The Girls on Games Podcast

GoGCast 168: Live from Montreal Comiccon 2018

Expect something different this week as we recorded live from Montreal Comiccon! Thanks to a visit to the PlayStation booth, Leah and Simon share their first impressions of Spider-Man, Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Beat Saber and Tetris Effect. We close the show by taking questions from the audience and chat Destiny, VR, gaming in a console-less world and more.

This week in news: We Happy Few will be released in Australia after all, Why Sony is missing out big time on Fortnite and the head of Take-Two doesn’t expect Red Dead Redemption 2 to make as much money as GTA5.

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GoGCast 167: Video Game Movies and TV Shows

This week, we chat about video games in movies and TV shows whether they be adaptations of popular franchises like Tomb Raider or Castlevania, or chock full of video game lore and references like Ready Player One and Pixels. We chat news and speculate about upcoming movies and series like The Division, Halo, Sonic the Hedgehog and The Witcher. We share our thoughts about movies we’ve seen recently like Tomb Raider and Ready Player One and reminisce about the cult classics like the infamous Marios Brothers and Street Fighter live action movies.

This week in news: The Nintendo Switch is now $20 cheaper in Canada, Google is getting into video games with a 3 tiered approach and Overwatch ads Wrecking Ball to their hero roster.

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GoGCast 166: Mid-Year State of Gaming Review

We’re halfway through the year so we’re looking at the state of gaming in 2018. We share our favourite games of 2018 so far, which games we are looking forward to that are coming out later this year and analyse underlying trends in gaming.

This week in news: PUBG addresses the asset flip debacle, The gaming industry is about accounts not hardware and the Steam Summer Sale is upon us.

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GoGCast 165: E3 2018 Round-Up

E3 2018 wrapped up but a few days ago: games were announced, trailers and gameplay were premiered, Kingdom Hearts III was everywhere but Square Enix forgot to prepare more than one trailer, Nintendo went Smash crazy and we finally saw what Cyberpunk 2077 is about. We do a quick round-up of our favourite announcements and conferences and we tally up who won this year’s predictions game! Expect equal parts of hype and salt in this episode.

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GoGCast 164: Far Cry 5 Story Spoilercast

*Main story and ending spoilers ahead!* While E3 is in full swing, we’re taking a break from our regular format to talk about Far Cry 5’ main story, villains and multiple endings. We share our initial reactions to completing the story, why we felt that way and what we think about it in hindsight.

Have you finished Far Cry 5? Share your thoughts with us on Facebook or Twitter.

If you haven’t already, check out our full review of Far Cry 5 and our interview with Dan Hay, Executive Producer and Creative Director for Ubisoft Montreal on Far Cry.

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GoGCast 163: Esports in the Summertime

We’re having a crossover with our friends from Of Buffs And Nerfs this week to chat about all the esport events happening this summer, whether it be Overwatch, Rainbow Six Siege, League of Legends, Fortnite… There’s something for everyone! Marie and Simon share with us major competitions you’ll want to stream or see in person, how to get into esports, kids esport activities and camps and much more.

This week in news: Microsoft lays off contract support staff in favour of Xbox Ambassador volunteers, Ubisoft confirms Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is coming, Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Evee are coming to Switch and Bethesda announces Fallout 76.

Make sure to check out @OfBuffsAndNerfs and @Radio76Pod on Twitter.

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GoGCast 162: Interview with Jared Petty

Let’s take a hop, a blip and a jump into this week’s episode of the GoGCast! Our guest is Jared Petty, host at Kinda Funny but also the creator of many wonderful projects including Hop, Blip, and a Jump which is diary-documentary video series about how everything is games is connected, Red Dead Radio which is a podcast on - you guessed it - Read Dead Redemption and Pockets Full of Soup, a storytelling show about the people who help us make us who we are. Jared also wrote for EA and IGN. We chat with Jared about his passion for games, his current projects, and more.

This week in news: Runescape Classic is shutting down after 20 years, Fallout: Cascadia is a fan project looking to bring nature back to the wasteland, Far Cry 5’s first DLC is coming in early June and Fortnite is providing 100 million dollars in prize pools for esports events in 2018 and 2019.

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GoGCast 161: State of Decay 2 Review

Rebuild your live in a post zombie apocalypse world with us as we review State of Decay 2. Much like its predecessor, State of Decay 2 is a third person survival game set in an open world environment. Ali shares her tips to playing the game, shares what she liked and what she didn’t.

This week in news: Bosskey’s Cliff Beszinski shares scrapped game ideas, Microsoft announces Xbox Adaptive Controller and Nintendo E3 rumours.

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GoGCast 160: E3 2018 Predictions Game

We’re one month away from E3 2018 which means it’s time to do our predictions game! Each panelist came up with 5 things they expect from this year E3: trailers, announcements, reveals, surprises, etc. As we inch closer to June, we’ll check off which of our predictions were duds and which came true. The one who has the most confirmed items gets bragging rights and possibly a surprise.

We want to know what you expect from E3 2018. Let us know in the comments, on Facebook or on Twitter.

This week in news: Steam Link will let you play your games on mobile, Milla Jovovich to Star in Monster Hunter Movie Adaptation, Boss Key Studios Shuts Down, Deus Ex isnt dead, Rage 2 Confirmed and rumours that Star Fox could come back as a racing game.

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GoGCast 159: Slime Rancher - Interview with Kara Holmes of Monomi Park

Let’s spend some time on the ranch as this week, we speak with Kara Holmes, Community Manager at Monomi Park, the indie studio behind Slime Rancher. Kara shares how her love of talking video games with other gamers got her from working at Gamestop to joining the Slime Rancher team. She also shares stories from working on the bubbly happy and cute game, what she loves best about Slime Rancher and how the studio manages to constantly push updates and new content for the title and how they thrive on community feedback.

This week in news: Nintendo’s new president aims to build a billion dollar mobile gaming business, Dad God of War sells 3.1 million copies in the first 3 days, Pikachu was modelled after a squirrel and was supposed to have a fourth evolution.

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