This week The Gaming Outsider crew welcomes Rebecca Stow from SquareXO to discuss some year end gaming as we wrap up 2017 and finalize our game of the year lists.
News this week includes the latest freebies from Xbox Games with Gold and Playstation Plus announced. Star Trek: Bridge Crew gets a non-VR patch, and the first full-blown $60 iOS game hits the market with Civilization VI.
Discussed on this episode of The Gaming Outsider Podcast:
(0:00 – 12:22) Welcome/Introduction
(12:23 – 30:08) News/Trailers
Games We've Been Playing
(30:09 – 37:14) "Okami HD" [PS4], "Super Mario 8" [Switch] (Rebecca)
(37:15 – 42:15) "Million Onion Hotel" (Zach)
(42:16 – 1:00:44) "Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King" [Switch], "Life is Strange: Before the Storm" [PS4], "DropMix", "Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice" [PS4]
(1:00:45 – 1:17:21) "What Remains of Edith Finch" [PC], "Last Day of June" [PC]
(1:17:22 – 1:41:13) From the Outside In Topic: "Best Moments in Open World Games"
(1:41:14 – END) Closing
Finally, we top it all off with our community discussion for the week. This week we discuss open world games and the worlds that absolutely made our jaws drop the first time we stepped into them. We'll share some of our community's responses as well.
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We're celebrating Christmas this week by discussing what gaming goodies we hope Santa drops under our tree this year. Will Zach get that Nintendo Switch he's hoping for? Will Josh get that Xbox One X that he's struggling to justify buying on his own? Will Santa bring Scott another Wii U for his collection that he'll never touch? We also reach out to our community to see what they're wish lists are as well.
In gaming news this week, we discuss the success of Playerunknown's Battlegrounds on Xbox One and our thoughts on the creator's recent comments about copycats. We also dive into the recent Cuphead clone that launched on iOS and the return of Catherine on current gen consoles.
Games we discuss this week are as follows:
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This we The Gaming Outsider welcomes Nick Kloster from the Comically Gaming Podcast for a special episode.
We're celebrating the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi this week by dedicating our community topic to Star Wars video games. Which games set in a galaxy far far away really had an impact on us? Some of them may surprise you. Also, what's our ideal Star Wars game that we demand be made? We'll share some of our listeners' responses as well.
News this week includes all of the winners from The Game Awards and our thoughts on the picks. Also, we dig into the announcements made during The Game Awards and Playstation Experience last week. Did The Game Awards impress us this time around? Listen to find out.
Games we discuss this week are as follows:
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This week the crew discuss their recent work on knocking out their backlogs in preparation for our Game of the Year special later this month. In news we discuss the surprise Mega Man 11 announcement, a Detective Pikachu movie and... sort of a Portal announcement? We also answer our monthly community questions from our Facebook group. Enjoy the show!
This week, we continue to discuss the latest games we're playing, including Josh's take on Star Wars: Battlefront II, Zach's impressions of Super Mario Odyssey and Horizon: The Frozen Wild, and finally Scott's thoughts on Wolfenstein II. News this week includes a teenager being sued by Epic Games, Nintendo's breakfast cereal and Mega Man's mystery announcement. We wrap it all up with a community topic about the first game we recall ever beating.
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