2021 GWJ Game of the Year Interview Series: Aaron and Shawn.

Each 2021 GWJ Game of the Year Interview episode contains a few one-on-one interviews with some of our favorite regular and guest hosts!

This week's episode features Rich Lovejoy sitting down with Aaron Amendola to discuss his top winners, while Sean Sands swaps seats with Shawn Andrich to discuss their top games of the year.

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2021 GWJ Game of the Year Interview Series: Andrew, Glendon, and Sean.

Each 2021 GWJ Game of the Year Interview episode contains a few one-on-one interviews with some of our favorite regular and guest hosts!

This week's episode features Amanda Knowlton interviewing Andrew (aka Antichulius) and Glendon, while Shawn Andrich sits down with Sean Sands to discuss their top games of the year.

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2021 GWJ Game of the Year Interview Series: Lara and Rich.

Each 2021 GWJ Game of the Year Interview episode contains a few one-on-one interviews with some of our favorite regular and guest hosts! This week's episode features Rich Lovejoy interviewing Lara Crigger, followed by Rich's own interview conducted by Sean McKenna!

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Glendon, Amanda, and Rich talk about games we connect to major events.

Games: Chorus (PS5), Solar Ash (PC), The Lost Ruins of Arnak (Boardgame), Patchwork (Boardgame, PC), Deep Rock Galactic Update (PC).

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Amanda and Rich are joined by Karla to chat with guest Dr. Ben Chicka, Lecturer in Philosophy and Religious Studies at Curry College, to discuss Social Ethics in Video Games and his book Playing As Others: Theology and Ethical Responsibility in Video Games.

Games: The Forgotten City (PC), Opus: Echo of Starsong(PC), JETT: The Far Shore(PC), Bloodborne: The Card Game, Nox Archaist (PC) Vagrus - The Riven Realms (PC).

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Amanda, Shawn, Rich and Aaron sit down to discuss their Video Game Mixed Tapes.

Games: Halo Infinite Multiplayer Beta (Steam/Xbox), Inscryption (PC), Gloomhaven (PC), Dungeon Encounters (Switch), Guardians of the Galaxy (PS5), Sherlock Holmes: Chapter 1 (PC).

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Amanda and Rich are joined by Daryl Lathon and his colleagues David Gilbert (CCO) and Abe Goldfarb (Voice Actor) from Wadjet Eye games to discuss creativity and long-term collaborative projects.

Games: Forza Horizon 5 (XBox), Tales of Arise (PS4), Super Mario Brothers 2 (Raspberri Pi), Dungeon Encounters (Switch).

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Amanda and Rich reconnect with the Neurocracy team in an interview with creator, writer, and narrative designer Joannes Truyens along with writer and narrative designer Leigh Alexander.

Games: Phoenix Point (PS5), Unpacking (PC), Animal Crossing New Horizons: Happy Home Paradise DLC (Switch), Neurocracy (Web). 

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Inscryption spoiler section with Allen, Sean, Glendon, and Amanda.

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Amanda, Glendon and Rich pose a challenge: YOU HAVE DIED. What would be your response?

Games: Age of Empires IV (PC), Gloomhaven (PC), Inscryption (PC).

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Amanda, Glendon and Rich are joined by guest Daryl Lathon to talk about games that challenge our morality and humanity.

Games: Inscryption (PC), Disciples: Liberation (PS5, PC), The Last Guardian (PS4).

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Amanda, Glendon and Rich talk about games, and we get a chance to sit down and chat a moment with our very own The Week Ahead writer Felix Threepaper, aka Ben Callinan aka LanceCalhoon.

Games: The Riftbreaker (PC), Metroid: Dread (Switch), Critters For Sale (PC), Back4Blood (PC), Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack.

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Amanda, Glendon, and Rich are joined by Aaron Amendola from the Party Chat Podcast to discuss Set Pieces in Gaming.

Games: Metroid: Dread (Switch), Far Cry 6 (PS5), Back4Blood (PS5), Diablo 3 (PC), Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot (PC).

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[url=https://twitter.com/Amoebic]Amanda[/url], [url=https://twitter.com/staygoldgh]Glendon[/url] and [url=https://twitter.com/theharpomarxist]Rich[/url] are joined by scholar, gentleman, and Honey Heist Bear David Bauer (Karnak from the forums) to discuss the development of language in gaming.

