What's Good Games: A Video Game Podcast

What's Good Games

Join Andrea Rene, Brittney Brombacher and Riana Manuel-Peña as they analyze the week's video game news, give hands-on impressions of upcoming titles, discuss your questions, and have a little bit of "off-topic" conversation. With over 30 years of video game industry experience, the conversation is sure to be insightful and passionate, but never takes itself too seriously.

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Breath of the Wild 2 Delayed & New Theories - Ep. 269

What's Good Games: A Video Game Podcast

04/01/22 • 129 min

Andrea and Britt are joined by Isla Hinck of Easy Allies to chat about the changes to PlayStation Plus, Breath of the Wild 2's delay, and the debut of the Halo TV series. In hands-on Isla has been loving Elden Ring while Britt and Andrea are having a blast with the carefree hilarious fun of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands. Isla takes your questions and throws down her GOTY so far.

*Tiny Tina's Wonderlands provided by 2K Games

*Elden Ring provided by Bandai Namco

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Timestamps:

5:30 PlayStation has new subscription services

24:02 Breath of the Wild 2 Delayed

37:13 One Piece has a new game

41:10 Halo’s TV series

49:50 Halo cont.

1:09:45 Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands

1:01:18 Elden Ring

1:22:25 Darkened Skye

1:33:32 Let’s talk to Isla!

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Forspoken Review - Ep. 311

What's Good Games: A Video Game Podcast

01/27/23 • 77 min

Thank you HelloFresh for sponsoring this week's episode!

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This week Britt is back and rejoins Andrea and Ri to recap the Xbox/Bethesda direct - including Hi-Fi Rush's epic shadow drop - and to speculate whether or not Dragon Age is in trouble and more. Britt and Andrea have mixed thoughts about Forspoken, Britt is obsessed with the Dead Space remake and Ri is LOVING Hi-Fi Rush!

*Forspoken provided by Square Enix

*Dead Space Remake provided by EA

*Hi-Fi Rush provided by Bethesda

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05:16 - Xbox and Bethesda Developer Direct

07:27 - Hi-Fi RUSH

08:45 - Forza Motorsport 5

11:59 - The Elder Scrolls

13:07 - Redfall

15:59 - Minecraft Legends

17:36 - Mac Walters leaves BioWare

20:13 - Dragon Age

22:15 - GoldenEye 007 Comes to Nintendo Switch

23:44 - Disney Dreamlight Valley

29:06 - Break

29:27 - A Message from HelloFresh

31:16 - Forspoken

53:58 - Dead Space Remake

01:02:58 - HI-FI RUSH

01:11:56 - Donkey Kong Country 2

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Final Fantasy VII Remake PART 2 Revealed - Ep. 281

What's Good Games: A Video Game Podcast

06/24/22 • 80 min

Thank you to Zavvi, Backbone and Athletic Greens for sponsoring this episode of What's Good Games!

It's the Final Fantasy power hour with Britt, Andrea, and Riana as they recap the massive news dump from the Square Enix anniversary stream, PlayStation is skipping Gamescom, and Dragon's Dogma 2 is finally announced! In hands-on Riana and Andrea got a lengthy demo of Warhammer 40K: Darktide and they all dabbled in Diablo Immortal.

Thank you to this month's Patreon Producers: Chewy’s Godson Alex Rigopulos Faris Attieh Justin Foshee Matthew Goderre Punkdefied

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3:03 Final Fantasy VII news

19:00 Final Fantasy XVI news

31:42 PlayStation won’t be at Gamescom

36:14 Controller shortages

47:15 Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

1:08:00 Diablo Immortal

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Resident Evil Village Review - Ep. 233

What's Good Games: A Video Game Podcast

05/07/21 • 71 min

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This week we recap what's happening with the Epic Games vs Apple trial, including some "leaks" about Sony and cross-play. In hands-on Britt and Steimer tested out their photographer skills in Pokémon Snap, while Andrea and Britt deep dive, spoiler-free, into their playthroughs of Resident Evil Village.

*Promotional copies of Resident Evil Village provided by Capcom

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Timestamps:

Segment One: News

6:15 Apple/Epic Trial Update

11:40 Sony makes Epic pay for cross-play

15:10 Epic spent $11 million for free games for EGS

17:45 Fornite made $9 billion in two years

21:30 Microsoft might be increasing developer revenue share!

Segment Two: Hands-on

29:50 New Pokémon Snap

40:55 Resident Evil Village

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Pokémon Scarlet & Violet New Details...and Husbandos - Ep. 292

What's Good Games: A Video Game Podcast

09/09/22 • 86 min

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This week we're talking Cyberpunk 2077's upcoming expansion release date, a new look at Pokémon Scarlet and Violet gameplay, and why old rich dudes are yelling at each other about video games. In hands-on Britt talks about her time at PAX West 2022 and Andrea and Riana are back on the Destiny 2 grind with the new Season of Plunder.

