Words About Games

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:21:12 - Is Xbox Game Pass still worth the money? 0:54:01 - Should you even play games day one? 1:06:13 - Indie Game of the Week - Jump Ship (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1757300/Jump_Ship/) 1:10:01 - Why are younger generations embracing the retro game revival? 1:29:36 - Hidetaka Miyazaki's advice for challenging game design: 'Trust players' 1:37:31...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:20:11 - Xbox boss Phil Spencer "concerned" over layoffs due to lack of industry growth 0:43:59 - Everyone got mad about Dragon's Dogma 2 microtransactions 0:54:06 - Jim Ryan (booo) 0:59:21 - Moody is almost halfway to being a game industry veteran 1:09:46 - Indie Game of the Week - Blue Prince (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1569580/Blue_Prince/) 1:...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:18:51 - Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth Review (spoiler free) 1:00:49 - Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth (and FF7 Disc 1) spoilers start here 1:26:00 - Indie Game of the Week - Everdeep Aurora (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2251400/Everdeep_Aurora/) 1:28:14 - Venba wins Grand Prize at the 2024 Independent Games Festival Awards 1:31:27 - IGN laying off three people without...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:19:30 - Akira Toriyama, Creator of Dragon Ball and Manga Pioneer, Dies at 68 0:25:54 - Activision QA workers form the largest US video game union yet 0:32:10 - Monster Hunter: World tops 25M sales to cement record-breaker status at Capcom 0:39:05 - What begins as a discussion about how good the Wii U was descends into carnage 0:54:54 - Indie Game of the Week - Nobody...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:16:01 - Amy's funny story of when she bought her Nintendo Wii 0:24:28 - Bring back Goat format in Yu-Gi-Oh: Master Duel 0:32:24 - Moody finally played D&D for the first time 0:37:38 - Survivor’s Guilt and the games industry layoffs 0:45:02 - Xbox Partner Showcase thoughts (and burning out on all the games showcases) 1:03:12 - Indie Game of the Week - Abyss X...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:07:47 - Amy found some old game consoles 0:17:55 - It has been a ruinous year for video games 1:00:30 - Indie Game of the Week - Slash Quest (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2718010/Slash_Quest/) 1:04:06 - Pacific Drive 1:22:24 - Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.43 1:29:52 - Amy finished her first Pokemon game (Violet) 1:39:30 - Pokemon Presents 2024 thoughts 1:44:41 - Rem...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:06:20 - Amy is a Pokemon nerd now 0:17:37 - Amy's latest video essay is out now 0:25:00 - Moody's final thoughts on Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth 0:31:53 - Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase thoughts 0:41:35 - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree trailer thoughts 0:51:41 - Moody wants to talk about the Borderlands movie trailer 0:57:23 - Indie Game of the Week -...

We delayed recording and releasing this podcast because we heard from our sources that Xbox was going to be a dead brand on Thursday, but then that didn't happen so Amy and Moody review the new Like A Dragon game. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:08:50 - Amy has a new video essay coming out soon 0:11:24 - Amy has been salvaging her old game consoles & games 0:21:33 - Like A Dragon: Infinite...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:05:20 - Amy's kinda funny Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth story 0:13:06 - Amy needs help with gamer maths 0:16:35 - Trophy hunting 0:26:40 - Let’s talk about Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II 0:50:20 - Rumour: A New PlayStation Handheld Console Reportedly in the Works 0:58:52 - Indie Game of the Week - Isles of Sea and Sky (https://store.steampowered.com/...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:17:42 - State of Play thoughts 0:48:01 - Silent Hill: The Short Message 0:56:51 - The Last of Us Part 2 Remaster 1:02:47 - Is Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth more or less bannanas than the rest of the Yakuza games? 1:06:32 - Indie Game of the Week - Grunn (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2720950/Grunn/) 1:10:06 - Spec Ops: The Line has been delisted and that sucks...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:19:49 - Are AAA games sustainable? 0:45:47 - 5,900+ layoffs have been announced so far in 2024 1:03:27 - Indie Game of the Week - Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2653470/Little_Problems_A_Cozy_Detective_Game/) 1:05:09 - Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 was a great celebration of gaming, raised more than $2.5million for charity...

Surprise! In a bonus episode we get the gang back together to draft our 2024 Fantasy Game Critic league. Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Check out the Words About Games Diaries blog at wordsaboutgames.net Support our work on Ko-Fi - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky & Instagram @itsmeamykate Follow Mo...

