My Favourite Game (of 2021)

So here we are at the end of another year, the end of another year in the pandemic and the end of the first full year of the new consoles.

And here we are with the first Game of the Year special episode of My Favourite Game in four years. We’ve not done one of these for four years! But doing these specials, personally speaking, was immensely fun back in the day. And with Season 5 of My Favourite Game finally released near the start of this year – and Season 6 on the horizon doot doot doot – doing a GOTY episode of My Favourite Game is pretty much a no-brainer.

So we’re back again doing one of these.

In case this is your first GOTY special of My Favourite Game and you’ve not heard one of these before – here’s 2015, 2016 and 2017, if you need a catchup – guests from Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4 as well as now Season 5 and The Lost Tapes come to talk of their favourite game of the year – in this instance, 2021.

You can find a full list of participants and games they’ll talk of below, but with 15 guests across 17 games, you’re looking at quite a chunky episode of My Favourite Game.

We’ll see you very soon for Season 6 of My Favourite Game when it premieres in the New Year (there may be some news on that front in this episode 👀).

Until then, I hope you’ve had a fantastic Christmas and that you all have a brilliant 2022. Here’s to you, friend.
Find the full guestlist and games in this GOTY special of My Favourite Game below:

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Kid A Mnesia Exhibition
Johnny Cullen (Creative Producer/Host, My Favourite Game and Editor of Play Diaries – The Last of Us (Special))

Destiny 2
Tom Bramwell (Freelance games writer, consultant and former Editor in Chief of Eurogamer – Quake (Season 1, Episode 10))

Toem
Christian Donlan (Features Editor, Eurogamer – Robotron 2084 (Season 2, Episode 9))

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
Nels Anderson (Founder and Creative Director, Sunderlust Games – Thief: The Dark Project (The Lost Tapes, Episode 4))

Last Stop
Kaitlin Tremblay (Lead Narrative Designer, Capy Games – Shining Force (Season 2, Episode 4))

Apex Legends
Kelsey Hansen (Producer, Annapurna Interactive – Mass Effect 2 (Season 5, Episode 6))

NEO: The World Ends with You
Dan Seto (International Social Media Communications Manager, Warner Bros Games – Final Fantasy 7 (Season 3, Episode 8))

It Takes Two
Hollie Emery (Co-Founder and Production Director, Bonsai Collective – Fable (Season 5, Episode 4))

[EDITOR’S NOTE: As part of their contribution, Hollie has asked me to ask you to please consider providing a donation to Mermaids. For those who don’t know or are outside of the UK, Mermaids is a gender identity charity in the UK that helps provide support for trans and non-binary queer folks in the UK. You can find their website and donate to Mermaids here, but a donation would be greatly appreciated at this time of year.]

Dungeon Encounters
Sam Barlow (CEO and Creative Director, Half Mermaid Productions – A Mind Forever Voyaging (Season 3, Episode 10))

Unpacking
Catherine Woolley (Senior Designer, Media Molecule – Shenmue (Season 4, Episode 10 and