Category: Podcast

This week we discuss the games we played over the break, Awesome Games Done Quick (ADGQ), the 2019 Purposeful Gaming Challenge, the “Ellie” controversy, and we say goodbye to a very special segment.

Works Discussed

• Shadow of the Colossus by SCE Japan Studio and Team Ico
• Dark Souls III by FromSoftware
• Bloodborne by FromSoftware
• Silent Hill 2 by Team Silent
• NieR: Automata by PlatinumGames
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker by Nintendo EAD
• Hollow Knight by Team Cherry
• Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion by Nintendo EPD
• Gris by Nomada Studio
• Katamari Damacy REROLL by Namco and Monkeycraft
• Tetris Effect by Monstars Inc. and Resonair
• Ashen by A44
• Gorogoa by Jason Roberts
• State of Decay 2 by Undead Labs
• Super Smash Bros: Ultimate by Bandai Namco Studios and Sora Ltd.
• Spyro Reignited Trilogy by Toys for Bob
• Monster Hunter: World by Capcom
• Red Dead Redemption 2 by Rockstar Games

Salutations

• No salutations this week!

Links

• Purposeful Gaming Challenge: https://www.reddit.com/r/greetingsfrom/comments/abccl2/rebecca_fays_2019_purposeful_gaming_challenge/
• ADGQ VODS: http://gdqvods.com/event/agdq-2019/
• Correction this blog post about Overwatch characters being trans and gay was from Aevee Bee’s personal blog: https://medium.com/mammon-machine-zeal/last-take-of-the-year-6a20f7877659

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Summary

It’s 2017, right? Here is a podcast from the vaults about our 2017 games of the year! Spoilers abound, so if you haven’t played these 2017 games, be on the lookout.

Games Of The Year

• Cuphead by Studio MDHR
• Prey (2017) by Arkane Studios
• Splatoon 2 by Nintendo EPD
• Gorogoa by Jason Roberts
• Super Mario Odyssey by Nintendo EPD
• Hearthstone: Kobolds & Catacombs and Knights of the Frozen Throne by Blizzard Entertainment
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice by Ninja Theory
• What Remains of Edith Finch by Giant Sparrow
• PlayerUnknown’s Battleground by PUBG Corporation and Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene
• Night in the Woods by Scott Benson, Bethany Hockenberry, and Alec Holowka
• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard by Capcom
• Destiny 2 by Bungie
• Nier: Automata by PlatinumGames
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild by Nintendo EPD
• Horizon Zero Dawn by Guerrilla Games

Honorable Mentions

• Tacoma by Fullbright
• Heat Signature by Suspicious Developments
• Hollow Knight by Team Cherry
• West of Loathing by Asymmetric
• Doki Doki Literature Club by Team Salvato
• Pyre by Supergiant Games
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus by MachineGames
• Divinity: Original Sin 2 by Larian Studios
• Dishonored: Death of the Outsider by Arkane Studios
• Uncharted: Lost Legacy by Naughty Dog
• Observer by Bloober Team
• Ruiner by Reikon Games
• Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy by Bennett Foddy
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle by Ubisoft
• Fire Emblem: Heroes by Intelligent Systems and Nintendo EPD

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GOTY WINNERS 2018

Best Re-release

• Olivia: Pokemon Lets Go: Eevee by Game Freak
• Rebecca: Dark Souls by FromSoftware
• Tyler: Spyro Reignited Trilogy by Toys for Bob and Sanzaru Games

Best Art Direction

• Olivia: Deltarune by Toby Fox
• Rebecca: Octopath Traveler by Acquire and Square Enix
• Tyler: Hollow Knight by Team Cherry (but really it’s GRIS by Nomada Studios)

??????Mystery Category??????

• Olivia: ?????????
• Rebecca:?????????
• Tyler:??????????

Best Performance

• Olivia: Arthur Morgan played by Roger Clark from Red Dead Redemption 2 by Rockstar Games
• Rebecca: The cast of Red Dead Redemption 2 by Rockstar Games
• Tyler: Chris Eriksen played by Chandler Mantione from The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit by DontNod Entertainment

Best Dumpster

• Olivia: Detroit: Become Human by Quantic Dream
• Rebecca: Detroit: Become Human by Quantic Dream
• Tyler: Detroit: Become Human by Quantic Dream

Best Indie

• Olivia: Into the Breach by Subset Games
• Rebecca: Return of the Obra Dinn by Lucas Pope
• Tyler: Into the Breach by Subset Games

Honorable Mentions

• Olivia: SpiderMan and Super Smash Brother Ultimate
• Rebecca:Tetris Effect, Quarantine Circular, and Ashen
• Tyler: Frostpunk, Moss. and Donut County

Best Ongoing Game

• Olivia: Destiny 2: Forsaken by Bungie
• Rebecca: Dead by Daylight by Behavior Interactive
• Tyler: World of Warcraft?? By Blizzard Entertainment

Most Replayable

• Olivia: God of War (2018) by SIE Santa Monica Studio
• Rebecca: Donut County by Ben Esposito
• Tyler: God of War (2018) by SIE Santa Monica Studio

