WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.240 Hello everyone and welcome to the What's the 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:06.200 Buttons Pody Cup. No, don't restart it, carry 00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:09.240 on. You start it till you're finished. Welcome 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:13.380 to the What's the Buttons Podcast. Someone's 00:00:13.380 --> 00:00:18.879 got giggles. That's not funny. It's just shit. 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:21.980 No, it is shit. We've always been shit and we'll 00:00:21.980 --> 00:00:25.039 carry on being shit. Have we proclaimed to be 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:27.760 anything but? No, no we haven't. Exactly. Oh, 00:00:27.780 --> 00:00:31.679 we haven't. Yeah, you know. You know how it is. 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:35.000 It's fucking freezing. It is freezing. It's really 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:40.119 cold. I was looking at radiators today. What, 00:00:40.140 --> 00:00:42.859 you want to get new ones? Just radiators in general. 00:00:43.100 --> 00:00:45.719 You know what I was doing? I was on the little 00:00:45.719 --> 00:00:48.100 leaf blower today. So I just spun it around and 00:00:48.100 --> 00:00:50.179 just had my hands held over the fucking exhaust. 00:00:50.619 --> 00:00:53.500 So warm. So warm and tasty. Did I tell you how 00:00:53.500 --> 00:00:58.079 I chipped my tooth? No. That was... You know 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:01.740 sometimes you just do really, really dumb stuff. 00:01:02.500 --> 00:01:05.640 Like you do it maybe once a year. Why the fuck 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:10.799 did I do that? We was a couple of months ago, 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:12.599 probably about six months ago, we were chipping. 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:15.019 And I was just standing on the chute, moving 00:01:15.019 --> 00:01:17.040 the chute around. And I just thought, this is 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:19.859 really vibratey. I'm just going to put my tooth 00:01:19.859 --> 00:01:21.939 on it. Ah, you silly cunt. And I just rested 00:01:21.939 --> 00:01:24.079 my tooth on it. And as soon as my tooth touched 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:26.799 it. I just felt dust in my mouth. I was like... 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:30.560 And then, yeah, chipped my tooth. It was good, 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:33.140 that. Good fun. What, whilst it was on and someone 00:01:33.140 --> 00:01:37.599 was chipping? Yeah. Fuck me. Crazy, isn't it? 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:40.819 Just why? Why did your brain tell you to do that? 00:01:41.099 --> 00:01:45.140 What's scary, without going into detail, and 00:01:45.140 --> 00:01:49.219 we won't, but the positions that we now find 00:01:49.219 --> 00:01:54.280 ourselves in... Think of all the dumb shit. You 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:56.540 have to make mistakes to get better and improve. 00:01:58.079 --> 00:02:00.480 Just in charge of people's lives and stuff like 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:03.480 that. There you are sucking on a wood chipper. 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:13.580 It's so dumb. It's dumb. We have the Game of 00:02:13.580 --> 00:02:16.180 the Year nominations. We also had the Golden 00:02:16.180 --> 00:02:19.979 Joystick Awards, which is like the fake Game 00:02:19.979 --> 00:02:22.219 of the Year awards. Yep. That everyone calls 00:02:22.219 --> 00:02:28.500 them. Claire Obscure won everything at the Golden 00:02:28.500 --> 00:02:31.379 Joystick Awards. So we get the comprehensive 00:02:31.379 --> 00:02:35.979 list up of all of the winners. Golden Joystick 00:02:35.979 --> 00:02:37.620 Awards. More importantly, have you seen that 00:02:37.620 --> 00:02:40.860 Eminem's in Hitman now? Yeah, I see that. That's 00:02:40.860 --> 00:02:42.740 cool. I did see a quick thing of that and he 00:02:42.740 --> 00:02:46.000 can contract someone to kill him. Yeah, and you 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:50.159 can put his head in mum's spaghetti. there's 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:52.479 a plate of spaghetti I quite like that it's just 00:02:52.479 --> 00:02:54.939 one of them exclusive contracts they've done 00:02:54.939 --> 00:02:56.280 it loads of people haven't they Sean Bean and 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:59.120 that just a weird world of media we're living 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:01.819 in isn't it it's very very weird Eminem's actually 00:03:01.819 --> 00:03:04.759 voice acting it as well yeah he's in a hitman 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:08.500 game it's weird Sean Bean was in it I love Sean 00:03:08.500 --> 00:03:10.889 Bean I'm telling you what, I'm sick of fucking 00:03:10.889 --> 00:03:13.250 Shadowheart being in every single game now. Well, 00:03:13.250 --> 00:03:15.330 that's what happens, bro. I know, but it's like 00:03:15.330 --> 00:03:17.189 Troy Baker. It's like, I'm so sick of hearing 00:03:17.189 --> 00:03:20.669 you. I love Shadowheart. I love her voice. I 00:03:20.669 --> 00:03:23.069 think her name is Jennifer English. She's got 00:03:23.069 --> 00:03:25.449 one of the best voices in gaming, but she is 00:03:25.449 --> 00:03:27.569 Shadowheart. So when she was Mael, or whatever 00:03:27.569 --> 00:03:29.810 her name was, I was like, she was just Shadowheart, 00:03:29.870 --> 00:03:31.909 though. She was great. I love Mael. She was fantastic. 00:03:32.169 --> 00:03:34.650 But then I just saw another game, massive RPG 00:03:34.650 --> 00:03:38.419 fucking action. Guess who it is again? Well, 00:03:38.419 --> 00:03:40.360 yes, the flavour, they break out. Oh, no, no, 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:43.060 no, no, no. Too much, too much. No, I know, I 00:03:43.060 --> 00:03:46.419 know. She's flooding the market and it's... Happened 00:03:46.419 --> 00:03:49.599 with Astarion as well. It diminishes her. I think 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:51.840 it diminishes her. But then maybe that's because 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:54.360 I love her so much in Shadowheart. I'm feeling... 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:58.199 You could probably go past a point where you 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:02.460 go, right, well, yeah, I'm diluting myself. That's 00:04:02.460 --> 00:04:05.219 the word I was looking for. Maybe. But I don't 00:04:05.219 --> 00:04:07.379 know how much work she's done, but fuck it. Someone's 00:04:07.379 --> 00:04:08.819 paying you money, money. It's the same as Ben 00:04:08.819 --> 00:04:11.479 Starr, the voice of Clive from Final Fantasy. 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:13.620 He was just everywhere all of a sudden. He was 00:04:13.620 --> 00:04:16.079 in fucking Expedition as well. Just like, mate, 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:19.420 stop it. But then Troy Baker has had everything 00:04:19.420 --> 00:04:21.160 forever. Troy Baker's in a lot. Yeah, and that's 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:23.139 what I mean. It pisses me off. It's always him. 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:26.769 He's in a lot. He's a great voice actor, but 00:04:26.769 --> 00:04:29.050 at the same point, he tends to just do the same 00:04:29.050 --> 00:04:32.170 voice. Yeah, yeah. I don't know, man. I'm just 00:04:32.170 --> 00:04:35.110 grumpy. I'm tired. Yeah, that's fine. Best audio 00:04:35.110 --> 00:04:38.370 design, Ghost of Yotai. Best early access game, 00:04:38.790 --> 00:04:42.470 Repo. What? Repo? Repo. Do you not know what 00:04:42.470 --> 00:04:45.990 Repo is? I don't think so. R -E -P -O? Yeah. 00:04:47.129 --> 00:04:50.990 Online game? Yeah. Repo's like a... Tic Tacs? 00:04:50.990 --> 00:04:56.019 Co -op, yeah. Tic Tac. Horror. uh fucking survival 00:04:56.019 --> 00:04:58.899 horror yeah what's the what's the the voice five 00:04:58.899 --> 00:05:00.800 night freddies no the voice thing where it's 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:03.519 proximity chat and it's a very good proximity 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:05.459 chat and there's like people following you around 00:05:05.459 --> 00:05:09.100 and blah blah blah it looks very fun um there's 00:05:09.100 --> 00:05:12.980 a lot of of of sections here but i'm gonna skip 00:05:12.980 --> 00:05:15.459 a lot of them because we don't care about like 00:05:15.459 --> 00:05:20.269 best game expansion best game trailer Well, I'd 00:05:20.269 --> 00:05:22.269 hear that. GTA 6, by the way. I'd hear best game 00:05:22.269 --> 00:05:26.649 expansions. Okay. Best game adaptation. Arcane 00:05:26.649 --> 00:05:29.870 Season 2. Expansions, you said. Best game expansion. 00:05:30.290 --> 00:05:33.970 That's what I want. Liars of P. Overture. Overture. 