Game Time With Manny

Matt has recovered from the flu just in time for us to talk about little to no news. Luckily we have actually been playing things, which we talk about before moving on to rating Capcom's performance this generation. News - 1:28 to 18:15 What We Played - 18:16 to 1:12:55 Capcom - 1:12:56 to 2:08:19 Specific Game Time Stamps Wind Waker - 22:00 to 25:49 Final Fantasy 7 Remake Demo - 25:50 to 49:31 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DX Demo - 49:32 to 55:09 Timespinner - 55:10 to 56:56 Guacamelee - 56:57 to 59:27 Granblue Fantasy Versus - 59:28 to 1:12:55

We discuss hot topics like Geoff Keighly ditching E3, the Animal Crossing Direct, and Anthem being reworked. Sadly neither of us have been playing a bunch, so expect a very light game section where we mostly talk about the Sonic movie. For the end we rate Bethesda's generation, but it doesn't end like you'd expect. News - 00:32 to 43:23 What We Played - 43:24 to 1:12:20 Bethesda - 1:12:21 to 2:13:59 Specific Game Time Stamps The Sonic Movie - 43:38 to 58:44 Wind Waker - 58:45 to 1:00:29 Kentucky Route Zero - 1:00:30 to 1:12:20

We lead in with hot news like The Wonderful 101 Kickstarter, the 2020 EVO Lineup, and numerous industry figures changing roles! We then transition into all the games Matt has been playing. It's possible I'll only play FFXIV for the rest of my life. For part 3 we continue out look back at the current console generation by looking at Namco-Bandai. Get ready for a lot of one sided anime talk! News - 00:48 to 43:30 What We Played - 43:31 to 1:36:19 Namco Bandai - 1:36:20 to 2:20:44 Specific Game Time Stamps Wind Waker HD - 43:31 to 51:45 Saint's Row The Third - 51:46 to 59:19 COD: Advanced Warfare - 59:20 to 1:03:54 Assassin's Creed: Syndicate - 1:03:55 to 1:13:25 DmC - 1:13:26 to 1:23:07 Steam World Heist - 1:23:08 to 1:27:27 KH3 REMIND - 1:27:28 to 1:36:19

Sony is not going to E3 again, games are getting delayed left and right, and the new Smash DLC character is a total bummer. Despite all that we talk about the games we've been playing and then take a look at what Activision Blizzard has done this generation. News - 00:38 to 41:27 What We Played - 41:28 to 1:12:59 Activision Blizzard - 1:13:00 to 2:18:36 Specific Game Time Stamps Shenmue 3 - 41:28 to 52:30 Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon - 52:31 to 54:55 Thief - 54:56 to 1:00:55 Kingdom Hearts 3 - 1:00:56 to 1:07:48 Final Fantasy XIV - 1:07:49 to 1:12:59

For our first podcast of 2020 we break the record for longest non GOTY podcast. We do that by chatting it up about the Pokemon expansion pass and the PS5 logo. We didn't play many games, but we do talk a whole lot about the upcoming games in 2020. News - 00:54 to 49:47 What We Played - 49:48 to 1:22:02 2020 Preview - 1:22:03 to 3:07:59 Specific Game Time Stamps Bayonetta - 49:48 to 1:01:16 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - 1:01:17 to 1:06:52 Final Fantasy XIV - 1:06:53 to 1:22:02

As always I am going to issue a rough audio warning. This one is better than previous years, but we're four people using a single mic. More often than not Scott and I are louder while Noukeo and Matt are quieter. Since it's all one track I can't properly adjust anything individually. Someday we'll be able to use multiple mics and it'll be magical. This is the same as every GOTY podcast. We count down our favorite games of the year from 10 to 1. So buckle up for three and a half hours of non-stop action!

There was absolutely no news for the past two weeks that we cared about, so we move right into talking about the four games we played before getting into our Game of the Year Categories! News - There isn't any What We Played - 4:06 to 29:05 GOTY Categories - 29:06 to 2:32:18 Specific Game Time Stamps Control - 4:06 to 11:23 Wreckfest - 11:24 to 15:16 Sayonara WIld Hearts - 15:17 to 24:41 Resident Evil 2 Remake - 24:42 to 29:05

This week is action packed as we start off looking at Porn Hub's year in review to see what video games people were searching for the most. It's a wild ride. In terms of actual news we chat about In the Valley of the Gods being put on hold and 2Ks newest studio. The games we played goes fairly quick and then we transition into talking about The 2019 Game Awards, which also gets pretty wild. News - 15:27 to 37:08 What We Played - 37:09 to to 58:52 The Game Awards - 58:53 to 2:20:06 Specific Game Time Stamps Shenmue 3 -37:18 to 38:32 Romancing Saga 3 - 38:33 to 43:19 Need for Speed: Heat - 43:20 to 48:04 Control - 48:05 to 55:34 My Friend Pedro - 55:35 to 58:52

