Destroy All Children Larry Davis & George Brundle

After recording the regularly-scheduled Gremmies, everything somehow got even worse. So, here we are, ruminating on the impending demise of the AAA game industry, and running down Embracer Group's many and varied subsidiaries while trying to determine if they will survive or not.

What, you think that's grim? Well, tough shit, that's reality, baby, and we're all living in it! We eat the pig and together we burn!

Now that the good is out of the way, it's time to talk about the worst that 2023 had to offer. And, oh boy, there was a LOT of shit.

It's that time again! Time for us to run down our Top Ten Games of da Year, including the recipients of the most Prestigious award in all of video games: the Golden Gizmo! After that, we run down the currently scheduled/hopeful titles of 2024 to find out what we're looking forward to.

NOTE: I kept referring to Case of the Golden Idol as "Curse" of the Golden Idol. In my defense, that SHOULD be the name of the game, and it's a mistake I've made ever since I played it. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!?! George also likes to call Bomb Rush Cyberfunk "Cyberpunk" so whatever, we all have our burdens.



Ending music: "Pseudo's Theme" from Clash: Artifacts of Chaos, composed by Patricio Meneses.



If you'd like to read our full reviews of the games mentioned here, I've linked them below, in no particular order:

Pikmin 4:

Larry - https://www.backloggd.com/u/LarryDavis/review/955664/

George - https://www.backloggd.com/u/Weatherby/review/981993/

Melon Journey:

George - https://www.backloggd.com/u/Weatherby/review/1001710/

Case of the Golden Idol:

Larry - https://www.backloggd.com/u/LarryDavis/review/945434/

Super Mario Bros. Wonder:

Larry - https://www.backloggd.com/u/LarryDavis/review/1101684/

George - https://www.backloggd.com/u/Weatherby/review/1126820/

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk:

Larry - https://www.backloggd.com/u/LarryDavis/review/1042069/

George - https://www.backloggd.com/u/Weatherby/review/1024517/

RoboCop: Rogue City:

Larry - https://www.backloggd.com/u/LarryDavis/review/1131187/

George - https://www.backloggd.com/u/Weatherby/review/1142770/

Resident Evil 4:

Larry - https://www.backloggd.com/u/LarryDavis/review/727755/

George - https://www.backloggd.com/u/Weatherby/review/742426/

Super Mario RPG:

Larry - https://www.backloggd.com/u/LarryDavis/review/1157294/

George - https://www.backloggd.com/u/Weatherby/review/1172594/

Final Fantasy XVI:

George - https://www.backloggd.com/u/Weatherby/review/909512/

Clash: Artifacts of Chaos:

Larry - https://www.backloggd.com/u/LarryDavis/review/737705/

Marvel's Spider-Man 2:

Larry - https://www.backloggd.com/u/LarryDavis/review/1125306/

George - https://www.backloggd.com/u/Weatherby/review/1116122/

Star Wars Jedi Survivor:

Larry - https://www.backloggd.com/u/LarryDavis/review/783822/

George - https://www.backloggd.com/u/Weatherby/review/1183353/

We're back, with our lists of the TOP FIVE best games of 2022! If you still had this subscription in your RSS feeds or whatever, uhhh, sorry! But we had to deal with this depressing-ass year and a dearth of quality content, so now it's your problem too. This year, the Gizmos and Gremmies are released as one episode because, honestly, we had a lot of overlap in the Gizmos and there wasn't a whole lot else to talk about. There were some great games this year, though, and I got to join in George's Best Old Game category. 

The Gremmies begin at 1:47:17, if you want to skip the spoilers for a certain game. 

NOTE: This was recorded before Justin Roiland's recent Law Problems. Doesn't really change anything, I just wanted to point out that we're right to hate him. 

This is it! The end of the most celebrated video game/Star Track/gremlins-focused podcast in existence. With all our enemies dead, we celebrate our victory and discuss The Matrix Resurrections. Then, the final Retro Corner: The Pagemaster for the Sega Genesis. Look, I don't know, it seems anticlimactic to me too, but George seems to think it makes sense. It subverted your expectations, right? That means it's good! 

Be on the lookout for the return of Stand and Deliver: A JoJo Podcast, which you can find and subscribe to here: https://anchor.fm/sadjojo

Outro music: Neverending Story 3 Rammstein remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DHBlfXtH9E

It's time for our annual celebration of the best video games of the year! In addition to the main Gizmos, we also name our Best Re-Make/Re-Models, and Best New Characters. Next week: THE END.

Link to Gremlins 3: Dawn of Desmond: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fnwXgLbjeA

Outro music: "Here Comes the Gremlin Man" by Nick Lutsko ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE3DEAHbsqk )