Game of the Year, Tyranny, Frosty Faustings, and Speedruns | Ep.48

“It sounded like the upper register of a piccolo.”

0:00 – Introduction

Our mixer’s on its way out and we’re on the verge of having a burial for it.

2:26 – What have we been up to this week?

2:40 – Chris and Kingdom Hearts 2.8

We’re all very excited for him, truly.

Kingdom Hearts is very extra and has been on at least eight different consoles. Nice.

5:41 – Our Game of the Year Spoilers

Unfortunately Game of the Year is taking a lot longer than we anticipated due to technical issues, editing hangups, and pretty much anything else that could’ve gone wrong.

7:31 – Game of the Year, in Summary

Our categories, and our winners.

Best Handheld Game: Pokemon Sun & Moon

Best Mobile Game: Pokemon Go

Best Shotgun: Alphonse’s Fire Shotgun (Owlboy)

Best Use of a Car: Clustertruck

Best Waifu/Husbandu: Calden (Masquerada: Songs and Shadows)

Biggest Disappointment: No Man’s Sky

Best Narrative: Uncharted 4

Best Aesthetic: Superhot

Best Visuals: The Last Guardian

Best Hair: Alolan Dugtrio (Pokemon Sun & Moon)

14:30 – Game of the Year Top 5(ish)

5: World of Warcraft: Legion, The Last Guardian, Uncharted 4

4: Hitman

3: Overwatch

2: Stardew Valley

1: DOOM

19:18 – Greg Plays Games

Rise and Shine: Tight gameplay and boss fights, the rest of the game is just alright. Save for the soundtrack and art.

Tyranny: Obsidian Software’s most recent classic RPG, where the bad guys won and you’re a powerful ruler’s right-hand man, quelling the last rebellion.

26:03 – Dan gains a third thing to talk about.

Megaman 2.5D: A fan project, fully realized and finally released.

Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links: PVP-centric Yu-Gi-Oh that removes some mechanics but makes the game still feel like a Yu-Gi-Oh game.

Frosty Faustings: A national Guilty Gear major. Dan and Greg talk tech and meta.

40:00 – Guilty Gear’s Cast

It’s on the Guy 5. All of it.

40:50 – Chris actually gives the best description of super defined abs.

Back to Guilty Gear’s cast, though: descriptive character designs that actually tell you exactly what each character is about.

45:44 – Masterful Transitions from Deanna

The Founder: A browser game that resembles a clicker, but for tech startups.

Majora’s Mask: Speedruns galore.

54:49 – Question Time

Using our brand new submission box on our site for questions this episode, and in the future as well.

From Adam: Where’s your bathroom?

From Sydney: What game made you feel like it captured the essence of humanit? The game doesn’t have to be good, just one that made you tear up a bit or made you scared/mad?

Also from Sydney: What is one of your earliest gaming memories?

 

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