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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 Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Get in the Warthog, Spartan, we’re going gaming! Special guest Adam, aka Arkemage, joins us on the GoGCast to get us hyped for Halo Infinite. We discuss the reveal gameplay trailer, how the multi-player will be free to play and more.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:14:23)
- Grounded 1st impressions (00:17:20)
This Week’s News (00:26:28)
- Horizon Zero Dawn PC specs (00:26:28)
- Accessibility updates for Ghost of Tsushima (00:31:58)
- Tons of old N64 source code leaked (L IS REAL 2401!) (00:35:02)
- Things to watch soon: PlayStation Revolution documentary and Netflix is producing a Splinter Cell anime (00:39:00)
This Week’s Topic: Halo Infinite Hype (00:42:42)
- Halo Infinite Multi-player will be free to play and 120FPS on Xbox Series X
- 'Halo Infinite' team on graphics criticism: 'we do have work to do'
Outro and Wrap-up (01:08:13)
Su Lee's 'I'll Just Dance': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOPCPUq9f_g
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Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Join us on a new farming journey as we grow little dancing friends in this week’s GoGCast. Leah and Ali review the early access of Ooblets, a cute farming and creature collector game available on Xbox and PC. Plus, from Halo Infinite to Fable and everything in between, we share our highlights from the Xbox Games Showcase.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:16:02)
- Ooblets Review (00:20:58)
This Week’s News (00:49:33)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:13:40)
Check out the Unofficial Ooblets Guide Leah mentioned: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/163TLDNj6o4jrQj1rbeNj--Hzd1mnQIZgLV2YnYVRxv8/edit#gid=1467132694
DISCLAIMER: Ooblets review code provided by Glumberland. 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 Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
In this week’s GoGCast, Simon became a samurai and saved Tsushima Island from invaders. He has a full spoiler-free review of Ghost of Tsushima, an open world RPG exclusive to the PlayStation 4. Plus, we chat about some Xbox news and discuss some of the games Valve unfortunately cancelled.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:07:49)
- Ghost of Tsushima Review (00:13:12)
- Ooblets first impressions (00:47:47)
This Week’s News (00:49:31)
- xCloud to be bundled with Game Pass Ultimate (00:49:31)
- Microsoft discontinues the Xbox One X and Xbox One S Digital (00:52:10)
- Valve revealed that at least five games were cancelled between Episode 2 and Alyx on The "Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx" (00:58:16)
- Valve employees want to build a 'full-scale,' non-VR Half-Life game (01:02:23)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:05:15)
DISCLAIMER: Ghost of Tsushima review code provided by PlayStation Canada. 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.
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Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
*This episode contains spoilers*
In this special episode of the Girls on Game Podcast, Ali & Leah are joined by Steve Saylor and Osama Dorias for a cathartic analysis of one of the biggest video games of 2020, The Last of Us Part II. No topic was sacred as we expressed our thoughts and feelings towards the story, the game play mechanics, the character development and the meaning behind Naughty Dog's latest AAA video game.
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Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
What a week it has been for Ubisoft, for better or for worse. We chat about the latest news following allegations of toxicity and abuse of power by the higher ups at the international studio. More importantly, we focus on the work done by the devs by talking about the E3-like digital presentation: Ubisoft Forward. We share what we thought of the event, our favourite part and what we felt was missing. Plus, Leah played more Marvel’s Iron Man VR, Ali tried Coffee Talk and Yes Your Grace and Simon teased us about Ghost of Tsushima.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:14:56)
- Coffee Talk (00:14:56)
- Yes Your Grace (00:16:26)
- Ghost of Tsushima first impressions (00:18:15)
- Iron Man VR Review (00:21:14)
This Week’s News (00:32:17)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:04:54)
DISCLAIMER: Marvel's Iron Man VR review code provided by PlayStation Canada. 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.
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Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
We’re back from our short break and we’ve cherry picked news stories from that past two weeks for this episode of the GoGCast. We chat about Mixer’s demise, Horizon Zero Dawn finally coming to PC, Pokémon is the next big MOBA and we remember Reckful. Plus, we have game reviews and first impressions! Catherine played the vapourwave infused romance novella A Summer’s End: Hong Kong 1986, Simon played a bit of Hyperscape and Leah tried Marvel’s Iron Man VR.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:18:39)
- A Summer’s End: Hong Kong 1986 Review (00:20:12)
- Hyperscape 1st impressions (00:28:12)
- Marvel’s Iron Man VR 1st impressions (00:34:05)
This Week’s News (00:37:14)
- Mixer shuts down (00:37:14)
- Horizon Zero Dawn launching on Steam august 7th (00:44:28)
- Playstation and Microsoft pulling ads from Facebook amidst hate speech not being removed (00:50:11)
- Remembering Reckful (00:55:25)
- Pokémon Unite: MOBA done in partnership with Tencent (00:58:44)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:07:51)
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Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Transcript: Hi everyone, Leah here. I hope you have been having an excellent week. We apologize but we won’t be recording a Girls on Games podcast this week. We need to take a mental health break, but I still wanted to come and say something in light of what has been happening in the video game industry and other parts of the gaming world.
