TGI 636 – My Civilization for a Patch
Jocelyn returns with tales of technical and gameplay woes for Civilization VII, add another one to the dreaded Skyward Sword list. Ryan on the other hand has been really enjoying Eternal Strands and finished it up this week. Plus we have a few weeks worth of news from Warner Bros continuing to flounder with games, Nintendo makes some changes to Gold Points and the Voucher system for Switch 2, and our favourites from the latest PlayStation State of Play.
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TGI Mini – Minecraft Chat with Kayden
Jocelyn is off sick this week, so Kayden jumped in for a TGI Mini talking about Minecraft! He’s all in on the game, and has thoughts on survival and creative modes, Super Mario Minecraft Edition, plus some Minecraft books, and the Minecraft movie coming soon. We close out the show with a quick fire reaction to the latest PlayStation State of Play (with more thoughts next episode when Joce returns).
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TGI 635 – The Sims Friendship Manager
Jocelyn travels back in time with The Sims Legacy Collection from EA, and finds managing friends in the early 2000’s was actually pretty complex! Joce also shares her quick thoughts on the Heroes of Starcraft Mini-Set in Hearthstone. Ryan on the other hand checks out Eternal Strands, which is from the previous Dragon Age Creative Director. In the news, PlayStation is dropping PS account requirements for certain games, EA says a bunch of OOF stuff about Bioware, and MultiVersus will be shut down in May by Warner Brothers.
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TGI 634 – Who Are The Roottrees?
We kick off the show with our adventures in registering for the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience in Toronto, which sadly ended with no tickets. Ryan finished up Arcane Season 2 while out on the road, while Jocelyn continues her Laser Eyes search with The Roottrees are Dead (Game Jam version available on Itch.io). Over in the news, Resident Evil is getting another movie reboot, Microsoft shows off the next 6 months or so of Xbox games, and The Sims 1 & 2 may be making a return.
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TGI 633 – Knock-On Oopsie
We promise this isn’t going to turn into a Fortnite podcast, but let’s start the show with Godzilla invading Fortnite. Ok, now as we move away from Fortnite, Ryan completed his adventures in Dragon Age: The Veilguard and has final thoughts to share. Over in the news, the Until Dawn movie got it’s first trailer, Nintendo finally reveals the Nintendo Switch 2 and those leaks were spot on, PlayStation cancels two more unannounced live service games, and Marvel Snap gets caught up in that TikTok mess.
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TGI 632 – The Disappointment in Me
After discovering the next entry in the Dark Pictures Anthology will release later this year, Ryan and Jocelyn check out The Devil in Me, which they missed when it released in 2023. Until Dawn released its movie first look, which leads nicely into Ryan’s thoughts on Secret Level on Amazon Prime. In the news, Nintendo announces a LEGO Game Boy, Nintendo sent their lawyers to Genki’s CES booth over their Switch 2 mockup, we got a whole bunch of leaks for the Switch successor reveal, and Assassin’s Creed slips by a month (but not by a fiscal year).
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TGI 631 – The 2025 Look Ahead
For our first official episode of 2025, we catch up on The Game Awards announcements that we haven’t had a chance to discuss. Which nicely leads into a look forward towards the next 12 months of video games! Over in the news, Secret Level is getting a second season, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 will arrive in Spring 2027, Sony announces multiple movie and TV projects for their video game properties at CES 2025, and Nvidia unveils the next generation of their graphic cards.
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TGI 630 – Games of the Year 2024
It’s that time of year again, as we close out the year with our Games of the Year episode! What makes this episode extra special this time around is that we recorded LIVE to conclude our Extra Life campaign. We kick off the episode by catching up on The Game Awards and their Game of the Year winner, and will have more thoughts on the announcement next week. Moving into our Games of the Year, we start with our Top 5, followed by Honourable Mentions, then plan for the future with Games We Missed. Wrapping up the show, we discuss Listener Favourites that were submitted through Discord. Thank you for all the support, and here’s to an epic 2025!
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TGI 629 – Spider-Man Rivals
Jocelyn is off this week, so Crofton returns to the Inn with his new favourite past time: Playing as Spider-Man in Marvel Rivals! Ryan on the other hand goes on an adventure with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Wrapping up what we’re playing, Crofton shares his latest family co-op game with Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime. In the news, Valve may have some future Steam OS software and hardware surprises, publishers aren’t ready to commit on 2025 until GTA VI does first, and Rocksteady wraps up Suicide Squad with Season 4.
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TGI 628 – Ryan Finished Laser Eyes
You read that episode title correctly, Ryan finished Lorelei and the Laser Eyes! Without delay Jocelyn and Ryan dive in to a spoiler filled discussion surrounding the game. Afterwards, they do a quick recap of Extra Life events from the past few weeks, while previewing what’s to come before the end of the year. In the news, Valve lays out some ground rules for how a season passes work on Steam, PlayStation brings game streaming to the Portal without a PS5 (and possibly has a handheld version of the PS5 in the works), video game corporations say the quiet part out loud when it comes to retro games, and Tencent’s homework looks a bit too close to Horizon.
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