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Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:25:22 - Blind Ranking Previous GOTY Winners 1:11:56 - We discuss Game Awards GOTY nominees 1:23:00 - Guessing this year's GOTY nominees 1:35:40 - Vitz platinumed Ghost of Yotei Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/ We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025 Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate Follow Moody on Bluesky @dafyddmoody Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel

Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/ We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025 Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate Follow Moody on Bluesky @dafyddmoody Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:10:34 - Cool things we like (including Amy's objectively correct opinions about The Matrix films) 0:30:20 - If Moody is hit by a bus and forgets all video games, what would we recommend (versus edition) 1:01:17 - Indie Game of the Week - Threads of Time (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2090210/Threads_of_Time) 1:04:05 - We continue recommending Moody games 1:27:02 - Amy is exhausted with Silent Hill f 1:51:00 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/ We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025 Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate Follow Moody on Bluesky @dafyddmoody Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:17:12 - Cool things we like 0:26:00 - Xbox Game Pass price rises are eye watering 1:11:37 - Indie Game of the Week - People Of Note (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1626170/People_of_Note) 1:17:32 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head 1:22:59 - Unreal Engine 5 stutters? 1:29:14 - Amy's Little Nightmares t-shirt story 1:31:38 - We like Until Dawn (and Amy tells her funny Until Dawn EGX story) Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/ Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate Follow Moody on Bluesky @dafyddmoody Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:07:55 - Amy comes clean about Silksong 0:15:24 - Cool things we like 0:24:43 - Amy remembers too much of Resident Evil 2 0:32:11 - Top 10 Video Game Consoles (Part 1) 1:02:17 - Indie Game of the Week - Another Pint (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3150160/Another_Pint/) 1:06:32 - Top 10 Video Game Consoles (Part 2) 1:57:21 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/ We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025 Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate Follow Moody on Bluesky @dafyddmoody Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:06:45 - Cool things we like 0:19:59 - Vitz's quick review of and Roger 0:26:10 - Moody unlocked mindfulness (and Dragon Quest XI) 0:35:28 - New Yakuza games are incoming 0:55:31 - Physical game sales are falling again 1:23:34 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/ We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025 Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate Follow along with Amy's backlog progress (including her raw thoughts on the game's she plays) throughout 2025 here: https://tinyurl.com/amysbacklog Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate Follow Moody on Bluesky @dafyddmoody Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:11:46 - Cool things we like 0:21:06 - Ads are the devil 0:26:39 - Amy ranks video game companions 1:16:20 - Indie Game of the Week - Entropy 1:21:11 - How to fix Final Fantasy 1:49:52 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/ We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025 Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate Follow Moody on Bluesky @dafyddmoody Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:11:26 - Cool things we like 0:25:55 - When Did 7 Out Of 10 Games Become Seen As Bad? 1:04:26 - Indie Game of the Week - The Killing Stone (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/The_Killing_Stone) 1:10:10 - How much should a remaster change from the original? 1:38:29 - Why don't we enjoy game showcases anymore? 1:56:37 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/ We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025 Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate Follow Moody on Bluesky @dafyddmoody Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:08:19 - Cool things we like 0:29:57 - How to get someone new to games into the hobby 1:09:52 - Moody is shadow boxing 1:10:48 - Is how long it takes to make a video game destroying the industry 1:40:30 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/ We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025 Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate Follow Moody on Bluesky @dafyddmoody Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel

Intro:0:00:00 - Intro0:11:40 - Cool things we like0:28:33 - What's going on with Steam and itch.io's crackdown on adult content?0:58:33 - Indie Game of the Week - No, I’m Not Human (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3180070/No_Im_not_a_Human)1:07:00 - You can only play five games for the rest of your life. What are they?1:35:38 - OpenCritic Head-To-HeadCheck out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow!Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykateSupport the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgamesFollow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate Follow Moody on Bluesky @dafyddmoody Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel

Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:11:39 - Cool things we like 0:21:45 - Xbox have dropped the price of Outer Worlds 2 from $80 0:59:27 - Indie Game of the Week - Felt That: Boxing (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3763840/Felt_That_Boxing) 1:04:46 - Fable is rumoured to be delayed to 2027 1:24:39 - Moody's thoughts on the Pokemon Presents 1:44:14 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head 1:52:09 - Fantasy Critic check-in Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/ We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025 Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate Follow Moody on Bluesky @dafyddmoody Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel

Everything is burning down and falling apart around us, so Vitz and Amy teamed up to present a series of prompts that made us think about the games we love. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:07:18 - Cool things we like 0:14:38 - Summer Games Done Quick raised $2.4m for Doctors Without Borders 0:24:49 - Introducing the concept of us naming us games 0:26:21 - Name a game that you love 0:33:18 - Name a game that you want to play 0:40:07 - Name a game that you "hate" 0:47:05 - Name a game that you own physically 0:52:21 - Name a game that you own digitally 0:54:55 - Name a game that you love the style of 1:01:00 - Name a game that you've played more than once 1:06:19 - Name a game that you never finished 1:13:17 - Pixel Pop Stars season 2 post-mortem 1:19:33 - Indie Game of the Week - There Are No Ghosts at the Grand (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3725190/There_Are_No_Ghosts_at_the_Grand/) 1:25:21 - What game ignited your passion for games? 1:32:48 - What game are you surprised that you love? 1:39:14 - What is your ultimate comfort game? 1:44:01 - If you were going to speedrun a game, what game would you choose? 1:48:04 - What game made you ugly cry? 1:55:38 - What game made you cry laughing? 2:02:28 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/ We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025 Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate Follow Moody on Bluesky @dafyddmoody Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel

We talk about Xbox slowly destroying itself to throw endless money into the AI void, and Amy & Moody talk about a couple of games they played recently (and the massive retro game shop they visited). Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:09:47 - Amy & Moody visited Forgotten Worlds 0:22:28 - Cool things we like 0:31:13 - Microsoft is making Xbox look bad - but they are doing a bang up job of that themselves 1:13:04 - Pixel Pop Stars 1:15:24 - Indie Game of the Week - Dice Gambit (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1812860/Dice_Gambit/) 1:18:26 - Amy's Citizen Sleeper 2 thoughts 1:29:44 - Moody and Amy's Neva thoughts 1:45:18 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/ We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025 Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate Follow Moody on Bluesky @dafyddmoody Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel

Time Stamps: 0:23:44 - Underappreciated Games of the 21st Century (Part 1) 1:06:55 - Indie Game of the Week - Dead Take (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352690/Dead_Take/) 1:13:19 - Underappreciated Games of the 21st Century (Part 2) 2:05:06 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/ We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025 Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate Follow Moody on Bluesky @dafyddmoody Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel

Moody has some things to get off his chest about Xbox, Amy dares the games industry to make their games $100 and Vitz talks about mental health. Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:11:16 - Cool things we like 0:27:25 - Xbox Is About To Lay Off A Bunch More People 1:13:06 - Indie Game of the Week - Relooted (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3255890/Relooted/) 1:21:10 - Ashly Burch launches a cool new YouTube series 1:38:36 - OpenCritic Head-To-Head Check out our Indie Game of the Week Steam curator page to see all of our previous selections: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7857031-Words-About-Games/ We're raising money for Safe In Our World: https://www.justgiving.com/page/wag2025 Want to hang out with us while we play games? Head over to twitch.tv/wordsaboutgames and drop us a follow! Subscribe to Amy's video essay channel: youtube.com/@itsmeamykate Follow along with Amy's backlog progress (including her raw thoughts on the game's she plays) throughout 2025 here: https://tinyurl.com/amysbacklog Support the show - ko-fi.com/wordsaboutgames Follow Amy Kate on Bluesky @itsmeamykate Follow Moody on Bluesky @dafyddmoody Follow Vitz Bluesky @VitzPatel