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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.

What's Good Games: A Video Game Podcast What's Good Games

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    • 5.0 • 2 Ratings

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.

    Kingdom Come Deliverance II Preview

    Kingdom Come Deliverance II Preview

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    Britt joins Andrea to chat about the new Nintendo Indie World Showcase, Take-Two's layoffs, and why everyone is suddenly obsessed with playing Fallout games. (I think you know why...) Britt got a special sneak peek at the upcoming Kingdom Come Deliverance sequel and it sounds like it's a medieval RPG extravaganza.

    Thank you to this month's Super Producers:
    Bored Ape Gamer’s Club
    Faris Attieh
    Joshua Franklin
    Justin Foshee
    Punkdefied

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    02:44 - Nintendo Indie World Showcase April 2024: Everything Announced!!
    03:20 - Little Kitty, Big City
    04:47 - Cat Quest Ill
    06:14 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate
    07:32 - Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
    09:39 - Sticky Business
    11:30 - Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
    13:12 - Europa
    14:43 - SteamWorld Heist II
    18:34 - Break 1
    18:40 - Headlines: Take-Two Announces Layoffs While Canceling Multiple In-Development Projects
    22:02 - Hades Il Technical Test Incoming With Early Access
    23:37 - Fallout Games Surge in Popularity Thanks to Fallout TV Show + Updates!
    25:28 - Britt and Andrea's Thoughts on the Fallout TV Series
    28:08 - Break 2
    28:37 - Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Is Releasing In 2024
    37:21 - Some more GDC stuff: Dune Awakening
    38:57 - Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed
    39:39 - Dungeons Of Hinterberg
    42:35 - Upcoming WGG 7th Year Anniversary Live Stream!

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    • 45 min
    Destiny 2 Final Shape Hype is Real

    Destiny 2 Final Shape Hype is Real

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    Andrea and Riana chat about the latest trailers for Star Wars Outlaws and Destiny 2 The Final Shape before jumping into headlines about Blizzard returning to China, Slay the Spire II, and Xbox's statement about their commitment to backwards compatibility. In hands-on Andrea is loving her time with Balatro while Riana gives spoiler-free initial thoughts on the Fallout TV series.

    Thank you to this month's Super Producers:

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    Timestamps:
    00:56 - Thank you to everyone who joined WGG premium membership @ Supercast!
    02:08 - Star Wars Outlaws brand new Story Trailer.
    02:35 - Star Wars Outlaws Will Launch August 30
    04:11 - Ubisoft Forward Confirmed For June 10th
    04:34 - Riana's thoughts on Star Wars Outlaws Gameplay
    06:57 - Destiny 2 Announces The Final Shape Gameplay Reveal Showcase
    12:28 - Destiny 2: The Final Shape's Prismatic subclass and Dread faction detailed
    14:12 - Break 1
    14:21 - Microsoft's Blizzard resumes NetEase partnership
    14:43 - Microsoft, NetEase to re-launch Warcraft and other games in China
    15:49 - Ubisoft Forward Confirmed For June 10th + Live event returns to Summer GameFest
    17:03 - Ubisoft wall-runs onto the roguelike bandwagon with The Rogue: Prince of Persia
    17:38 - Slay the Spire is getting a sequel
    18:34 - Xbox President Sarah Bond has set up a new team dedicated to game preservation and forward compatibility
    20:51 - Life is Strange studio Deck Nine allegedly accused of toxic workplace culture
    24:25 - Break 2
    24:35 - Balatro - A poker-inspired roguelike deck builder
    33:46 - Riana & Danny went to the Fallout Series Premiere!

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    • 39 min
    AbleGamers Celebrates 20 Years!

    AbleGamers Celebrates 20 Years!

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    Andrea chats with Steven Spohn, Senior Director of Business Development for AbleGamers, about AbleGamers 20th anniversary and their upcoming Gala 2! He takes her on sneak peek tour of their new Gala online social space and chats about AbleGamers mission to bring video games to everyone.
    Buy your ticket and support AbleGamers Gala: https://ablegamers.org/gala-2024/

    Thank you to this month's Super Producers:

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    Chapters:
    00:00:00 - Special Episode with Steven Spohn
    00:01:31 - AbleGamers Gala 2 and 20 Years of Impact
    00:03:00 - Introduction to AbleGamers and their mission
    00:04:25 - Providing Accessibility for Gamers
    00:05:49 - Expanding Accessibility in Gaming
    00:10:19 - Balancing Gaming and Parenthood
    00:11:55 - Celebrating 20 Years
    00:13:26 - Gaming Community and Virtual Events
    00:14:53 - Bringing Friends Together in a Virtual Environment
    00:19:45 - Behind the scenes tour of the virtual world
    00:21:16 - Table with Highlighted Area for Private Conversations
    00:24:26 - Getting your character drawn at the gala
    00:27:31 - Will Steve Dye His Hair Pink??
    00:29:03 - Million Dollar Eyebrow Challenge