The length of the podcast this week gets away from us, but we discuss quite a bit. We begin by discussing the nominations for the 2019 Game Awards, and then transition into what we've been playing. Pokemon and Death Stranding take up a lot of time, but at least we won't really have to talk about them much now that they're done! The final portion is about Fallen Order. Matt did not like it very much, while I did. Beware of spoilers for Fallen Order. I marked them in the timestamps. News - 00:35 to 59:40 What We Played - 59:41 to 2:08:42 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - 2:08:43 to 2:52:34 Spoilers start at 2:38:51 Specific Game Time Stamps Shenmue 3 - 59:41 to 1:14:38 Pokemon Sword/Shield - 1:14:39 to 1:34:35 Death Stranding - 1:34:36 to 1:50:05 Forager - 1:50:06 to 1:54:11 Bug Fables - 1:54:12 to 2:02:21 Sparklite - 2:02:22 to 2:05:32 Luigi's Mansion 3 - 2:05:33 to 2:08:42

Two of the most highly anticipated games of the year have finally arrived. Death Stranding and Pokemon Sword/Shield. You'll never guess which one I yell more about on the podcast! To start we go over some news about PlayStation employees leaving, and Xbox Inside 2019. It leads to some conversations about what the two will be doing in the next few years. The what we've been playing segment gets heated as we discuss a myriad of new releases and then transition to talking about Tony Hawk Pro Skater where I get heated, but in a good way. News - 00:39 to 40:14 What We Played - 40:15 to 2:13:59 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater - 2:14:00 to 2:38:11 Specific Game Time Stamps Zelda 2 - 40:15 to 46:03 Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair - 46:04 to 46:54 Pokemon Shield - 46:55 to 1:18:04 Luigi's Mansion 3 - 1:18:05 to 1:29:17 After Party - 1:29:18 to 1:32:38 Call of Duty Modern Warfare - 1:32:39 to 1:35:28 Death Stranding - 1:35:29 to 2:13:59

I have returned from Japan so that Matt and I could bring you this hot new edition of our podcast. In it we discuss such things as my trip to Japan, Death Stranding reviews, Overwatch 2, and the possibility of Capcom bringing back dormant IPs. Since I was mostly in Japan and asleep for the past two weeks I didn't really play a lot. So for this episode mostly Matt regales us with tales of the games he was playing. For the final part we pick Wind Waker out of Frosty's head and you can hear me ramble in an incoherent half asleep state about it! Also, I need to wake up for Extra Life in less than 12 hours, so no time stamps this episode!

News - 00:59 to 45:22 What We Played - 45:23 to 1:47:40 Ace Attorney - 1:47:41 to 2:09:46 Specific Game Time Stamps Zelda 2 - 45:23 to 55:16 Indivisible - 55:17 to 1:07:21 Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair - 1:07:22 to 1:17:39 Concrete Genie - 1:17:41 to 1:28:16 Ghost Recon: Breakpoint - 1:28:17 to 1:47:40

It's business as usual this week as we chat about a bunch of Sony related news and some cool Pokemon stuff. Make sure you listen to the what we've been playing to hear all about the not so great KFC visual novel and out feelings on Zelda 2... We finish off with a whole bunch of Link's Awakening talk. If you're sensitive to spoilers about the ending you can find the time stamp of when we talk about that below! News - 1:18 to 1:14:00 What We Played - 1:14:01 to 1:54:18 Link's Awakening - 1:54:19 to 2:39:42 Ending spoilers - 2:16:41 to 2:27:15 Specific Game Time Stamps Shenmue 2 - 1:14:01 to 1:18:20 What Remains of Edith Finch - 1:18:21 to 1:21:43 Abzu - 1:21:44 to 1:23:10 Zelda 2 - 1:23:11 to 1:27:09 Riverbond - 1:27:10 to 1:30:12 Assassin’s Creed Origins - 1:30:13 to 1:36:48 I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator - 1:36:39 to 1:49:58 Monster Hunter World: Iceborne - 1:49:59 to 1:54:18

This week we focus a bunch on the various news stories of TGS, especially all the Death Stranding gameplay. Some other random stuff gets thrown in as well before we move on to the games we have been playing. Due to not wanting the podcast to be 3 hours long we opted not to do a third part this week. News - 00:59 to 1:16:47 What We Played - 1:16:48 to 2:24:15 Specific Game Time Stamps Borderlands 3 - 1:16:48 to 1:40:07 Shenmue 2 - 1:40:08 to 1:49:03 Monster Hunter World: Iceborne - 1:49:04 to 2:01:28 Gears 5 - 2:01:29 to 2:14:30 Kind Words - 2:14:31 to 2:21:54 Plague Tale: Innocence - 2:21:55 to 2:24:15