Amy & Vitz are joined by special guest Sadie Flayeh to talk about some of the games that impacted them throughout their lives. Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Check out the Words About Games Diaries blog at wordsaboutgames.net Support our work on Ko-Fi - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky & Instagr...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:11:37 - The Fight Tearing Apart The Game Awards (https://www.wired.com/story/the-game-awards-israel-palestine-open-letter-future-class/) 0:16:15 - What if we didn't glorify and monetise the Insomniac leaks? 0:18:15 - Game of the Year 2023 - Introduction 0:20:31 - Game of the Year 2023 - Building Our Long List 0:29:25 - Game of the Year 2023 - Trimming The List 1:...

This episode has a ton of technical issues. Discord kept freezing. I apologise, we did our best to talk around it. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:17:54 - Achievement/Trophy Hunting 0:24:48 - The games of 2024 1:26:36 - Predictions and general chat about 2024 Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Check out the Words About Games Di...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:20:30 - The existential horror of the YouTube algorithm 0:22:54 - Doctor Who 0:31:32 - A Highland Song 0:45:06 - American Arcadia 0:49:46 - Sea of Stars 0:59:05 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 1:02:25 - Indie Game of the Week - Wild Bastards (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1660840/Wild_Bastards/) 1:06:25 - GTA6 officially revealed 1:12:55 - Dragon Age...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:06:46 - The Game Awards was a terrible "celebration of video games" 1:04:33 - The award winners 1:31:17 - The trailers 2:07:14 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head - The final results 2:14:08 - Fantasy Critic check-in 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/wordsab...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:21:39 - Backlogs & Burnout 1:08:43 - Indie Game of the Week - Selfloss (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086620/Selfloss/) 1:10:48 - Chants of Sennaar & In Stars And Time 1:15:43 - Fight, Magic, Items 1:17:58 - TV shows 1:29:21 - A dev reckons Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is launching next year 1:32:05 - YouTuber recreates Legend of Zelda as a Studio Ghibli style...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:13:14 - Games Amy wants to play & the insidiousness of "missing" games 0:33:22 - Did the technical limitations of older games help creativity? 1:03:24 - Indie Game of the Week - Tiny Glade (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2198150/Tiny_Glade/) 1:07:18 - Slay The Princess 1:19:21 - Thirsty Suitors 1:32:45 - Baldur's Gate 3 1:44:24 - Getting ready f...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:19:04 - The Game Awards nominations have been announced 1:02:45 - Genocide is bad, actually 1:06:31 - Indie Game of the Week - Excuse Me Sir (https://airdorf.itch.io/excuse-me-sir) 1:09:00 - What if we were in charge of the Game Awards 2:02:55 - WAP lore 2:03:52 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutg...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:29:41 - Predicting Game of the Year 0:59:24 - Indie Game of the Week - Grifford Academy (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2445780/Grifford_Academy/) 1:04:23 - Silent Hill: Ascension 1:20:18 - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pack (Final Wave) 1:28:38 - New Mass Effect 5 teaser revealed for N7 Day 1:42:20 - PlayStation has delayed half of its live service games...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:22:04 - Alan Wake 2 excitement 0:24:10 - Spider-Man 2 0:36:00 - Trophy hunting & backlogs 0:42:03 - "Best looking" games 0:56:16 - Indie "Game" of the Week - Cry Club Studios (https://cryclubstudios.crd.co) 1:00:28 - Talking about YouTube ads 1:04:15 - Xbox Partner Showcase 1:13:30 - Capcom is selling lots of games 1:16:50 - Starfield is drivi...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:21:22 - Moody has discovered 24/7 chill gaming streams 0:25:57 - Microsoft has finally bought Activision Blizzard 0:44:31 - Persona 5 Royal 0:54:31 - Assassin's Creed Mirage 1:08:32 - Indie Game of the Week - Born of Bread (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1555140/Born_of_Bread/) 1:12:39 - moody's time to shine??? 1:13:15 - Pete Hines is retiring from Bethe...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:17:57 - There are too many games, and we're playing none of them 0:36:15 - James Corden hosted an Activision Blizzard town hall 0:40:39 - Disney reportedly looking to acquire major publisher like EA 0:54:19 - Indie Game of the Week - The Drifter (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1170570/The_Drifter/) 1:02:12 - Unity CEO John Riccitiello 'retiring' from...

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:10:27 - Amy's been playing Final Fantasy X 0:19:13 - Is 2023 The Horniest Year of Gaming So Far? 0:43:43 - Forza Motorsport Impressions 0:54:58 - Under The Waves Impressions 0:59:00 - Cocoon Review 1:05:47 - Indie Game of the Week - Core Decay (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1260940/Core_Decay/) 1:08:30 - zoidberg 1:11:47 -Bramble: The Mountain King wins Best...