The Girls on Games Podcast

GoGCast 128: The Games of Fan Expo 2017

Stephy and Bianca attended Fan Expo and got to play a lot of games! This week, we have quick reviews of Moss, Monsters in the Deep: Final Fantasy XV, Call of Duty: World War II, Cuphead, Assassin’s Creed: Origins, and more. Plus, they give us their highlights of the expo and talk about how Pax West being on the same weekend affected this year’s edition.

This week in news: Nintendo holds Direct and announces that Doom and Wolfenstein are coming to the Switch and that Minecraft is now on 3DS, Okami HD is coming to Xbox One, PS4 and PC, Overwatch’s upcoming update includes the new payload map Junkertown and changes to characters, Jeff finally addresses the toxicity in Overwatch, GSP invests in esports and co-founds Montreal Esports and a battle royale mode is coming to Fortnite.

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GoGCast 127: Outerminds - Interview with Guiz de Pessemier

We were on location at Outerminds’ brand new offices in downtown Montreal for this week’s GoGcast. The studio is better known for their collaboration with Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg (aka Pewdiepie), having produced two games for the famous youtuber: Pewdiepie: Legend of the Brofist and Pewdiepie’s Tuber Simulator. Guiz de Pessemier, one of Outermind’s 4 co-founders, walks us through the studio’s history, from when it was founded, to their first game all the way to their work with Pewdiepie.

This week in news: Nintendo announces their upcoming line-up of Nindies, Destiny 2 releases a bad-ass live action trailer and esports will most likely never make it to the Olympics.

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GoGCast 126: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

Worlds collide in this episode of the GoGCast as we dive into Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, a turn based strategy game for the Nintendo Switch, developed by Ubisoft and sporting Nintendo’s official seal of approval. We talk with Jeyson Acevedo, PR Manager at Ubisoft Canada, about how the partnership came to be, how was it to work with Ubisoft’s Rabbids and mixing it with Nintendo’s most iconic franchise, how it was to be in the room at E3 when Yves Guillemot and Miyamoto-san were on stage together and more.

This week in news: Secret of Mana remake coming to PS4, Vita and PC next year, Leah goes on a rant about the SNES Classic not being available in Quebec and just plain hard to come by and Xbox One X is the fastest selling Xbox ever.

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GoGCast 125: Interview with Naomi Kyle

It’s time to get your fix, your Daily Fix that is. This week, we chat with Naomi Kyle, host of IGN’s Daily Fix and part of the IGN Show on Disney XD. Naomi also streams on Twitch, acts, models and dabbles in cosplay. Originally from Montreal, she shares with us how she got into games, what’s it like to work at IGN and the various projects she’s currently taking part in.

This week in news: Hibernum lays off majority of staff, 101 video games kids should play before growing up, Johnny Depp to produce tv show based on a video game and Andy Serkis is producing a Planet of the Apes video game.

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GoGCast 124: Interview with Kathryn Storm of Xbox, Women in Gaming and Geek Girl Con

This week, we chat with a woman who wears many hat in the gaming industry: Kathryn Storm. She is an Interaction Designer at Xbox, Communications Lead for Women in Gaming and the Video Games Coordinator for Geek Girl Con. We chat with her about her many roles and what makes her so passionate about games.

This week in news: Leah and Ali give us quick reviews of Hey Pikmin and Miitopia, comparing the cityscapes of The Witcher 3, Dark Souls and Bloodborne to medieval paintings and Indie Up! The first wave of Xbox Live Creators Program games are available now.

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GoGCast 123: Interview with Tina Nawrocki, 2D animator on Cuphead

We chat with Tina Nawrocki, a Toronto based 2D animator who is currently working on the much anticipated Cuphead. Cuphead’s style is based on 1930’s cartoons and it uses the same animation techniques: cell shading and watercolour backgrounds, mixing traditional animation with challenging gameplay. Tina shares with us her experience working with Studio MDHR and more.

This week in news: Update on the current state of the upcoming Stardew Valley multiplayer mode, Dark Horse releases a Witcher 3 (very) adult colouring book and Bioware Montreal is officially absorbed by EA Motive.

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GoGCast 122: Interview with Dan Paradis of Watchmojo

We dive into the world of video listicles with Dan Paradis, host and senior editor for the video game department at Watchmojo. We chat about his work at Watchmojo, his experience at E3 2017, his favourite games and what he’s playing at the moment.

This week in news: Yeezys in Splatoon 2, Walmart cancels all SNES Classic Mini pre-orders, study finds that hard core video game players do not have emotionally blunted brains and some Pokémon Fest attendees are filing a suit against Niantic.

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GoGCast 121: Geek Girls Film - Interview with Gina Hara

This week, we catch up with film maker Gina Hara, whom we first met when she released Your Place or Minecraft?, to talk about her new documentary titled Geek Girls. She delves into the world of professional gamers, cute dresses, fake names, and death threats. In Geek Girls, viewers will a peek into the complexities of community and ostracization as we explore this lesser known half of fan culture.

This Week in News: Psychologist says rush to pathologize ‘video game addiction’ is dangerous and not based on actual science, the Destiny 2 beta is out and so is the Nintendo Voice App.

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GoGCast 120: Montreal Comiccon 2017 Recap

We attended the 9th edition of the Montreal Comiccon and share our highlights of the all geek event: game demos, panels, celebrity Q&A, shopping and more.

Nintendo, WB Games and PlayStation were on site with great games to play, the latter having the Call of Duty: World War II demo playable for the first time in Canada. The Indie Game Zone was revamped and better than ever. The Artist Alley was bursting with talented artists and crafters and, like every year, the cosplay was on point.

Check out girlsongames.ca for photos and highlights from Montreal Comiccon.

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GoGCast 119: Empowering Game Devs - Interview with Unity Montreal

If you’ve played a video game, you’ve most likely seen “Made with Unity” during a loading screen. Unity is a cross-platform video game engine that is notably quite popular with indie developers. We sat down with Shanti Gaudreault, Lead Developer at Unity Montreal, to talk about not only their technology but also the company’s involvement in Canada’s video game scene.

This week in news: Cuphead is not coming to PS4, Amazon UK Says “No” to Potential Console Scalpers and SDGQ launches their yearly charity marathon.

The Game Theorist video mentioned by Leah: The TRAGIC Birth of BENDY! | Culture Shock (Bendy and the Ink Machine)

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