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    • 30 min
    Marvel Rivals Announced

    Marvel Rivals Announced

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    This week Britt and Ri are talking about the newly announced Marvel Rivals, preview coverage of Ken Levine's new game Judas, Larian's refusal to make more Baldur's Gate III and THOSE FINAL FANTASY IX RUMORS JUST KEEP COMING BABY. Britt is sailing the seas in Ship of Fools and Ri is making pies and finding love in Love & Pies! 

    Thank you to this month's Super Producers: Bored Ape Gamer’s Club Faris Attieh Joshua Franklin Justin Foshee Punkdefied Listen to WGG Ad-Free on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames Subscribe to our channel and don't forget to hit the bell: http://bit.ly/2rAcJvF

    01:32 - WGG moved to Supercast!
    02:23 - Supercast supporters shout outs!
    04:04 - Marvel Rivals Game Announced
    11:51 - Ken Levine's Judas
    12:56 - Judas Gameplay Overview
    14:10 - Comparison with BioShock 
    15:47 - The Alters Survival game
    18:27 - Break 1
    19:09 - Larian Started Work on Baldur's Gate 3 DLC, Then Canceled It: 'The Studio Was Elated' 
    25:28 - Final Fantasy 9 Remake May Have Just Been Confirmed By FFXIV's Director
    29:22 - Break 2
    30:05 - Dragon's Dogma lI
    30:14 - Ship of Fools
    30:44 - Ship of Fools Overview
    34:01 - Rise of the Ronin
    36:09 - Riana is playing Love & Pies
    38:36 - Space Prison game coming soon
    39:03 - Spine
    39:38 - Botany Manor
    40:01 - Paper Mario is coming out in May!

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    • 45 min
    GDC 2024 with Alexa Ray Corriea

    GDC 2024 with Alexa Ray Corriea

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    Andrea sat down with WGG Alum and Writer Alexa Ray Corriea at the 2024 Game Developers Conference. They chatted about the GDC Talk Alexa gave, some of the cool narrative tools she saw on the show floor, and so much more. Andrea also got the chance to chat with Abubakar Salim, the Creative Director at Surgent Studios about his game Tales of Kenzera: ZAU.

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    Thank you to this month's Super Producers:

    Bored Ape Gamer’s Club

    Faris Attieh

    Joshua Franklin

    Justin Foshee

    Punkdefied


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    Time stamps:

    00:00:00 - On the Floor from Game Developers Conference 2024

    00:01:58 - Ideas for Talks at GDC

    00:03:45 - New Tools for Narrative Systems

    00:05:31 - Amy Hennig's Exciting Project

    00:07:35 - Excitement for 1943: Rise of Hydra from Skydance New Media

    00:09:32 - Unreal Engine's Powerful Tools for Game Development

    00:11:28 - Supporting Developers in a Tough Industry

    00:13:19 - GDC and Connecting with the Dev Community

    00:15:14 - Tales of Kenzera: ZAU Interview with Abubakar Salim

    00:17:12 - Learning the Language of Game Development

    00:19:04 - The Rewarding Moments of Creation

    00:20:52 - A Personal and Connective Gaming Experience

    00:22:47 - Following Your Passion in Game Development

    00:24:34 - GDC Talks: Writing Authentic Characters in Apex Legends

    00:28:15 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Spoilercast Tease


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    • 32 min
    Rise of the Ronin Reviewed: A Fun Mixed Bag

    Rise of the Ronin Reviewed: A Fun Mixed Bag

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    Andrea and Britt have been playing Team Ninja's new samurai open world action RPG Rise of the Ronin. The latest PS5 exclusive published by Koei Tecmo and PlayStation brings a whole new (open) world to Team Ninja slate with a bevy of gameplay elements. Is their combat-focused new title too ambitious, or just the right balance?

    *Review Access for Rise of the Ronin Provided by PlayStation

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    Timestamps:
    00:14 - Koei Tecmo's Team Ninja's Rise of the Rōnin
    01:47 - Gameplay
    01:58 - Storyline
    10:41 - Skill Trees
    11:32 - Narrative
    15:32 - Open world map
    16:37 - Traversal mechanics
    26:20 - Unlocking the longhouse?
    31:18 - Framerate
    32:50 - Technical Issue
    36:01 - Character development

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    • 44 min

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