Words About Games

This week Amy, Moody & Foxes continue to talk about the fallout of the Activision Blizzard lawsuit, as well as chatting about allegations of toxicity at Fullbright, last week's Annapurna Interactive Showcase & more. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 12:06 - Activision Blizzard employees say HR department failed them 39:36 - Bungie speaks out against toxic studio cultures following Activision lawsu...

In this week's podcast, Moody and Foxes discuss the evolving situation regarding the California State lawsuit against Activision Blizzard. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 9:37 - Angered Activision Blizzard Employees Plan Walkout, And They Have Demands 17:03 - Activision Blizzard employees say CEO’s statement ‘fails to address’ concerns and ‘we will not return to silence’ 26:30 - Activision Blizzard Is W...

Time Stamps:   0:00:00 - Intro   ---CONTENT WARNING: Sexual assault, harassment, abuse & suicide---   0:03:27 - Activision Blizzard Sued Over ‘Frat Boy’ Culture, Harassment  0:20:57 - Blizzard Botched Warcraft III Remake After Internal Fights, Pressure Over Costs  0:32:31 - Report details toxic culture, sexual harassment and racial pay disparity at Ubisoft Singapore&nb...

Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 4:12 - F1 2021 23:07 - The Life And Suffering of Sir Brante 44:49 - Dorfromantik (Early Access) 55:10 - Slipways 1:12:40 - Pecaminosa (Review code supplied)

In this week's episode we discuss the latest round of discourse about video game difficulty, Phil Spencer's comments on preserving the history of games, Apex Legends' cross-progression development being slowed by the latest round of hacks & more. Time Stamps 0:00 - Intro 12:23 - Psychonauts 2 Aims To Be More Accessible With New Invincibility Mode  28:13 - Xbox’s boss is worried that gamin...

In this week’s episode we discuss the latest update to the Nintendo Switch, the latest news about Assassin’s Creed, Xbox reportedly being close to signing a deal with Hideo Kojima and more Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 12:00 - Nintendo Switch OLED Announced With Vibrant 7-Inch Screen, 64GB Of Storage 19:59 - Ubisoft is working on Assassin’s Creed Infinity, a huge evolving online game  32:32 - Xbo...

Amy and Moody are joined by the wonderful Elfy (twitch.tv/elfdaughter) to talk Wildermyth, Overboard and more. Time Stamps:   0:00:00 - Intro  0:03:30 - Wildermyth  0:31:26 - Overboard!  0:49:01 - Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance  1:08:29 - E3 Demos (Cris Tales, Sable, Road 96, Stranger in Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin)

In this week’s episode we discuss Sony’s approach to indie developers, the state of Cyberpunk (according to CD Projekt), another broken game that’s also still on sale, and more. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 6:34 - Indies criticize Sony over discount policies, poor communication, more  23:26 - After 6 months, Cyberpunk 2077's stability is apparently at a 'satisfactory level'  33:09 - Might A...

In this week’s episode we discuss a smattering of the news stories we missed while E3 was happening, mixed in with the news of the week. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:10:33 - Cyberpunk 2077 returns to PlayStation Store with a big PS4 warning 0:20:58 - Five Nights At Freddy's Creator Scott Cawthon Announces Retirement After Political Donation Backlash  0:34:55 - Blue Box’s head has been force...

Moody and Amy are joined by Mr Bad Bit himself, host of The Trophy Room: A PlayStation Podcast, to review Ratchet & Clank's latest adventure Rift Apart. Time Stamps:   0:00 - Intro  3:19 - Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 42:47 - Chicory: A Colorful Tale

Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 5:37 - Was E3 Bad? (No) 12:52 - Sommerville 17:02 - Replaced 19:34 - Outer Worlds 2 21:29 - Redfall 26:20 - STALKER 2 32:05 - Avatar: Frontiers of Pandara 38:07 - Elden Ring 47:27 - Guardians of the Galaxy 52:35 - Trek To Yomi 57:55 - Halo: Infinite 1:12:42 - Forza Horizon 5 1:15:58 - BLOODBORNE 2 RUMOURS??? 1:19:06 - Diablo 2: Resurrected 1:21:37 - Kena: Bridge of Spirit...

