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We FINALLY get to discuss Anthem and how it is fun, but isn't quite doing it for us. Sam's been trying the new visual novel Arcade Spirits as well as Trials Rising. Cody's been checking out the simple, but addictive mobile game Helix Jump. Destiny 2 just launched Season of the Drifter and we've both jumped back into the game. And Cody's hype-meter is off the charts for the new Pokemon Sun & Shield games! contact@geekheartgames.com Twitter & Facebook: @geekheartgames Twitch.tv/GeekHeartGames geekheartgames.com/youtube geekheartgames.com/discord geekheartgames.com/shirts or geekheartgames.com/shirt Cody: @comicbookcody PSN: CaptainRedHood Sam: @sksuvak. PSN: Gizmoto_16 Xbox: Gizmoto16

It's our 1 Year Anniversary!! We celebrate with a laser light show, discuss how Geek Heart Games came to be, what other names we considered for the show and what this podcast and community means to us. We also have Geek Heart Trivia for listeners to play and we award the 1st Annual Geekies! We're so lucky to have been doing this for a year and we're thankful for everyone who's tuned in! You all are the best! contact@geekheartgames.com Twitter & Facebook: @geekheartgames Twitch.tv/GeekHeartGames geekheartgames.com/youtube geekheartgames.com/discord geekheartgames.com/shirts or geekheartgames.com/shirt Cody: @comicbookcody PSN: CaptainRedHood Sam: @sksuvak. PSN: Gizmoto_16 Xbox: Gizmoto16

We ended up having more than our normal share of Technical Difficulties this episode - Sam's internet went down in the middle of recording and did not come back in time to finish! Luckily, we did have time to wish Mr. Starry a speedy recovery, Cody to explain what a crazy movie Polar is and talk about trying the Devil May Cry 5 demo, and Sam to discuss Crackdown 3 and more about Apex Legends. Unfortunately, we didn't get to Anthem or any of the exciting Nintendo news. However, we tried to fill the episode outro with some of our fun pre-show banter. There are some audio issues as various clips were inserted. Hopefully, we'll have no whammies next week for our 1 Year Anniversary episode! As a reminder, we'd love to hear your favorite moments and memories from the past year with Geek Heart Games. You can write in or email us an audio clip to use on the show! contact@geekheartgames.com Twitter & Facebook: @geekheartgames Twitch.tv/GeekHeartGames geekheartgames.com/youtube geekheartgames.com/discord geekh

It's our 50th Episode (more or less)! And we're celebrating with a special episode answering all listener questions! You'll find out such exciting things like what sandwiches are our favorites and what we like on our sundaes (people had a lot of food questions). What iconic games have you never played? What video game world would you live in? How does Sam tolerate Cody's awful taste in music? You'll really get to know us in this episode! We're gearing up for our 1 Year Anniversary episode! We'd love to hear your favorite moments and memories from the past year with Geek Heart Games. You can write in or email us an audio clip to use on the show! contact@geekheartgames.com Twitter & Facebook: @geekheartgames Twitch.tv/GeekHeartGames geekheartgames.com/youtube geekheartgames.com/discord geekheartgames.com/shirts or geekheartgames.com/shirt Cody: @comicbookcody PSN: CaptainRedHood Xbox: IRONBuckeye8 Sam: @sksuvak. PSN: Gizmoto_16 Xbox: Gizmoto16

It's ALMOST our 50th episode! Be sure to send in your questions! This week, we go CRAZY about how much we love Apex Legends, the new free to play Battle Royale from Respawn that no one wanted, but everyone loves! Also, Sam's been playing Firewatch and we debut the newly retitled "Elder Scrolls Essentials". In a realty tv-ish turn of events, the latest Epic Games store free game, Axiom Verge was crashing because it was missing a "steam" file. We're gearing up for our 50th Episode and want your questions! Ask us anything (within rated M for Mature standards) contact@geekheartgames.com Twitter & Facebook: @geekheartgames Twitch.tv/GeekHeartGames geekheartgames.com/youtube geekheartgames.com/discord geekheartgames.com/shirts or geekheartgames.com/shirt Cody: @comicbookcody PSN: CaptainRedHood Xbox: IRONBuckeye8 Sam: @sksuvak. PSN: Gizmoto_16 Xbox: Gizmoto16

This week, Sam has the sense of humor of a 10 year old as Cody describes the villain "Molag Bal" from Elder Scrolls Online. She also laughs about enemies pooping out explosives in The Adventure Pals (thanks to the Handsome Phantom podcast and Massive Monster games for giving away the code!) And a little bit of Crackdown has her excited for the upcoming Crackdown 3. Destiny Download returns with some controversy over the Last Wish exotic quest. In Anthem news, we catch up on the different Javelins we got to play as and how we hope the open demo is smoother than last weekend. ALSO DON'T KILL GRABBITS YOU MONSTERS! In the news, we discuss what it means for Metro Exodus's last minute removal from Steam to go exclusive on the Epic Game Store. There also might be some surprise Breaking News, but you'll have to listen to find out! We're gearing up for our 50th Episode and want your questions! Ask us anything (within rated M for Mature standards) contact@geekheartgames.com Twitter & Facebook: @geekheartgames T