Game Of The Year 2018

• Olivia: Red Dead Redemption 2 by Rockstar Games
• Rebecca: God of War (2018) by SIE Santa Monica Studio
• Tyler: God of War (2018) by SIE Santa Monica Studio

Best Score

• Olivia: Deltarune by Toby Fox and Celeste by Matt Makes Games
• Rebecca: Cultist Simulator by Weather Factory and Red Dead Redemption 2 by Rockstar Games
• Tyler: Florence by Mountains

Best Old Game

• Olivia: Skyrim (Switch) by Bethesda Game Studios And Iron Galaxy Studios
• Rebecca: Skyrim (VR) by Bethesda Game Studios
• Tyler: Darkest Dungeon by Red Hook Games

Best Narrative

• Olivia: God of War (2018) by SIE Santa Monica Studio
• Rebecca: Florence by Mountains
• Tyler: Florence by Mountains

Looking Forward to 2019

• Olivia: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Animal Crossing. and Pokemon
• Rebecca: Kingdom Hearts 3, Ooblets, Crackdown 3, and KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO: ACT V
• Tyler: Anthem? Resident Evil; Sea of Solitude, The Sinking City
• All of Us: Death Stranding
• None of Us: Gears of War 5 and The Sonic Movie

Thanks for listening to us this year! We will see you again next year, 2019, with all the games releasing all at once.

Happy Holidays

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• 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
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This Helpline provides 24-hour free and confidential treatment referral and information about mental and/or substance use disorders, prevention, and recovery in English and Spanish.

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Works Discussed

• Capitan Spirit by DontNod Entertainment
• Papa y Yo by Minority Media Inc
• God of War (2018) by Santa Monica Studio

Salutations

• Olivia: Stardew Valley by Eric Barone/Sickhead Games, Tacoma by Fullbright,and Unravel 2 by ColdWood Interactive
• Rebecca: Where Water Tastes Like Wine by Johnnemann Nordhagen/Dim Bulb Games, Sunless Sea by Failbetter Games, and SuperBrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP by SuperBrothers/Capy
• Tyler: Steam Sales and your ever growing backlog. Quadrilateral Cowboy by Brendon Chung and Evil Within 1 & 2 by Bethesda

Links

• Cory Balrog one of the original creators of God of War
• Dark Souls by FromSoftware
• Skyrim by Bethesda
• Martin Sahlin The passionate Unravel developer Tyler fell in love with at E3 2015 and again at E3 2018

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• Olivia: https://twitter.com/Livjq
• Rebecca: https://twitter.com/Rebeccafay
• Tyler: https://twitter.com/Worldjumpin

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Our intro and outro music is an edited version of “Deep Fried Space Food” by SubstituteSandwiches under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode)

Download the song at: https://soundcloud.com/substitute_sandwiches/deep-fried-space-food

Stay awhile and listen to the Greetings From podcast. Listen to Rebecca Fay, Olivia Quinn and Tyler Smith talk about what they are playing, what is new in the world of video games, and how they are getting through every week.

Works Discussed

• DeltaRune by Toby Fox
• Minit by Jan Nijman from Vlambeer
• Cultist Simulator by Weather Factory
• Detective Pikachu with art direction by by RJ Palmer who is responsible for our nightmares
• Several video games as movies and how awful they are
• An update to Olivia’s Amiibo Corner

Salutations

• Olivia: Netrunner Card Game by Fantasy Flight Games
• Rebecca: Florence on Android/iOS by Mountains
• Tyler: Hilda and Castlevania on Netflix

Links

• https://pokemon.alexonsager.net/
• https://www.rj-palmer.com/realistic-pokemon/

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• Olivia: https://twitter.com/Livjq
• Rebecca: https://twitter.com/Rebeccafay
• Tyler: https://twitter.com/Worldjumpin

Visit us at http://www.greetingsfrom.zone/ for more episodes or to subscribe

Our intro and outro music is an edited version of “Deep Fried Space Food” by SubstituteSandwiches under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode)

Download the song at: https://soundcloud.com/substitute_sandwiches/deep-fried-space-food

Stay awhile and listen to the Greetings From podcast. Listen to Rebecca Fay, Olivia Quinn and Tyler Smith talk about what they are playing, what is new in the world of video games, and how they are getting through every week.

Works Discussed

• Fallout: New California by Radian-Helix Media
• Opus Magnum by Zachtronics
• Return of the Obra Dinn by Lucas Pope
• Dark Souls by FromSoftware

Our intro and outro music is an edited version of “Deep Fried Space Food” by SubstituteSandwiches under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode)

Download the song at: https://soundcloud.com/substitute_sandwiches/deep-fried-space-food

Stay awhile and listen to the Greetings From podcast. Listen to Rebecca Fay, Olivia Quinn and Tyler Smith talk about what they are playing, what is new in the world of video games, and how they are getting through every week.

Works Discussed:

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• World of Warcraft: Battle For Azeroth
• Red Dead: Redemption

Our intro and outro music is an edited version of “Deep Fried Space Food” by SubstituteSandwiches under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode)

Download the song at: https://soundcloud.com/substitute_sandwiches/deep-fried-space-food