The Girls on Games Podcast
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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Friday Jun 14, 2019
Friday Jun 14, 2019
Oh how it’s good to be a gamer when June rolls around! E3 2019 has come and gone so it’s time for us to wrap up some of the biggest announcements and news coming out of one of the most important video game event in the world. We share our favourite announcements and moments from the conferences, biggest surprises and some of our disappointments (looking at you Splinter Cell) from the 2019 edition of E3! Strap yourself in, it’s a big one.
Huge shout-out the fine folks that put e3-recap.com toghether! Check it out their interactive archive of all the conferences, trailers and announcements from current and past E3!
What’s Everyone Playing? (00:06:35)
Topic: (00:20:59)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:57:12)
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Wednesday Jun 05, 2019
Wednesday Jun 05, 2019
E3 2019 is almost upon us and it’s time to cast our predictions! The actual Netflix of games? A new Xbox console teased? Dragon Age 4? Dare we say it: Animal Crossing on Switch?! Predictions, wishful thinking, call it what you like but we discuss which announcements and major trends we think will come from E3 2019.
What’s Everyone Playing? (00:04:03)
This Week in News (00:22:22)
Microsoft brings Xbox Game Pass to PC and Xbox Studio games are coming to Steam (00:22:22)Cuphead heading to… Tesla (00:28:51)Call of Duty: Modern Warfare details and trailer (00:31:56)The Rainbow Six Canada Nationals are heading to EGLX (00:36:14)Google Stadia info coming on the 6th (00:37:58)
Topic: E3 2019 Predictions (00:40:00)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:15:50)
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Thursday May 30, 2019
Thursday May 30, 2019
It’s the pre-E3 news scramble with all the teasers, trailers and rumours. We react to the Death Stranding trailer, train Pokémons in our sleep, assemble The Avengers with Square Enix and more.
What’s Everyone Playing? (00:02:25)
This Week in News (00:13:58)
Gaming Disorder makes the The International Classification of Diseases list (00:13:58)
Death Stranding trailer and the game is coming November 8th 2019 (00:18:43)
Great Rune, a new FROMSOFTWARE game in collaboration with George RR Martin (00:24:45)
Avengers game by Eidos Montreal teased (00:28:09)
Sonic movie gets delayed to February 14th, 2020 - Happy valentines day! (00:31:18)
Mario Maker 2 won’t let you play with your friends… who wants to play with their friends anyways? (00:34:35)
Cadence of Hyrule might be out on May 30 (00:38:03)
PlayStation Days of Play kicks off June 7 - good deals! (00:40:54)
Pokémon Press conference announces Pokémon Home, Pokémon Sleep and more (00:43:21)
Outro and Wrap-up (00:59:44)
Monday May 20, 2019
Monday May 20, 2019
In this episode of the GoGCast, we’re crushing candies, clashing clans, catching Pokémons and winning chicken dinners. Following our previous conversation on hypercasual games, we take a look at the current state of mobile gaming as a whole. Mobile gaming is the biggest gaming market, completely overshadowing PC and consoles when it comes to revenue, growth and reach, with its most popular titles being free-to-play. We chat about the current state of mobile gaming and marketplaces and if new services like Apple Arcade can really disrupt the free-to-play model. Plus, Ali shares her first impressions of RAGE 2.
What’s Everyone Playing? (00:06:05)
RAGE 2 First Impressions (00:10:25)
This Week in News (00:30:30)
EA Access finally coming to PS4 (00:30:30)
Hold the console wars: Sony and Microsoft explore strategic partnership (00:35:00)
Minecraft Earth is an AR game coming soon to mobile (00:39:15)
WoW Classic launch date announced and beta now live and players are reporting actual game features as bugs. (00:43:50)
Topic: The State of Mobile Gaming (00:51:16)
Mobile is still the fastest growing market according to App Annie (Gameindustry.biz)
Apple Arcade wants to slay the free-to-play monster iOS helped create (The Verge)
iPhone users can sue Apple over App Store, Supreme Court rules (cnet)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:15:48)
Monday May 13, 2019
Monday May 13, 2019
*This episode contains spoilers*
In this special episode, we’re heading back to Hope County as we take a deep dive at Far Cry New Dawn. We trekked through the super bloom, hunted weird looking animals, found a new dog (R.I.P. Boomer), reconnected with old friends and made new ones, took down the highway men and you know what, we wanted to talk about it! So we did. We discuss what’s new, what was brought over from Far Cry 5, what we liked and what we didn’t.
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Monday May 06, 2019
Monday May 06, 2019
Hyper casual games are simple games that offer engaging gameplay in snackable play sessions. Honing in on their streamlined yet gratifying gameplay and low barrier to entry, hyper casual games have created a market estimated to $2 billion in revenue through in-app purchases and advertising. We talk about our favourite hyper casual games and where we see genre going in the future. Plus, we react to the whole Sonic Movie trailer debacle.
