Cozy Grove First Impressions and more - GoGCast 302

Cozy up to a nice warm campfire with us for this week’s GoGCast as Ali and Leah share their first impressions of Cozy Grove: a life-sim game about exploring a haunted island and soothing its ghostly inhabitants. Plus, we chat about Twitch’s new community guidelines, The Last of Us remake and E3 2021.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:20:52)

• Cozy Grove First Impressions (00:25:33)

This Week’s News (00:44:17)

• Twitch to block perpetrators who harass community members on and off the platform (00:44:17)
• Report: Naughty Dog working on a Last of Us remake (00:54:56)
• E3 2021 is officially happening (01:12:40)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:19:42)

PS3, PSP and Vita online stores closing, MLB The Show 21 coming to Game Pass, and more - GoGCast 301

It’s the Easter long week-end so we keep it chill and relaxed in this episode of the GoGCast. The crew chats about the latest Sony news: the PS3, PSP and Vita online stores are closing and MLB The Show 21, a historically PlayStation exclusive game, is coming to Xbox Game Pass day one. We also chat Xcloud, CD Projekt Red’s new strategy and more.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:23:07)

This Week’s News (00:32:45)

• CDPR to make more AAA games and acquires Vancouver studio Digital Scapes (00:32:45)
• MLB the Show 21 coming to game pass on launch (00:40:40)
• Sony is going to close the PS3, PSP and PS Vita stores... But apparently didn’t tell developers, while Xbox brings classic games to Xcloud (00:50:29)
• Super Mario Bros sealed copy sold for 660k on auction (00:55:26)

Outro and Wrap-up (00:58:15)

For desk inspiration: https://www.reddit.com/r/battlestations/ 

So What Else Do You Do? The podcast that interviews game devs about things that aren’t gaming: https://wedyd.podbean.com/

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Our Favourite GoGCast Memories - GoGCast 300

We’re celebrating our 300th episode of the GoGCast this week and almost 10 years of Girls on Games! 🎉 Wow! Where has the time gone? Strap in for a long trip down memory lane as we share some of our favourite memories.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to Girls on Games, each and every one of our podcast guests but more importantly, thank you to you the listener. Whether you’re new to our little show or have been listening for a long time, thank you for joining us every week.

Here’s to 300 more!

What is Everyone Playing? (00:27:19)

This Week’s Topic: Favourite GoGCast Memories (00:43:44)

• Cat interviewing Carey Price for Assassin’s Creed III Launch Event (00:44:58)
• Fan Expo with Ubisoft 2015 (00:51:11)
• 24 hours Extra Life stream at CHOM (00:57:07)
• ESWC Montreal shit show (01:04:32)
• Celebrating the Holidays with Xbox Canada and writing a Dead Rising Christmas song (01:09:23)
• Hosting Charles Martinet panel at Montreal Comiccon (01:11:50)
• Drinks at the Meltdown Montreal (01:16:22)
• Cat for scale to measure a Monitor (01:19:08)
• Designing a Mario papercraft project for Nintendo of Canada (01:20:43)
• Highlighting some of the past guests (01:26:58)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:47:27)

The coffee and chocolate box Cat mentioned: Beanaroundtown.ca 

Thank you to Babbidraws for the brand new podcast artwork!

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Bark Magic, Video Game History and More with Ben Bertoli - GoGCast 299

Ben Bertoli is back! He joins us to chat about his kickstarter for a card tabletop game about dog wizards called Bark Magic: Ruins of Dhogoon. Plus, he teases the next season of his video game history podcast titled Memory Card. Finally, we discuss the latest news including Activision-Blizzard CEO getting a huge bonus while laying off employees, PlayStation opening a studio in Montreal, the Square-Enix digital event and more.

Crew Check-In (00:03:40)

• Bark Magic Kickstarter (00:03:40)

What is Everyone Playing? (00:37:17)

This Week’s News (00:49:20)

• The whole Activision-Blizzard lay-offs but CEO gets $200m debacle (00:49:20)
• Jade Raymod to head Haven, new Montreal studio by PlayStation (00:53:33)
• The Square-Enix event that happened on Thursday  (00:57:00)
• New Playstation VR controllers revealed  (01:03:41)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:08:25)

• The soulsborne Youtuber Simon likes: https://www.youtube.com/user/VaatiVidya
• Stop Asian Hate: https://stopasianhate.carrd.co/

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Bethesda, Game Pass, Rust data loss and more - GoGCast 298

We’re getting ready for spring on this week’s GoGCast: Cat updates us on her fitness goals and Leah is still deep into cleaning and organizing her video game collection. Plus, we discuss the latest news about Bethesda joining Microsoft, and Rust losing data in a catastrophic data centre fire inspires Simon to share a lesson in IT.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:33:45)

This Week’s News (00:46:04)

• Microsoft confirms that some future Bethesda games to be Xbox exclusives (00:46:04)
• An IT Lesson from Simon re: Rust hit by data loss after fire destroys data centre (00:58:45)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:03:59)

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Fall Guys, Ghost of Tsushima, Elden Ring - GoGCast 297

Enjoy a chill episode of the GoGCast where we chat spring cleaning, Aunty Donna, cooking and of course, the games we’re currently playing including Nier: Automata, Horizon Zero Dawn and Mario 3D World. We also chat about the latest news: Epic acquires Fall Guys studio, Ghost of Tsushima devs to be made ambassadors of the real island of Tsushima, looking forward to a new Nintendo Switch model, and review the latest Elden Ring rumours. 

