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Whew boy, video games, am I right?? 2024 started off with a bang with many development studios laying off several thousand employees in just the first three months alone. Problem is, these publishers are also mentioning record profits... what gives? Then several high profile releases like Suicide Squad underperformed, but WB quickly decided NOT to learn its lesson and committed to produce even more games of its ilk! In light of this, and of an all digital future looming ahead, is there any hope for video games in 2024? I'm bringing on forestminish and Kevin Kenson this month to get to the bottom of this!

2024 started with a lot of prolific YouTubers announcing their retirement, citing burnout from an unforgiving algorithm. I've gathered a crack team of full-time creators including streamer ProtonJon, video maker Shesez of Boundary Break, as well as a full-time social media manager and mental health/self care advocate selfcaregamer to talk about what burnout and the algorithm mean to them.

Our annual tradition returns! This time we have forestminish, ProtonJon, and JoshJepson here to talk about the games we all played last year, and ranking them as we always do! Did we manage to all finish Tears of the Kingdom, or did we all collectively burn out... Did Laughingboy finish ANY games that actually released in 2023? What games did we find the most disappointing? All will be revealed in this episode.

Well gamers, 2023 is almost over. What was probably one of the best years of video games was also one of the worst for the people who are tasked with making them. I'm joined by Rebecca Stone once again, AKA forestminish, as well as a newcomer to the podcast, Mike Minotti of GamesBeat, to talk about all the major events and games that came out of this year, along with what we're looking forward to next year!

The Game Awards 2023 is upon us and the nominees are in! For this month's podcast I bring in ⁠Kevin Kenson⁠, ⁠forestminish⁠, and ⁠UltimaShadowX⁠ to discuss which games we think deserve the GOTY nominations, what awards categories will likely be rushed in between World Premieres, and whatever else to expect with this year's festivities.

We're halfway through 2023, so its time for a progress report! I have Rebecca Stone and Kevin Kenson with me this time to talk about what games we've played so far, what games we enjoyed and what games we hated. Plus, a look into the future and our picks for GOTY contenders. Has Tears of the Kingdom stolen our hearts already or are we still waiting on our game of 2023?