It’s Almost The Weekend

92: Video Games we Loved in 2023

You love it, we love it, it's our favorite time of year... top games we played this year the list episode!
This is an in person eppy, and the vibes are pretty immaculate if I do say so myself. 
Not much to say about this one. It's a list of the games we loved this year. Not necessarily games that came out this year, but just games that we played this year that we haven't played before. 
You can tell us YOUR favorite games this year too if you like, at our email, or just yell it really loud and we might hear it!!
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Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk

91: Practical Uses for AI In Game Dev

AI. That ol' thing. I think it sucks. It doesn't really do a good job of anything, apart from ripping off artists. But that's a story for another time. This week, we talk about some practical uses from a list of suggestions Joe brought. I'd like to think all these things would be doable in the very near future... but only if we can get over deep faking images of Trump onto Jimmy Kimmels body and generating endless art slop.
 
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Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk

90: What is an indie game?

Indie games. Wah. Huh. 
What are they good for?!Absolutely many things.Say it with me now...
INDIE GAMES. WAH.. HUH.What are they goood for...
Wait. What is an indie game. Who ARE indie developers. There's a strict definition to this term. And despite the fact this topic was Joe's, Darian has BIG thoughts about it (thank goodness because Joe had nothin').
 
So step along, write a chiptune song, develop another pixel art platformer with an anthro character and secure funding.. as we step into this weeks episode. WHAT IS AN INDIE GAME.
 
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Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk

89: Tutorials

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Search for It's Almost The Weekend Podcast.
Press our smiling faces with your gamer finger.
Select the episode titled "89 - Tutorials".
Listen. Enjoy. Share. 
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Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk

88: Game Club Spotlight: Return Of The Obra Dinn

Join us this week, as Darian enjoys what is likely going to be one of his favorite video game experiences ever, and Joe has an emotional breakdown! 
Hop aboard this rickety vessel of podcasting, as we sail of into the waters of games club. 
So strap up your finest pirate boots, don whatever hat is best related to your rank aboard this ship with far too many souls on it, and brandish your sword to battle the creatures of the deep.
 
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Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk

87: Story Vs. Storytelling feat. Monday Sandwich

Coming in at what is easily our long episode, our very special guest Phoebe [REDACTED] joins us to talk Story and Story telling.
To be frank, I can hardly remember what we spoke about. There was heaps of news, and the topic was gracefully guided by Darian. At one point I said that 2001 A Space Odyssey was "boring" and called the disc slot on the xbox the "disc wound". That's about it.
So recline your comfortable story reading chair, gather around the younglings, light a candle on a handle and get ready for some STORIES vs STORYTELLING.
 
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Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk

86: Q&A

We got a fabulous email from dear listener Alexander. They left a bunch of cool questions for us to go through,
and go through those questions we did! We haven't done a list-like eppy in a hot minute, so it was nice to just sit back and read through some answers, get into our usual screaming matches about whatever it is we normally scream about... etc.
Enjoy!
 
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Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk

85: Movement

This week the dynamic duo attempt to pick apart one of the very core aspects to video games; Movement. 
How does one move. When, and why?! Why even move at all. Isn't it far more comfortable on this tram? It's raining outside... the heater is on. There's barely anyone here. BUT WAIT. The tram is MOVING. It's inescapable. You cannot avoid movement. You can only look directly into it's sagging maw... eyes agog. 
So enjoy!
 
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Episode Music by ViDEOGOMEZ @videogomez 
The track is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbili2tqDk