Ep. 376 - Game of the Year 2024
Added 2025-02-10 08:01:01 +0000 UTCFrank Cifaldi of the Video Game History Foundation, Ash Parrish of The Verge, and Brandon Sheffield of Necrosoft Games choose and rank the twenty-one best video games of the year 2024. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
Credit Report (03:42)
1: Frank’s first nomination (09:45)
2: Ash’s first nomination (14:06)
3: Brandon’s first nomination (19:47)
4: Frank’s second nomination (24:26)
5: Ash’s second nomination (30:54)
6: Brandon’s second nomination (36:35)
7: Frank’s third nomination (42:18)
8: Ash’s third nomination (47:37)
9: Brandon’s third nomination (52:49)
10: Frank’s fourth nomination (59:10)
11: Ash’s fourth nomination (01:09:29)
12: Brandon’s fourth nomination (01:18:01)
13: Frank’s fifth nomination (01:24:33)
14: Ash’s fifth nomination (01:33:31)
15: Brandon’s fifth nomination (01:37:49)
16: Frank’s sixth nomination (01:44:37)
17: Ash’s sixth nomination (01:51:22)
18: Brandon’s sixth nomination (02:02:44)
19: Frank’s seventh nomination (02:09:58)
20: Ash’s seventh nomination (02:14:52)
21: Brandon’s seventh nomination (02:23:48)
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definitely the most games frank has played in a long time. 14!!
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2025-02-17 23:52:58 +0000 UTC(brandon:) I didn't play long enough to have a real feeling but of the EARLY characters I used the annoying maid with the buzzsaw, the sword bishounen, and the powerful lady with the cat ears (got a lucky pull)
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2025-02-17 23:52:29 +0000 UTC(brandon:) I've played like 10 of them, they will not click! it's not my kind of thing at all.
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2025-02-17 23:51:10 +0000 UTC(brandon:) you should play indika!
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2025-02-17 23:50:41 +0000 UTCI need to play indika. I mean come on, with that plight? HELL YEA
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2025-02-16 02:21:26 +0000 UTCFor the love of God Ash, spend all your credits to make Brandon play elden ring, or any souls game until they click for him. His disconnect from them hurts my soul because I know he'd have a time thinking about the game developer side of it if he could get into one.
Bruce Kellerman
2025-02-13 03:00:45 +0000 UTCZenless Zone Zero has turned me into a filthy gacha player, I need brandon to drop his favorite ZZZ agent/teams
alec_irl
2025-02-12 19:37:00 +0000 UTCMaybe it's my bad memory, but I feel like this is the most games Frank has done for the past few years. Not to mention how long some of them were! This episode flew by, couldn't believe those 2.5 hours were so breezy. I'm all here for the Crow Country, Mouthwashing and Indika love. Fun discussions all around and the running bits between Jaffe's proposals and Ash cracking up were great.
Dustin Reno
2025-02-12 04:40:04 +0000 UTCabsolutely!! already recorded and edited, set to go next week as episode 377 😎 -esper
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2025-02-11 21:54:21 +0000 UTCSorry for the random questions, but is there going be a "Brandon's weirdo game list" of 2024?! I'm curious what you thought about Metal Slug Tactics!
Jodeaux
2025-02-10 22:03:44 +0000 UTCThank you, and get ready for a long "rest of the year" coming next week too!
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2025-02-10 19:05:31 +0000 UTCY’all are the best and should have way more backers on here. Great list, great episode. And really funny! Obviously Frank’s Metaphor joke, but also some of Ash’s reactions to Brandon’s later picks (“fuck you”) and Jaffe repeatedly trying to make Ash spend her 5 credits. Lots of fun surprises on the list (Fantasian? Queen’s Blood?! Zenless Zone Zero?!?) — I’ll definitely be checking out some games I wasn’t interested in before. Thanks again everyone for making the time for a long episode like this, I truly do look forward to it every year!
John
2025-02-10 18:24:45 +0000 UTC
