Words About Games

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:25:22 - Blind Ranking Previous GOTY Winners 1:11:56 - We discuss Game Awards GOTY nominees 1:23:00 - Guessing this year's GOTY nominees 1:35:40 - Vitz platinumed Ghost of Yotei 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...

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: y...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:10:34 - Cool things we like (including Amy's objectively correct opinions about The Matrix films) 0:30:20 - If Moody is hit by a bus and forgets all video games, what would we recommend (versus edition) 1:01:17 - Indie Game of the Week - Threads of Time (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2090210/Threads_of_Time) 1:04:05 - We continue recommending Moody games 1:2...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:17:12 - Cool things we like 0:26:00 - Xbox Game Pass price rises are eye watering 1:11:37 - Indie Game of the Week - People Of Note (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1626170/People_of_Note) 1:17:32 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head 1:22:59 - Unreal Engine 5 stutters? 1:29:14 - Amy's Little Nightmares t-shirt story 1:31:38 - We like Until Dawn (and Amy tells her funny U...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:07:55 - Amy comes clean about Silksong 0:15:24 - Cool things we like 0:24:43 - Amy remembers too much of Resident Evil 2 0:32:11 - Top 10 Video Game Consoles (Part 1) 1:02:17 - Indie Game of the Week - Another Pint (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3150160/Another_Pint/) 1:06:32 - Top 10 Video Game Consoles (Part 2) 1:57:21 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head Check out our I...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:06:45 - Cool things we like 0:19:59 - Vitz's quick review of and Roger 0:26:10 - Moody unlocked mindfulness (and Dragon Quest XI) 0:35:28 - New Yakuza games are incoming 0:55:31 - Physical game sales are falling again 1:23:34 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.stea...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:11:46 - Cool things we like 0:21:06 - Ads are the devil 0:26:39 - Amy ranks video game companions 1:16:20 - Indie Game of the Week - Entropy 1:21:11 - How to fix Final Fantasy 1:49:52 - 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...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:11:26 - Cool things we like 0:25:55 - When Did 7 Out Of 10 Games Become Seen As Bad? 1:04:26 - Indie Game of the Week - The Killing Stone (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/The_Killing_Stone) 1:10:10 - How much should a remaster change from the original? 1:38:29 - Why don't we enjoy game showcases anymore? 1:56:37 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head Check out our...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:08:19 - Cool things we like 0:29:57 - How to get someone new to games into the hobby 1:09:52 - Moody is shadow boxing 1:10:48 - Is how long it takes to make a video game destroying the industry 1:40:30 - 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...

Intro:0:00:00 - Intro0:11:40 - Cool things we like0:28:33 - What's going on with Steam and itch.io's crackdown on adult content?0:58:33 - Indie Game of the Week - No, I’m Not Human (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3180070/No_Im_not_a_Human)1:07:00 - You can only play five games for the rest of your life. What are they?1:35:38 - OpenCritic Head-To-HeadCheck out our Indie Game of the Week...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:11:39 - Cool things we like 0:21:45 - Xbox have dropped the price of Outer Worlds 2 from $80 0:59:27 - Indie Game of the Week - Felt That: Boxing (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3763840/Felt_That_Boxing) 1:04:46 - Fable is rumoured to be delayed to 2027 1:24:39 - Moody's thoughts on the Pokemon Presents 1:44:14 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head 1:52:09 - Fantasy Crit...

Everything is burning down and falling apart around us, so Vitz and Amy teamed up to present a series of prompts that made us think about the games we love. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:07:18 - Cool things we like 0:14:38 - Summer Games Done Quick raised $2.4m for Doctors Without Borders 0:24:49 - Introducing the concept of us naming us games 0:26:21 - Name a game that you love 0:33:18 - Name a...

We talk about Xbox slowly destroying itself to throw endless money into the AI void, and Amy & Moody talk about a couple of games they played recently (and the massive retro game shop they visited). Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:09:47 - Amy & Moody visited Forgotten Worlds 0:22:28 - Cool things we like 0:31:13 - Microsoft is making Xbox look bad - but they are doing a bang up job of that...

Time Stamps: 0:23:44 - Underappreciated Games of the 21st Century (Part 1) 1:06:55 - Indie Game of the Week - Dead Take (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352690/Dead_Take/) 1:13:19 - Underappreciated Games of the 21st Century (Part 2) 2:05:06 - 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/cu...

Moody has some things to get off his chest about Xbox, Amy dares the games industry to make their games $100 and Vitz talks about mental health. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:11:16 - Cool things we like 0:27:25 - Xbox Is About To Lay Off A Bunch More People 1:13:06 - Indie Game of the Week - Relooted (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3255890/Relooted/) 1:21:10 - Ashly Burch launches a cool new...

Amy enlists Moody's help to build a list of 2025 games to play throughout the second half of the year, and Moody wants to chat about the upcoming Xbox handheld. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:14:07 - Cool things we like 0:21:22 - What if D&D? 0:26:18 - Building Amy A 2025 Backlog 1:15:00 - Indie Game of the Week - Dreams of Another (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3561230/Dreams_of_Anot...

The gang get together to talk about their favourite reveals and demos from the past week of the Summer of Gaming, and also a little bit about the stupid hat man & the swirling toxicity of video game commentary. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:15:32 - Cool things we like 0:25:19 - Summer Game Fest 2:07:04 - Open Critic Head-To-Head Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see a...

Moody and Vitz break down the latest State of Play and talk about Switch 2 launch week. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:05:53 - Cool things we like 0:19:25 - State of Play Thoughts 1:14:57 - Switch 2 release 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...

Moody wants to know what games we're hoping to see at the upcoming Summer Game Fest/Hot Game Summer/E3 (depending on who you ask) and Vitz wants to talk about our predictions and expectations for the Switch 2, because expectations and predictions are much cooler if you make them ahead of time. Amy brings her usual energy. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:12:56 - Cool things we like 0:22:08 - Pix...

This week Amy and Moody talk about turn-based RPGs. That's it. That's the whole show. Enjoy! Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:15:50 - Cool things we like 0:23:13 - Turn-based RPGs never went anywhere 1:05:03 - Indie Game of the Week - The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2809660/The_Remake_of_the_End_of_the_Greatest_RPG_of_All_Time/) 1:09:...

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 -...

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 disappe...

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://st...

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...

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 Di...