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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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Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
Join us for a trip down memory lane on this week’s GoGCast! We look back at 20 years of Xbox and rediscover the Mass Effect trilogy with the Legendary Edition. Plus, we chat about PlayStation 5 shortages and the latest E3 announcements.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:13:55)
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition (00:13:55)
- Resident Evil Village (00:25:25)
- Subnautica Below Zero (00:28:31)
This Week’s News (00:31:53)
- Celebrating 20 years of Xbox and Halo (00:31:53)
- PlayStation 5 will continue to be impossible to get, even in 2022 (00:42:56)
- Wholesome Direct will be at E3 and feature 75 games! (00:47:00)
- E3 is getting an app so people can follow along (00:49:38)
Outro and Wrap-up (00:54:43)
The webcomic Simon recommends: https://theycantalk.com/
Cat’s interview with Écran Partagé: https://ecranpartage.ca/interview-catherine-artist-ui/?lang=en
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Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
The Epic vs Apple court case is on-going and did they open a pandora’s box! One thing’s for sure, the courts were not ready for the video game industry’s obsessive secrecy as court documents spilled the beans on trade well kept and not so well kept secrets. We chat about all this court drama but also discuss PlayStation’s new partnership with Discord, The Division Heartland and more.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:19:00)
This Week’s News (00:29:55)
- Epic vs. Apple Shows the Courts Were Not Prepared for the Games Industry's Obsessive Secrecy (00:29:55)
- Xbox never turned a profit on consoles (00:36:15)
- Epic Games is trying to get Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft first party games on the Epic Game Store according to document from the Epic vs Apple court case (00:43:57)
- PlayStation announces partnership with Discord (00:47:00)
- The Division Heartland announced (00:57:55)
- Sledgehammer games is opening a studio here in Toronto! (01:00:30)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:02:05)
https://www.youtube.com/c/internetshaquille
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Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
We’re out to snap them all on this week’s GoGCast! Leah shares her first impressions of the much awaited New Pokémon Snap, now out for Nintendo Switch. Plus, Cat gets out of her gaming funk thanks to Control and Simon gets into Warzone. Finally, Microsoft is making news this week including with announcements about their PC gaming store and their upcoming accessibility summit.
Crew Check-in
- Monster Hunter Movie (00:10:40)
What is Everyone Playing? (00:15:24)
- New Pokémon Snap (00:39:31)
This Week’s News (00:46:09)
- Halo Master Chief Collection has more than 10m players on PC (00:46:09)
- Microsoft lowers its cut from 30 to 12% in effort to bring more games to its PC storefront (00:53:13)
- There is a video game accessibility summit happening this week, and the keynote is Phil Spencer and our buddy Steve Saylor! (01:00:32)
- E3 announces hosts Greg Miller, Jacki Jing and Alex ‘Goldenboy’ Mendez for the digital edition (01:04:18)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:08:12)
The Grand Dames: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheGrandDames
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Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Play ball! ⚾ On this week’s GoGCast, we talk about MLB The Show 21, a PlayStation Studio game, making its debut on Xbox and Game Pass. Plus, Leah reviews the new Mortal Kombat movie and we reminisce about how bland of a game Days Gone was.
Crew Check-in (00:03:00)
- Mortal Kombat movie (00:18:43)
What is Everyone Playing? (00:29:40)
- MLB The Show 21 (00:32:50)
This Week’s News (00:55:34)
- Days Gone game director’s puts his foot in his mouth saying Days Gone didn’t get a sequel because gamers didn’t support it on launch and says the game maybe should’ve been more politically correct to “satisfy social justice warriors” (00:55:34)
- Our opinion: Days Gone didn’t get a sequel because it wasn’t a memorable game.
- PS Vita and PS3 store will continue operations (01:05:28)
- Jeff Kaplan leaves Overwatch (01:07:59)
- E3 2021 announces participating companies (01:09:37)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:12:52)
Girl with the dogs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUFnGWHIQvybwmR7XDh7-9A/
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
We’re going on magical adventures through the power of games on this week’s GoGCast. Ali and Cat review Lost Words: Beyond the Page, a beautiful side-scrolling adventure game featuring fun puzzles and a touching story of grief and growth. Leah went on her own adventure and got to play Animal Crossing with none other than Maisie Williams thanks to H&M. She chats sustainable fashion with Blarla, the content creator who designed Looop Isle, and Laran of Liquid Crimson.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:22:32)
- Lost Words: Beyond the Page review (00:22:32)
- It Takes Two first impressions (00:45:00)
This Week’s Topic: Loop Isle with H&M and Maisie Williams (00:50:11)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:09:55)
- PastaGrannies: https://www.youtube.com/user/pastagrannies
DISCLAIMER: Lost Words: Beyond the Page review code provided by Sketchbook Games. The opinions expressed in the article above have not been affected by, dictated or edited in any way by the provider. For more information please see Girls on Games’ Code of Journalistic Ethics.
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
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)
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
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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Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
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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Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
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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Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
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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