What is Everyone Playing? (00:16:50)

This Week’s News (00:43:17)

• Epic acquires Fall Guys studio (00:43:17)
• Ghost of Tsushima devs to be made permanent ambassadors of the real island (00:46:50)
• Switch new model coming soon (00:54:40)
• A leaked Elden Ring trailer is being circulated online (00:58:40)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:04:20)

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Outriders, Pokémon Direct, PlayStation State of play and more - GoGCast 296

We chat more digital online events yet again as we’re still living that pandemic life. We celebrated Pokémon Day by watching the Post Malone concert and the latest Direct during which two new games were announced: the Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl remake, and a brand new instalment called Pokémon Legends: Arceus. We also share our favourite highlights from the latest PlayStation State of Play. Plus, Simon and Ali played the Outriders demo and Catherine watched a cute web series about gamers falling in love online during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Crew Check-in (00:03:13)

• Gameboys web series

What is Everyone Playing? (00:11:40)

• Outriders Demo Review (00:13:30)

This Week’s News (00:42:19)

• Anthem Next officially cancelled (00:42:19)
• E3’S 2021 Live Event has Been Cancelled, LA City Documents Claim (00:47:34)
• Playstation State of Play (00:51:57)
• Pokémon Direct: Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Remake and Pokémon Legends: Arceus coming to Switch (00:57:49)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:05:29)

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Lemon Cake Review, Nintendo Direct and Blizzcon 2021 - GoGCast 295

We’re opening a cozy bakery with the help of a ghost in this week’s GoGCast! Leah and Ali review the cute management game called Lemon Cake. Plus, we share the highlights from the latest Nintendo Direct and from this year’s Blizzcon.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:24:45)

• Lemon Cake Review (00:27:25)

This Week’s News (00:44:47)

• Nintendo Direct (00:44:47)
• Blizzcon 2021  (00:52:51)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:03:05)

Links to help Texans:

• https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/how-to-help-texans-recover-from-the-winter-disaster/
• https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a35524096/how-to-help-texas-winter-storm-crisis/

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Mario 3D World, CDPR Hacked, Pokémon Day and more - GoGCast 294

We have a bit of a rambly episode for you this week where we chat cooking, MCU movies and of course, the games we’ve been playing, including Mario 3D World. There was also a lot of news to discuss: EA acquired Glu Mobile, Terraria won’t come to Stadia because the dev’s Google account was locked, CD Projekt Red was hacked, Pokémon Day is coming and more.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:26:27)

• Mario 3D World (00:36:20)

This Week’s News (00:54:39)

• EA Acquires Glu Mobile, one of the biggest acquisition in gaming (00:54:39)
• Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked (01:01:02)
• CDPR Hacked (01:05:03)
• Pokémon day is coming: Post Malone show and more news incoming (01:07:45)
• Meta-Human in Unreal Engine 5 (01:10:38)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:13:50)

• Check if your data was leaked: https://cybernews.com/personal-data-leak-check/ and https://haveibeenpwned.com/ 
• The ultimate neutral video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ussCHoQttyQ
• The Old Meme Archive: https://twitter.com/OldMemeArchive

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Mario Trivia, Google Stadia Studios, Mass Effect Legendary Edition and more - GoGCast 293

On this week’s GoGCast, Ali and Leah share their final review of the Medium and Nintendo Canada puts us to the test by asking us Mario Bros trivia. In news, Google closes its studios while Amazon re-iterates their commitment to making games, Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 are not coming this year, and Mass Effect Legendary Edition will be available in May.

Crew check-in (00:02:32)

• A Very Mario Trivia Experience (00:26:28)

What is Everyone Playing? (00:34:15)

• The Medium final review  (00:40:21)

This Week’s News (01:01:45)

• Google shuts down its 2 game studios while Amazon’s Next CEO Says He’s Committed to Making Video Games (01:01:45)
• No Diablo 4 or Overwatch 2 in 2021 (01:09:34)
• Mass Effect Legendary Edition coming in May 2021 (01:12:14)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:19:18)

The YouTube channels mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Internet’s Nathan: https://www.youtube.com/user/NathanForAll 
• The Punk Rock MBA: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePunkRockMBA
• Rick Beato: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJquYOG5EL82sKTfH9aMA9Q 

The Twitter thread detailing Prince’s Super Bowl performance: https://twitter.com/anildash/status/1357503689007779840?s=21

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