In this week's extra special Anthem Arrival Advisory, we talk about the "VIP Demo" Weekend - the good, the bad...but not the ugly because this game is gorgeous. In other games we've been playing, FutureGrind is the greatest, Elder Scrolls Online is having some amazing storylines and Resident Evil 2 is very Resident Evil-y. We finally catch up on the EA canceled Star Wars game news, and round things out with highlights from our PSN Year in Reviews. contact@geekheartgames.com Twitter & Facebook: @geekheartgames Twitch.tv/GeekHeartGames geekheartgames.com/youtube geekheartgames.com/discord geekheartgames.com/shirts or geekheartgames.com/shirt Cody: @comicbookcody PSN: CaptainRedHood Xbox: IRONBuckeye8 Sam: @sksuvak. PSN: Gizmoto_16 Xbox: Gizmoto16

This week, Cody tried out the Resident Evil 2 demo and returns to Elder Scrolls Online. Sam finished Valiant Hearts and Amplitude. She also is adamant that Ori and the Blind Forest should have won Game of the Year in 2015. Neither of us were too impressed with Portal Knights, but we love Steep! We introduce a new segment "Anthem Arrival Advisory" counting down our excitement to the release of Anthem! In a big news week, we talk about the Blackout free trial, Gamestop getting sold, Rocket League gets crossplay, the Division 2 comes exclusively to the Epic Game store on PC and there's rumors that SNES games will be coming to the Switch Online program. We queried our Discord friends to find out what games they most want to see. contact@geekheartgames.com Twitter & Facebook: @geekheartgames Twitch.tv/GeekHeartGames geekheartgames.com/youtube geekheartgames.com/discord geekheartgames.com/shirts or geekheartgames.com/shirt Cody: @comicbookcody. PSN: CaptainRedHood. Xbox: IRONBuckeye8 Sam: @sksuvak. PSN: Giz

Cody makes his triumphant return! Catching up, he's been loving the Castlevania series on Netflix (even though it sometimes puts people to sleep). We've both been playing some Assassin's Creed Odyssey and compare our romantic endeavors. Sam's been trying Alienation and New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe (and falling in love with baby Yoshi). Cody's been back in the MMORPG Tera and has started a new game+ for God of War. We attempt to resolve a bet regarding video game pricing and journey into Cody's Conspiracy Corner to discuss the Bungie/Activision split. contact@geekheartgames.com Twitter & Facebook: @geekheartgames Twitch.tv/GeekHeartGames geekheartgames.com/youtube geekheartgames.com/discord geekheartgames.com/shirts or geekheartgames.com/shirt Cody: @comicbookcody. PSN: CaptainRedHood. Xbox: IRONBuckeye8 Sam: @sksuvak. PSN: Gizmoto_16. Xbox: Gizmoto16. Battle.net: Gizmoto16#1887

It's a brand new year and Sam is flying solo! Cody will be back next week, but in the meantime, she catches you up on what she's been watching: Into the Spiderverse; Aquaman; Bird Box and Runaways. And she goes through all the games she's been playing including: Fitness Boxing, Mortal Kombat XL, Descender, Just Shapes & Beats, Valiant Hearts and Steep! For the news, she takes you through all free games this month on PS Plus, Xbox Gold and Twitch Prime. Also, go get What Remains of Edith Finch for free on the Epic Game store! contact@geekheartgames.com Twitter & Facebook: @geekheartgames Twitch.tv/GeekHeartGames geekheartgames.com/youtube geekheartgames.com/discord geekheartgames.com/shirts or geekheartgames.com/shirt Cody: @comicbookcody. PSN: CaptainRedHood. Xbox: IRONBuckeye8 Sam: @sksuvak. PSN: Gizmoto_16. Xbox: Gizmoto16. Battle.net: Gizmoto16#1887

