This is the episode where we talk about Drip in videogames. What is it? Does the flavor of the week game Palworld have it? How do we find it?

You know, sometimes goty awards are better from a bit of a distance. We cover some fresh categories for the year including "Most Video Game Videogame," "Fastest time to skeleton," "Openest world," "Least Scrutable Game," and of course our classic "Oh Yeah, That Came Out??"

Keeping it chill with some warm-to-spiced takes as we ramp up for the GOTY roasts that are sure to come.

mid. mid. mid. youre all mid. none of you are free of sin

Starfield is out, but don't worry folks. This one doesn't pose any sort of threat to our stacked GOTY lists.

ANOTHER GOTY CONTENDER??! What is going on...

We thought the auto-goty massive RPG of the year came out a couple months ago. Looks like we may have been wrong!

Get into the loop and strap yourself in, gamer, because we're talking about two more flavors of the month that are just begging to be played over and over and over again.

Video games are so fricking back. We're talking Diablo IV and Battlebit Remastered

You know why we're here. Tossing out new ideas, angles, themes, and insights about the hot game of 2023 and the sequel to the first game BAD END ever discussed in depth. Tears of the Kingdom!

We're talking about two free games, one delightful and the other... well... a conversation-starter at the very least. Also: A Hat in Time, the Mario movie, and Boneraiser Minions.

We've seen the new Zelda trailers and are hyped for the possibilities. Not so keen on a Resident Evil remake being the big seller once again this year, though. But maybe perma-deja vu's not so bad?

The same Bad End you know and love, but now one of us has a kid.

BAD END's end of the year special continues. We're joined by a new group of listeners to talk about the games, trends, and battle passes that kept us going this year.

It's been a minute but BAD END is BACK for our end of the year special! Kyle's still on admin leave, so we're joined by listeners to talk about the games, trends, and anime that kept us going this year.

We're joined by video essayist Jacob Geller and editor/Superculture homie Zack Kotzer to discuss the strange impulse to dub every Zelda the "darkest ever," with other thoughts on VR, The Stanley Parable, videogame aesthetics, and escape rooms.

The cat game is very pretty and cute but not quite everything we wanted. But still cool. Also: Film and its many connections with games. Featuring special guest JJ Bersch, researcher at Blank Check Podcast.

Game Informer's Blake Hester joins us as we discuss the clean speed of Neon White, nostalgia for games we missed out on, and Rogue Legacy 2.

We're back from a hiatus and joined by Polygon's Toussaint Egan to discuss the miserable state of game design, the recursive present and "cancelled" future of culture, and a bunch of different anime series.

This entire episode is dedicated to Elden Ring, Fromsoft's latest and probably one of the top games of this decade.