For those that don’t know, this week, many strong individuals have come forward and exposed the rampant sexual harassment, abuse of power and sexism in the video game industry, which has in turn inspired others to come forward with their stories as well. As you know, members of this podcast work at video game companies. These victims and their abusers are friends, colleagues, acquaintances, and in cases, people who we have even had on the podcast before and given a platform. We are all shaken to the core. We are heartbroken, furious and dealing with so many other emotions that it makes it really hard to be excited about video games at the moment.
Like a few weeks ago with the Black Lives Matter movement, we want to keep the airways clear so that more important messages can make their way through. But with that, I want to thank all the incredibly strong people who have come forward and told us their stories. We hear you, we support you and we will stand beside you in calling for change. We need to do better. We need to be better. Be better to each other. Like I said in a tweet earlier in this week, this shit has got to stop. We need to call out the injustices, be them racism, sexism, discrimination of any sorts, and have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind.
We are all in this together. To the victims, we hear you, we see you, we love you. Thank you. If anyone needs to talk, my personal DMs are open on Twitter, and I am here for you.
Thank you so much for listening to this and we will be back next week hopefully with the same passion and excitement for video games as you have come to know from the Girls on Games team. Be well and be good to each other.
Love, Leah, Cat, Ali & Simon
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Holy online events, Batman! We watched the PC Gaming Show, Pokémon Presents and EA Play Live and on top of that, PAX announced an upcoming nine day online event coming this fall... Some of our favourite highlights from the press events we watched last week were Star Wars Squadrons gameplay reveal, New Pokémon Snap announced and we even spotted Dragon Age screenshots. Plus Ali shares her first impressions of Summer in Mara and Leah finished playing The Last of Us Part II.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:21:27)
- Summer in Mara 1st impressions (00:26:39)
- The Last of Us Part II final thoughts (00:30:55)
This Week’s News (00:37:20)
- PC Gaming Show (00:37:20)
- Pokémon Presents: New Pokémon Snap (00:40:40)
- EA Play Live: Star Wars Squadrons gameplay and Dragon Age screenshots (00:44:35)
- Cyberpunk delayed again (00:53:57)
- Alf is the ‘official tech correspondent’ for Summer Game Fest (01:01:18)
- PAX is Going Digital with a Nine-day Online Event (01:08:20)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:17:50)
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Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
It’s a PlayStation type of episode! Leah gives her spoiler-free first impressions of The Last of Us part II and let’s just say, there’s a reason why this game is receiving such high praise. We then discuss the PlayStation 5 reveal event: what we thought of the conference, which games we’re most excited to play, what we think of the look of the console, and more.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:12:44)
- Destiny 2 event (00:24:50)
- The Last of Us Part II first impressions (00:28:30)
This Week’s News (00:42:40)
- Take-Two CEO said Stadia over-promised (00:42:40)
- Ubisoft’s Gods and Monsters was briefly playable on Stadia (00:45:31)
- Playstation 5 reveal event highlights, fans estimate the console’s size, CGI presenter conspiracy, and we still don’t have a price (00:48:40)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:13:14)
DISCLAIMER: The Last of Us Part II review code provided by PlayStation Canada. 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.
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Monday Jun 01, 2020
Monday Jun 01, 2020
New information about the next generation of consoles is trickling in! Xbox Series X will have HDR and 120 fps to some backward compatible games. On the PlayStation 5 front, Sony announced a digital press conference on June 4th and detailed that all PS4 games coming this summer will be compatible with PlayStation 5. We close out the show by wrapping up the first Wholesome Direct, an online conference completely dedicated to wholesome games.
What is Everyone Playing? (00:20:55)
This Week’s News (00:40:23)
- Xbox Series X backwards compatibility adds HDR and 120fps to older games (00:40:23)
- PlayStation 5 News (00:46:40)
- Wholesome Direct Wrap-up (00:52:00)
Outro and Wrap-up (00:57:35)