Gaming Under the Influence
[Podcast]
E.55
The Game Awards Nominees
why they suck
Read our article,
“Video Game Philosophy East & West”
Anthropocentrism or not?
Drinking this week: Blonde Lager (Great Lakes Brewery) Jelly King - Plum
Playing this week: Call of duty black ops cold war, nioh 2
The nominees for 2020's Game Awards have been announced. Mike & Alex are here to explain why the bevy of western-style, anthropocentric games dominating the show in 2020 are inferior to last year's entries, and even to Japanese titles conspicuously absent from this list of 'Game of the Year' contenders. Including a discussion of why Half Life Alyx is awful in concept, the sentimentalism of God of War 2018 and why Nioh 2 should be GotY 2020.
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