00:05:34.509 --> 00:05:40.170 Best game trailer. GTA 6 Trailer 2. Best indie 00:05:40.170 --> 00:05:44.649 game. Blueprints. Yeah. Best indie game self 00:05:44.649 --> 00:05:47.410 -published. Hollow Knight Silksong. Oh, yeah. 00:05:47.629 --> 00:05:52.240 Best lead performer. Jennifer English. The goat, 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:54.579 though. Don't let me say that. I'm not diminishing 00:05:54.579 --> 00:05:57.519 her. She's fantastic. Best multiplayer game, 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:01.740 Peak. Best remake slash remaster, Elder Scrolls 00:06:01.740 --> 00:06:05.740 IV, Oblivion. Best multiplayer game, Peak. Yeah. 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:10.240 Best multiplayer game. Yeah. This is maybe why 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:12.899 people don't acknowledge them as the real game 00:06:12.899 --> 00:06:15.000 of the year. Cooperative crime in video games. 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:18.069 It looks very fun. Yeah, but I've never even 00:06:18.069 --> 00:06:19.910 fucking heard of it, bro. Well, if you've not 00:06:19.910 --> 00:06:21.889 heard of it, then it must not be fucking... Well, 00:06:21.910 --> 00:06:23.769 you know what I mean. But, you know, you're coming 00:06:23.769 --> 00:06:27.490 out against Call of Duties and Black Ops, Battlefields 00:06:27.490 --> 00:06:31.129 and fucking Apex and massive juggernauts to a 00:06:31.129 --> 00:06:33.649 co -op rock climbing game. It's a bit out there, 00:06:33.730 --> 00:06:38.069 isn't it? Yeah, I guess. Yeah, best remake slash 00:06:38.069 --> 00:06:40.879 remaster, Elder Scrolls 4. Best Soundtracks, 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:43.819 Claire Obscure, Expedition 33. Best Storytelling, 00:06:43.899 --> 00:06:46.439 Claire Obscure, Expedition 33. Best Visual Design, 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:50.779 Claire Obscure, Expedition 33. Best Supporting 00:06:50.779 --> 00:06:55.480 Performer, Ben Starr. I'm not joking, are you? 00:06:56.360 --> 00:07:00.819 I love him as well, by the way. Console Game 00:07:00.819 --> 00:07:04.259 of the Year, Ghost of Yotai. Critics' Choice, 00:07:04.540 --> 00:07:08.079 Donkey Kong Bonanza. Dean. Let me know what goes 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:09.360 through your eyes. I was playing it the other 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:10.800 day. Oh, you were playing it. Good. I want to 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:12.180 know what it's like. Stop harassing us then and 00:07:12.180 --> 00:07:14.240 fucking tell us what it's like. I mean, Mark's 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:16.040 platinumed it, so I could always just ask him. 00:07:17.259 --> 00:07:26.000 Nah. Donkey Kong Bonanza is one of the nominations 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:29.560 for the real Game of the Year awards. It's quite 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:33.040 cool. Most Wanted Game, GTA 6. Obviously. PC 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:36.629 Game of the Year, Silksong. Interesting. Still 00:07:36.629 --> 00:07:40.470 playing mobile, Pokemon Go. Still playing PC 00:07:40.470 --> 00:07:42.689 and console, Minecraft. These are weird categories. 00:07:43.389 --> 00:07:46.730 Streamer's Choice, Peak. Studio of the Year, 00:07:46.829 --> 00:07:48.829 Sandfall Interactive. And then Ultimate Game 00:07:48.829 --> 00:07:54.089 of the Year, Claire Obscure Expedition 33. Sandfall. 00:07:54.129 --> 00:07:56.970 How do I know that name? Sandfall Interactive. 00:07:57.149 --> 00:08:00.649 What did they make? They made a big game. They 00:08:00.649 --> 00:08:04.490 made Claire Obscure. That's why. You want to 00:08:04.490 --> 00:08:08.709 know the games that were in best multiplayer 00:08:08.709 --> 00:08:11.730 game? Go on. That peak one. So you had Peak, 00:08:11.970 --> 00:08:15.589 which was the winner, Battlefield 6, Elden Ring 00:08:15.589 --> 00:08:19.170 Night Rain, Split Fiction, Mario Kart World, 00:08:19.370 --> 00:08:22.110 and Rematch. Wow, they've done very well. Split 00:08:22.110 --> 00:08:25.250 Fiction would have been very, very high up there. 00:08:25.430 --> 00:08:28.829 What was in the expansions category? I love a 00:08:28.829 --> 00:08:31.589 game expansion. My proper expansion, not fucking 00:08:31.589 --> 00:08:36.019 DLC. Let's have a look. Best indie game. Best 00:08:36.019 --> 00:08:38.960 expansions ever are the Witcher 3s. They're like 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:43.159 whole fucking games. Best game expansion. So 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:45.799 you had Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, The 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:49.100 Order of Giants. What a fucking... It's too long. 00:08:49.620 --> 00:08:51.600 That needs some abbreviations thrown in there 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:53.720 because that's too long of a... Oh my god, have 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:55.559 you played the new expansion? Indiana Jones and 00:08:55.559 --> 00:08:57.740 the Great Circle, The Order of Giants. It's too 00:08:57.740 --> 00:09:03.529 much. Lies of P. No Man's Sky Voyagers. Nice. 00:09:03.629 --> 00:09:05.830 It's on there. Atom Fall Story Expansion Pack, 00:09:06.009 --> 00:09:08.990 The Red Strain. Nice. Assassin's Creed Shadows, 00:09:09.029 --> 00:09:13.950 Claws of Awaji. Still Wakes the Deep, Siren's 00:09:13.950 --> 00:09:16.610 Rest. Those are your expansions. Fair enough. 00:09:16.850 --> 00:09:20.330 Quite a cool list. Is there any other ones? Would 00:09:20.330 --> 00:09:23.549 you like Best Lead Performer? I'm going to guess 00:09:23.549 --> 00:09:26.590 Troy Baker. The people that were in this were 00:09:26.590 --> 00:09:30.960 Jennifer English, Troy Baker. In Indiana Jones. 00:09:32.679 --> 00:09:35.580 Tom McKay, Alex Jordan, Erica Ishii. Tom McKay, 00:09:35.580 --> 00:09:38.279 my boy. Adrian Ray. Do you know who Tom McKay 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:41.879 is? No, because I don't play Kingdom Come Deliverance 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:45.539 2. Well, he's the main guy. He's Henry. Henry! 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:49.120 Yeah, I mean, there's some cool ones. There's 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:51.220 cool... Death Stranding 2, completely forgot 00:09:51.220 --> 00:09:53.539 about. Console Game of the Year, Donkey Kong 00:09:53.539 --> 00:09:55.659 Bonanza, Monster Hunter Wilds, Ghost of Yotai, 00:09:55.759 --> 00:09:58.320 Death Stranding 2, Sonic Racing, Mario Kart World. 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:04.299 Yeah. Fair enough. Best gaming hardware is on 00:10:04.299 --> 00:10:10.399 there as well. Steam Deck. AMD Ryzen 9. Beat 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:13.379 Nintendo Switch 2. And the Nintendo Switch 2 00:10:13.379 --> 00:10:15.679 Pro Controller. What the fuck? These are some 00:10:15.679 --> 00:10:17.799 weird categories. Let's get the actual Game of 00:10:17.799 --> 00:10:22.139 the Year awards. Game of the Year 2025. A couple 00:10:22.139 --> 00:10:24.240 of weeks, isn't it? December the 8th. Yeah, we 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:28.820 love it. We fucking love it. Oh, shit, yeah, 00:10:28.860 --> 00:10:34.080 we can already vote, can't we? Oh, my God. We 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:38.480 can fucking vote. I completely forgot that we 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:42.700 can log in and vote. Fuck's sake. Everybody wants 00:10:42.700 --> 00:10:51.879 me to do it. Yeah. Thoughts of the game of the 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:55.679 year? You know my game of the year. Do you think 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:57.700 it's going to win it? No. What do you think is 00:10:57.700 --> 00:11:00.740 going to win it? Claire Obscure. But I want Kingdom 00:11:00.740 --> 00:11:04.639 Come to win. Desperately. What's impressive is 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:06.720 that there's two indie games in the game of the 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:11.460 year. What? As in too many games to pick from? 00:11:11.620 --> 00:11:15.840 No. Indie games. Two indie games. In the game 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:18.460 of the year? Yeah. Silksong and Hades 2. Yeah. 00:11:20.500 --> 00:11:24.820 KCD. Sign me in. I'm voting for it right now. 00:11:25.409 --> 00:11:30.450 Shall we do that then? We could do that. I honestly 00:11:30.450 --> 00:11:33.909 can't remember what I'd sign in under. All right, 00:11:33.909 --> 00:11:37.289 there you go. King of Consumers 2. Vote selected. 