The Girls on Games Podcast

GoGCast 154: Far Cry 5 - Full Game Review

*SPOILERS past the 41 minute mark *
Liberate Hope County with us as we review Far Cry 5. Although this game still sticks true to what the shooter franchise is known for, Ubisoft made key changes to tweak gameplay that drew us in. We discuss these changes plus the main story, side quests, characters, guns and fangs for hire, game play and more. We also compare our progression, choices and play style as Far Cry 5 offers a dynamic open world that is yours to explore and liberate from the cult by hiding in the shadows or by running in guns blazing and everything in between.
Are you playing Far Cry 5? Let us know what you think of the game in the comments below, on Twitter or on Facebook.
This week in news: 3D printed NES cartridges used to smuggle drugs and No Man’s Sky coming to Xbox One this summer.
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GoGCast 153: Interview with Jana Sloan van Geest of Guerrilla Games

Writers, get your notebook ready as Jana Sloan van Geest helps us discover the world of narrative design and scriptwriting. Currently at Guerilla Games and formerly of Ubisoft and Ludia Games, Jana has written for games such as Horizon Zero Dawn’s Frozen Wilds DLC, Assassin’s Creed Origins and Battlestar Galactica Squadrons. Jana also founded the writing incubator at Pixelles Montreal. Enjoy!
This week in news: Unreal reveals amazing facial motion capture tech demo at GDC featuring Andy Serkis, Riot Games, Blizzard Entertainment and Twitch team up to fight toxic gaming behaviour and discussion of unions for game developers emerge from GDC.
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GoGCast 152: The Demo Debate

We have a round-table discussion about game demos, betas and early access on this week’s GoGCast. We tackle the Yakuza 6 demo issues, how they often get mixed with betas and early access, share which were our favourite demos, if they actually convinced us to either purchase or pass on a game and more.
This week in news: Toys R Us closes all U.S. stores in an effort to stay afloat, Yet another battle royale: Elastic Games to show Last Year: the Nightmare at PAX East, The Witcher is coming to Soul Calibur VI and Ninja shatters Twitch viewership record while playing Fortnite with Drake, Travis Scott and JuJu Smith-Schuster.
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GoGCast 151: Interview with Maja Moldenhauer of Studio MDHR

We dive back into Cuphead’s hand drawn cell shaded world this week as we interview Maja Moldenhauer, Artist and Producer at Studio MDHR. Maja painstakingly did all the inking for Cuphead; a true labour of love. Maja shares with us the trials and tribulations of creating Cuphead, what the project meant to her and her family and how it feels to see the game praised by the community and award commities but also the Prime Minister himself.
This week in news: Dreamhack Montreal is heading to the Olympic Stadium, Sony to drop PS3 and PS Vita from the PS Plus free games line-up and we have a trailer for Hogwarts Mystery.
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GoGCast 150: CEFORE - Interview with Pixelz Games

Recorded live from Montréal Joue, we chat with Raphaël Fortin and Louis-Philippe Desjardins of Pixelz Games, the indie studio behind the explosive puzzle game CEFORE. Raphaël and Louis-Philippe share with us how the game evolved since the start of the project, the ups and downs of crowdfunding, the challenges of combining puzzle solving with explosions and more. Since we were on stage at Montréal Joue, they took the time to answer a few questions from the audience.
This week in news: Phil Spencer addresses toxicity in the industry and in the gaming communities, Blizzard announces Warcraft III Invitational, Rainbow Six Siege announces Operation Outbreak and a quick Dragon Ball Fighterz review.
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GoGCast 149: Interview with Myriame Lachapelle of Sauropod Studio

This week, we chat with Myriame Lachapelle, Project and Communications Manager at Sauropod Studio, the independent studio behind the Kickstarted game Castle Story. Myriame shares what a day is like for her working for the indie studio and talks about what inspired her to start her side projects From Indies With Love and NASA Everyday.
This week in news: Twitch launches a Discord-like chat feature called Rooms, Steam purges games after finding out the dev manipulated the reviews, Ubisoft is opting for quality over quantity and Sea of Thieves opens the floodgates on DLC, microtransactions and more.
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GoGCast 148: Just The News

Due to a last minute scheduling conflict, this week’s show will be a bit shorter than usual. We still wanted to chat with you all about what’s happening in the video game world so this episode will be just what we’re currently playing and the latest news. Enjoy!
This week in news: Activision Blizzard generated more than half their revenue through microtransactions, Monster Hunter: World is Capcom’s fastest selling game and a My Little Pony Friendship is Magic inspired fighting game called Them’s Fightin’ Herds is coming out real soon.
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GoGCast 147: Far Cry 5 - Interview with Dan Hay

Join us in Hope County, Montana as we talk Far Cry 5 with Dan Hay, Executive Producer and Creative Director for Ubisoft Montreal. In Far Cry 5, you must build the resistance and take on Eden’s Gate, a cult that is forcefully taking over Hope County and its inhabitants. We chat with Dan about what we can expect from the upcoming release in the open world shooter franchise: the location, the music, the villain, the conflict, the protagonist and more.
This week in news: Mario Kart is coming to mobile, Anthem is delayed until 2019, Rockstar Game announces that Red Dead Redemption is coming out October 26th, 2018 and over 300,000 players took part in the latest Sea of Thieves closed beta.
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GoGCast 146: Heroic Portrait with Julian Stamboulieh

Julian Stamboulieh, Co-Creator and Director of LARPs the Series, joins us this week to talk about his latest brainchild: Heroic Portrait. Heroic Portrait is a cosbounding project where he and his co-host and co-creator Catherine Vincelli create a series of cosbounding photoshoots based on video game characters. Each step of the process - costume, makeup, photoshoot and photo editing - is documented and shared across various platforms such as Youtube, Instagram and Twitch. Julian talks us through the project itself, the first series of photos, what’s coming up next for Heroic Portrait and more.
Next round of Heroic Portrait starts on February 2nd, 2018 so make sure to follow Beanduck Productions on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Youtube.
This week in news: Xbox Game Pass announcement: how Microsoft is getting ready for life after consoles, Looking forward to Cyberpunk 2077 and R.I.P. Miitomo.
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GoGCast 145: PAX South with PixelPrincess80

We travel to Texas and back as some lucky members of our stream team attended PAX South, including PixelPrincess80. We chat with her about the event itself, playing The Darwin Project at the Mixer booth, meeting other streamers and more.
This week in news: Portkey Games’ first release is a Harry Potter RPG for mobile, Nintendo reveals Labo, Facebook is now the main streaming platform for ESL, AGDQ raised 2.3 million dollars and Twitch introduces Video Producer.
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