Ep. 274 - Game of the Year 2022
Added 2023-02-13 07:50:58 +0000 UTCOur panel debates the rankings greatest video games of 2022, and devises cryptic inscriptions for each one so that others may follow their path. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.
NOMINATIONS:
- Frank Round 1 (08:37)
- Tim Round 1 (12:35)
- Brandon Round 1 (17:46)
- Frank Round 2 (28:29)
- Tim Round 2 (33:55)
- Brandon Round 2 (36:49)
- Frank Round 3 (44:22)
- Tim Round 3 (57:18)
- Brandon Round 3 (01:04:08)
- Frank Round 4 (01:11:09)
- Tim Round 4 (01:17:20)
- Brandon Round 4 (01:24:33)
- Frank Round 5 (01:33:50)
- Tim Round 5 (01:47:03)
- Brandon Round 5 (01:54:16)
- Frank Round 6 (02:02:43)
- Tim Round 6 (02:05:34)
- Brandon Round 6 (02:10:14)
- Frank Round 7 (02:15:14)
- Tim Round 7 (02:19:30)
- Brandon Round 7 (02:25:14)
- Wrap-up (02:36:25)
See the final list at forums.insertcredit.com!
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
- The Deal Guy
- Nope (2022)
- Fry's Electronics
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
- Game Dude
- Five Fingers for Marseilles (2017)
- They Live (1988)
- [Them! (1954)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Them!)
- Capriotti's
- Elden Ring
- Elden Ring Message System (ERMS)
- PowerSlave: Exhumed
- System Shock series
- Metroid Prime
- DOOM
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Xenoblade series
- Xenosaga series
- Tetsuya Takahashi
- Balan Wonderworld
- Baten Kaitos series
- F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch
- Loop Hero
- Citizen Sleeper
- Inscryption
- Into the Breach
- Return to Monkey Island
- Monkey Island series
- Immortality
- Her Story
- Telling L!es
- Paradise Killer
- Neon White
- Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective
- Donut County
- Celeste
- Virtual Hydlide
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Bloodborne
- Demon's Souls
- Dark Souls
- VaatiVidya
- Fextralife build guides
- Iron Pineapple
- Call of Duty series
- Signalis
- Silent Hill series
- Biohazard / Resident Evil series
- Vampire Survivors
- Castlevania / Akumajō Dracula series
- Ridiculous Fishing
- Sonic Frontiers
- Resident Evil 4 HD Project
- Grand Theft Auto series
- Stray
- Nintendo Direct 2.8.2023
- Shin Megami Tensei IV
- Shin Megami Tensei series
- Fire Emblem series
- Etrian Odyssey series
- Soul Hackers 2
- Ghostwire: Tokyo
- Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
- Persona 5
- Yo-kai Watch series
- Pokémon games
- Astral Chain
- Devil May Cry series
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- WarioWare series
- Ranger X
- Sega Announces Plan To Make A "Super Game"
- Crazy Taxi series
- Jet Grind Radio series
- Panzer Dragoon series
- Fortnite: Battle Royale
- Judgment / Judge Eyes series
- Jack Reacher
- Freedom Planet 2
- Flappy Bird
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Sonic creator Yuji Naka arrested in insider trading scandal
- Solar Ash
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Tunic
- Landstalker
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Crusader of Centy
- Magic Knight Rayearth
- Lil Gator Game
- A Short Hike
- Yooka-Laylee
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Boku no Natsuyasumi series
- Brandon Boyer
- Frog Detective 3
- Pocky & Rocky Reshrined
- Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- God of War
- Uncharted series
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Horizon II: Forbidden West
- God of War: Ragnarök
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land
- Pentiment
- Harvestella
- Various Daylife
- Octopath Traveler
- Triangle Strategy
- Bravely Default series
- Playdate
- Keita Takahashi
- Casual Birder
- Dragon Quest Treasures
- Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
- Nioh
- Final Fantasy
- Phantasy Star Online
- Kingdom Hearts series
- Limp Bizkit
- Chained Echoes
- Japanese raccoon dog
- Sonic Mania
- The Ninja Warriors series
- Wild Guns
- Darius series
- Pocky & Rocky series
- Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration
- Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
- The Quarry
- Splatoon 3
- Mofumofusensen
- The Callisto Protocol
- Evil West
- Weird West
- Star Ocean: The Divine Force
- Voice of Cards series
- Saturnalia
- NeverAwake
- Sifu
- Scorn
- Air Twister
- Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation - The Endless Seven-Day Journey
- Babylon's Fall
- Wolf's Rain
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Comments
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2023-02-16 20:17:56 +0000 UTCHeh, Josh Sawyer (Pentiment Creator) glammed out with a waxed moustache immediately after putting out the game, so you may be on to something, my friend.
Chase
2023-02-15 14:51:15 +0000 UTCReally appreciate the extra work and time you all take to get these longer episodes made. This was a lot of fun to listen to, and greatly enjoyed such a unique list (including a particular survival horror title I was a big fan of).
Dustin Reno
2023-02-15 04:02:33 +0000 UTC(brandon:) I don't mind the lack of horror in signalis and generally thought it was good but it wasn't on my list. We didn't talk about star ocean much - the story is absolutely a dead fish but the movement is fun, that's about all I have to say about it. that valkyrie profile game looks like too much of a dud for me to even get on sale but if I see it for less than 20 bucks I'll check it out.
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2023-02-14 22:13:40 +0000 UTCloop hero also kind of gives you another look at the grind
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2023-02-14 22:12:01 +0000 UTCI had an epiphany while playing Vampire Survivors. Is a rouge-lite just a game with extra steps? I'm throwing myself at enemies and dying just for money to get stronger. Once I'm stronger, it's basically fancy Robotron. What was the point of the journey, (dying repeatedly), when the end result is the same? I'm second-guessing my love for the genre now.
Andrew O.
2023-02-14 21:21:03 +0000 UTCA few things, I have that trucker hat from Stranger of Paradise and it fits super weird. It's like a kids sized trucker hat mixed with an engineer hat. It's a weird one. I need to throw some cold water on Signalis. It's good but it moves too fast for me to consider a true survival horror game. I would've told the team to include those crucial door transitions, and the first person sections seemed like a missed opportunity to me, but what do I know because I haven't finished it yet! Oh boy, I can't wait to hear Tim and Brandon talk about that Star Ocean game, I'm kinda surprised it didn't make the list. Square put out some really stale duds this year but those Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile games looked compelling.
Jodeaux
2023-02-14 20:30:51 +0000 UTC(brandon:) It's getting there!! Just annoying how little I can do
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2023-02-14 19:14:37 +0000 UTCI’m only a couple games into the pod and completely forgot that Brandon hurt his wrist! Shoot!! Feel better buddy! I fractured my hand last year and it messed up games for me for a little while, so I feel for you.
Zack Daigle
2023-02-14 14:31:04 +0000 UTCI thought A Short Hike was p good but there's definitely been a trend for "indie games" to mean a specific kind of twee story game apparently designed only to impress white guys who live in Portland and have waxed mustaches. I think it's already passed though and not really a problem these days. Plus the waxed mustache guys make pretty good games like Firewatch.
MVB
2023-02-13 22:24:03 +0000 UTCSTRAY-EE-AY
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2023-02-13 19:11:30 +0000 UTCIm really excited to hear a reference to Wolfs Rain
Joshua Austin
2023-02-13 18:55:18 +0000 UTCFirst off, well done! Didn’t expect Signalis! Praise the panel!
Nygile Oliver
2023-02-13 14:44:07 +0000 UTC
