Words About Games

Amy & Moody have a totally normal podcast & discuss EA's u-turn regarding their next Sims expansion releasing in Russia, Ubisoft continuing to ignore it's workers and common decency and more. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:18:23 - EA to launch Sims 4 Wedding Stories in Russia 0:28:30 - After 200 days, employee group A Better Ubisoft says none of its demands have been met 0:39:54 - BBC repo...

So we had some technical issues on this week's podcast & lost the first 40ish minutes - our intro + discussion of last week's Nintendo Direct :( Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:12 - Team17 staff allege poor working conditions after "monumentally stupid" NFT scandal 0:17:17 - Indie Game of the Week (A Highland Song) - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240060/A_Highland_Song/  0:23:30 -...

Sony is buying Bungie and Amy & Moody have called in the big guns to help them collect their thoughts - Joseph Moran of The Trophy Room: A PlayStation Podcast Time Stamps:   0:00:00 - Intro 0:11:49 - Sony buying Bungie for $3.6 billion 0:18:56 - Sony, with Bungie’s help, to launch ‘more than 10 live-service games’ by 2026   0:31:47 - Sony Plans To Spend $1.2 Billion On Bungie Staff R...

Time Stamps:   0:00:00 - Intro 0:16:35 - Ubisoft VP says players 'don't get' NFTs, but can't explain what there is to get   0:29:21 - Riot Games will pay $100M in gender discrimination settlement 0:39:57 - Raven unionisation plans continue without Activision Blizzard recognition 0:49:28 - Indie Game of the Week: Beacon Pines (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1269640/Beacon_Pines/) 0:54...

Amy & Moody are joined this week by a huge cast of fantastic guests to draft their picks for Fantasy Game Critic 2022

(Apologies for the lateness of this episode, enjoy having two release at once!) Amy & Moody are joined by the wonderful Sadie Flayeh to run down the games they're most excited for in 2022.

Amy & Moody are joined by special guest Joe Medforce to chat about Roblox, NFT's, PlayStation accessibility and more! Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 16:45 - Roblox criticized for lack of safeguards for kids, stock-market-like collectibles  37:28 - Ubisoft To Go Ahead With NFTs, Dismisses Concerns From Workers And Fans  1:00:38 - US NPD November 2021 Breakdown 1:23:13 - PlayStation launche...

Amy & Moody are joined by Averil this week to discuss all their thoughts about last week's Game Awards, new revelations about Destiny developer Bungie, a doggo filled intermission & more! ----- Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 16:24 - Game Awards show thoughts 35:23 - Game Awards winners reactions  51:20 - Our favourite trailers/reveals from The Game Awards  1:12:00 - Intermission 1:16:...

Amy & Moody are joined by Averil White from twitch.tv/elfdaughter to talk about PlayStation's reported Game Pass competitor, the Game Awards, naps and more! Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 13:26 - Report: Sony overhauling PlayStation Plus with new tiers and streaming  32:21 - Following backlash, Geoff Keighley confirms Activision ‘will not be part of’ The Game Awards  44:36 - -Game Awards...

Amy & Moody sit down to discuss the lawsuit being brought against PlayStation for gender discrimination, what Bobby Kotick considers "speedy", their most played Xbox games and a ton more. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 11:56 - PlayStation faces gender discrimination lawsuit 31:54 - Bobby Kotick reportedly considering resignation if workplace issues aren't fixed "with speed" 41:57 - Nintendo joins P...

Amy & Moody discuss the latest revalations surrounding Bobby Kotick and Activision Blizzard. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 15:32 - Activision’s Kotick knew of rape allegations, kept them quiet, new report says  38:47 - Blizzard’s first female co-leader only got equal pay after tendering her resignation 48:32 - Activision Blizzard staff and players are petitioning for Bobby Kotick’s resignatio...

Amy & Moody are joined by the amazing Joe Medforce to talk about the Game Awards & try to predict the six GOTY nominees. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:10 - Who Is Joe Medforce? 17:46 - The Game Awards 2021 Will Actually Focus On Games, Not Celebrities  37:06 - Let’s predict the Game Awards GOTY nominees 1:02:23 - PS5 Supply Issues Continue While PC Game Sales Spike in Japan / Steam Deck...

Amy & Moody discuss Sega and Microsoft teaming up for game making, a plethora of AAA companies jumping on the NFT bandwagon in an effort to earn cash by burning the environment down & more. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 13:31 - Sega and Microsoft have announced ‘a strategic alliance’ around  cloud 29:13 - Square Enix Wants To Get Into NFTs And Blockchain Games, Joining EA And Ubisoft 44:5...