00:11:38.529 --> 00:11:42.889 Share your vote. I will share that. Hold on. 00:11:44.070 --> 00:11:46.870 Let me pause this quick. I'll sign in and then 00:11:46.870 --> 00:11:48.509 I'll come back and then we can go through what 00:11:48.509 --> 00:11:51.370 we voted. Okay, we're back and I'm in. I'm in 00:11:51.370 --> 00:11:54.120 under what's the buttons. So that's good. So 00:11:54.120 --> 00:12:02.340 let's have a look. How many in? Yes, we're in. 00:12:03.379 --> 00:12:05.139 How many categories have you gone through so 00:12:05.139 --> 00:12:07.340 far? I've only done Game of the Year. Game of 00:12:07.340 --> 00:12:12.100 the Year. What did you pick? Well, I'm going 00:12:12.100 --> 00:12:14.000 to pick Claire Obscure. Kingdom Come Deliverance 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:16.269 2. So we've got Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Claire 00:12:16.269 --> 00:12:18.370 Obscure, Death Stranding 2, Donkey Kong Bonanza, 00:12:18.450 --> 00:12:20.450 Hades 2, and then Hollow Knight Silksong. I'm 00:12:20.450 --> 00:12:22.970 obviously going to go for Expedition 33. Now, 00:12:23.009 --> 00:12:26.950 you said that there's two games in the indie 00:12:26.950 --> 00:12:28.549 games in the game of the year. There's actually 00:12:28.549 --> 00:12:33.009 three. What, KCD? Well, Claire Obscure is also 00:12:33.009 --> 00:12:35.970 indie. Yeah, I suppose, yeah. So there's four. 00:12:36.269 --> 00:12:38.509 Does Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 count as indie? 00:12:38.629 --> 00:12:40.889 Well, the first game that they made was a Kickstarter. 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:44.100 I mean, obviously they made the money from the 00:12:44.100 --> 00:12:45.960 first game to make the second, but it still kind 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:52.679 of feels like it. It's War Horse Studios. No. 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:58.100 Not considered an indie game. It's a AAA game, 00:12:58.379 --> 00:13:01.120 despite being developed by War Horse Studios. 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:07.710 You fucking glory hunter. Bastards. Well, I'm 00:13:07.710 --> 00:13:10.029 on the next section. Best Game Direction. Yeah, 00:13:10.070 --> 00:13:12.289 I'm on this one. So we have Claire Obscure, Death 00:13:12.289 --> 00:13:16.090 Stranding, Ghost of Yotai, Hades and Split Fiction. 00:13:16.470 --> 00:13:22.409 Award for Outstanding Creative Vision and Innovation 00:13:22.409 --> 00:13:25.850 in Game Direction and Design. Well, with that 00:13:25.850 --> 00:13:30.029 in mind, I'm going Death Stranding 2. I am torn 00:13:30.029 --> 00:13:34.100 between Split Fiction and Claire Obscure. For 00:13:34.100 --> 00:13:36.759 outstanding creative vision and innovation in 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:41.320 game direction and design. They were both so 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:45.559 good at that. I'm going to give it a split fiction. 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:48.940 Because I thought that split fiction was fucking 00:13:48.940 --> 00:13:53.860 great. Best narrative. For outstanding storytelling 00:13:53.860 --> 00:13:57.860 and narrative development in a game. Claire Obscure, 00:13:57.940 --> 00:14:01.820 Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotai, KCD 2 or Silent 00:14:01.820 --> 00:14:04.220 Hill F. I'm going Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 00:14:04.220 --> 00:14:07.779 because it's got an amazing story. Claire Obscure. 00:14:08.179 --> 00:14:11.639 That's what I'm going to go with. Best art direction. 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:15.379 For outstanding creative and or technical achievement 00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:20.059 in artistic design and animation. I'm going Claire 00:14:20.059 --> 00:14:23.000 Obscure on that straight away. Best art direction. 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:26.820 I'm going Silk Song. I hope everyone agrees. 00:14:27.740 --> 00:14:29.279 Well, they've got two options because we ain't 00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:31.240 picked the same fucking thing. Best score on 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:36.480 music. For outstanding music, inclusive of score, 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:38.720 original song. Sorry, that was my bit. Yep, and 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:42.059 or licensed soundtrack. I'm obviously going clear 00:14:42.059 --> 00:14:43.299 of score. It's got one of the best soundtracks 00:14:43.299 --> 00:14:45.039 I've ever heard in a video game ever. It's not 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:47.419 on here. It is. Oh yeah, it is. The actual song's 00:14:47.419 --> 00:14:54.519 here. Clear up score. Steph hates it. I love 00:14:54.519 --> 00:15:02.480 it. Best audio design. Recognising the best in 00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:06.500 -game audio and sound design. You know what? 00:15:07.059 --> 00:15:11.820 I'm going Battlefield 6. I'm going Death Stranding. 00:15:11.820 --> 00:15:15.720 Only because the sounds of the guns and the movement 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:19.409 in Battlefield 6 are fucking... Yeah, nice. We're 00:15:19.409 --> 00:15:21.690 going Death Stranding 2 because I like the sound 00:15:21.690 --> 00:15:25.450 of the crunchy snow. Crunchy snow. Best performance. 00:15:25.970 --> 00:15:34.669 Oh, fucking hell. Some familiar faces. Going 00:15:34.669 --> 00:15:38.690 for my girl. Awarded to an individual for voiceover 00:15:38.690 --> 00:15:41.669 acting, motion and or performance capture. We've 00:15:41.669 --> 00:15:47.250 got Ben Starr, Charlie Cox, Erika Ishii. I hope 00:15:47.250 --> 00:15:49.789 I'm saying that right. Jennifer English, Konatsu 00:15:49.789 --> 00:15:53.970 Keito and Troy Baker. Jennifer English. I'm going 00:15:53.970 --> 00:15:56.049 to go Jennifer English as well. I'm going to 00:15:56.049 --> 00:16:06.190 have to. Innovation in accessibility. Recognising 00:16:06.190 --> 00:16:08.610 software and or hardware that is pushing the 00:16:08.610 --> 00:16:10.889 medium forward by adding features, technology 00:16:10.889 --> 00:16:13.789 and content to help games be played and enjoyed 00:16:13.789 --> 00:16:17.090 by an even wider audience. I'm going to go with 00:16:17.090 --> 00:16:19.070 Atom 4 because I saw an article on them not that 00:16:19.070 --> 00:16:22.370 long ago about how good their accessibility options 00:16:22.370 --> 00:16:25.350 are. But I can't remember what they are. So I'm 00:16:25.350 --> 00:16:28.370 just going to pick that one. Well, I'm going 00:16:28.370 --> 00:16:32.629 to pick... South of Midnight. I forgot about 00:16:32.629 --> 00:16:34.429 that game. I'm going to pick FIFA because it's 00:16:34.429 --> 00:16:37.570 the only one that I've played. I don't feel I 00:16:37.570 --> 00:16:44.590 deserve it, but I'll get it. Games for Impact. 00:16:45.309 --> 00:16:48.490 For a thought -provoking game with a pro -social 00:16:48.490 --> 00:16:52.690 meaning or message. I haven't played any of these. 00:16:52.710 --> 00:16:54.289 Well, yeah, this is uncomfortable, isn't it? 00:16:54.309 --> 00:16:56.649 I don't know any of these. I'm going to go for 00:16:56.649 --> 00:16:58.610 the one that looks like it was made on a budget 00:16:58.610 --> 00:17:00.730 and they've done well, so I'm going Consume Me. 00:17:00.830 --> 00:17:03.870 I'm going to go for the football one, Desperati. 00:17:05.589 --> 00:17:07.150 Yeah, I'm going for that one too. It's got football 00:17:07.150 --> 00:17:10.269 in it. Yeah, I'll do that one. Good luck. Best 00:17:10.269 --> 00:17:13.029 ongoing. Awarded to a game for outstanding development 00:17:13.029 --> 00:17:16.289 of ongoing content that evolves the player experience 00:17:16.289 --> 00:17:18.970 over time. It's fucking No Man's Sky. Always 00:17:18.970 --> 00:17:21.150 No Man's Sky. Any category that's got No Man's 00:17:21.150 --> 00:17:23.609 Sky in it is getting picked. It has to. Has to. 00:17:23.769 --> 00:17:24.990 Because they've been giving free updates for 00:17:24.990 --> 00:17:27.269 like 48 years. Fucking has to. Helldivers 2, 00:17:27.369 --> 00:17:29.829 very, very, very good. Final Fantasy, fuck right 00:17:29.829 --> 00:17:34.619 off. Oh, look at this one. Oh, I do wonder. Best 00:17:34.619 --> 00:17:37.759 community support. Recognising a game for outstanding 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:40.380 community support. What are they doing there? 00:17:41.900 --> 00:17:44.339 Transparency and responsiveness, inclusive of 00:17:44.339 --> 00:17:46.779 social media activity and game updates slash 00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:49.400 patches. Well, you know I've already voted, so. 00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:51.700 Yeah, I'm going to assume you voted Baldur's 00:17:51.700 --> 00:17:54.140 Gate 3. You'd be correct. Yeah, I'm going No 00:17:54.140 --> 00:17:57.410 Man's Sky. No Man's Sky, Fortnite, Final Fantasy, 00:17:57.609 --> 00:17:59.990 Helldivers 2, Baldur's Gate 3. I'm fucking putting 00:17:59.990 --> 00:18:02.890 it on No Man's Sky. This is the hardest category 00:18:02.890 --> 00:18:06.789 so far. Best independent game. For outstanding 00:18:06.789 --> 00:18:10.069 creative and technical achievement in a game 00:18:10.069 --> 00:18:12.589 made outside the traditional publisher system. 