Holy crap we have a huge one with a few guests including Josh VanVeld of Xaviant!
The show kicks off with Josh of Xaviant joining us to talk about their brand new isometric twin stick roguelike Don’t Die, Minerva! now available on Xbox Game Preview! We chat about the creation of the game, the various mechanics of the game, and how to actually pronounce Xaviant! Plus the usual shenanigans you would expect when someone is interviewed by two sick people.
After Josh heads out, it’s the news of the week and Tim Ekkebus drops by to go over all of the news and excitement from the Video Game Awards 2019! From the winners and losers, to all of the news bits that happened including the long awaited reveal of the Xbox Series X! We also chat Minecraft & Mortal Kombat cross play, Sony’s MLB The Show going multiplatform, Resident Evil 3, Shovel Knight, Final Fantasy, and tons more! Plus reviews!
Tim reviews Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition bringing the long celebrated RPG to consoles from Beamdog. Dead End Job is a madcap twin stick shooter to bust up some ghosts from Ant Workshop & Headup Games. Gang Beasts is a silly and absurd multiplayer party game with a fresh physical release from Boneloaf, Double Fine Productions & Skybound Games.
We’ve got a trio of Xbox Game Pass titles to discuss, first with Demon’s Tilt the hack n’ slashish, shmupy, video game pinball release from WIZNWAR & FLARB LLC. Wandersong is a journey to save the world via song from Greb Lobanov & Humble Bundle. My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet of friendship and murdering everybody at the behest of a sentient banana from DeadToast Entertainment & Devolver Digital.
DarkMika writes in a review of Raging Loop, a visual novel of a man caught in a town of death from KEMCO & PQube. Cold Silence is a minimalistic horror platformer about surviving in a snowy mountain from Half-Face Games & Xitilon. Finally, we get our Ball Squad on as Grant Henry drops by to review Williams Pinball: Volume 5 bringing three Williams & Bally classics to the table from Zen Studios.
We end the show with some holiday cheer from the one and only Stemage!
Stemage – Christmas in Mercury