437: Dying Light the Beast, The Game Awards and Two Point Museum

It's our last episode of the year! We'll back back in 2026 on January 13th, 2026 with our Game of the Year episode.

In this episode, Jason reviews Dying Light the Beast. It's darker, more intense and hugely open. It follows Kyle from Dying Light 1 and highlights what happened to him after the events of the first. It also features up to 4 player co-op and it looks like the guys may join in and play with him too!

We recap The Game Awards 2025. It was so fun to see Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sweep the awards with the most ever game awards. Lots of great games got awarded during this showcase. We also saw a ton of new reveals from Forest 3 to Highguard to a new Old Republic game and even a fresh new Divinity game! Some were exciting and others were leaving some to be desired. Overall, it was a great awards show that we had a blast watching.

We also have a discussion on how high the memory prices have gone up thanks in part to AI. It leads to a full discussion on the growth of artificial intelligence and the fears of the future with the hardware scarcity. 

Brett also plays Two Point Museum and talks about how its a masterclass in sim simplicity. It starts off with some easy mechanics and slowly builds you into a master at management. The simplistic artstyle and well-designed layouts add to the masterful design. If you haven't dove into a Two Point game, this one is a perfect entry!

Lastly, we recap our Fantasy Critic scores to see who won with picking which games not only would come out this year, but would score well.

Thank you all for listening this year! We look forward to seeing you again in 2026!

Show Notes:
1:19 - Housekeeping
3:25 - Dying Light the Beast Review: Unleash the Monster Within
31:23 - The Game Awards 2025: Recapping the Winners and Best Reveals
1:28:22 - The Crypto Crisis is Back: Memory Prices Are Insane
1:55:01 - Two Point Museum: A Masterclass in Sim Simplicity
2:20:08 - Fantasy Critic 2025: Who Won?
2:26:57 - Upcoming Video Game Releases

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