It's our extra-special Game of the Year Spectacular! We go through our individual top 10 lists, celebrate the community voted Game of the Year and recognize some special categories. Spoilers for God of War from 2:20:30 to 2:29:23. Here's a list of the games we mention in this episode, in alphabetical order A Way Out Assassin's Creed Odyssey Battlefield V Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Celeste Destiny 2 Forsaken Florence Friday the 13th Killer Puzzle God of War Gris Marvel's Spider-Man Monster Hunter World Pokemon Let's Go Red Dead Redemption 2 Slay the Spire Starlink: Battle for Atlas Strange Brigade Super Smash Bros Ultimate Tetris Effect Yoku's Island Express contact@geekheartgames.com Twitter & Facebook: @geekheartgames Twitch.tv/GeekHeartGames geekheartgames.com/youtube geekheartgames.com/discord geekheartgames.com/shirts or geekheartgames.com/shirt Cody: @comicbookcody. PSN: CaptainRedHood. Xbox: IRONBuckeye8 Sam: @sksuvak. PSN: Gizmoto_16. Xbox: Gizmoto16. Battle.net: Gizmoto16#1887 Join our Destiny

Merry Geekmas everyone! We are going through our favorite memories from 2018! Including things like launching Geek Heart Games, cuddling with Aloy, a family trip to Wrestlemania, playing in Extra Life and more! Our gaming memories include Destiny 2, Resogun, Monster Hunter World, God of War, Roundabout and more! We also talk about games we've been playing this week including Serial Cleaner, Aftercharge Beta, Realm Royale and Mutant: Year Zero. Keep an eye out on Twitter for our Game of the Year polls starting Wednesday! contact@geekheartgames.com Twitter & Facebook: @geekheartgames Twitch.tv/GeekHeartGames geekheartgames.com/youtube geekheartgames.com/discord geekheartgames.com/shirts or geekheartgames.com/shirt Cody: @comicbookcody. PSN: CaptainRedHood. Xbox: IRONBuckeye8 Sam: @sksuvak. PSN: Gizmoto_16. Xbox: Gizmoto16. Battle.net: Gizmoto16#1887 Join our Destiny 2 Clan: Geek Heart Guardians

We've got some catching up to do after last week, so we've got a lot of games we've been playing to talk about including: Onrush, Cluster Truck, Notmycar Beta, Devil May Cry 1, 3, 4 & 5 beta, Quarantine Circular & Dragalia Lost. We've got a "quick" Destiny Download. (Starts about 1:00:00 and ends 1:17:12). In the news, Epic Games is making their cross-platform toolkit available to all developers for FREE! And they've launched their new Epic Games Store, a place to buy PC/mac games. They will take a much smaller cut from developers than Steam does! Then Discord announced that their game store will take even less from developers! So it's a good time to be an indie game developer! In our feature, we discuss which games we're most excited for in 2019 (or possibly coming in 2019...or we just hope might come in 2019). We list our top 6 as well as some listener choices. Games include Anthem (big surprise, right?), New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe, Devil May Cry 5, Trials Rising, The Division 2, Ghosts of Ts

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Time for the Game Awards and the Kinda Funny Showcase featuring so many new game announcements! We take you through some of the winners and what we're excited for. Some new games we talk about include: From the Game Awards: Sayanora Wild Hearts; The Stanley Parable; Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3; Far Cry New Dawn; Hades; Ancestors The Humankind Odyssey; Scavengers; Anthem; Crash Team Racing; The Outer Worlds; Dauntless; Atlas; Dragon Age; Survived By; Mortal Kombat XI; Psychonauts 2; Rage 2; Super Smash Bros adds Joker from Persona 5 From the Kinda Funny Showcase: At Sundown; Aftercharge; Adams Ascending (now on Kickstarter); Moving Out; Golf Blitz; Motorball; Guacamelee 2 now has Shirtless Arachnid Man and Portillo the dog as playable characters; Slay the Spire; Away - Journey to the Unexpected; Vane; Sumo; Vulpine; Turbolance, Supermarket Shriek; Stormdivers; The Walking Dead Final Season contact@geekheartgames.com Twitter & Facebook: @geekheartgames Twitch.

This week, we have BREAKING NEWS regarding Strange Brigade coming to Game Pass and Alien vs. Predator as well as Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning are now backwards compatible on Xbox! We're excited! We've been playing Spyro Remastered, Race the Sun, Call of Duty Black Ops 4 and Realm Royale! We haven't gotten enough time in Red Dead Online yet, but we know you have to make a rough looking character.... In other news, Warcraft is getting a mobile game similar to Pokemon Go; the Nintendo Creators program is ending so now creators can monetize their videos; and Cody goes in depth on the situation that is Fallout 76. We round things out with our predictions for some of the Game Awards winners! Tune in next week to see who got the most correct! Apologies - there are some slight audio issues we should have corrected by next episode contact@geekheartgames.com Twitter & Facebook: @geekheartgames Twitch.tv/GeekHeartGames geekheartgames.com/youtube geekheartgames.com/discord geekheartgames.com/shirts or gee

