com/app/986130/Shadows_of_Doubt/) 0:59:03 - Oops 1:00:37 - Nintendo Switch is officially the third-best-selling console of all time 1:05:38 - Nintendo Direct round-up  1:26:34 - Microsoft’s Activision acquisition in peril after UK regulat...

Amy and Moody sit down to review Dead Space, whatever is going on with E3, how we think Bioware could handle Mass Effect 3's endings in Mass Effect 5, and more. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:08:47 - Moody has thoughts about The Last of Us episode 3 0:18:38 - Dead Space Review 0:55:08 - Indie Game of the Week - Shardpunk: Verminfall (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1183800/Shardpunk_Verminfall/...

This week, Amy and Moody are joined by the awesome Scott Sedman to talk about accessibility in video games. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:14:07 - Let's chat about accessibility 0:38:52 - The Last of Us and the "video game adaptation curse" 0:42:20 - Hi-Fi Rush Impressions 0:49:01 - Forspoken('s dialogue) Impressions 0:57:00 - The Yu-Gi-Oh tangent 1:06:51 - Indie Game of the Week - The Star Named...

Amy, & Moody are joined by special guests Elfdaughter, Feywald, Russell and Vitz to draft their teams for this year's Fantasy Critic showdown. Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Support our work on Ko-Fi - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames Follow Amy Kate on Twitter @jerobolod or over on Instagram @reallyjerobolod

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...

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 U...

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 ea...

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 - Tripl...

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 no...

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 Confi...

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.steamp...

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 Fan...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro & Chatting 0:20:20 - Is Amy an adult now (part 2)? 0:25:33 - The Effect of Supporting J.K. Rowling (and Hogwarts Legacy) 1:03:53 - Indie Game of the Week - Loretta (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1592540/Loretta/) 1:07:19 - Hellena Taylor Is Asking Fans To Boycott Bayonetta 3 1:20:09 - Fired Nintendo QA contractor to receive $26k settlement 1:26:02 - In Liz We...

0:00:00 - Intro & Just Chatting 0:21:51 - Amy got surprisingly emotional over the end of Overwatch 0:24:18 - Activision Blizzard withheld raises from union campaigners, NLRB finds 0:35:58 - Tattoo artist lays a legal RKO on Take-Two over Randy Orton's ink in WWE 2K games 0:43:51 - Roblox Accused Of Enabling Sexual Exploitation Of Child In New Lawsuit 0:58:59 - Indie Game of the Week - Battle C...

0:00:00 - Intro & Just Chatting (Part 1) 0:02:39 - Moody watched Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 0:06:37 - Intro & Just Chatting (Part 2) 0:22:50 - Star Trek interlude (sorry not sorry) 0:29:20 - E3 is returning in June 2023 with a twist 0:45:50 - Google Stadia is shutting down in January 0:57:39 - Indie Game of the Week - Solace State: Emotional Cyberpunk Stories (https://store.steampowered.com/ap...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro & Just Chatting 0:20:47 - Nintendo Direct Highlights 0:46:47 - State of Play Highlights 0:56:43 - Tokyo Game Show Highlights 1:05:30 - Game Devs of Color Direct Highlights 1:11:40 - Phil Spencer says Xbox will continue M&A activity to remain competitive 1:24:28 - HowLongToBeat has been integrated into the Xbox app on PC 1:32:29 - Steelrising’s assist options sh...