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Weekly video game podcast with a dash of geek culture! The GoGCast features industry news, round table discussions and engaging interviews.
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Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
It’s here, Elden Ring is finally here! Simon gives his first impressions and tell us if Elden Ring lives up to the hype and glowing reviews. Plus, we chat about all the major announcements from the latest Pokémon Direct, why Valve avoids NFTs and Cryptocurrencies and how Epic Games just bought music platform BandCamp.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:28:03)
- Elden Ring (00:32:20)
This Week’s News (00:43:27)
- Pokemon Day Direct (00:43:27)
- Gabe Newell on NFTs and Cryptocurrencies (00:51:52)
- Epic Games bought BandCamp (00:58:43)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:08:45)
The stuff Simon plugged:
https://gamesdonequick.com/framefatales
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yachtclubgames/mina-the-hollower
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Friday Feb 25, 2022
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Simon is back from his vacation and he’s played a lot of Pokémon Legends: Arceus while traveling. Leah shares her first impressions of Horizon Forbidden West and spoiler alert, it’s good. Plus we chat about Call of Duty skipping a release year, Nintendo closing the WiiU and 3DS eShops, and more.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:15:05)
- Horizon Forbidden West first impressions (00:37:45)
This Week’s News (00:47:23)
- Call Of Duty will skip a year for the first time in 2004 (00:47:23)
- Nintendo closing WiiU and 3DS eShops in 2023 (00:49:41)
- How Brexit is affecting the UK Game Industry (00:55:39)
- Pokémon day is coming and there’s a Presents stream scheduled (01:02:54)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:06:16)
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Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Kirby, is that a whole car in your mouth? 😳 Special guest Naomi Kyle joins us on this week’s GoGCast to chat about the latest Nintendo Direct which teased Mouthful Mode in the next Kirby game and more. Plus we discuss the latest news regarding Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto 6.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:23:57)
This Week’s News (00:36:39)
- Nintendo Direct on 2022 Switch Releases (00:36:39)
- Activision Blizzard Call of Duty updates (01:03:14)
- Rockstar GTA6 is confirmed in development (01:10:15)
- Woman saved in part because of Worlde (01:28:10)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:29:40)
Follow Naomi:
https://www.instagram.com/thenaomikyle/
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
The acquisition train is still chugging along, gamers! On this week’s GoGCast, we discuss Bungie’s $3.6b deal with Sony and The New York Times buys viral free word game Wordle. Meanwhile, Stadia is officially no longer a priority at Google.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:24:00)
This Week’s News (00:43:26)
- Stadia reportedly "deprioritised" as Google focuses on selling streaming tech to third-parties (00:43:26)
- Sony buying Bungie for 3.6b (00:52:30)
- New York Times buys Wordle (01:00:00)
- Toto’s ‘Africa’, covered in Zelda Majora’s Mask instruments (01:07:05)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:11:00)
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Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
We’re snapping photos of cute dogs, catching Pokémon and saving Hell from the angels on this week’s GoGCast! Cat reviews Pupperazzi, an adorable game where you have to take photos of cute dogs. Simon discovers a love for deck building rogue-like games thanks to Monster Train. Leah yet again goes on a quest to be the very best and catch them all in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Plus, we chat about how a market study about the gaming habits of 2021, how EA is working on three Star Wars games and more.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:22:16)
- Pupperazzi (00:22:25)
- Monster Train (00:31:33)
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus (00:37:52)
This Week’s News (00:56:25)
- Old Games, Fifa and Switch dominated in 2021 (00:56:25)
- EA is working on three new Star Wars games (01:03:02)
- Steam Deck launching Feb 25th (01:08:50)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:15:37)
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Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
This week, we saw the biggest acquisition in video game history as Microsoft announced it was acquiring Activision-Blizzard for a whopping $67.8 billion USD. We chat about what it means for the industry, the current on-going lawsuits and the future of Activision-Blizzard games. Plus, Leah and Simon share their first impressions of Rainbow Six: Extraction, the PVE co-op shooter spin-off game.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:16:08)
- Rainbow Six: Extraction Review (00:19:25)
The article Simon mentioned: https://www.escapistmagazine.com/bad-games-are-better-than-bland-games-extra-punctuation/
This Week’s News (00:44:44)
- Microsoft acquires Activision-Blizzard amongst on-going lawsuits and labour disputes (00:44:44)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:10:45)
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Monday Jan 17, 2022
Monday Jan 17, 2022
Kahlief Adams, of Spawn on Me podcast, joins us for this week’s GoGCast! He’s here to chat with us about The Spawnies, a brand new award show celebrating gaming and diversity in the industry. Kahlief also talks about the Spawn on Me podcast, diversity in the gaming space, and tells the full story of how he became a meme.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:51:15)
This Week’s Topic: The Spawnies (00:56:49)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:19:24)
Follow Kahlief on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KahliefAdams
Subscribe to Spawn on Me: https://spawnon.me/
Check out the Spawnies: https://thespawnies.com/
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Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
On this week’s GoGCast, we chat about the games that got us through 2021. Some are new releases, some are old favourites we love to revisit, and some are from our backlog. This isn’t about a Game of the Year ranking type of episode, it’s really just us talking about the games that brought us joy in 2021.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:18:03)
- Inscryption (00:24:57)
This Week’s Topic: The Games That Got Us Through 2021 (00:32:25)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:16:45)
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Thursday Jan 06, 2022
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
Happy New Year! 🥳🥂 As we are in the first few days of 2022 and still in the midst of a global pandemic, we take one last look at the year that was 2021. We chat about the biggest news stories, disappointments and surprises of the last year and share what we look forward to for the new one.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:23:57)
This Week’s Topic: 2021 Year in Review (00:39:59)
- Biggest News Stories (00:41:13)
- Biggest Disappointments (00:58:22)
- Biggest Surprises (01:10:50)
- Looking forward to 2022 (01:22:09)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:27:40)
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Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
It’s time for one of our favourite yearly Holiday traditions: Game Night! Grab some drinks and some snacks and play along with us. Test your knowledge in a round of Video Game Trivia, have some laughs guessing Poorly Described Video Games and test your musical ear in Guess That Video Game Song. Enjoy!
This Week’s Topic: Game Night (00:03:00)
- Video game trivia (00:05:55)
- Guess the poorly described video games (00:31:56)
- Guess that video game song (00:38:00)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:02:00)
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