EXP Podcast #552: The 2019 Gamey Awards

Expressing my love of the Gameys via interpretive dance

This is it: the moment we've been anticipating and/or dreading all year.  It's the 2019 Gamey awards!  At the end of the year, everyone (including us) starts to get really serious about bestowing accolades, so we think it's fitting to hand out some of the most ridiculous awards we can think up.  Join us in recognizing the essence of what makes video games so great and so silly: the inherent gameyness of it all.

Spoilers for categories, nominees, and winners are at the very bottom of this post for those who want to follow along!

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 - Runtime: 1 hr 31 min 56 sec
 - Music by Brad Sucks

EXP Podcast #551: State of Play 2019

Birdney Mullen

Small birds, big geese, boyfriends swords, and more this week as we discuss some end-of-the-year news out of Sony's State of Play 2019 and Nintendo's recent indie games showcase. While some of these games are exciting, 2020 remains a big question mark. What does the future hold!?

Well, for one, it holds the annual Gamey Awards! Join us next week when we discuss the gameyist games. If you have a game nominee, send us an email and let us know!

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 - Runtime: 38 min 18 sec
 - Music by Brad Sucks

EXP Podcast #550: A Decade of Characters

Ah, simpler problems from a simpler decade.

As we continue our headlong sprint towards the decade's end, we pause to recognize some of the memorable characters of the past 10 years.  Using Polygon's list as a starting point, we discuss some standout examples and take stock of where games are in terms of character development.  After all, this might be the last decade where we can safely treat these things as fictional characters rather than sneaky AIs waiting for us to drop our guard long enough for them to launch their conquest of humanity.  You hear that, Shovel Knight?  I'm on to you.

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 - Runtime: 44 min 01 sec
- "The 70 best video game characters of the decade," by Polygon Staff, via Polygon
 - Music by Brad Sucks