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See the full results @ https://dfgoty.com/ The year is over! Now it's time to painstakingly rank, critique & praise ALL of the games that released in 2022! You won't believe what our 4th best game of the year is!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

VOTE FOR OUR COMMUNITY GOTY! - https://dfgoty.com/ Fútbol & Twitter is ending and we have mixed feelings. John Carmack leaves Meta & Oculus. The Game Awards continues to gain viewership, the Diablo IV drama reignites, Metzen surprisingly returns to World of Warcraft & more! Plus our thoughts on High on Life, Dark and Darker, the latest Street Fighter VI beta, SIGNALIS (finally.) and an appearance from the GOAT: Jesus Christ!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cohh is sick this week so we get right to it with the news of the week! FTC vs Microsoft, Dwarf Fortress surpassing expectations on Steam and what we thought of The Game Awards 2022. Cohh got a sneak peak at Owlcat's Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader Alpha. Zeke has been playing Metal Gear Solid 4 plus our thoughts on Forspoken & Marvel's Midnight Suns. Then we get into our big spoliercast discussion of God of War Ragnarok!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Zeke away, we're joined by returning guest GoldenBoy and first time guest Jirard The Completionist this week to chat about trying to run a TV channel and what went right and what went wrong at the now defunct G4TV. In the back half we weigh in on the increasingly wild mess that is Nintendo throwing a cease & desist at the Smash World Tour that was holding their main event just weeks before having to cancel. World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is actually fun, The Callisto Protocol is a mess, Marvel SNAP is ruining lives & more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's that time of the year where we look back at all the games release and make them fight amongst each other for the award of which game is the best game of the year! We go through all the nominees, wonder why Sifu is there and why Vampire Survivors isn't there and contemplate the war between juggernauts: Elden Ring & God of War Ragnarok. In the back half we go through some of the games we've been playing and haven't yet discussed!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by Twitch-staff-turned-game-dev djWheat this week to chat about the reasons he ultimately left Twitch and a very candid account of the behind-the-scenes friction that occurred during his time. Then we look to the future, where is the platform heading, what lessons can it learn from its past & much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're joined by JERICHO this week to get an early preview of what the new DMZ mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is... And it's sounding pretty rough. Mick Gordon breaks silence on what actually happened between him and id Software over DOOM: Eternal plus some CS:GO Majors drama happened. Then in the back half we talk about all God of War: Ragnarok, (don't worry there are no spoilers!) & continue to speculate Shroud's announcement tease from last week!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We return with a guest this week! Shroud joins us to catch up with his time away from Twitch and his current outlook on streaming as a career path. Then we get technical with PC hardware and player performance in games, how we tackle burn out and more! In the second half we finally chat about Gotham Knights, check in with the state of Overwatch 2 and FPS games in general then move in to some Kojima as well as Dave the Diver and a cheeky look at mobile shooter GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twitch CMOz Mike Minton joins JP, Zeke & GassyMexican to chat about the worries of monetizing, the overabundance of advertisements on the platform, the 50/50 creator split and much more! Then in the second half we chat about the return of Silent Hill, remasters vs. remakes with Resident Evil 4, the Warhammer 40k Darktide beta, Gotham Knights and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TwitchCon was this week and... They didn't announce much of anything and we lament if there's a long-term future for Twitch as a platform. Meanwhile Overwatch 2 had a rocky launch, Overwatch Porn banned?! God of War 2 goes gold, Kojima teasing new game. In the back half Steam Next Fest demos, our Grounded review & a discussion on the Street Fighter 6 closed beta!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.