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Words About Games

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Every Friday we publish The Words About Games Podcast where we talk about the news of the week - discussing what"s been going on in gaming, the games industry and gaming culture.

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02:19:23

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Review | Words...

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2024/07/20

Time Stamps:0:00:00 - Intro 0:18:08 - Amy finished Elden Ring 0:24:04 - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Review 0:55:20 - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree spoilers start here 1:15:06 - Indie Game of the Week - Silver Pines (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2333000/Silver_Pines/) 1:22:13 - Ian Bell’s GTRevival Becomes “Project Motor Racing”, Switches Publisher to GIANTS 1:39:47 - Microsoft DEI Lead Blasts Company in Internal Email After Team Is Reportedly Laid Off 2:05:38 - OpenCritic

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02:15:23

Xbox Chases Growth By Making Game Pass Worse | Words...

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2024/07/13

Time Stamps:0:00:00 - Intro 0:21:53 - Xbox Game Pass 0:58:47 - Indie Game of the Week - Strange Antiquities (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2885870/Strange_Antiquities/) 1:02:38 - How can we fix the games industry? 1:29:36 - Amy's trip to NERG 1:53:02 - Elden Ring 2:01:50 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head We're raising money for Special Effect! Donate to help an awesome cause and help us hit milestones that will turn into awesome livestreams (and eventually awesome YouTube videos):

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02:14:48

Life Is Strange Charging More For Early Access |...

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2024/07/06

Time Stamps:0:00:00 - Intro 0:15:38 - Working hard to like the Star Wars: Jedi games 0:20:35 - Collecting Final Fantasy 0:22:34 - Nintendo's ideal future Amiibo strategy 0:27:57 - Moody's 40k trip to Japan 0:37:49 - New Life Is Strange Game Charges $30 For Early Access 0:59:43 - Indie Game of the Week - Roman Sands Re:Build - (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2231460/Roman_Sands_REBuild/) 1:03:39 - Dragon Age: The Veilguard has awesome difficulty options 1:11:13 - Helldivers 2 Director:

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02:17:32

Nintendo's "B-Team" Studios Are Sending Switch Out...

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2024/06/29

Time Stamps:0:00:00 - Intro 0:23:35 - The latest Nintendo Direct shows that Nintendo's B-Team runs circles around other manufacturer's A-Teams 0:56:26 - Indie Game of the Week - The Posthumous Investigation (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2466900/The_Posthumous_Investigation/) 0:59:40 - The Elden Ring difficulty discourse is hilarious 1:01:36 - Alone In The Dark (2024) Review 1:11:32 - Forza Motorsport Update 9 broke Vitz 1:17:19 - Alan Wake 2: Night Springs is weird (and

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02:09:32

Answering 30 Video Game Questions | Words About Games...

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2024/06/21

We're raising money for Special Effect! Donate to help an awesome cause and help us hit milestones that will turn into awesome livestreams (and eventually awesome YouTube videos): https://justgiving.com/page/wagspecialeffect2024Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031/ Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Support our work

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02:24:24

Summer Game Fest & Xbox Showcase Highlights | Words...

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2024/06/19

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:13:29 - Housekeeping 0:15:23 - Overall thoughts on the weekend of games 0:27:47 - Thoughts on Summer Game Fest 2024 0:38:57 - Summer Game Fest 2024 highlights 1:02:07 - Amy's Rapid Fire Indie Game Recommendations (Day of the Devs, Devolver Digital, Wholesome Direct, Latin America Showcase, Women-Led Games Showcase, Future Games Show, PC Gaming Show) 1:30:45 - Thoughts on the Xbox Games Summer Showcase 1:34:37 - Xbox Games Summer Showcase 2024 highlights 2:04:20 -

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02:17:27

The Summer of Gaming Has Begun | Words About Games...

