The Girls on Games Podcast

My Friend Pedro, Minecraft Dungeons, Drake Hollow - GoGCast 259

Hello! Do you like video games? Great, because we played some video games and would love to tell you about them. Cat befriended a floating banana in My Friend Pedro, Ali played the Drake Hollow beta and Leah went dungeon crawling in Minecraft Dungeons. Plus we chat about the latest news about Rainbow Six Siege and Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:18:13)

• My Friend Pedro review (00:18:13)
• Drake Hollow first impressions (00:25:23)
• Minecraft Dungeons first impressions (00:41:37)

This Week’s News (00:46:05)

• Area F2 is a carbon copy of Rainbow Six Siege and got taken down by Ubisoft (00:46:05)
• Animal Crossing hacker gives out free Raymonds to fight black market (00:49:56)
• Live reaction of Pokémon Collector unpacking a 1st edition Charizard (01:06:00)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:09:17)

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Interview with James of Wholesome Games - GoGCast 258

Are you ready for a big dose of wholesome? ✨ I hope so because we’re joined with James from Wholesome Games to chat about the upcoming Wholesome Direct. He tells us about what we can expect from the online showcase, how Wholesome Games came to be and how it grew into a thriving community of gamers who love heartwarming games.

If you also love these kinds of games, catch the Wholesome Direct on May 26th, 2020 at 1pm EST. Head to wholesomegames.com to join the mailing list for notifications and to find links to their social accounts and Discord Server.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:18:05)

This Week’s News (00:33:35)

• UE5 reveal plus Epic games waves royalty fees for first $1M of gross revenue for game devs (00:33:35)
• New Paper Mario coming July 17 (00:37:16)
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 are getting remade (00:40:55)
• Ghost of Tsushima State of Play (00:43:43)
• The Culling comes back with questionable monetization practices (00:44:30)

This Week’s Topic: interview with Wholesome Games (00:51:30)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:13:33)

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Inside Xbox, The Last of Us Part II, Cyberpunk 2077 and more

We’re staying home, we’re playing games, we’re a bit very lonely and that made us really chatty so strap in for a long one. In this week’s GoGCast, Leah shares how she built a rock garden in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, EA announces that Fallen Order is now a franchise, Cyberpunk 2077 has us talking about genitals and we discuss the latest Inside Xbox which showcased games coming to the Xbox Series X.

If you need help planning your island in Animal Crossing, Leah recommends this 3D planner: https://animalcrossingworld.com/2020/05/check-out-this-3d-island-planner-app-to-plan-your-animal-crossing-new-horizons-island/. And if you need some feel good content, check out Life with Malamutes on Instagram and Korean Englishmen on Youtube.

 

What is Everyone Playing? (00:21:45)

• Leah’s guide to creating a rock garden Animal Crossing: New Horizons (00:45:55)

This Week’s News (00:53:14)

• EA details games coming to Switch and next gen and announces that Fallen Order is now a franchise (00:53:14)
• Last of Us Part II Story Trailer (00:58:57)
• Inside Xbox: Games coming to Series X (01:00:10)
• Cyberpunk 2077 features customizable genitals (01:22:56)
• Tune in to the Wholesome Direct for wholesome games (01:26:43)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:29:39)

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Summer Game Fest, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and more - GoGCast 256

It’s happened. Ali is actually excited about an Assassin's Creed Game! 😲 In this episode of the GoGCast, we get really hyped about Assassin's Creed Valhalla and also discuss how new events like Summer Game Fest might mean the end of E3 as we know it.

 

What is Everyone Playing? (00:19:05)

 

This Week’s News (00:48:28)

• Nintendo data breach, set up 2FA on your Nintendo ID (00:48:28)
• Gamespot announced online gaming event in June and Summer Game Fest is a 4 month digital event  (00:52:14)
• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla reveal  (01:07:05)
• Xbox event Thursday May 7 detailing games coming for next gen (01:17:18)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:29:50)

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CS:GO source code leaks, Crysis Remastered, Animal Crossing Stalk Market and more - GoGCast 255

On this week’s episode of the GoGCast, Simon makes bank with the stalk market in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Ali gets roped into playing Phantasy Star Online 2, CS:GO and Team Fortress 2 source code leaks online, Crysis gets remastered and more.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:21:34)

This Week’s News (00:46:10)

• Jason Schreir leaves Kotaku for Bloomberg (00:46:10)
• Crysis is getting remastered (00:56:05)
• CSGO and TF2 source code from 2017 leaked  (00:57:17)
• Animal Crossing is selling gangbusters and announces its next wave of new content (01:04:15)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:13:49)

