AVoCADo GamesCast #56: Body by Taco Bell: The 2019 Year-End GamesCast
Heya ‘Cados! It’s the podcast you’ve all been waiting for: the 2019 year-end run-down of all the news that happened and games that came out this year. Lovely Bones, The Kappa, and I contributed most of discussion, and we got top 3 lists from Andy Tuttle, Bresson, LittleMac, and Science is Bad as well. Thanks to The Kappa for putting it all together.
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Thanks to all of you for listening this year, and we’ll see you in 2020!
Timestamps:
0:15 – Introductions
3:55 – The Game Awards 2019
28:05 – The Ellie Fiasco
33:50 – Randy Pitchford, Friend of the Podcast
38:00 – January Releases
40:05 – Reggie Fils-Aime’s Retirement
49:15 – Cuts at Activision and EA
52:40 – February Releases, Battle Royales, and Epic Crunch
1:01:50 – Anthem, BioWare, and EA
1:10:25 – March Releases
1:12:55 – Skybound Games and Telltale’s Revival
1:18:55 – Days Gone and Other April Releases
1:21:50 – May News and Releases
1:25:15 – Microsoft’s Games and Acquisitions
1:30:45 – Bloodstained and Kickstarter Success
1:33:20 – July News and Releases
1:40:30 – Ooblets and the Epic Games Store
1:51:50 – Ancestors, Other August Happenings, and Skipping Games
2:03:00 – Nintendo Handhelds
2:06:15 – Apple Arcade and Amazon
2:12:10 – September Releases
2:16:35 – October News
2:18:35 – October Releases
2:26:25 – Fallout
2:29:20 – Little Town Hero
2:30:20 – BlizzCon and the Chinese Government
2:39:50 – Google Stadia
2:48:15 – November Releases
2:54:50 – The Riot Settlement
2:57:00 – Steam Not Approving Pro-Hong Kong Games
3:01:05 – Andy Tuttle’s Favourite Games of 2019
3:19:10 – Bresson’s Favourite Games of 2019
3:21:20 – LittleMac’s Favourite Games of 2019
3:28:10 – Science is Bad’s Favourite Games of 2019
3:40:55 – Lovely Bones’ Favourite Games of 2019
3:55:05 – The Kappa’s Favourite Games of 2019
4:10:30 – Merve’s Favourite Games of 2019
4:16:05 – Half-Life: Alyx
4:19:20 – Worst and Most Disappointing Games of 2019