00:18:12.769 --> 00:18:15.970 So best indie, basically. Claire Obscure for 00:18:15.970 --> 00:18:18.869 me. Has to be. See, this is a game I need to 00:18:18.869 --> 00:18:21.329 talk about. Absalom. Because I've been playing 00:18:21.329 --> 00:18:23.289 that. Go on then. Well, no, what am I going to 00:18:23.289 --> 00:18:25.480 talk about now? Well, it would fit in very well 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:27.079 with you talking about it. We're going to have 00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:29.880 to pause for a bit. Yeah, that's fine. I've been 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:33.700 playing that. And? It's good. So what are you 00:18:33.700 --> 00:18:37.559 going to vote? Well, I don't know. I'm getting 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:39.279 up Steam now. What have you been playing on Steam 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:41.039 Deck? Yeah, it's the only thing I've been doing 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:42.779 this week, really. I haven't even played that 00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:44.480 much Steam Deck. I've just been playing like 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:46.339 half hour or something. And where's this come 00:18:46.339 --> 00:18:50.890 from? Go on, tell me about the game itself. Obviously, 00:18:50.890 --> 00:18:52.730 we're a gaming podcast. That's obviously what 00:18:52.730 --> 00:18:54.650 we're going to do. What's a silly question from 00:18:54.650 --> 00:18:59.910 me? Ah, the game itself is like a... Well, it's 00:18:59.910 --> 00:19:01.630 a roguelike, and you know I love roguelikes. 00:19:02.329 --> 00:19:06.910 Yes. So it's like that, but it's like... It's 00:19:06.910 --> 00:19:09.930 got a bit of Hades in it. It's got a bit of fucking... 00:19:09.930 --> 00:19:11.730 It's got a bit of everything in it. It's just 00:19:11.730 --> 00:19:15.170 great. It's a side -scrolling beat -em -up, like 00:19:15.170 --> 00:19:16.930 Streets of Rage. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, 00:19:16.930 --> 00:19:18.769 yeah, yeah. Play them games? No, but I understand. 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:21.440 I would have played them games, but yeah. It's 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:24.660 like that, but it's a roguelike. I haven't unlocked 00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:26.480 him yet, but I want him. He's the one I'm after, 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:30.200 the frog wizard guy. Someone that definitely 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:33.440 looks like a drow, but she's not a drow, but 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:37.059 she fucking looks like a drow. and yeah it's 00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:39.480 just a fucking side scrolling but it's so much 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:41.220 more to it than that i can't do it the justice 00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:44.220 it deserves it's got fucking multiple paths you 00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:46.400 can take secrets and then when you die and come 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:48.779 back you follow the same path but you can choose 00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:51.220 a different way to go but sometimes new things 00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:54.160 happen and new things appear and oh what a fucking 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:56.180 great game and it's gonna have so much more content 00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:58.839 coming i just wish it was dungeons and dragons 00:19:58.839 --> 00:20:01.640 man and they need to make like they need to partner 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:03.920 with dnd and be like yeah this is like a fucking 00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:09.240 dnd 17 pounds on Steamy Wee Me. It's so good. 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:12.579 But then so is Ball X Pit. That is a fucking 00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:16.319 amazing game. Fight as the outcast heroes of 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:21.839 Talam... Talam? Yeah. In a fierce battle to retake 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:25.740 magic from the Sun King Azra's grasp in Absalom. 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:30.180 An original roguelite beat -em -up by Dotemu. 00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:34.119 Very positive, but not that many reviews for 00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:36.910 Steam. I want to, here we go, just a little one. 00:20:37.049 --> 00:20:40.670 I want, this person has 27 hours on record. I 00:20:40.670 --> 00:20:42.390 want to start by saying that this is the best 00:20:42.390 --> 00:20:45.250 game of the year for me so far. It has everything 00:20:45.250 --> 00:20:47.950 I love, namely awesome story, awesome music, 00:20:48.150 --> 00:20:51.539 fantastic roguelike mode. with tons of experimentation 00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:55.339 and the ability to become either an IMBA or a 00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:58.039 lousy bum, but you always find something new 00:20:58.039 --> 00:21:00.759 and unexpected combinations. 10 out of 10. Gorgeous 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:03.440 visuals, a vibrant and rich world, and lots of 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:05.640 interesting mini -quests, interesting achievements, 00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:12.569 and yet the game doesn't last too long. too long 00:21:12.569 --> 00:21:15.769 I want to spend exactly as much time as necessary 00:21:15.769 --> 00:21:18.829 to complete it and feel satisfied thank you so 00:21:18.829 --> 00:21:20.630 much for this masterpiece games like this bring 00:21:20.630 --> 00:21:23.170 back my love for games in general and of course 00:21:23.170 --> 00:21:25.509 I'm looking forward to the sequel with new heroes 00:21:25.509 --> 00:21:27.450 rituals levels and bosses and expansions but 00:21:27.450 --> 00:21:29.509 you don't need to worry about playtime with roguelites 00:21:29.509 --> 00:21:30.849 because this is as many times you want to get 00:21:30.849 --> 00:21:33.420 a new fucking completion time of Binding of Isaac 00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:36.500 40 minutes but you know you play it fucking a 00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:38.619 billion times I've got 50 hours on Binding of 00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:40.839 Isaac and that's just on Steam God knows how 00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:42.779 many I've had on PlayStation over the years so 00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:45.500 that's fantastic and then you've got Ball X Pit 00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:47.819 which I've discussed it in for an item on another 00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:50.480 episode How much I love Ball X Pick. Yeah, yeah. 00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:52.279 When I said all these weird games I was playing. 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:54.220 Yeah, when you were playing like six indie games 00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:56.119 in one hit. You're a freak. And I was like, I 00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:58.440 know. Yeah. So that's fantastic. And then we've 00:21:58.440 --> 00:22:00.240 got Hades 2, which is really, really fucking 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:02.279 good. And then you've got Silksong, which is 00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:04.200 fucking awesome. And then you've got Expedition 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:06.900 33 and Blueprints, which I know is amazing, but 00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:08.960 it's not my cup of tea because it's just a puzzle 00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:10.660 game and I get bored of just puzzles. I need 00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:13.539 something to... in my brain a very pretty looking 00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:16.079 puzzle game i will give you that but the reason 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:18.720 and i'm gonna go through it absalom is gonna 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:20.720 get my vote and i'll tell you for why go on tell 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:24.140 us ball x pit is fantastic but it's made by devolver 00:22:24.140 --> 00:22:28.519 digital who are They're indie, but they're big 00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:30.960 indie. They're not little. They're big, big indie. 