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Valorant, Steam Game Festival, Nintendo Switch Updates and more - GoGCast 254

On this week’s GoGCast, we chat about the games we’re playing and do a quick news round-up. Simon shares his first impression of Valorant, Riot’s upcoming arena first person shooter game, and we chat about the latest Nintendo Switch update, Steam’s Game Festival, the ESRB adding lootboxes to their rating labels, and more.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:13:10)

• Valorant 1st impressions (00:30:35)

This Week’s News (00:53:58)

• Nintendo Switch control remapping (00:53:58)
• Sabotage studio making Chrono Trigger Sea of Stars (00:57:16)
• New Crysis game in the making? (01:01:38)
• Steam game festival: Summer Edition announced (01:03:30)
• ESRB announces new ratings label for games with loot boxes (01:06:01)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:12:10)

Check out Leah’s appearance on the PSVG podcast: https://psvg.podbean.com/e/psvg-prime-226-peeps-on-a-stick-w-leah-jewer/

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Video Game Digital Events and the PlayStation 5 DualSense - GoGCast 253

It’s another chill episode of the GoGCast this week. We chat a bit more about Yakuza 0 and Animal Crossing: New Horizons and dive into this week’s gaming news including IGN announcing their Summer of Gaming digital event and Sony releasing information about the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:09:32)

Yakuza 0 and Animal Crossing: New Horizons

This Week’s News (00:29:42)

• Video Game events rapide fire (00:29:32)
  • Microsoft announces all events up to July 2021 will be held digitally 
  • ESA won’t be organizing a digital event to replace E3 
  • IGN announces Summer of Gaming event in lieu of E3 2020 
• Sony casually announces PS5 DualSense controller (00:39:38)
• You can now do Real Science in Borderlands 3, of all Places (00:56:16)

Outro and Wrap-up (00:58:40)

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The Games We're Currently Playing - GoGCast 252

In this episode, we talk about the games we’re currently playing because it’s what we’ve been doing: staying in and gaming. We chat a bit more about Animal Crossing: New Horizons but also dive into Jedi: Fallen Order, Control, Yakuza 0, Dragon’s Dogma and the latest Runescape update.

We hope all of you are safe and healthy and that we're able keep you company for a little while and brighten your day.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:16:03)

This Week’s News (00:42:29)

• Changes to Pokémon Go so people can play from home (00:42:29)
• PlayStation delays The Last of Us II and Iron Man VR indefinitely (00:47:50)
• Rumours for Mario’s 35th birthday: 64, Sunshine and Galaxy remastered, more to come (00:52:50)

Outro and Wrap-up (00:55:18)

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Animal Crossing New Horizons and MLB The Show 20 - GoGcast 251

As we stay home and safe, we find our happy place playing games. Pascal, our resident sports reviewer, joins us to review MLB The Show 20 and discuss the format of sports games in general. He and Leah also review one of the biggest games of the year and a definite source of warmth, calm and happiness in these uncertain times: Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Enjoy this week’s episode and we hope you are all healthy and safe.

What is Everyone Playing? (00:15:58)

• Sleight of Spire 1st impressions (00:19:38)
• MLB The Show 2020 Review (00:26:56)
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review (00:44:54)

This Week’s News (01:04:52)

• Master list of free games to play during self isolation (01:04:52)
• Classic media turning to esports and video games in times of need (01:09:06)
• Canadian Game Awards postponed (01:13:54)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:16:50)

DISCLAIMER: MLB The Show 20 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.

Ask Us Anything Special Call-In Show - GoGCast 250

You asked them, we answered them! To celebrate our 250th episode, we answer your burning questions about the show, about us, about video games and more! Thank you to everyone that submitted a question, recorded or through comments, Twitter or Discord. Plus, we break down the tech sheets of the Xbox One Series X and PlayStation 5, and discuss all the games we’re playing while we wait for Animal Crossing New Horizons.

250 episodes is quite the milestone for our little podcast and we’re stoked to have you with us on this journey, sharing our love for video games. Cheers, gamers! To 250 more! 🎉

What is Everyone Playing? (00:23:48)

• Hidden Through Time 1st impressions (00:30:50)
• Dungeon Drafters 1st impressions (00:35:30)
• Call of Duty Warzones (00:37:13)

This Week’s News (00:42:11)

• Console tech specs for the XBOX Series X and PlayStation 5 (00:42:11)
• Microsoft Hosted Game Stack Streams (00:55:05)

This Week’s Topic: Ask Us Anything (00:57:16)

Outro and Wrap-up (01:39:57)