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2024/06/08

The podcast gang chat about the latest State of Play, the sheer disappointment of the Silent Hill 2 remake, becoming The Veilguard in Dragon Age, Crow Country, and more.Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:15:01 - Housekeeping 0:22:06 - State of Play thoughts 0:58:18 - Silent Hill 2 trailer :( 1:11:39 - pop quiz! 1:13:28 - Indie Game of the Week - Tiny Bookshop (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2133760/Tiny_Bookshop/) 1:16:33 - Dragon Age lives! 1:28:06 - Geoff Keighley hopes Nintendo will

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02:09:24

Summer Game Fest Predictions | Words About Games...

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2024/06/01

The podcast gang are here this week to talk about what they think we'll see, and what they want to see, out of the next couple of weeks of gaming showcases (note: this episode was recorded prior to the PlayStation State of Play and Silent Hill Transmission).Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:14:08 - Summer Game Fest Predictions 1:13:51 - Indie Game of the Week - Aikyam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2363840/Aikyam/) 1:20:21 - Sony apologizes after completely botching interview with Naughty

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01:59:00

Games We're Most Looking Forward To In 2024 & Beyond...

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2024/05/25

Vitz and Moody take over for the first section of this episode thanks to technical issues, and the very end of the podcast also basically falls apart. I'd apologise for that, but Discord is turning into a worse and worse product as time marches on.Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:06:00 - Call of Duty 2024 will launch into Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft has reportedly decided 0:17:46 - IGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more 0:27:49 - Ubisoft headcount declined by

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02:17:55

Animal Well Is Amazing | Words About Games Podcast #403

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2024/05/18

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:22:22 - Amy's Animal Well Review (spoiler free section) 0:31:25 - Animal Well SPOILERS START HERE 0:52:20 - The PS Plus category names are confusing 0:55:30 - Indie Game of the Week - Crowsworn (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1614330/Crowsworn/) 0:59:50 - Square Enix "aggressively pursuing" new multiplatform strategy after reports FF7 Rebirth underperformed on PlayStation 1:13:44 - Xbox’s Sea of Thieves was the best-selling digital PS5 game in Europe

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02:22:02

Xbox Burns All Of Its Audience Goodwill | Words About...

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2024/05/11

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:20:36 - Housekeeping 0:23:14 - Xbox shutting down four Bethesda studios 1:19:15 - Indie Game of the Week - Compound Fracture (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1460210/Compound_Fracture/) 1:22:58 - this was not my fault 1:24:19 - Perfect Dark Reboot Is Allegedly In Bad Shape 1:26:45 - Nintendo announce the Switch 2 1:41:55 - PlayStation Cancels Helldivers 2 Mandatory PSN Sign-In Requirement Following Player Uproar 1:52:27 - Amy's taking a break from Dragon's

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02:14:39

Todd Howard, Xbox, Starfield & All The Tangents |...

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2024/05/04

Time Stamps:0:00:00 - Intro 0:09:59 - Free Palestine 0:22:46 - Video games 0:24:02 - Housekeeping 0:26:45 - Todd Howard thinks Starfield was divisive because it was too different from past Bethesda games 0:37:00 - Xbox Series S parity is an anchor holding back games 0:42:24 - Amy pitches her version of the Indiana Jones game trailer for the Xbox Summer Showcase 0:45:18 - Good faith criticism is fun, but enjoy what you enjoy 0:47:52 - Activision Blizzard boosts Microsoft earnings, but Xbox console

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02:20:22

Amy Has Been Really Enjoying Dragon's Dogma 2 | Words...

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2024/04/27

Apologies for Moody's slideshow-like appearance, Discord decided to play a cruel trick on him this week I suppose Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:14:00 - We're raising money for Special Effect! 0:23:39 - Sony mulling Paramount buyout - reports 0:33:55 - Sony Says Stellar Blade Art Referencing Racist Language Was Unintentional, Will be Patched Out 0:44:21 - Bethesda remembers Starfield exists, promises more "soon" 0:55:59 - Indie Game of the Week - Sunset Hills

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02:12:56

Should We Tip Game Studios? | Words About Games...

