Nadia and Kat talk some more about Pokemon Sword and Shield, and some of the surprising references within. (Trust Kat to be able to identify actual real-world stadiums within Galar region.) There's also a lot of end-of-the-year talk about the upcoming Game of the Year Awards, and some of the curious snubs that happened in this year's nominations. Oh Disco Elysium, where art thou? Finally, after all the talk and the news is squared away, it's time for a big mailbag episode, including:

1. Why Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire is good

2. Should Bahamut Lagoon be brought back?

3. How do we handle our backlog?

4. More Sega Saturn RPGs

5. Why Super Hylide was an interesting Sega Genesis RPG

6. Recommendations for more sci-fi RPGs like R-Type Command

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