As part of The Game Informer Show this week, we’re going through the video game world and back again. The show starts with Matt Miller and Leo Vader as we talk about our time in Apple Arcade. From new gemstones to old favorites, we have put the service that we have been using for a few months into perspective. Alex Stadnik is the super producer this week.
Next, Joe Juba, Brian Shea, Ben Reeves and Alex Stadnik discuss the results of our competition with me to predict who will take home the win at The Game Awards last week. Let’s just say there is a lot to talk about. And victory here could make you the smartest person in the world.
In the next section, Ben Reeves, Joe Juba and Dan Tack send me community e-mails in which we do the unthinkable: We rate the Mona Lisa.
Then we have the sixth and final part of our game of the year chats, in which I ask the guests which games define their year. I am accompanied by Ben Reeves, Matt Miller and Dan Tack as we try to have some last minute discussions. Below is a list of all the games we’ve covered in the past few weeks. Find these podcasts on your favorite service!
Finally, Joe Juba interviews Michel Koch, Jean-Luc Cano and Raoul Barbet from Dontnod Entertainment. They are some of the brains behind Life is Strange 2, which was recently successfully completed. Joe talks to the team about the game’s creation process. Fans who have already completed Life is Strange 2 should definitely tune in.
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Look at the following timestamps to jump to a specific point in the discussion.
1:02 State of Apple Arcade
34:20 Announcement of the winner of the GI Game Awards bets
56:39 Community emails
2:29:26 GOTY PT 6
3:23:15 Joe Juba discusses Life Is Strange 2 with Dontnod’s creative heads
Covered games:
Game of the year chat game list
Week one
RE 2 remake
Kill the tower
Days have passed
Destiny 2 (only briefly)
Dr. Mario
Sunless sky
Dragon Quest Builders 2
control
Final Fantasy Shadowbringer
Unnamed goose game
Tetris 99
Second week
fire signs
Super Mario Maker 2
Disco Elysium
Card of darkness
Kingdom Hearts III
Far Cry New Dawn
The outer worlds
Streets of the villain
Week three
Farm together
AC: The fate of Atlantis
Lonely mountains downhill
Nowhere a prophet
monitoring
Pokemon sword and shield
Monkey out
fate
Week four
astral chain
Apex Legends
Department 2
Revised: Pokémon, goose game, fire sign
Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Week five
Death stranding
Crackdown 3
Luigi’s mansion
Anger 2
Yakuza Rating
War 5 cogwheels
Transport tycoon
