The whole crew assembles to share our personal five favorite games of 2024, alongside picks from previous show guests and our listeners. Happy 2025!

Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.

Our GOTY picks (SPOILERS):

Doug:

Xenosphere

B3313 (Mario 64 mod)

Boku no Natsuyasumi 2

Slice & Dice 3.0

Caves of Qud

Sarah:

Velgress (from UFO 50)

Zach:

Laura:

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

Balloon SMP

Interstate 35

Games to play with babies / Zach’s 2023 pick

Dress to Impress (Roblox)

Nick:

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Andy:

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Velgress (of UFO 50)

Rob:

Barbuta (of UFO 50)

Show Notes:

Electron Dance piece/interview about Xenosphere

Dominic Tarason

action button reviews boku no natsuyasumi (2022)

The Boku Diaries

Into the Depths: Slice & Dice

Into the Depths: Caves of Qud

Other picks from guests and listeners:

UFO 50

Cryptmaster

Case of the Golden Idol DLCs

Fractal Block World

N++ Community Tab Project

Tiny Terry’s Turbo Trip

10 hours of silence occasionally broken up by the Taco Bell bong

Fallout 4

Earth Defense Force 6

Rabbit and Steel

Rogue Legacy 2

The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls

Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom

Feldivek

Factorio

Playframes: How Do We Know We Are Playing? by Celia Pearce

Katamari Damacy

Karen Kavett’s Gradient Cascade Puzzle

Earthrise 1 in Melbourne

Cine2Nerdle Battles

Deadlock

Two Bears talks about doing things that you love versus doing what everyone expects of you. What happens when you do? Coffee - cold coffee, hot coffee, oat milk, oh my!