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Xbox Series X Coming Nov. 2020 - Ep. 182 Aug 14, 2020

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This week Steimer, Andrea and Britt are joined by Rebekah Valentine from GamesIndustry.biz! They talk about Halo: Infinite’s unfortunate delay, the confirmed November release for Xbox Series X, Control’s weird next-gen upgrade condition and more. Hands-on include Story of Seasons, Among Trees, Fall Guys, and Rebekah talks indies and journalism advice in the third segment.
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Timestamps:

Segment One: News
:46 Welcome to the show!
7:05 Halo Infinite Delayed into 2021
17:33 Xbox Series X confirmed for November
28:44 Control limits free next-gen upgrade to Ultimate Edition owners only
37:33 TLOU2 adds Grounded difficulty, permadeath and more
43:48 New game delays

Segment Two: Hands-On
51:54 Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
1:03:55 Among Trees
1:12:55 Paper Mario
1:19:30 Destiny 2 Solstice
1:20:34 Fall Guys

Segment Three: Let’s talk to Rebekah Valentine!
1:25:13 Welcome back!

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Cyberpunk 2077 New Details ft. Elyse Willems! - Ep. 181 Aug 10, 2020

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On What's Good Games Live for Aug. 10, 2020 Andrea, Britt, and Steimer (hooray Steimer!) are joined by Funhaus's Elyse Willems to chat the leaked Xbox controller, Rocksteady's new Suicide Squad game, the second episode of Night City Wire for Cyberpunk 2077 and now Facebook is mad at Apple too. Plus they chat about what Elyse's dream show would be to work on. Hint: it features physical comedy antics.
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Timestamps:
:04 Welcome to the show!
7:56 Microsoft’s new Xbox Series S console confirmed via controller
15:20 Rocksteady announces Suicide Squad game
27:20 Night City Wire highlights
34:52 Facebook slams Apple
44:21 Activision is sending out Call of Duty crates?
47:50 Yoshinori Ono has resigned from Capcom
52:32 Fall Guys is doing super well!
58:33 Let’s talk to Elyse!

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Xbox Beefing with Apple - Ep. 180 Aug 07, 2020

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This week we're chatting Nintendo's impressive sales numbers for Animal Crossing New Horizons, reactions to PlayStation's latest State of Play, and what is going on with this beef between Apple and Microsoft? In hands-on Andrea chats about Marvel's Avengers beta, Britt discusses her time with Grounded and Paper Mario: The Origami King, and Andrea is having a blast with Fall Guys Ultimate Knockout!
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• Faris Attieh
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• Marcus Brown
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Timestamps:
Segment One: News
:46 Welcome to the show!
3:33 Nintendo is crushing it!
28:26 State of Play recap
1:04:27 Microsoft and Apple aren’t playing nice with each other
1:20:49 DOOM Eternal and ESO: Online are coming to PS5/XSX
Segment Two: Hands-On
1:23:21 Microsoft/Apple update
1:27:52 Marvel’s Avengers Beta
1:51:20 Grounded
2:04:59 Fall Guys
2:10:02 Paper Mario: The Origami King

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Avengers Spider-Man is a PlayStation Exclusive - What's Good Games (Ep. 179) Aug 03, 2020

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For Aug. 3, 2020 Andrea and Britt chat about the reveal that Spider-man in Marvel's Avengers from Crystal Dynamics & Square Enix will be exclusive to Playstation consoles, new updates on what peripherals you can, and can't use on your PS5, more details on that Halo Infinite reveal including a MP free-to-play announcement, and we're getting some new Netflix video game content! Plus Andrea does a mini hands-on with the Genki Covert Dock and they chat about what it's like to game on mulitple TVs in the same room with your partner.
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Timestamps:
:06 Welcome to the show!
6:30 Spider-Man in Marvel’s Avengers will be a PlayStation exclusive
16:11 PS4 peripherals that will/won’t work on PS5
22:36 Sony’s upcoming State of Play
28:02 Halo Infinite’s multiplayer will be free to play
33:17 343 issues statement on Infinite’s art style/fidelity
36:56 Splinter Cell anime series announced
39:36 Beyond Good & Evil movie coming to Netflix
42:36 Author uses Zelda ingredients in his book!
46:07 Andrea’s review of the Genki Covert Dock
53:27 Epic Game Store has achievements/mods!
55:55 Analogue Pocket sold out REAL fast
58:00 How do you both play games when you are in the same room? -Parker Petrov