Pokemon Let's Go has arrived and we have a lot to talk about! The cuteness of catching adorable creatures is balanced out with the brutality of WWII as we also do a deep dive into Battlefield V. Other games we talk about include Diablo 3 (because Cody can't wait for Path of Exile) and Smite. And Sam got a bad ending in Serafina's Crown (from Woodsy Studios who also did Miraclr and Echoes of the Fey). We also recap our Black Friday buys. And that's about it. For real, we talked A LOT about Pokemon and Battlefield V. contact@geekheartgames.com Twitter & Facebook: @geekheartgames Twitch.tv/GeekHeartGames geekheartgames.com/youtube geekheartgames.com/discord geekheartgames.com/shirts or geekheartgames.com/shirt Cody: @comicbookcody. PSN: CaptainRedHood. Xbox: IRONBuckeye8 Sam: @sksuvak. PSN: Gizmoto_16. Xbox: Gizmoto16. Battle.net: Gizmoto16#1887 Join our Destiny 2 Clan: Geek Heart Guardians

This week, we talk Black Friday Deals and what we're thankful for in video games. Sam gives an update on Google's Project Stream Beta (turns out internet isn't super reliable). Cody has finished his Red Dead Redemption 2 journey and Sam has finished her Tetris Effect journey. We also talk Lineage 2: Revolution; Skate 3 and the Black Desert Beta. The best X018 news is that Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is coming to Game Pass - so go play that because it's one of our all time favorite games! In other news, Sony pulls out of E3, the Detective Pikachu trailer is winning everyone over and....no, I think that's all the news this week. contact@geekheartgames.com Twitter & Facebook: @geekheartgames Twitch.tv/GeekHeartGames geekheartgames.com/youtube geekheartgames.com/discord geekheartgames.com/shirts or geekheartgames.com/shirt Cody: @comicbookcody. PSN: CaptainRedHood. Xbox: IRONBuckeye8 Sam: @sksuvak. PSN: Gizmoto_16. Xbox: Gizmoto16. Battle.net: Gizmoto16#1887 Join our Destiny 2 Clan: Geek Heart Guar

This week, we give an in-depth recap of our Extra Life streaming last weekend. Special thanks to our Podcast Posse teammates and everyone who donated! Together, we raised $1,385 for children's hospitals! Cody has been playing more and more Red Dead Redemption 2, and it's becoming more likely it's one of his GOTY contenders! He also reiterates how wonderful Tetris Effect is! Sam's trying out Reigns: Game of Thrones and Infinity Runner (her decision to buy cheap games is validated!!) Sam also completed her first Raid in Destiny! And she's super excited that this month's PS Plus games includes Roundabout!! Go download that diamond in the rough! Other games discussed: Stardew Valley, Call of Duty Blackops, Jeopardy, Killing Floor, Super Meatboy, Immortal Redneck, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, Strange Brigade. contact@geekheartgames.com Twitter & Facebook: @geekheartgames Twitch.tv/GeekHeartGames geekheartgames.com/youtube geekheartgames.com/discord geekheartgames.com/shirts or geekheartgames.com/shirt

We decided to try something new and exciting by Live Streaming our podcast recording!! We hit some snags, so please excuse the technical difficulties! The Extra Life streaming weekend is over and we thank everyone who donated as well as everyone who tuned into our streams - you all are the best! Also, you can still donate year-round at http://geekheartgames.com/extralife Six-Shooter Sam and Cody the Kid release their inner cowpokes as they give their opinions on Red Dead Redemption 2. We've also been playing the Tetris Effect Demo; Starlink: Battle for Atlas; Maple Story 2 and in the most surprising of twists....Cody has returned to Resident Evil 7!!! We also have what might be our last Horror Check In as we discuss the new Halloween movie as well as the Netflix anthology movie Tales of Halloween and the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. We skip our usual Destiny Download but bring you the exciting news that the base game of Destiny 2 is FREE ON PC until Nov 18, so go claim your free game no

Extra Life is coming Nov 2 & 3. You can donate at geekheartgames.com/ExtraLife As our month of horror is drawing to a close, we look back at horror games through the ages. Starting with games like Killer Shark and Haunted House, progressing through the 80's crash gabs with Halloween, Friday the 13th (for commodore 64) and Ghostbusters, to the dawning of our more well known franchises like Silent Hill and Resident Evil, then to the 2000's with Dead Rising and Dead Space, and finally into our modern era with Until Dawn, Outlast, the Evil Within & Doom. We also take a look at different genres like Asymmetrical (Friday the 13th; Dead by Daylight), Survival (everything tends to get lumped into survival), Horror Adventure (Until Dawn), Horror Shooters (Dead Space & Doom), and Horror Puzzles (Friday the 13th Killer Puzzles; Limbo; Inside). We also have our regular Horror Check in where Cody's been listening to the 80's Slasher Librarian on YouTube, reading the classic Friday the 13th: Church of the D