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03:06 - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

11:15 - Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

23:45 - Ad-Read - MeUndies

28:11 - Xbox & Call of Duty

38:49 - Mario Kart Tour

41:07 - Elden Ring Manga

43:00 - BREAK

43:23 - Ad-Read - HelloFresh

45:24 - Ad-Read - Shopify

49:23 - Disney Games Showcase D23

51:25 - Destiny 2

1:05:52 - PAX West 2022

1:09:45 - WrestleQuest

1:19:38 - The Spawnies 2

1:21:55 - OUTRO

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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom BREAKDOWN - Ep. 293

What's Good Games: A Video Game Podcast

09/16/22 • 99 min

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Nintendo Direct and a PlayStation State of Play in the same week? Andrea and Britt are joined by Janet Garcia to chat all the big news of the week including the new God of War Ragnarok trailer, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom reveal, and YAKUZAPALOOZA!

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03:56 - Tokyo Game Show 2022

04:52 - Assassin's Creed Whiskey

09:16 - Breath of the Wild 2/Tears of the Kingdom

21:59 - Fire Emblem: Engage

24:11 - Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life

25:58 - Fae Farm

26:59 - Pigment 4

28:34 - GoldenEye

35:19 - Corpse Party

36:41 - Splatoon 3 Splatfest

39:33 - A message from ExpressVPN

41:48 - State of Play | PlayStation

43:00 - God of War Ragnarök

50:38 - Yakuza: Like a Dragon

53:20 - Pacific Drive

1:03:43 - Assassin's Creed Mirage

1:11:00 - Assassin's Creed Codename Hexe

1:11:55 - Assassin's Creed Infinity

1:19:06 - D23 with Riana

1:35:13 - Outro

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Pokémon Scarlet & Violet NEW Details! - Ep. 287

What's Good Games: A Video Game Podcast

08/05/22 • 72 min

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This week Britt chats to herself ALLLL about the latest Pokémon news. Literally. The crew also talks about Logitech getting into cloud gaming, Sony's retiring of their accolades feature, Ri gushes over Apex Legends and more. In hands-on Britt gives us her thoughts after getting hands-on time with Soul Hackers 2!

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04:04 - Pokemon Segment

18:35 - Logitech Handheld Console

24:36 - PlayStation 5

29:06 - Apex Legends S14

36:49 - Diablo Immortal

40:55 - BREAK

46:51 - Soul Hackers 2

59:18 - Escape Academy

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Outriders Hands-On Impressions w/ Riana Manuel - Ep. 229

What's Good Games: A Video Game Podcast

04/09/21 • 89 min

Andrea and Steimer are joined by Riana Manuel to chat about E3 2021's digital event, Pac-Man 99, new Mass Effect Legendary Edition details, MLB The Show coming to Xbox Game Pass and more! In hands-on they chat about their time playing People Can Fly's new co-op sci-fi shooter Outriders.

Thank you to this month's Patreon Producers:

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Timestamps:

1:00 - Welcome Riana Manuel

5:18 - E3 2021 free digital event confirmed

13:28 - EA patents adaptive difficult system

21:00 - Pac-Man 99 Battle Royale coming to Nintendo Switch

26:40 - Mass Effect Legendary Edition new details revealed

32:35 - Valkyrae Announced Co-Ownership Role in 100 Thieves

37:10 - MLB The Show 21 coming to Xbox Game Pass

41:49 - PlayStation announces PS5 exclusive "Abandoned"

47:40 - BREAK

47:45 - Announcements: Four year anniversary stream on Monday April 12th!

49:40 - Segment 2 Begins

50:15 - Outriders hands-on discussion

1:16:05 - Andrea updates her thoughts on Cozy Grove

1:25:10 - Riana is revisiting Star Dew Valley

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Nintendo Switch Top 10 Selling Games - Ep. 288

What's Good Games: A Video Game Podcast

08/12/22 • 69 min

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Andrea and Riana chat about GTA 6 being back in the news, Nintendo's earnings call drops some whopper sales numbers including their Top 10 selling games, and EA and the NFL keep their esports partnership going. Riana gives a deep dive look at her Steam Deck and talks about her new obsession with indie bullet hell Vampire Survivors.

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Time stamps:

04:08 - GTA 6

12:08 - Nintendo Switch Update

13:34 - Mario KartTM 8 Deluxe

18:52 - Splatoon 3

24:27 - Ad-Read ExpressVPN

26:44 - Ad-Read BackBone

29:32 - EA Sports NFL

32:32 - Xbox Game Pass

37:16 - MultiVersus

41:15 - Marvel's Midnight Suns

42:04 - Steam Deck

58:38 - Vampire Survivors

1:05:31 - OUTRO

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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom BREAKDOWN - Ep. 313

What's Good Games: A Video Game Podcast

02/10/23 • 96 min

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This week we're joined by Kotaku's Senior Editor Alyssa Mercante! We go over the Nintendo Direct and Britt breaks down the latest Tears of the Kingdom trailer into a million pieces. Turns out Nintendo is CRUSHING IT and Pokemon Scarlet/Violet have sold quiiiite a bit. Oh yeah -there's a new Resident Evil CG film on the way! In hands-on Alyssa explains her love/hate with Overwatch and successfully kicked Elden Ring's butt.

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05:25 - Nintendo Direct February 2023