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Animal Crossing’s Summer Update Brings Fireworks, Dreaming - What's Good Games (Ep. 178) Jul 31, 2020

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Welcome to Royal Ramble 2K20 (thanks to John for that title) where we talking about video games, but also a lot of unrelated things like spider fangs, Bop It, derp fireworks and more! Seriously, it’s an episode for the books. Anyway, this week the ladies talk about Marvel’s Avengers latest character reveal, Grounded’s instant success, Animal Crossing’s latest update and more! Hands-on include Orcs Must Die 3 on Google Stadia, and Britt tries to guess movie plots in the third segment.
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• Mohammed Mohammed
• Marcus Brown
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Timestamps:
Segment One: News
:45 Welcome to the show!
14:00 Hawkeye is coming to Marvel’s Avengers
34:12 Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ summer update details
41:09 Grounded is crushing it!
50:09 PS5’s “Activities” leak?
54:38 Cuphead is on PS4
56:30 Private Division has entered a publishing deal with several studios
Segment Two: Hands-On
1:00:03 Welcome back!
1:01:13 Orcs Must Die 3/Google Stadia
1:24:06 Halo: Combat Evolved
1:34:57 Bop It/Skip It
1:38:26 BOOK TALK (strap in)
Segment Three: Patreon Voted Segment
1:58:26 Welcome back! Let’s have Britt describe movie plots

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More Halo Infinite Details - What's Good Games (Ep. 177) Jul 27, 2020

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In WGG Live for July 27, 2020 Andrea and Britt discuss new details from the Halo: Infinite gameplay reveal last week, accessibility options are coming to Ghost of Tsushima, what the heck is in that Nintendo "gigaleak," the Witcher is getting a prequel series, and Analogue's Pocket retro gaming device is delayed to 2021. Plus they chat about what's in their backlog of games to play this summer.
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Timestamps:
:05 Welcome to the show!
6:25 Halo: Infinite updates
13:00 Nintendo’s GIGALEAK
20:53 Ghost of Tsushima patch details
25:20 Netflix’s Witcher prequel
28:48 Red Dead Online is getting an update
30:10 Logitech’s Herman Miller partnership
33:14 G4 is coming back!
35:46 Disintegration is free on PC, PS4 and XB1
37:09 Anthem Update: PIRATES!
41:25 Suikoden’s spiritual successor has a kickstarter
44:33 Ghost of Tsushima’s photo mode Q -Scooter
46:54 Analogue Pocket

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Halo Infinite and Fable Revealed! - What's Good Games (Ep. 176) Jul 24, 2020

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This week is all about XBOX with special guest Zombaekillz with a featured interview with Aaron Greenberg, the General Manager of Xbox Games Marketing. We run down the entire lineup from the showcase including Halo Infinite, State of Decay 3, Avowed, Everwild, and yes, Fable is returning! We also chat about Rocket League going to free-to-play, Yakuza's fall release date, and the fiasco between the US Army, AOC and Twitch. Plus Andrea finally sunk some serious hours into Ghost of Tsushima and Zombae tries to convince the crew that Dead by Daylight is super scary but super fun.
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Timestamps:
1:15 - welcome Zombaekillz to the show!
5:00 - can mimosas have tequila in them?
9:16 - "simmered" impressions on Xbox Games Showcase
12:12 - Andrea's GTA clarification
16:00 - Halo Infinite reveal
23:41 - State of Decay 3 announced
29:20 - Everwild from Rare
31:30 - Tell Me Why
- Britt needs to play Ori and the Will of the Wisps
38:26 - Zombae likes when you're out of focus
40:00 - The Outer Worlds new DLC "Peril on Gorgon"
41:30 - Grounded feels like "Honey I Shrunk the Kids"
46:55 - New RPG "Avowed"
49:36 - As Dusk Falls announced
53:05 - Senua's Sage: Hellblade 2 more details
1:00:00 - Four-year-olds are trash at video games
1:02:00 - Zombae says: take your time making games
1:04:50 - Destiny 2: Beyond Light coming to Xbox Game Pass (and it's delayed)
1:10:34 - Quick recap on rest of the news
1:13:00 - Phantasy Online 2 is "weeb trash"
1:16:00 - FABLE IS BACK
1:18:50 - Interview with Aaron Greenberg, GM XBOX Games Marketing
1:42:00 - BREAK
1:46:16 - Rocket League is going free to play
1:47:15 - Yakuza Like a Dragon new details and release date
1:50:43 - US Army halting Twitch activities
2:04:00 - Andrea's Ghost of Tsushima impressions
2:23:40 - Zombae is enjoying Dead by Daylight and by enjoying we mean she is killing everyone
2:45:09 - How did Zombaekillz get started?

