Listen "140: Game of the Year 2017"
Episode Synopsis
Join us as we finally put 2017 out of its misery! It was a great year for games, if nothing else, and we’re rounding up our favorite short- and non-short-games of 2017.
Our Game(s) of the year:
117: Night in the Woods
129: Pyre
Other Games Mentioned:
139: Reigns – Her Majesty
135: IFComp 2017 pt. 1
131: Tacoma
132: Sonic Mania
122: What Remains of Edith Finch
116: Linelight
123: The Sexy Brutale
114: Puyo Puyo (Series)
133: Nex Machina
Past GOTY episodes:
110: Game of the Year 2016
70: Game of the Year 2015
29: Game of the Year
There were a lot of great games in 2017 that we missed, some of which we hope to cover soon. Here’s our list:
Dream Daddy
Doki Doki Literature Club
Butterfly Soup
Gorogoa
Rakuen
West of Loathing
Universal Paperclips
Bury Me My Love
A Normal Lost Phone/Another Lost Phone
Four Last Things
Last Day in June
Heat Signature
Everything
Blackwood Crossing
Monument Valley 2
Framed 2
Hidden Folks
Nidhogg 2
Emily is Away Too
Finding Paradise (To the Moon sequel)
And a few games we’re looking forward to in 2018:
Donut County
Manifold Garden
Dreams
Florence
Moss
WATTAM
The Room: Original Sin
The Wolf Among Us Season 2
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Your hosts this year were:
Raygan Kelly – @raygank
Shane Kelly – @8bitShane
Nate Heininger – @natestl
Laura Nash – @laurajnash
(04:28) - Night in the Woods
(14:23) - Pyre
(21:06) - Other great short games of 2017
(40:49) - Non-Short GOTYs
(57:14) - Listener Responses and Games We Missed
(01:09:43) - Looking forward to 2018
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