As usual we talk about a plethora of news stories such as the The return of Telltale, the #MeToo movement of the video game industry, Yakuza becoming an RPG, and the World's hottest Nintendo Direct. After we talk at length about the games we've been playing we have just enough time to pull a topic from the snowman's head, so we chat a bit about Kid Icarus Uprising. News - 1:40 to 1:20:39 What We Played - 1:20:40 to 2:13:46 Kid Icarus: Uprising - 2:13:47 to 2:37:58 Specific Game Time Stamps 39 Days to Mars - 1:20:40 to 1:22:54 Shenmue 2 - 1:22:55 to 1:28:09 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - 1:28:10 to 1:30:38 Pokemon Masters - 1:30:39 to 1:38:02 Assassins Creed Origins - 1:38:03 to 1:40:50 Knights and Bikes - 1:40:51 to 1:46:24 Control - 1:46:25 to 1:57:58 Astral Chain - 1:57:59 to 2:08:03 Plague Tale Innocence - 2:08:04 to 2:13:46

After over a month we finally hit my ideal target for podcast length again. We're in the midst of a summer lull, so Matt played a bunch of random stuff and I didn't really play anything. Despite the fact that new releases haven't been popping off, Gamescom has gifted us all sorts of news, so we talk about that a bunch! News - 3:59 to 54: 39 What We Played - 54: 40 to 1:29:09 Gamescom - 1:29:10 to 2:28:23 Specific Game Time Stamps The Witcher 3 - 54:40 to 57:38 Monster Hunter Generations: Ultimate - 57:39 to 58:49 Super Mario Maker 2 - 1:03:24 to 1:07:54 Enter the Gungeon - 1:07:55 to 1:10:48 Slay the Spire - 1:10:49 to 1:18:27 Battle Chasers: Nightwar - 1:18:28 to 1:19:07 Gears Pop! - 1:19:08 to 1:29:09

In this episode of our fine podcast we chat it up about Ninja leaving Twitch, hot Evo announcements, an ESA leak, and all the Pokemon you can handle. There is no third part, because we went way too long on the news and what we were playing. Matt played a ton, while I only played a single game. Join us on this riveting adventure as we discover the actual name of the new Wolfenstein game. News - 00:32 to 1:45:49 What We Played - 1:45:50 Specific Game Time Stamps Warhammer: Chaosbane - 1:46:15 to 1:49:04 Wolfenstein: The Old Blood - 1:49:05 to 1:51:50 Wolfenstein: Youngblood - 1:51:51 to 1:59:07 Mortal Kombat 11 - 1:59:08 to 2:03:10 Fire Emblem: Three Houses - 2:03:11 to 2:30:48 Super Mario Maker 2 - 2:30:49 to 2:45:40

I found out seconds ago that I have been spelling Judgment wrong my entire life, but that's okay! In this episode as always we chat it up about the news, and the comically small amount of video games we have been playing. To top off the podcast we talk all about the plot of Judgment and spoil it in the most roundabout and convoluted fashion ever. News - 1:52 to 1:27:30 What We Played - 1:27:30 to 2:04:32 Judgment - 2:04:33 to 2:41:11 Specific Game Time Stamps Shenmue - 1:27:37 to 1:36:09 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 - 1:36:10 to 1:49:58 Teppen - 1:49:59 to 1:57:21 Apex Legends -1:57:22 to 2:04:32

This week we only discuss the hottest news, specifically big Pokemon and Gamer Girl Bath water and then transition into what we've been playing (as usual). For the third segment we've really been dropping the ball on picking topics, so Matt put a bunch of topics in a snow man's head. We will draw from that when we need a topic. For the inaugural Snowman head pick we got Street Fighter IV and we get VERY nostalgic and start to feel VERY old. News - 00:30 to 1:03:07 What We Played - 1:03:08 to 1:53:52 Street Fighter IV - 1:53:53 to 2:26:15 Specific Game Time Stamps Shenmue - 1:03:33 to 1:13:30 Judgement - 1:13:31 to 1:30:44 Devil May Cry 5 - 1:30:45 to 1:38:54 Super Mario Maker 2 - 1:38:55 to 1:46:17 Operencia: The Stolen Sun - 1:46:18 to 1:49:07 Dr. Mario World - 1:49:08 to 1:53:52

Last episode we only talked about E3 news. To make up for that we forgo any real topic and just chat about the news and the games we've been playing for the past month. Somehow it ends up being longer than the E3 podcast, but we have a lot of feelings. News - 00:34 to 1:14:47 What We Played - 1:14:48 to 2:57:13 Specific Game Time Stamps Shenmue - 1:14:48 to 1:27:00 Forza Horizon 4: Lego Champions - 1:27:01 to 1:32:57 Cadence of Hyrule - 1:32:58 to 1:43:28 Trials Rising - 1:43:29 to 1:46:30 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - 1:46:31 to 1:58:10 Outer Wilds - 1:58:11 to 2:08:39 Yoshi's Crafted World - 2:08:40 to 2:12:42 Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled - 2:12:43 to 2:19:21 Rage 2 - 2:19:22 to 2:28:38 Samurai Shodown - 2:28:39 to 2:34:06 Super Mario Maker 2 - 2:34:07 to 2:39:34 Judgment - 2:39:35 to 2:57:13