00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:33.839 They made fucking Enter the Gungeon and things 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:35.339 like that. You can't go with him. He's fucking 00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:38.160 big indie. He's big indie. Blueprints I've never 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:39.819 played. Claire Obscure's going to win fucking 00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:41.880 enough as it is. It doesn't need indie. That's 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:44.460 taking it away. Interestingly, Megabonk was in 00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:46.180 this. Remember I was playing Megabonk? Megabonk. 00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:49.160 And they pulled out. Yeah, because... I can't 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:50.619 remember why the geyser pulled out. Because he 00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:52.900 was going under a different developer name, so 00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:55.450 it's not his debut indie. He's a debut indie, 00:22:55.589 --> 00:22:57.289 isn't he? He might be not this category he pulled 00:22:57.289 --> 00:23:01.630 out of. Debut indie. He's not debut. And he's 00:23:01.630 --> 00:23:04.150 got a lot of praise for that. Mountains and mountains 00:23:04.150 --> 00:23:06.910 of praise. What a fucking guy. I'm more under 00:23:06.910 --> 00:23:08.190 the assumption that he's done that because he 00:23:08.190 --> 00:23:11.250 knew he was going to get caught. When you win 00:23:11.250 --> 00:23:14.509 an award and you've got to say, hold on, he made 00:23:14.509 --> 00:23:17.650 fucking Kirby's Dreamland. Do you know what I 00:23:17.650 --> 00:23:20.339 mean? Or whatever he's made, I don't know. Neil 00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:24.099 Druckmann. Yeah, you'll see them in there. Troy 00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:27.700 Baker's up there too. No, fair play. Is that 00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:30.700 Jennifer English up there? Fair play, fair play. 00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:34.579 Hades 2 is fantastic and Silksong are also fantastic 00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:36.460 and they should win it in their own right. But 00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:38.599 the reason I'm not giving it to them is because 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:40.819 Silksong is a sequel and Hades is a sequel, so 00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:42.920 they've already done it. And they've already 00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:46.240 had their flowers for their games. So, by that 00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:49.559 merit, Absalom has got the tick. I'm going Claire 00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:52.319 Obscure because I'm glory hunting it. Claire 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:56.160 Obscure. Oh, there you go. The next fucking category 00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:58.880 is literally what we discussed. Best debut indie 00:23:58.880 --> 00:24:02.359 game. And whatever dispatch is, I like the look 00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:04.059 of it. That's what Connor's been playing, that. 00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:06.740 Of course he fucking has. It's a, did you ever 00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:09.440 play The Wolf Among Us? Nah. Did you ever play 00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:11.480 The Walking Dead Telltale series? Yes. It's that, 00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:14.660 but with superheroes and episodes. Right, I see. 00:24:15.069 --> 00:24:16.910 I see. And apparently it's very, very fucking 00:24:16.910 --> 00:24:18.750 good, but it's not, it doesn't look like my cup 00:24:18.750 --> 00:24:20.109 of tea. Yeah, but that's coming from Connor. 00:24:20.289 --> 00:24:22.150 But then you would have thought, it's all good 00:24:22.150 --> 00:24:23.930 that it's pulled out, but should they not have 00:24:23.930 --> 00:24:26.910 replaced it with another one? So wait, so he's, 00:24:26.910 --> 00:24:30.230 so he's pulled out, explain it again a bit better 00:24:30.230 --> 00:24:35.069 for me. Sorry. You basically explained it like 00:24:35.069 --> 00:24:38.529 shit, mate. No, no, no, I mean, I don't, I don't, 00:24:38.529 --> 00:24:45.039 so he, he, so Mega Bonk was up for, Best debut 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:47.059 indie game. Best debut indie game, which is a 00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:49.299 category we're talking about now. However, he's 00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:53.200 pulled out of that because... Because it is not 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:56.140 his debut indie game. He's already made an indie 00:24:56.140 --> 00:25:00.039 game. Yeah. But he is, with this game, Megabonk, 00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:03.319 he has got a different alias as his developer 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:06.109 name. So it's the same person but he's using 00:25:06.109 --> 00:25:07.369 a different name. Why did he change his developer 00:25:07.369 --> 00:25:09.450 name then? I don't know, just to be like, I don't 00:25:09.450 --> 00:25:12.509 know. Just to change it up a little bit. Rebranding. 00:25:12.549 --> 00:25:14.650 I don't know the reason. Oh, fair enough. But 00:25:14.650 --> 00:25:16.750 yeah, I'll be with you on that because you cunt 00:25:16.750 --> 00:25:17.809 don't want to get caught. Yeah, you're going 00:25:17.809 --> 00:25:19.349 to get caught. If you win it and you stand up 00:25:19.349 --> 00:25:21.549 there with your chocolates and your award and 00:25:21.549 --> 00:25:24.609 you go, oh, it's so amazing. You think everyone's 00:25:24.609 --> 00:25:27.279 going to find out. That's exactly what I think. 00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:29.700 And he's gone, I best pull out of this. He's 00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:31.519 like, oh, vote for these amazing games. But also, 00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:33.319 why did the people who put him in the category 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:34.900 not work out that he'd already done an indie 00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:36.819 before? Because he's changed his name. I suppose 00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:38.839 you don't know, do you? He's just a nobody. He's 00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:41.140 like a one -man game, isn't he? One -man made 00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:43.240 game called fucking whatever he's called himself. 00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:46.059 Yeah, yeah. Barry Cupboard Man. And then it's 00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:48.980 like, oh, great. Well done, son. And it's like, 00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:51.279 oh, not really. Yeah, it's Neil Druckmann. Oh, 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:54.720 my God. Barry Cupboard Man's pulled out. Yeah. 00:25:55.470 --> 00:25:57.650 It turns out it's the same guy that made Last 00:25:57.650 --> 00:26:06.210 of Us. This is uncomfortable because... The best 00:26:06.210 --> 00:26:08.849 debut game created by a new independent studio. 00:26:09.150 --> 00:26:10.890 And I've only played one of them. Blueprints, 00:26:10.890 --> 00:26:14.359 Claire Obscure, Despilote. And Dispatch. I mean, 00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:15.980 I'm going to go Claire Obscure because I played 00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:18.059 Claire Obscure and I absolutely love it. Yes, 00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:20.299 but it's just going to win everything. It doesn't 00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:24.299 matter, though. It doesn't matter. If West Ham 00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:27.900 were like Arsenal, you wouldn't be sitting there, 00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:30.299 would you? But they're winning everything. I 00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:32.940 don't want to be like them cunts. Fucking cunts. 00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:36.059 I hate them. Fuck Arsenal fans, man. Fuck Arsenal 00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:37.839 club. You know, Tao's a big Arsenal fan. I know. 00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:40.559 I had a row with him about it. Fucking cock. 