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2024/04/20

We're raising money for Special Effect! Donate to help an awesome cause and help us hit milestones that will turn into awesome livestreams (and eventually awesome YouTube videos): https://justgiving.com/page/wagspecialeffect2024Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:17:24 - We are raising money for Special Effect! 0:20:24 - Former Blizzard boss reckons you should be able to tip developers 'another $10 or $20' on top of $70 games 0:33:34 - Our thoughts on the Fallout TV show 0:49:10 -

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02:15:37

Do We Actually Want Shorter Games? | Words About...

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2024/04/13

Time Stamps:0:00:00 - Intro0:18:25 - Hellblade II Dev Says People Want Shorter Games0:33:15 - Life is Strange devs Deck Nine accused of crunch, sexism and abusive behaviour amid allegedly toxic culture0:57:37 - Are we going to watch Fallout (the TV show)?1:02:54 - Indie Game of the Week - inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2723430/inKONBINI_One_Store_Many_Stories/)1:07:03 - Amy bought Final Fantasy IX on PS11:09:37 - EA has reportedly closed its UK-based QA

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02:14:38

Is Game Pass Still Worth The Money? | Words About...

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2024/04/05

Time Stamps:0:00:00 - Intro 0:21:12 - Is Xbox Game Pass still worth the money? 0:54:01 - Should you even play games day one? 1:06:13 - Indie Game of the Week - Jump Ship (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1757300/Jump_Ship/) 1:10:01 - Why are younger generations embracing the retro game revival? 1:29:36 - Hidetaka Miyazaki's advice for challenging game design: 'Trust players' 1:37:31 - Capcom fans ask for new Dino Crisis and Mega Man games as sequel survey continues 1:44:01 - Why are

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02:09:18

Phil Spencer's Concerns Are Misplaced | Words About...

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2024/03/30

Time Stamps:0:00:00 - Intro 0:20:11 - Xbox boss Phil Spencer "concerned" over layoffs due to lack of industry growth 0:43:59 - Everyone got mad about Dragon's Dogma 2 microtransactions 0:54:06 - Jim Ryan (booo) 0:59:21 - Moody is almost halfway to being a game industry veteran 1:09:46 - Indie Game of the Week - Blue Prince (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1569580/Blue_Prince/) 1:14:13 - Princess Peach Showtime Review 1:28:31 - Vitz's Monthly Gran Turismo Newsletter 1:32:58 -

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02:11:00

Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth Review | Words About Games...

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2024/03/23

Time Stamps:0:00:00 - Intro 0:18:51 - Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth Review (spoiler free) 1:00:49 - Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth (and FF7 Disc 1) spoilers start here 1:26:00 - Indie Game of the Week - Everdeep Aurora (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2251400/Everdeep_Aurora/) 1:28:14 - Venba wins Grand Prize at the 2024 Independent Games Festival Awards 1:31:27 - IGN laying off three people without consulting newly formed Creators Guild union 1:35:07 - Skydance shows first trailer for Marvel 1943:

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02:18:37

R.I.P. Akira Toriyama | Words About Games Podcast #394

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2024/03/15

Time Stamps:0:00:00 - Intro 0:19:30 - Akira Toriyama, Creator of Dragon Ball and Manga Pioneer, Dies at 68 0:25:54 - Activision QA workers form the largest US video game union yet 0:32:10 - Monster Hunter: World tops 25M sales to cement record-breaker status at Capcom 0:39:05 - What begins as a discussion about how good the Wii U was descends into carnage 0:54:54 - Indie Game of the Week - Nobody Wants To Die (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1939970/Nobody_Wants_to_Die/) 0:57:53 - For some

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02:13:27

Survivor’s Guilt and the Games industry Layoffs |...

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2024/03/09

Time Stamps:0:00:00 - Intro 0:16:01 - Amy's funny story of when she bought her Nintendo Wii 0:24:28 - Bring back Goat format in Yu-Gi-Oh: Master Duel 0:32:24 - Moody finally played D&D for the first time 0:37:38 - Survivor’s Guilt and the games industry layoffs 0:45:02 - Xbox Partner Showcase thoughts (and burning out on all the games showcases) 1:03:12 - Indie Game of the Week - Abyss X Zero (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2872300/ABYSS_X_ZERO/) 1:07:17 - World's First Museum Of

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