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Xbox New Streaming Service - What's Good Games (Ep. 175) Jul 20, 2020

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Andrea and Britt are joined by Mary Kish to chat about the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War leak, Xbox's new combo subscription for XCloud, a recap of the mini Nintendo Direct, highlights from Day of the Devs 2020, and details on the delay of Destiny 2's Beyond Light. Plus we take your questions and chat with Mary about her job at Twitch and her recommendations for how to build a community on your Twitch channel.
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Timestamps:
:07 Welcome to the show!
16:31 Is “The Red Door” the next Call of Duty?
22:51 xCloud will be included in Game Pass Ultimate
32:23 Nintendo’s mini-direct recap
37:41 Day of the Devs 2020 Showcase
44:35 Sea of Thieves has a LOT of players
49:50 Destiny 2: Beyond Light delayed
51:00 Dr. Disrespect update?
52:00 Geoff Keighley touched the DualSense
57:21 Let’s get to know Mary!
1:04:20 How can someone get affiliated with Twitch?

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Ghost of Tsushima Extended Hands-On - What's Good Games (Ep. 174) Jul 17, 2020

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This week in the news the crew chats reviews for Paper Mario: Origami King, Reggie Fils-Aime has joined Rogue as an advisor, a recap of the Stadia Connect announcements, Marvel's Avengers beta details, the NES LEGO set, Dragon's Dogma anime and what is going on with Skull & Bones? In hands-on Britt, Steimer, and Riana deep dive into their time with Ghost of Tsushima and for the Patreon Produced segment we talk about incidents that almost made us leave video games, or at least made us take a nice long break.
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• Alex Rigopulos
• Faris Attieh
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Timestamps:
Segment One: News
:45 Welcome to the show!
10:00 Paper Mario and Ghost of Tsushima reviews are in1
13:33 Reggie Fils-Aime appointed to Rogue Games
20:18 Stadia Connect recap
29:45 Marvel’s Avengers beta
32:53 NES LEGO set is real!
36:15 Netflix & Dragon’s Dogma?!
38:53 Skull & Bones rumor
40:54 Red Dead Online players are dressing as clowns
Segment Two: Hands-On
43:38 Welcome back!
48:00 Ghost of Tsushima
Segment Three: Patreon Produced Segment
1:49:03 What was an experience that almost turned you off to working in games or caused you to take a significant break from playing them? - Javin Mather

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Far Cry 6 Revealed! - What's Good Games (Ep. 173) Jul 13, 2020

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On WGG Live for 7/13/2020 Andrea and Britt recap UbiForward including the big reveal of Far Cry 6, Watch Dogs Legion release date, and new AC: Valhalla info. Plus they chat about Devolver Digital's "Direct", some crazy prices paid for video game collectibles, and more!
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Timestamps:
:45 Welcome to the show!
9:04 Ubisoft Forward recap
39:22 Devolver Direct Showcase recap
45:04 Sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. sells for $$$
48:00 Atari VCS
53:52 LEGO teases NES Set
58:55 Has AC: Valhalla and Cyberpunk given away the new console dates? -Scott
1:00:08 How are you pre-ordering your new consoles? -JPMaya

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