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:44.720 Doing all fucking Declan Rice. He wouldn't be 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:46.259 fucking winning nothing without Declan Rice. 00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:48.460 So he's like Stephen Gerrard. He's like, Stephen 00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:51.200 Gerrard is fucking hell. He's nowhere near as 00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:52.359 good as Stephen Gerrard. I was like, yes, he 00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:54.980 is. He was probably fucking five when Stephen 00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:57.440 Gerrard was playing. What are you on about? Probably, 00:26:57.480 --> 00:27:02.940 yeah. You've been there two weeks. That was yesterday, 00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:07.640 that was. Best mobile game. Best mobile game 00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:12.190 we got. Destiny Rising, Persona 5, Sonic Rumble, 00:27:12.490 --> 00:27:21.589 Umamu... What? Umamu... Sumi. Umamusumi. Umamusumi 00:27:21.589 --> 00:27:24.849 and then Wuthering Waves. Well, I'm going to 00:27:24.849 --> 00:27:27.650 go... I'm going to go Destiny Rising. Yeah, me 00:27:27.650 --> 00:27:30.869 too. Only because I've watched Roman and Mark 00:27:30.869 --> 00:27:34.490 play it to fucking death. They're not playing 00:27:34.490 --> 00:27:36.859 it anymore. So the gacha aspect obviously got 00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:39.299 what it wanted out of them. It got Roman's like 00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:42.000 200 and something quid that he spent on it. Fucking 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:45.220 madness. Who was it who fucking pumped all that 00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:48.460 money into Diablo? Roman. It was Roman that did 00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:52.039 that? Yeah. I'm telling you, he's ADHD to fuck. 00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:56.039 Thousands on Pokemon, thousands on fucking mobile 00:27:56.039 --> 00:28:01.079 games. It's just madness. Best VR slash AR, we 00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:04.240 don't care about that at all. But I'll give it 00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:06.519 to The Midnight Walk just because it looks cool. 00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:08.539 I'll give it to Alien because I love Alien. Yeah. 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:11.240 Marvel, Deadpool, VR, and then Ghost Town and 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:15.460 Arkham Ranger. Fuck off. Best action game. Ooh. 00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:18.160 For the best game in the action genre, focus 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:22.460 primarily on combat. Ooh. Battlefield 6, Doom, 00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:25.900 The Dark Ages, Hades 2, Ninja Gaiden 4, Shinobi 00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:27.940 Art of Vengeance. I'm not going to give it a 00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:31.980 Battlefield 6 or Doom. I'm not going to give 00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:35.640 it a Battlefield 6 purely because I don't want 00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:39.259 to. I'm going to give it a Battlefield 6. It's 00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:40.500 fucking great though, isn't it? I'm not going 00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:44.559 to give it a Hades 2. No. I don't feel like that's 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:46.559 an action game. I'm thinking of it from a combat 00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:50.400 style. I suppose action. It's action, man. Yeah, 00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:52.880 I read it as combat. Yeah, Battlefield 6 then. 00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:56.319 Best action adventure. You can blow the face 00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:59.779 off of walls, man. Exactly. Oh, Death Stranding 00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:03.950 2. Hold on. For the best action slash adventure 00:29:03.950 --> 00:29:06.569 game, combine in combat with traversal and puzzle 00:29:06.569 --> 00:29:11.710 solving. Death Stranding 2. Ghost of Yotai. Hollow 00:29:11.710 --> 00:29:15.069 Knight. Silk Song. Indiana Jones and the Great 00:29:15.069 --> 00:29:18.289 Circle. Split Fiction. I'm going Split Fiction, 00:29:18.329 --> 00:29:21.170 bro. I've got... This is tough, actually. I can't 00:29:21.170 --> 00:29:22.869 tell you how much of a good game that was. Combine 00:29:22.869 --> 00:29:24.890 in combat with traversal and puzzle solving. 00:29:24.930 --> 00:29:26.849 That's either Death Stranding or Silk Song, man. 00:29:27.069 --> 00:29:30.930 Or Split Fiction. I've never played it. It's 00:29:30.930 --> 00:29:32.670 good. No, mate, I don't know what to do here. 00:29:32.730 --> 00:29:35.289 It's good, good, good, good, good. I'm going 00:29:35.289 --> 00:29:37.269 split fiction, man. Fuck. I'm going to give it 00:29:37.269 --> 00:29:41.490 to Hollow Knight. Sorry, Hideo Kojima. Oh, here 00:29:41.490 --> 00:29:43.869 we go. Oh, look at us. We knew this would be 00:29:43.869 --> 00:29:48.109 a girl. Best RPG. For the best game design with 00:29:48.109 --> 00:29:50.609 rich player character customization and progression, 00:29:50.849 --> 00:29:53.619 includingly. Including massively multiplayer 00:29:53.619 --> 00:30:00.640 experiences. You got Avowed, Claire Obscure, 00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:06.440 KCD2, Monster Hunter Wilds and The Outer Worlds 00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:12.059 2. It's the bit in the category where it says 00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:14.940 including massively multiplayer experiences because 00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:17.819 Claire Obscure Expedition 33 doesn't have that. 00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:20.720 Neither does KCD. So that's quite difficult because 00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:22.180 those are the two that are going to get picked. 00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:26.240 Does any of them have that? No. Well, there you 00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:30.099 go then. I don't think they do. I think they're 00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:31.359 just saying basically it's included. Monster 00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:33.259 Hunter Wilds does. It's included in MMORPG. Oh, 00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:38.400 yeah, there you go then. See, where it says game 00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:40.299 design with rich player character customization 00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:44.779 and progression, The Outer Worlds 2, rich character. 00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:47.299 I mean, yes and no, but when it's standing up 00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:50.140 against something like KCD 2 Claire Obscure. 00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:55.359 I mean, Avowed's just a flop anyway. Monster 00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:58.259 Hunter Wild is Monster Hunter Wild. So it's between... 00:30:58.259 --> 00:31:00.119 I know you're going to pick KCD too. I already 00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:01.500 picked it five minutes ago. And I'm going to 00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:04.900 pick Claire Obscure. What's the next one? Best 00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:07.279 Fighting. For the best game design primarily 00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:12.069 around head -to -head combat. 2X KO. Capcom Fighting 00:31:12.069 --> 00:31:14.609 Collection 2. Fatal Fury City of the Wolves. 00:31:14.650 --> 00:31:17.609 Mortal Kombat Legacy Collection. Virtua Fighter 00:31:17.609 --> 00:31:21.589 5 Revo World Stage. Well, Mortal Kombat wins 00:31:21.589 --> 00:31:25.150 because it's Mortal Kombat. I don't play fighting 00:31:25.150 --> 00:31:29.150 games. Best Family. For the best game appropriate 00:31:29.150 --> 00:31:32.369 for family play, irrespective of genre or platform. 00:31:32.710 --> 00:31:36.079 Why would that come into play? Why does it have 00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:38.519 to say irrespective of genre or platform? Why 00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:41.019 is that on this section and not on the other? 00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:44.359 I don't know. Donkey Kong Bonanza. Lego Party. 