Amy & Moody sit down to review PvP dodgeball game Knockout City, deckbuilding roguelite Griftlands & more. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro  0:01:16 - Knockout City  0:27:51 - Let's Build A Zoo (Beta)  0:35:18 - Griftlands  1:01:16 - Solasta: Crown of the Magisters

In this week’s episode we discuss our thoughts, predictions, hopes and dreams for next week’s E3

In this week’s episode we discuss the fact that someone didn’t get the memo and E3 has started early - with reveals surrounding Dragon Quest & Pokemon and rumours of new Switch models and Final Fantasy games. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 11:38 - The 5-Hour Horizon: Zero Dawn Countdown  18:11 - Nintendo’s OLED Switch could come in September 27:10 - Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl and...

Amy sits down with Moody to review Returnal. Time Stamps:   0:00:00 - Intro  0:05:50 - Returnal

In this week’s episode we discuss how much Ubisoft hasn’t changed following last year’s abuse allegations, IGN’s news post of links to charities helping Palestinian civilians being removed, more E3 & Summer Game Festival news, and more. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:07:20 - Ubisoft has reportedly made minimal changes following abuse allegations  0:26:41 - IGN Staff ‘Pissed’ After Meeting...

In this week’s episode we discuss PlayStation and Xbox’s upcoming games, the PS5 shortage, Ubisoft’s future gaming strategy, and more. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 12:07 - Sony working on 25 games for PlayStation 5, half of which are new IP 21:38 - Xbox claims it’s working on unannounced new IP ‘that will blow your mind’ 31:01 - Limited PS5 Stock Could Continue Into 2022, Says Sony 38:24 - Ubisoft pr...

Moody & Amy sit down to discuss the new show format, before talking about their time with Resident Evil: Village and the new remaster/remake of NieR: Replicant. Time Stamps:  0:04:20 - Resident Evil: Village  0:45:25 - NieR: Replicant ver.1.22474487139

In this week’s episode we discuss the absolute mess of chaos that has followed the Epic vs Apple trial, and all of the presumably confidential information that has come out during it. Also there’s some other stuff too. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:04:40 - Epic boss says Sony charges publishers a cross-play fee in certain circumstances 0:18:26 - Sony facing lawsuit over PlayStation Store exclusiv...

In this week’s episode we discuss EA driving people towards loot boxes in FIFA 21, a Riot Games employee roleplaying a mafia boss in private messages, Capcom making changes to Resident Evil Village’s demo rollout and more. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 13:44 - Leaked EA document says FIFA 21 is driving people to loot boxes 23:37 - Riot Games 'Disappointed' After Weird Shutdown Notice Of League Of Lege...

Amy sits down with Moody to talk Gnosia, as well as a few demos she played for upcoming indie games thanks to Ludonarracon 2021. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 9:41 - Gnosia 39:13 - Lake (Ludonarracon Demo) 49:08 - Tunic (Ludonarracon Demo) 54:49 - Out There: Oceans of Time (Ludonarracon Demo) 1:02:52 - Dead Space 2

Amy & Moody discuss certain comments from a former Days Gone dev, PlayStation’s u-turn on the PS3 & Vita store closures, last week’s Resident Evil showcase, and more. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 10:01 - Days Gone lead says ‘don’t complain if there’s no sequel if you didn’t buy it full price’ 21:40 - Sony backtracks on shutting down PS3, Vita digital stores 34:03 - Jim Ryan says PlayStation h...

Amy & Moody sit down to review Monster Hunter Rise

Amy is joined by Foxes to talk about PlayStation, Halo, Epic Games, Nintendo and more. This episode goes places. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 9:42 - Report: The Last of Us remake coming for PS5, but at a cost to PlayStation morale 30:32 - The Halo tangent 37:28 - Sony invests another $200 million in Epic Games 40:04 - Epic reportedly set to lose at least $330m in efforts to compete with Steam  4...

Amy sits down with Moody to give her final impressions of Outriders, as well as talk about some indie games. Time Stamps:   0:01:55 - The Ultimate Among Us Betrayal 0:11:57 - Outriders 0:42:55 - Lost Words: Beyond The Page 1:01:24 - Before Your Eyes (code provided)