New World (PC), Storybook Brawl (PC), Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars (PS4/5, Xbox, Steam, Nintendo), Hot Wheels Unleashed (PC), Timberborn (PC/Mac), Hot Wheels Unleashed (PC).

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Amanda and Glendon and Rich talk games, while Shawn and Amanda chat with Jeff Beeman, aka Doogiemac about exciting life changes and the future.

Games: Age of Empires 4: Technical Test (PC) Sable (PS5), Moonlighter (Android, Xbox), Deathloop (PC).

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Build Block Episode 1 - Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.

For our inaugural edition of Build Block [url=https://twitter.com/theharpomarxist]Rich[/url], [url=https://twitter.com/Amoebic]Amanda[/url], [url=https://twitter.com/ShawnAndrich]Shawn[/url], and [url=https://twitter.com/ElysiumGWJ]Sean[/url] talk about the builds they've rolled with on their Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous crusaders.

Amanda and Glendon are joined by Chris Cobb from Pragma to talk about online services for multiplayer game studios and what they need for a successful multiplayer game to work.

Games: DeathLoop (PC), Splitgate (PC + Consoles), Valheim: Hearth and Home (PC), Skatebird (PC).

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Amanda, Glendon, and Rich speak with Tom Larrow aka Skrout from the forums about burnout and work-life balance.

Games: Football Manager 2021 (PC) The Ramp (PC), The Artful Escape (Xbox SX, PC), Moonlighter (Xbox SX), Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous (PC).

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Allen and Cory join Amanda and Glendon to talk about the games they’ve been playing!

Games: Jupiter Hell (PC), Psychonauts 2 (PS5), Orcs Must Die 3 (PC), PowerWash Simulator (PC), Splitgate (PC).

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Amanda, Rich, Shawn, and Glendon talk about the games they’ve been playing and the 2021 GWJ Donation Drive!

Games: Psychonauts 2 (GamePass XboxSX/PC), Twelve Minutes Update (PC), Black Book (PC).

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Amanda and Glendon chat about what kind of datable weapons they would be, discuss some listener questions, and read a shout-out!

Games: Cats Organized Neatly (PC), Twelve Minutes (PC), Humankind (PC).

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Congrats to our three lucky winners of a Death Trash game key! See show notes for further details.

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Amanda, Rich, Glendon, and special guest Scott Benson talk about games we're playing, listener emails, and more!

Games: Resident Evil: Village (PS5), Returnal (PS5), Loop Hero (PC), SNES Emulators (PC), Boyfriend Dungeon (PC), Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous(PC), Black Book (PC).

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Amanda, Rich, and Glendon talk about our Death Trash Key Giveaway Contest, Gross Video Games, and GWJ updates.

Games: Returnal (PS5), TaleSpire (PC), Fortnite: Rift Tour (PC), Death Trash (PC).

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Amanda, Rich, and Glendon answer Video Game Questions from Twitter!

Games: Cris Tales (PC, Xbox, Playstation), Insurmountable (PC), Orcs Must Die! 3 (PC), Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Beta (PC), Pokemon Unite (Switch), Death’s Door (PC).

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Amanda, Rich, Glendon, and Aaron talk about the Steam Deck and their “Perfect Handheld."

Games: Death’s Door (PC, Xbox), Pokemon Unite (Switch), CrisTales (PC, Xbox, Playstation), The Messenger (Xbox).

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Amanda and Rich are joined by guests Daryl Lathon and Sean Williams from Gideon Media to talk about Perceptions of Gaming in Popular Media.

Games: Wildermyth, Minecraft, Rocksmith+ Closed Beta, Neurocracy.

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Amanda, Rich, and Glendon are joined by special guest Axel Hassan Taiari, contributing writer and narrative designer for the futuristic murder mystery game Neurocracy. (Out now!)

Games: Crying Suns (Mobile), Skald: Against the Black Priory (iOS), Going Medieval (PC), Becasteled (PC) Doki Doki Literature Club Plus (PC), The House in Fata Morgana (PC).

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Amanda, Rich, Glendon, are joined by Aaron Amendola to do a little mid-year recap and check-in on games of interest for 2021.

Games: Forza Horizon 4 (Xbox X/S), ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights (Switch), Minit (Switch), Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart (PS5), Space Jam: A New Legacy (Xbox X/S), Knockout City (PC), Scarlet Nexus (PC), Zombies Ate My Neighbors (Xbox X/S).