00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:47.920 Lego Voyages. Mario Kart World. Sonic Racing 00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:50.819 Crossworld. Split Fiction. I'm going Split Fiction 00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:52.880 all fucking day, bro. I'm going Split Fiction 00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:55.319 just for you. I mean, Lego Voyages looks cool 00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:57.799 as well. I like that. I've never heard of that, 00:31:57.819 --> 00:32:03.099 though. Best sim slash strategy. Best game focused 00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:05.839 on real -time or turn -based simulation or strategy 00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:09.819 gameplay, irrespective of platform. Now, every 00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:12.519 category is going to... Final Fantasy Tactics, 00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:17.460 the... I... Ivalice Chronicles. Jurassic World 00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:21.579 Evolution 3. Sid Meier's Civilization... I don't 00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:25.420 know what V -I -I is. Seven. Seven. Tempest Rising. 00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:28.880 The Altars. Two Point Museum. I don't know any 00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:31.359 of them. I'm going to go Jurassic World for my 00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:33.039 son because he loves dinosaurs. I'm going to 00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:35.519 go Tempest Rising because it's got guns in it. 00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:40.160 We've got best sports slash racing. For the best 00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:42.400 traditional and non -traditional sports and racing 00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:45.200 game irrespective of platform. It doesn't say 00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:50.079 that this time, does it? No. No. EA Sports FC 00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:55.230 26. F1 25. Mario Kart World. Rematch. Sonic Racing 00:32:55.230 --> 00:32:58.130 Crossworld. Now, I reckon you're going to go 00:32:58.130 --> 00:33:00.910 rematch. You'd be correct. I'll go rematch as 00:33:00.910 --> 00:33:02.829 well, purely because of what you've spoken about. 00:33:02.970 --> 00:33:08.029 Fantastic little game. Oh, this is one. Best 00:33:08.029 --> 00:33:10.349 multiplayer. For outstanding online multiplayer 00:33:10.349 --> 00:33:13.150 gameplay and design, including co -op and massively 00:33:13.150 --> 00:33:15.970 multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game 00:33:15.970 --> 00:33:21.450 genre or platform. It's back. Ark Raiders. Battlefield 00:33:21.450 --> 00:33:25.269 6. Elden Ring Night Rain. Peak. Split Fiction. 00:33:25.269 --> 00:33:29.230 That is a good old fucking plethora of games 00:33:29.230 --> 00:33:34.809 there. I'm torn between Battlefield 6 and Ark 00:33:34.809 --> 00:33:43.490 Raiders. Not Split Fiction? Nah. Yeah, because 00:33:43.490 --> 00:33:46.450 I suppose... I really want to play Night Rain. 00:33:46.549 --> 00:33:48.829 I've had a real itch for it lately. Yeah. They're 00:33:48.829 --> 00:33:51.509 releasing a new fucking boss and all sorts of 00:33:51.509 --> 00:33:53.029 stuff. I know, but where you got Where Winds 00:33:53.029 --> 00:33:58.170 Meet and that's free. Yeah. Yeah. Which is also 00:33:58.170 --> 00:34:04.180 multiplayer. Shit. Split Fiction, yeah. It's 00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:05.980 a tough one. Split Fiction's tough because I 00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:08.699 played it with Steph and I just had so much fun. 00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:11.260 So much fun. But Battlefield 6 was Battlefield 00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:14.119 6 and Ark Raiders, the clips I've seen of Ark 00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:18.679 Raiders, some of that shit. I saw a geezer. dropped 00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:20.960 down like a vent shaft thing with a rope that 00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:23.139 you can traverse down because he was trying to 00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:26.039 get away from someone and a geezer ran and jumped 00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:28.539 down it and because it was so tall the animation 00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:32.340 of him like skydiving kicked in and he pulled 00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:35.239 out his gun and killed the geezer before he hit 00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:38.739 the ground and then grabbed onto the rope wow 00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:41.059 and then traversed down and then looted him That 00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:43.460 was madness. It's one of them. I told you, man. 00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:48.519 That game is going to be huge. And it is. So 00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.920 much as if we know what we're talking about. 00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:52.780 It's massive. Well, you do. I believe I sat there 00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:54.320 and said it would be dead in a week. Yeah, I 00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:56.619 don't think it will. I think it will unless they 00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:58.360 change, unless they put more enemies in. Because 00:34:58.360 --> 00:34:59.980 I just said to Scott, I can't just deal with 00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:01.960 robots all the time. Yeah, they've got to mess 00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:04.099 around a little bit. I'm going to go Battlefield 00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:06.500 6. I'll tell you why. Because I haven't played 00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:08.579 Art Raiders enough. I only played the little 00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:11.659 beta. And it's great. But I haven't bought it 00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:15.119 yet, and Battlefield 6 has taken a lot of my 00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:16.900 time when I have played it, and I loved it every 00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:18.780 second almost. I'm going to go Split Fiction, 00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:21.599 purely because I know Battlefield 6 or Ark Raiders 00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:24.619 is going to win it, but Split Fiction is... Yeah, 00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:27.920 it's a good one. Best Adaptation. Recognising 00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:29.800 outstanding creative work that faithfully and 00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:31.980 authentically adapts a video game to another 00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:34.539 entertainment medium. Oh, Splinter Cell Death 00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:36.519 Watch. I forgot that that's out. That looks cool 00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:39.389 as fuck. I need to watch that. Minecraft movie. 00:35:39.730 --> 00:35:42.929 Devil May Cry. The Last of Us Season 2. Until 00:35:42.929 --> 00:35:44.969 Dawn. I'm going to have to go with The Last of 00:35:44.969 --> 00:35:46.489 Us Season 2. I'm going to have to go with the 00:35:46.489 --> 00:35:50.190 Minecraft movie because my kids love it. And 00:35:50.190 --> 00:35:51.730 I've enjoyed watching it even though I don't 00:35:51.730 --> 00:35:54.610 think it's particularly good. Most anticipated... 00:35:54.610 --> 00:35:57.550 What's the point of this? Game. What is the point 00:35:57.550 --> 00:36:00.190 of this title? I don't know. No one's going to 00:36:00.190 --> 00:36:03.630 win this apart from obvious. Recognising an unannounced 00:36:03.630 --> 00:36:06.349 game that has demonstrably illustrated potential 00:36:06.349 --> 00:36:10.349 to push the gaming medium forward. 007 First 00:36:10.349 --> 00:36:14.909 Light. GTA 6. Marvel's Wolverine. Resident Evil 00:36:14.909 --> 00:36:18.929 Requiem. The Witcher 5. The Witcher 4. Witcher 00:36:18.929 --> 00:36:23.570 vote. I voted The Witcher. I'm going to go Grand 00:36:23.570 --> 00:36:26.989 Theft Auto 6. Because I'm a slag. Might as well 00:36:26.989 --> 00:36:31.070 because no one else is going to. We don't reckon 00:36:31.070 --> 00:36:34.409 that's winning it, no. Here we go. Best content 00:36:34.409 --> 00:36:37.269 creator of the year. For a streamer or content 00:36:37.269 --> 00:36:39.650 creator who has made an important and positive 00:36:39.650 --> 00:36:45.409 impact on the community in 2025. K -Drell. Kaisernat. 00:36:45.650 --> 00:36:49.769 Moist Critical. Sakura Miko. The Burnt Peanut. 00:36:50.050 --> 00:36:51.710 He is hilarious. I'm going for the Burnt Peanut. 00:36:51.710 --> 00:36:53.250 Have you seen him? Yeah, I've seen him. He is 00:36:53.250 --> 00:36:55.409 fucking hilarious. He's great. I love him. I'm 00:36:55.409 --> 00:36:58.090 surprised Asmongold's not on here. He's not controversial. 