Ep. 274 - Game of the Year 2022

Our panel debates the rankings greatest video games of 2022, and devises cryptic inscriptions for each one so that others may follow their path. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

NOMINATIONS:

• Frank Round 1 (08:37)
• Tim Round 1 (12:35)
• Brandon Round 1 (17:46)
• Frank Round 2 (28:29)
• Tim Round 2 (33:55)
• Brandon Round 2 (36:49)
• Frank Round 3 (44:22)
• Tim Round 3 (57:18)
• Brandon Round 3 (01:04:08)
• Frank Round 4 (01:11:09)
• Tim Round 4 (01:17:20)
• Brandon Round 4 (01:24:33)
• Frank Round 5 (01:33:50)
• Tim Round 5 (01:47:03)
• Brandon Round 5 (01:54:16)
• Frank Round 6 (02:02:43)
• Tim Round 6 (02:05:34)
• Brandon Round 6 (02:10:14)
• Frank Round 7 (02:15:14)
• Tim Round 7 (02:19:30)
• Brandon Round 7 (02:25:14)
• Wrap-up (02:36:25)

Visit our forum thread to see the finalized list

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
• The Deal Guy
• Nope (2022)
• Fry’s Electronics
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
• Game Dude
• Five Fingers for Marseilles (2017)
• They Live (1988)
• Them! (1954)
• Capriotti’s
• Elden Ring
• Elden Ring Message System (ERMS)
• PowerSlave: Exhumed
• System Shock series
• Metroid Prime
• DOOM
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3
• Xenoblade series
• Xenosaga series
• Tetsuya Takahashi
• Balan Wonderworld
• Baten Kaitos series
• F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch
• Loop Hero
• Citizen Sleeper
• Inscryption
• Into the Breach
• Return to Monkey Island
• Monkey Island series
• Immortality
• Her Story
• Telling L!es
• Paradise Killer
• Neon White
• Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective
• Donut County
• Celeste
• Virtual Hydlide
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• Bloodborne
• Demon’s Souls
• Dark Souls
• VaatiVidya
• Fextralife build guides
• Iron Pineapple
• Call of Duty series
• Signalis
• Silent Hill series
• Biohazard / Resident Evil series
• Vampire Survivors
• Castlevania / Akumajō Dracula series
• Ridiculous Fishing
• Sonic Frontiers
• Resident Evil 4 HD Project
• Grand Theft Auto series
• Stray
• Nintendo Direct 2.8.2023
• Shin Megami Tensei IV
• Shin Megami Tensei series
• Fire Emblem series
• Etrian Odyssey series
• Soul Hackers 2
• Ghostwire: Tokyo
• Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
• Persona 5
• Yo-kai Watch series
• Pokémon games
• Astral Chain
• Devil May Cry series
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• WarioWare series
• Ranger X
• Sega Announces Plan To Make A “Super Game”
• Crazy Taxi series
• Jet Grind Radio series
• Panzer Dragoon series
• Fortnite: Battle Royale
• Judgment / Judge Eyes series
• Jack Reacher
• Freedom Planet 2
• Flappy Bird
• Horizon: Zero Dawn
• Sonic creator Yuji Naka arrested in insider trading scandal
• Solar Ash
• Shadow of the Colossus
• Tunic
• Landstalker
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• Crusader of Centy
• Magic Knight Rayearth
• Lil Gator Game
• A Short Hike
• Yooka-Laylee
• Banjo-Kazooie
• Boku no Natsuyasumi series
• Brandon Boyer
• Frog Detective 3
• Pocky & Rocky Reshrined
• Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• God of War
• Uncharted series
• Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
• Ghost of Tsushima
• Horizon II: Forbidden West
• God of War: Ragnarök
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land
• Pentiment
• Harvestella
• Various Daylife
• Octopath Traveler
• Triangle Strategy
• Bravely Default series
• Playdate
• Keita Takahashi
• Casual Birder
• Dragon Quest Treasures
• Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
• Nioh
• Final Fantasy
• Phantasy Star Online
• Kingdom Hearts series
• Limp Bizkit
• Chained Echoes
• Japanese raccoon dog
• Sonic Mania
• The Ninja Warriors series
• Wild Guns
• Darius series
• Pocky & Rocky series
• Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration
• Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
• The Quarry
• Splatoon 3
• Mofumofusensen
• The Callisto Protocol
• Evil West
• Weird West
• Star Ocean: The Divine Force
• Voice of Cards series
• Saturnalia
• NeverAwake
• Sifu
• Scorn
• Air Twister
• Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation - The Endless Seven-Day Journey
• Babylon’s Fall
• Wolf’s Rain

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