080: Looking Forward to 2023

Games of 2023 have started coming out! We’ll go through what we’re looking forward to this year. Dennis is hip to the new hotness and starts playing Elden Ring. Bethesda/Tango Gameworks shadow drops Hi-Fi Rush and Kyle gets a couple hours in before the recording. Kyle goes back for another shot of Disco Elysium: The Final Cut – now with voice acting. Dennis goes though his recent round of swarm survivor games. Kyle skips every cut scene in Strangers of Paradise Final Fantasy Origins. Dennis makes matches in Devolver’s Tumble Time mobile game.

Nov/Dec Games

  • Dead Space – Jan 27 (XB/PS/PC)
  • Inkulinati – Jan 31 (XB/PC)
  • Deliver Us Mars – Feb 2 (XB/PS/PC)
  • Hogwarts Legacy – Feb 10 (XB/PS/PC/NS)
  • Like a Dragon: Ishin! – Feb 21 (XB/PS/PC)
  • Atomic Heart – Feb 21 (XB/PS/PC)
  • Octopath Traveler II – Feb 24 (PS/PC/NS)
  • Kerbal Space Program 2 (Early Access) – Feb 24 (PC)

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079: 2022 Games of the Year

Another good year of gaming! We have our top 5s for 2022 but, we also played other games this month. Kyle takes orders from his weapons in High on Life. Soccer Story kicks sand in Dennis’s face. Michael protects mages to save the world in The Last Spell. Kyle gives his “put them on the box” reviews of Callisto Protocol and Marvel Midnight Suns. Dennis welcomes the waves of new “swarm survivor” games on the Steam Deck. Liquids are Kyle’s nemeses in Noita. Kyle confirms top-down horror survival is real deal in Darkwood.

Our Games of the Year

Dennis
  1. Weird West
  2. Vampire Survivors
  3. Nobody Saves the World
  4. Sniper Elite 5
  5. Tunic
Kyle
  1. Elden Ring
  2. Grounded
  3. Vampire Survivors
  4. Neon White
  5. Dying Light 2: Stay Human
Michael
  1. Elden Ring
  2. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
  3. Inscryption

January Games

  • Forspoken – Jan 24 (PS/PC)
  • Dead Space – Jan 27 (XB/PS/PC)

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074: Conga Line of Slapping

Brian inherits the Kingdom of Shit in Elden Ring. Dennis plays a couple more Playdate games. Dennis rips through Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion. Kyle plays camp counselor in The Quarry. Kyle goes back to RE7 after the next-gen updates. Brian plays the cut scene, uh, tactics game, Triangle Strategy. Dennis tries to avoid going loud in Sniper Elite 5. Emo Kyle plays Omori. Kyle speed-runs demons in Neon White.

July Games

  • Outriders: Worldslayer – Jun 30 (XB/PS/PC)
  • Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course – Jun 30 (XB/PS/PC/NS)
  • F1 22 – Jul 01 (XB/PS/PC)
  • As Dusk Falls – Jul 19 (XB/PC)
  • Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels – Jul 19 (XB/PC)
  • Stray – Jul 19 (PS/PC)

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073: Timmy’s Dragon

Dennis received his Playdate and is having a crankin’ good time with it. Michael finishes Elden Ring and starts a new build. Kyle gets a taste of blood in V Rising. Kyle gives Tunic another chance. Michael loves surviving in Vampire Survivors. Kyle gives his new TV the ultimate test with Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap and Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom. Kyle gives a perfect explanation of Patrick’s Parabox.

May/June Games

  • Sniper Elite 5 – May 26 (XB/PS/PC)
  • Mario Strikers: Battle League – Jun 10 (NS)

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072: Kinda Like Elden Ring

All games like Elden Ring! Kyle finishes Elden Ring…THREE TIMES! Dennis reads the manual in Tunic. Kyle and Dennis roll for initiative in Tiny Tina’s Wonderland. Kyle comes from the top rope in WWE 2k22. Dennis is just starting Weird West.

Apr/May Games

  • Bugsnax: The Isle of Bigsnax – Apr 28 (XB/PS/PC/NS)
  • Rogue Legacy 2 – Apr 28 (XB/PC)
  • Nintendo Switch Sports – Apr 29 (NS)
  • Loot River – May 3 (XB/PC)
  • Trek to Yomi – May 5 (XB/PS/PC)
  • Evil Dead: The Game – May 13 (XB/PS/PC/NS)

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