Amy & Moody discuss Activision Blizzard's latest response to its toxic work culture, Ubisoft's lack of response to their's and more. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 12:19 - Bobby Kotick asks for minimum salary as Activision addresses toxic culture  23:56 - SOC Investment Group: Bobby Kotick paycut "falls short of lasting changes"  33:14 - Ubisoft workers demand swifter action from leadersh...

Amy & Moody chat about the lack of communication and general disinterest of Ubisoft and Activision Blizzard towards actually changing for the better, death threats towards an indie game developer and more. Amy also reviews indie metroidvania game Unsighted. Come hang out with us while we stream games: twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames   Follow Amy on Twitter @jerobolod Follow Dafydd on Twitter @D...

Amy & Moody sit down to discuss allegations of a toxic workplace culture at Paradox Interactive, more tweets from A Better Ubisoft, complaints from staff who weren't credited for Metroid Dread and more. Amy also reviews indie horror game In Sound Mind. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 11:21 - Paradox staff allege "culture of silence" in new reports of toxic workplace  21:31 - A Better Ubisoft 25...

Amy & Moody discuss the Twitch data leak, more Activision Blizzard lawsuit stuff and more. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 13:00 - Twitch source code and creator payouts part of massive leak  33:48 - California files objection to recent Activision Blizzard settlement, says will cause "irreparable harm" to its legal proceedings 40:54 - A Better Ubisoft Tweets 48:45 - Square Enix backtracks on co...

Amy & Moody sit down to discuss the rumours that Konami are finally looking to revive it's classic IP, the disastrous launch of eFootball, Capcom making PC it's primary platform and more. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 13:19 - Konami is set to revive Metal Gear, Castlevania and Silent Hill  27:02 - Konami vows to fix eFootball following disastrous launch  34:18 - Capcom intends to make PC...

This week Amy and Moody talk about their reactions to the Nintendo Direct, including the cast list for 2022's Super Mario movie, Bayonetta 3 & N64 games and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games coming to Switch Online. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 12:03 - Nintendo Direct thoughts and reactions 49:10 - The Intitiative Teams Up With Crystal Dynamics For Perfect Dark 58:45 - Fall Guys has a Guinness World...

On this week's episode Amy and Moody discuss Activision Blizzard getting sued again, whether you should buy the upcoming Diablo 2 remaster, the latest tweets from the A Better Ubisoft twitter account and more. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 12:05 - Activision Blizzard Workers Accuse Company of 'Union Busting' and 'Intimidation'  19:57 - Diablo 2: Resurrected dev says players should "do what they f...

Time Stamps:   0:00:00 - Intro  0:02:49 - Hispanic Heritage Month starts this week in the US  0:08:16 - PlayStation Showcase thoughts (w/Joseph Moran & Kyle Stephenson from The Trophy Room: A PlayStation Podcast)  1:11:41 - Tripwire CEO out after tweeting support for Texas abortion ban   1:21:55 - Crusader Kings developer Paradox accused of "bullying and gender discrim...

Amy and Moody sit down to talk about the awesome indie games they saw during the latter half of Gamescom. Time Stamps:   0:00 - Intro  10:00 - Gamescom Round-Up Part Two (Future Games Show, Awesome Indies)  43:28 - DokeV developers explain what that weird GTA: Babies game is actually about   49:02 - Steam’s Two-Hour Refund Policy Continues to Hurt Developers of Small Games&nbsp...

This week Amy, Moody and Foxes have a long chat about Opening Night Live and the Xbox Showcase from Gamescom, before the podcast devolves into a whirlwind of nonsense.  Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro  8:41 - Gamescom Round-Up Part One (Opening Night Live, Xbox Showcase)  1:16:48 - An argument that spiralled out of control (State of Decay 2 is good actually)  1:24:40 - EA is opening...

Amy, Moody and Foxes discuss Ubisoft Singapore being under investigation for labour violations, terrible working conditions for QA testers at Activision, Riot Games allegedly not letting its employees know they can talk to the government about unfair & toxic work conditions, and more. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro  13:02 - Singapore labor rights agency investigating Ubisoft  25:02 - Tran...

Moody, Amy & Foxes discuss the latest surrounding the Activision Blizzard lawsuit and more. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 8:19 - Report: Morhaime, other Blizzard execs were informed of rampant misconduct  20:24 - Diablo 4 director, lead level designer, and WoW designer depart Blizzard  30:24 - Activision Blizzard investor says publisher's promises are "inadequate"  41:50 - Under fir...