00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:02.619 No, he's fucking whinges all the time. I am going 00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:04.599 to go for Moist Critical, and I'll tell you for 00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:08.440 why. Go on. Give me your reasons. He... I love 00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:10.679 him, by the way. He's fantastic. The other day, 00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:12.199 a couple of weeks ago... He's also built like 00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:15.260 a motherfucker. Is he? He is pretty... He's very 00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:17.360 small. He's a slim guy, but he's... No, I mean 00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:20.699 he's like four foot four. He's tiny. No, he ain't. 00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:25.980 Mate, he's tiny. No, he ain't. Mate, Google a 00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:29.369 picture of him with someone. It actually comes 00:37:29.369 --> 00:37:31.590 up most critical height. Oh, yeah. No, he's tiny. 00:37:31.849 --> 00:37:34.670 How tall is he? Five foot six. Yeah. Well, that's 00:37:34.670 --> 00:37:41.510 about my height. He's actually the same height 00:37:41.510 --> 00:37:44.030 as you. Well, they just look bigger on TV, don't 00:37:44.030 --> 00:37:46.130 they? He's the same height as you. I'm not fucking 00:37:46.130 --> 00:37:50.030 five foot six. I'm not far off it, but I'm not 00:37:50.030 --> 00:37:57.449 five foot six. Give him beans. Okay. Right. About 00:37:57.449 --> 00:38:01.929 a month ago, he turned off all monetization. 00:38:03.329 --> 00:38:05.550 Oh, well, bless the fucking millionaire that 00:38:05.550 --> 00:38:07.309 turned off getting even more money. All right, 00:38:07.309 --> 00:38:10.050 well, when have you ever heard of someone in 00:38:10.050 --> 00:38:12.590 his position, or any rich man, go, do you know 00:38:12.590 --> 00:38:17.110 what? I've got enough. Yeah. God bless him. Did 00:38:17.110 --> 00:38:19.719 he also turn off all of his sponsors? that pay 00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:21.559 him to stream. Yes, he's turned off everything. 00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:24.840 No donations, no monetization on any of his channels, 00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:27.099 no monetization on Twitch. Thank God the millionaire 00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:31.699 turned off donations. Okay, so when you've got 00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:33.900 enough money, you're going to say, no, I'll do 00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:38.860 this for free now. No. Exactly. What a guy. Well, 00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:42.909 no. What do you mean, what a guy? He's still 00:38:42.909 --> 00:38:45.369 carrying on doing what he's doing for free. He's 00:38:45.369 --> 00:38:46.610 got fuck all else to do. He's a millionaire. 00:38:46.849 --> 00:38:49.230 What else are you going to do? Terrible, terrible 00:38:49.230 --> 00:38:54.889 attitude. If you and me were millionaires, chances 00:38:54.889 --> 00:38:57.530 are we'd still do the pod. We probably wouldn't 00:38:57.530 --> 00:38:59.070 work anymore, but we'd probably still do the 00:38:59.070 --> 00:39:00.630 pod. If I was a millionaire, you would never 00:39:00.630 --> 00:39:03.090 see me again, Ruv. We'd have to Zoom it then. 00:39:03.949 --> 00:39:06.949 I'd still crack on with this. I'd be getting 00:39:06.949 --> 00:39:12.319 sponsors. I just think it's a very... People 00:39:12.319 --> 00:39:14.920 that donate to streamers are weird. Yeah, I know. 00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:16.579 And he knows this is what he's saying. Spend 00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:18.500 the money on your own family. I don't need it. 00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:19.920 I've got more than enough money. You fucking 00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:22.440 grebe. You weird freaks. He's getting it for 00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:29.239 that, man. Best esports game. For the game that 00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:31.420 has delivered the best overall esports experience 00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:34.539 to players. Inclusive. Of tournaments, community 00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:37.860 support and content updates, irrespective of 00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:43.119 genre or platform. Counter -Strike 2. Dota 2. 00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:45.480 League of Legends. Mobile Legends. Bang Bang. 00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:47.360 Valorant. I'm going with the Bang Bang one. I'm 00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:49.239 going with Bang Bang because what a funny little 00:39:49.239 --> 00:39:54.139 name. Fuck all the others. Best eSports... I 00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:57.579 love this category. I love this so much. Don't 00:39:57.579 --> 00:40:02.900 call it that. Best eSports athlete. Don't call 00:40:02.900 --> 00:40:06.280 them athletes. It's like when darts players call 00:40:06.280 --> 00:40:09.159 themselves athletes. No, you're just an alcoholic 00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:13.440 throwing shit at a wall. The esports athlete 00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:16.539 just to be the most outstanding for performance 00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:21.079 and conduct in 2025, irrespective of game. Not 00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:26.559 platform, this one, just game. Brock, Brock Somerhalder. 00:40:32.740 --> 00:40:37.199 Oh, God, he's in your nightmares. He's coming 00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:43.119 for your nightmares. Chovy Jong Jihoon. Forsaken 00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:50.500 Jason Sosanto. Kakaru Watanabe. Why is that funny? 00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:59.800 It's just funny. Menard Sol Leonardo. Ziwu Matteo 00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:06.840 Herbal. How about... I don't fucking know anything. 00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:11.900 I'm going to go for Kakaru Watanabe. I like the 00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:14.900 name. I'm going to go for Menard because he looks 00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:16.699 like a corgizo and he's wearing a Red Bull hat. 00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:23.099 Best esports team. Oh, fuck me. Jesus Christ. 00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:27.280 recognising their specific esports team, not 00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:29.880 the full organisation, judged the most outstanding 00:41:29.880 --> 00:41:34.519 for performance and conduct in 2025. Gen G. NRG. 00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:38.480 Team Falcons. Team Liquid PH. Team Vitality. 00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:41.380 I'm going Team Liquid PH because they play Mobile 00:41:41.380 --> 00:41:43.579 Legends Bang Bang. Yeah, I'm going to go with 00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:45.760 that one as well. I am going to go with that 00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:48.960 one. Oh, what's this? Three rounds for each other's 00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:51.239 players' voice. What's this? Players' choice. 00:41:51.340 --> 00:41:55.360 Round one. 30 nominees. What? Oh, it's not open 00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:58.659 yet. Well, we've done the voting. We do that 00:41:58.659 --> 00:42:00.880 every year. It's a bit of a ritual, isn't it? 00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:03.360 It's quite cute. We do do that. It's quite cute. 00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:05.219 And every single year we always laugh at the 00:42:05.219 --> 00:42:07.519 esports athletes. Get rid of the athlete bit. 00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:10.059 You're not an athlete. I'm sorry. It's absolutely 00:42:10.059 --> 00:42:11.699 ridiculous. I'm not taking away what you're doing 00:42:11.699 --> 00:42:13.639 and I'm not saying that I'd be better at it than 00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:14.960 those people who are doing it because I'm not. 00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:16.320 I'm not taking anything away. I'm just saying. 00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:19.840 Very talented. You can't call yourself an athlete 00:42:19.840 --> 00:42:24.670 like that. No. That's not in the same... That's 00:42:24.670 --> 00:42:27.010 like us calling ourselves journalists. Yeah. 00:42:29.170 --> 00:42:31.349 We're just not. We're two twats in a room chatting 00:42:31.349 --> 00:42:39.510 shit. Yeah. I won't dispute that. Yeah. See ya. 00:42:39.710 --> 00:42:40.769 I wrote. I wrote.