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Games: Dungeons & Dragons Dark Alliance (PC), A Little to the Left Demo (PC), Spirit Swap Demo (PC), Rocksmith Misadventures.

Amanda and Rich are joined by returning guests Leyla and Soren Johnson from Mohawk Games to discuss the release of Old World!

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Games: Sable (Xbox S), Severed Steel (PC), Tunic (Xbox S), Death Trash (Xbox, Others), Mechajammer (iOS), Deathtrap Dungeon (PC), Road 96 (PC).

Amanda and Rich and Glendon are joined by returning guest Daryl Lathon to discuss summertime gaming and games that evoke summer.

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Amanda and Aaron are briefly joined by Rich to talk about the glut of game announcements and demos for the summer.

In the show notes is a link to a listing of free game demos and alpha/beta/early access games for you to check out! This is a work in progress and more game demos will be added to the list soon. If there are demos that are missing from any of the recent events, please comment in the spreadsheet and they can be added.

Disclaimer: There were hundreds of games announced this weekend! We only discuss a scant handful of a few that caught our eye at the moment in the time allowed to us. We're definitely going to cross into "I can't believe you didn't talk about X" territory, and apologize if we weren't able to discuss the many games we didn't get to.

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Amanda and Rich and Glendon chat about nesting, building, and the creation of homes in games.

Games: Biomutant (PC), Solasta: Crown of the Magister (PC), Warhammer: Vermintide 2 Sister of the Thorn DLC + Chaos Wastes (PC), An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs (PC) , Mass Effect 1 (PS5).

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Amanda and Rich and Glendon are joined by Larry Zoll and Jason Narvy from TourGuide Games to talk about TourGuide and the nature of onboarding a shared narrative experience.

Games: Biomutant (PC), Solasta: Crown of the Magister (PC), Project Ninja Panda Taco (TTRPG), All Outta Bubblegum (TTRPG).

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Amanda and Rich and Glendon are joined by Shawn Andrich and GWJ Twitch Streamer and Paragon of the forums Eleima to talk about games and more.

Games: Mind Scanners (PC), Thousand Year Old Vampire (TTRPG), Darksiders: Genesis (PC), Eastshade (PC) Mass Effect Legendary Edition (PC, PS5).

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Amanda and Rich and Glendon chat about games, ice cubes, emails, and more.

Games: Mass Effect Legendary (PC, PS5), Subnautica: Below Zero (PC), Hood: Outlaws & Legends (PC), Nintendo Switch.

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Amanda and Rich are joined by special guest writer and comedian Brock Wilbur to answer your tweets and questions!

Games: Cozy Grove (Switch), Resident Evil Village (Xbox Series X), Say No More (PC), Returnal (PS5).

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Amanda, Rich, and Glendon are joined by Mike (aka McChuck) to discuss board game mechanics in video games.

Games: Returnal (PS5), It Takes Two (PC), New Pokemon Snap (Switch), There is No Game: Wrong Dimension (Mobile, PC), Superliminal (PC)

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Amanda, Rich, Glendon, and Aaron are joined by special guest Chris O'Regan from Cane & Rinse to talk about Games Preservation.

Games: Resident Evil: Village Demo, Before Your Eyes, Immortals: Fenyx Rising (PS5), Spire (TTRPG), Twilight Imperium 4th edition (Boardgame), Nintendo Land (Switch), Hand of Fate 2 (PC).

Chris O'Regan Twitter | Twitch | Cane & Rinse - The Sausage Factory 

Resources:

• Sony admits it made ‘wrong decision’ and will keep PS3, Vita stores open By Chaim Gartenberg
• Where Games Go To Sleep: The Game Preservation Crisis by John Andersen Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. 

• UK Centre for Computing History

• Chicago Gamespace

• The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment

• National Videogame Museum

• Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo

• Antstream Online
  
  
  

Amanda and Rich are joined by video game voice-over artist, producer and actor Daryl Lathon to discuss What makes a great supporting character.

Games: FIFA 2021(PS4), F1 2019 (PS4),Trials of Fire (PC), and Siege of Avalon: Anthology (PC).

Amanda, Rich, and Glendon talk about taboos and gaming.

Games: Trials of Fire (PC), Cozy Grove (Switch), Risk of Rain 2 (PC), Outriders (PC). 

Amanda, Rich, and Glendon talk about spoilers and the people who love them.

Games: Outriders (PC), Dorfromantik (PC), Disco Elysium Final Cut (PC) Dark Souls 2 (PS5).