What’s Everyone Playing? (00:03:44)
This Week in News (00:15:49)
Epic Games acquires Psyonix of Rocket League fame (00:15:49)
Reacting to the live action Sonic movie trailer and the announced changes to the character model (00:20:35)
Star Wars in For Honor (00:30:38)
Topic: Hyper Casual Games (00:32:05)
The Truth about Hyper Casual games (Venture Beat)
What are hyper casual games and how to monetize games (Ironsource blog)
100 Million Downloads: How Hyper Casual Mobile Games Are Rewriting the Game Design Rulebook (Mobile Free To Play)
Top Hyper Casual Games of 2018 (Rising High Academy)
Outro and Wrap-up (00:57:50)
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Monday Apr 29, 2019
Monday Apr 29, 2019
We’ve heard it time and time again: video games make us violent, video games are addictive, video games are a waste of time, blah blah blah! Well, it’s time to debunk these myths. Based of an article published on The Guardian, we tackle 5 damaging myths about video games.
What’s Everyone Playing? (00:03:00)
This Week in News (00:20:17)
Respawn sticking to seasonal updates for Apex Legend to avoid crunch like on Fortnite (00:20:17)
How Fornite’s Success Led to Months of Crunch at Epic
Former devs speak out about 'severe crunch' at Mortal Kombat studio
Chrono Trigger voted best game of outgoing era in Japan (00:29:49)
US politician banned from Eve Online for corruption was innocent after all (00:34:28)
Topic: 5 Damaging Myths About Video Games (00:40:08)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:10:14)
Monday Apr 22, 2019
Monday Apr 22, 2019
Is the cake is a lie and is there a cow level? Inspired by the Easter long weekend, we go hunting for Easter Eggs in video games. We tell the tale of the very first one, why we call them ‘Easter Eggs’ and share our favourite video game Easter Eggs. Plus, Ali and Leah review My Time at Portia.
What’s Everyone Playing? (00:04:30)
My time at Portia review (00:15:41)
This Week in News (00:28:00)
Sony chats “PlayStation 5” with Wired (00:28:00)
Xbox One S All Digital Edition (00:35:15)
GameStop’s Guaranteed to Love It policy (00:39:29)
A Secret Server for the Dead MMO 'City of Heroes' Has Players in an Uproar (00:42:45)
Ubisoft donates to Notre-Dame de Paris reconstruction and gives Assassin’s Creed Unity on PC for free (00:49:23)
Topic: Favourite Video Game Easter Eggs (00:57:25)
The first Easter Egg in a game
The ‘Cake is a Lie’ in Portal
Assassin’s Creed III Turkey
Dead Assassin in a hay bale in Witcher 2
The Cow level in Diablo 2
Megalodon Battlefield 4
Xur in World of Warcraft
The Vault-Tec representative, 200 years later and a little ghoulish
The ROOT of the connection
SUCH A SWEET BOY!
Montreal in Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag
Ancient writing in The Leged of Zelda Breath of the Wild actually has a translation
Raving Rabbids in Watch_Dogs
Outro and Wrap-up (01:25:50)
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Monday Apr 15, 2019
Monday Apr 15, 2019
Games are for everyone yet not everyone can play the games they would like to play. Accessibility, easy modes and Sekiro Shadows Die Twice have been all over our feeds lately, and unfortunately, the conversation wasn’t always civil nor empathetic. Riffing off last week’s interview with accessibility advocate Steve Saylor, we dissect the conversation around difficulty settings in games, accessibility features and what it means to the industry and gamers everywhere. Plus, we react to the Star Wars Jedi: The Fallen Order trailer reveal.
What’s Everyone Playing? (00:06:25)
This Week in News (00:27:20)
PSN ID changes are here but with a few caveats (00:27:20)
EA announces Star Wars Jedi: The Fallen Order single player game coming this fall (00:33:45)
Kojima and Reedus to present Death Stranding’s story at Tribeca (00:48:53)
Topic: Allies for Accessibility (00:59:00)
Steve Saylor’s video on this topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-11LhWC19TU
Steve Spohn of Able Gamers: https://twitter.com/stevenspohn/status/1114950742329233408
‘Video Game Difficulty is an Accessibility Issue’ https://junkee.com/sekiro-game-difficulty/200666
Game Accessibility Guidelines: http://gameaccessibilityguidelines.com/
Can I Play That? http://www.caniplaythat.com/
Able Gamers https://ablegamers.org/
Outro and Wrap-up (01:28:42)
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Monday Apr 08, 2019
Monday Apr 08, 2019
Our guest for this week’s GoGCast is Steve Saylor also known as BLIND GAMER on Youtube. Steve is a content creator and an accessible gaming advocate and consultant. He shares with us the games he likes to play, talks about the improvements developers have made to make their games more accessible and more. Plus, we discuss Kotaku’s exposé on Anthem’s productions woes.
What’s Everyone Playing? (00:03:30)
This Week in News (00:20:41)
Simon and Cat attended the first edition of GEEK It! In Montreal (00:20:41)
PS to refund pre-orders and games but only if you haven’t downloaded them (00:31:09)
Borderlands 3 is coming September 13th (00:35:00)
Anthem what went wrong (00:38:06)
Topic: Interview with Steve Saylor a.k.a. BLIND GAMER (01:03:30)
Outro and Wrap-up (01:27:50)
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