Episode #108: Catgirls for Hire: The 2024 Year-End GamesCast
Featuring: Merve LittleMac Drinking with Skeletons The Kappa 3rdstringhero Jarathen Editor: The Kappa Timestamps: 0:15 – Introduction 4:15 – The Game Awards 2024 45:15 – Studio Closures and Studio Survival 1:01:55 – 3rdstringhero’s Top 3 1:05:45 – Jarathen’s Top 3 1:08:25 – Our Favourites: Honourable Mentions 1:16:00 – Our Favourites: #5 1:25:15 – Our Favourites: #4 1:41:50 – Our Favourites: #3 2:02:15 – Our Favourites: #2 2:33:05 – Our Favourites: #1 3:01:00 – Our Biggest Disappointments 3:26:30 – Our Biggest Surprises 3:44:55 – Conclusion Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep108 Podcast header image from Metaphor: ReFantazio . Linkdump after the jump. Introduction (0:15) Official website for Bojangles . Clarification: Merve has driven through North Carolina before, but he has never stayed overnight there. (Source: Wikipedia) Wikipedia article on Peggy’s Cove . Facebook page for Tom’s Lobster Shack . Wikipedia article on pescetarianism . Correction: “Sea beans” is the American term for the species of Salicornia eaten in North America . Specific Atlantic Canadian terms would be “samphire greens” or “crow’s foot greens,” though Merve does insist that he has heard “sea beans” on a Canadian cooking show. (Source: Wikipedia) The Game Awards 2024 (4:15) Official website for The Game Awards . Wikipedia article on Astro Bot . Official trailer for Mafia: The Old Country . (Source: IGN on YouTube) Teaser trailer for the Okami sequel . (Source: Capcom USA on YouTube) Drinking with Skeletons’s retrospective on Okami . (Source: The Avocado) Announce trailer for Onimusha: Way of the Sword . (Source: Capcom USA on YouTube) Reveal gameplay trailer for Elden Ring Nightreign . (Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment America on YouTube) The A.V. Club’s feature where Ryan Zickgraf (formerly Smith) attempted to teach Alex McLevy how to play first-person shooters . Official reveal trailer for Dispatch . (Source: IGN on YouTube) Wikipedia article on Powerless . Clarification: A pilot was ordered for Marvel’s Damage Control , but it was never ordered to full series . (Source: Wikipedia) Correction: “Gotham P.D.” was simply called Gotham . (Source: Wikipedia) Official gameplay reveal trailer for Split Fiction . (Source: Electronic Arts) Announcement trailer for Turok: Origins . (Source: PlayStation on YouTube) Announcement trailer for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet . (Source: PlayStation on YouTube) World premiere trailer for Project Century . (Source: thegameawards on YouTube) Announcement trailer for Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound . (Source: Nintendo of America) The boss of Act 2 of Ninja Gaiden is Bomberhead . (Source: Ninja Gaiden Wiki on Fandom) Official announcement trailer for Thick as Thieves . (Source: IGN on YouTube) Interview with Warren Spector on Episode 413 of Dropped Frames . (Source: itmeJP on YouTube) Reveal trailer for Shadow Labyrinth . (Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment America on YouTube) Wikipedia article on Secret Level . Official gameplay trailer for The Outer Worlds 2 . (Source: IGN on YouTube) Wikipedia article on Paradox Interactive . Studio Closures and Studio Survival (45:15) Report on the closure of Ouka Studio . (Source: GamesIndustry.biz) Announcement of the closure of Humanoid Origin . (Source: LinkedIn) Report on the closures of Ubisoft San Francisco and Ubisoft Osaka . (Source: Reuters) To be specific regarding Roundhouse Games’s fate, the studio was merged into ZeniMax Online Studios . (Source: PC Gamer) Wikipedia article on Creative Assembly . 3rdstringhero’s Top 3 (1:01:55) #3: Metaphor: ReFantazio . (Source: Wikipedia) #2: Unicorn Overlord . (Source: Wikipedia) #1: The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak . (Source: Wikipedia) Jarathen’s Top 3 (1:05:45) #3: Unicorn Overlord . (Source: Wikipedia) #2: Slay the Princess: The Pristine Cut . (Source: Wikipedia) #1: Astro Bot . (Source: Wikipedia) Our Favourites: Honourable Mentions (1:08:25) Merve’s #10: Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detecti