The Girls on Games Podcast

GoGCast 180: interview with Lucie Pohl

Heroes never die! This week on the GoGCast, we have the pleasure of interviewing Lucie Pohl, comedian and actress who is the voice of Mercy in Overwatch and Rixxa Fluxflame in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. Lucie shares with us stories of growing up in New York, studying in Germany, writing her first comedy show, landing the voice gig with Blizzard and more.
Here's the video made with Sombra and Pharah referenced in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGudrGV2myE
This week in news: we go over your feedback regarding buying physical or digital games, Harry Potter RPG “Magic Awakened” leaked, name changes are finally coming to the PSN, new Nintendo Switch model apparently coming in 2019 and the Soul Calibur community designed their own character and the result is hilarious.
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GoGcast 179: Why Do Gamers Still Buy Physical Games?

Do you prefer buying physical or digital games? Why is that? This week on the GoGCast, we take a look at a survey done by GameIndustry.biz, ISFE and Ipsos Mori's GameTrack consumer asking buyers of physical games why they choose boxes over downloads. We break down the stats and share our insights. Plus, Catherine gives her first impressions of Forza Horizon 4 and Leah has all the highlights from Minecon Earth 2018.
This week in news: Telltale Games is looking for potential partners to finish The Walking Dead which prompted a reaction from God of War’s director, former Telltale employees are also suing the studio for the lack of forewarning and severance, Vivendi is selling off all of their Ubisoft stocks, Microsoft announces XO18 in Mexico City, Sony says there will be no PSX this year, Kinda Funny announces their game showcase and finally, there are political ads on Xbox live.
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GoGCast 178: Transference Review and Goodbye TellTale Games

This week on the GoGCast, we unpack all the news that dropped this week, including Telltale Games shutting down, and Ali reviews Transference, Ubisoft’s latest VR game. We also have Canadian Gaming habits stats courtesy of Paypal and SuperData.
This week in news: YouTube Gaming App is no more, Sony announced the PS Classic, Spider-Man’s is Sony’s fastest selling game, Red Dead Online is coming this November and Capcom closes its Vancouver studio despite their increase in revenue.
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GoGCast 177: DreamHack Montreal 2018

Of Buffs and Nerfs’ Marie (@akviko) and Alban (@Albinouze) join Simon and Leah to chat about DreamHack Montreal 2018. This year we saw big changes including changing the venue from Place Bonaventure to the infamous Olympic Stadium. Our panel shares highlights from the event and competitions, what they liked, what they feel could’ve been better.
This week in news: highlights from the latest Nintendo Direct and someone shot at Dr Disrespect’s house during a stream.
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GoGCast 176: H3H3 Ball Rider - Interview with Outerminds

We head back to Outerminds to chat with studio co-founder Guiz de Pessemier about the launch of their latest game: H3H3 Ball Rider, which was created in collaboration with Youtubers Ethan and Hila Kline of H3H3Productions. Guiz talks about the game’s concept and shares behind the scene stories about developing the game with Ethan and Hila.
This week in news: Steam is even worse thanks to their new search feature and Nintendo postpones their Direct due to earthquake: gamer entitlement ensues and leads to some awkward announcements.
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GoGCast 175: The Netflix of Video Games & Gamescom 2018 Recap

This week, we recap our highlights from Gamescom 2018: Cyberpunk 2077, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, new NVIDIA Graphics cards and so many Nindies! And following Microsoft’s announcement of Xbox All Access, we break down the service: what’s included, the pros and the cons. This also spurred a discussion about our wishlist for the Netflix of video games and how close we are to getting access to such a service.
This week in news: Jacksonville shooting at Madden event, Ikea is jumping on the gaming chair market, Riot finally breaks the silence re: the toxic culture allegations and Epic is removing Fortnite Android from the Google Play marketplace.
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GoGCast 174: Required Reading - Video Game History Books

Welcome well-read gamers to this week’s episode of the GoGcast! Our friend Pat Landry joins us to discuss books that tell the stories of video game development and the history of the industry.
Here are Pat and Leah’s current reading list:
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
Masters of Doom
Console Wars
Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America
All Your Base Are Belong To Us
The Ultimate History of Video Games
Coleco: The Official Book
Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered The World
This week in news: Answering to Kotaku’s article, Riot’s Greg Street promises changes to Riot’s toxic culture and Ubisoft confirms there will be no Assassin’s Creed game in 2019.
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GoGCast 173: Interview with Ally Mushka

Ally Mushka is our guest for this week’s episode. Ally is a youtuber mostly known for making Souls games videos but also worked for Evolve PR, a public relations agency who represents indie games. We chat with Ally about her favourite games, her love of Dark Souls, how was her experience working in PR, what’s next for her and more.
This week in news: Spyro Reignited Trilogy delayed until November, Valve’s apparent foray into streaming with Stream.TV, Diablo III is coming to Switch with exclusives and Dark Souls Remastered for Switch will be available Oct 19th.
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GoGCast 172: The Comeback Kids - No Man's Sky Next, Rainbow Six Siege, Pokémon Go

This week on the GoGCast, we’re talking games that are asking us to give them a second chance. Games like Pokémon Go, Rainbow Six Siege, Destiny 2, and more recently, No Man’s Sky, all made headlines for their seeming ressurgency. While this can be a good thing, it also promotes the idea of release a game early for quick money in the developers pockets, as well a second boost when the “actual” game comes out. We discuss this and Ali (Yay! Welcome back!) reviews a new feminine gaming apparel brand called Level Up Lola.
This week in news: Inside Riot Games’ bro culture, That whole Dead Cell review debacle over at IGN and Discord is launching a game store.
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GoGCast 171: Tackling our Video Game Backlog

Ah summer! When everything seems to slow down, even game releases. It's a good time to get through your video game backlog, while we wait for fall’s usual bombardment of new titles. We share what are our current must play games in our backlog, how we balance playing older games vs new games, the benefits of playing games long after release and more.
This week in news: How the gaming industry is tackling conflict minerals, World of Warcraft cinematic controversy (rip Teldrassil) and parents are hiring Fortnite coachs to train their kids.
This week’s topic was inspired by Polygon’s Backlog Week.
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