Amanda and Rich are joined by GWJ Twitch streamer Josh aka "Seu" to discuss the many plot twists of Zaum Studio's Disco Elysium.

GWJ Deep Dive content ventures into spoiler territory. Listen at your own discretion, and enjoy!

Amanda, Rich, and Glendon are joined by guest Rob Parker to discuss what games show to us about ourselves, how they reveal things about the player, and which games we personally find illuminating.

Games: Monster Hunter: Rise (PS5), Vaporum: Lockdown (PC), Becastled (PC), Madden 2021 (PC Gamepass), Conscious Existence - A Journey Within (Index VR).

Amanda, Rich, Aaron, and Lara talk about revisiting classics. Also: Kiss, Marry, or Kill... but make it video games.

Games: Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney (Switch), Breath of the Wild (Switch), DQ3 (Switch), Avengers DLC (PS5), Fortnite season 6 (PS5), Outward (PS5).

Amanda, Rich, Aaron, and Glendon talk games, your emails, the weather, and more!

Games: Hellish Quart (PC), Loop Hero (PC/PC adjacent), Maquette (PC), Game Dev Story (Ps4/5).

Shawn, Allen, and Amanda talk games, spend some time in Valheim, and discuss your emails!

Games: Super Mario 3D World (Switch), Bowser’s Fury (Switch), Loop Hero (PC), Valheim (PC), Hellish Quart (PC).

Amanda, Aaron, and Rich chat about dialogue trees in video games.

Games: Curse of the Dead Gods (Switch), Persona 5 (PS5), Urtok: The Desolation (PC), Bowser’s Fury (Switch), Gunfire Reborn (PC), Outriders (PC, PS5).

Amanda, Rich, Glendon, are joined by Aaron Amendola to talk Banana Dogs, odd-couples, and mash-ups; some of our picks for unlikely pairs.

Games: Project Triangle Strategy Demo (Switch), The Good Time Garden (PC), Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, Suzerain, Destiny: Trials Of Osiris and Presage Quest (PS5/PC).

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Listener Question Lightning Round! Amanda, Rich, and Glendon talk games, questions, and more.

Games: Valheim (PC), Bowser’s Fury (Switch, Suzerain (PC), Empire of Sin (PS5).

The crew talks current games, funny gaming moments, and a sample of our Hitman 3 Deep Dive!

Games: Valheim (PC), Dice Throne Season 1, 2, Adventures (Tabletop Game), Red Dead 2 Online (PS5), Rift Breaker (Steam Demo), Potion Craft (Steam Demo).

Shawn, Sean, and Allen go deep on Hitman 3 by IO Interactive.

GWJ Deep Dive content may venture into spoiler territory for some. Listen at your own discretion, and enjoy!

Amanda and Glendon chat with Lara Crigger regarding stocks, reddit, and social unrest while Rich catches up with the rest of the crew about games.

Games: Dyson Sphere Program (PC), Gordian Quest (PC), Resident Evil VIIIage: Maiden Demo (PS5), Gears of War 5 (PC).

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GWJ Bold Predictions!

Amanda, Allen, Aaron, Rich, and Glendon talk about all their future hopes and predictions for 2021. 

Games: Hitman 3 (PS5, Xbox, PC), Dyson Sphere Program (PC), Wreckfest (PC), Destiny 2 (PS5), Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest (Switch), In Death (Valve Index - PCVR).

Build Day: Amanda, Rich, and Glendon talk about all kinds of things character-build related.

Games: Empire of Sin (ps5), Planet Zoo (PC), Hyrule Warriors (Switch), Cloud Gardens (PC), Dark Souls (PS5).

Variety Game Roundup: Amanda and Aaron are joined by ThatGuy42 (Jason) and McChuck (Mike) from the forums to talk games!

Games: Five Dates (PS4), Assasin's Creed: Valhalla (PS4), Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Switch), Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion (board game), Koi-Koi (card game), Marvel Avengers (PS4), Ironman VR (PS4), Your Emails, and more!

2020 GWJ Game of the Year Interview Series: Rich, Aaron, and Allen. 

[i]Each 2020 GWJ Game of the Year Interview episode contains a few one-on-one interviews with some of our favorite regular and guest hosts! After the last episode airs on January 6th, there will be a front-page post on gamerswithjobs.com with everyone’s lists and a link to their episode to avoid spoilers.[/i]