Good Game Great Game

Wow, approaching the writing of the description for the final goodbye episode of Good Game, Great Game is...tough, man. It's been an amazing year and a half. You all have been amazing. We're still stunned at the love and feedback and response we've gotten. As we now put our podcast child to rest, let's just say this. Thank you for the love. Thank you for the support. Thank you for the conversations. Thank you for the laughs. Thank you for the tears. Thank you for the friendship. Thank you for your energy. Thank you for your time. Thank you for all you've given us, and for loving what we've given you. Thank you for you, amazing listener. Keep doing you, keep be you, keep loving you. You got us here, you're so great, and we love and cherish all of you. Also?Your hair looks friggin' fantastic every day.For one last round, your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich, Kevin Ruiter, and Andrew OrsieIntro / Outro Song: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket (thejamesrocket.bandcamp.com)Please go give them a listen, seriously, if you have not!On Deck: The rest of our lives! Who knows what the future holds?Support the show

We love mashups. We LOVE mashups. It's like taking two beloved children, one in each hand, and then smushing those hands together and see what kind of squishy weird new child comes from forcing those two together into one big ball of Play Doh. Like, yeah, you're still gonna get that good good Play Doh smell, but will you be able to shove that big new ball into the Play Doh spaghetti machine and actually get beautiful color-swirled noodles out of it? Or is the structural integrity of those colors fundamentally removed and now we're just getting long strings of muted brown poop Play Doh? THESE ARE THE EXISTENTIAL QUESTIONS THAT TOKYO MIRAGE SESSIONS PUTS IN YOUR HEAD! Well, that and things like "COOL OR CUTE?!?!?!!1??!"Your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich, Kevin Ruiter, and Andrew OrsieGames/topics discussed this episode (with timestamps!):Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (~ 6:17)Good Omens (~ 10:30)Pokemon Conquest (~13:24)Project X Zone (~17:33)Scooby's Laff-a-Lympics (~20:17)Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (~27:54)Tokyo Mirage Sessions #Fe Encore (~ 40:25)Intro / Outro Song: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket (thejamesrocket.bandcamp.com)Break Song: "Raindrop Memory" by Mamori MinamotoOn Deck: More Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore, The Last of Us, Kingdom Hearts III Re:MindYou can follow Good Game, Great Game on Twitter and Instagram at @GoodGreatGame. We also have a Patreon now if you'd like to further support us! https://www.patreon.com/goodgamegreatgameSupport the show

If there's one thing you should take away from this one, it's that maybe if Tony Hawk was a character in Smash, people would recognize him more. Then again, he might use his skateboard in a slashing motion and become another goddamn sword boi so maybe we take that back. Also, we all had a few drinks before we got into this one, so rails? GET OUTTA HERE, BUDDIES. No time for rails, we've got some OFFROADING TO DO. In our flip flops.Your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich, Kevin Ruiter, and Andrew OrsieGames/topics discussed this episode (with timestamps!):Byleth in Smash Ultimate (~ 4:03)Our Dream Challenger Pack 2 rosters (~ 15:24)Tokyo Mirage Sessions #Fe Encore (~ 45:00)Intro / Outro Song: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket (thejamesrocket.bandcamp.com)Break Song: "Reincarnation" by Kurono Kiria (Nanjou Yoshino)On Deck: More Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore, The Last of Us, Kingdom Hearts III Re:MindYou can follow Good Game, Great Game on Twitter and Instagram at @GoodGreatGame. We also have a Patreon now if you'd like to further support us! https://www.patreon.com/goodgamegreatgameSupport the show

We're dropping in one last time on Norman Reedus and his fetus this week to finally break down what the heck happened in Death Stranding. Who the heck is Amelie? Why can't motorcycles drive up rocks well? If you give a MULE a cookie, is he going to ask for a glass of milk? Can we confirm if Hideo Kojima is still alive at this point, or is he just a recorded hologram dictating plot threads to a team of developers who are furiously trying to put them together before the end of the recorded material. And we'll tackle the most important question of all: who thought that "Princess Beach" was a pun that fit acceptably into this particular game?Your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich, Kevin Ruiter, and Andrew OrsieGames/topics discussed this episode (with timestamps!):Death Stranding (the whole time - FULL SPOILERS FOR THE GAME)Intro / Outro Song: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket (thejamesrocket.bandcamp.com)Break Song: "BB's Theme" from the Death Stranding OSTOn Deck: Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore, The Last of Us, Kingdom Hearts III Re:MindYou can follow Good Game, Great Game on Twitter and Instagram at @GoodGreatGame. We also have a Patreon now if you'd like to further support us! https://www.patreon.com/goodgamegreatgameSupport the show

Ahhhh the end of the holidays! When we can all finally relax with all that gift giving and celebrating and just settle into our seasonal depression like a wet, warm blanket. Speaking of wet blankets, Zach, Andrew, and Kev are back at last from winter break and we played SO MANY THINGS. At least two! We're gonna talk about all those, along with gripping topics like retirement homes, food poisoning, tax audits, and we're gonna answer the question that will define 2020 for everyone we think: what's the difference between food and drug? You're welcome, world. With that out of the way, we can probably just move on to 2021 now, I'm tired of this year, thanks.Your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich, Kevin Ruiter, and Andrew OrsieGames/topics discussed this episode (with timestamps!):Ys VIII (~12:05)Kingdom Hearts III (~16:02)Fire Emblem: Three Houses (~26:30)Jedi Fallen Order (~50:42)Halo: Reach (~1:04:41)Super Mario 3D World (~1:17:28)Baba is You (~1:19:19)Threes (~1:21:34)Listener Tweets/Questions! (~1:23:33)The NFL Playoffs (~1:36:37  -  post outro music)Intro / Outro Song: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket (thejamesrocket.bandcamp.com)Break Song: "Tearing Through Heaven" from the FE 3 Houses OSTOn Deck: Death Stranding full spoilercast, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore, The Last of Us, Kingdom Hearts III Re:MindSupport the show

That's right, friends, it's December, which means it's time for those very very good awards that go to video games of all kinds. Oh, you thought we meant the Game Awards? No, no, we're gonna trash talk those guys on this episode. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GIGIS. The network renewed us so we've got another red carpet night of stars, songs, and celebration while we hand out meaningless arbitrary titles that Andrew made up in the forms of three boys loudly fighting about which of their opinions is more right! It's the season for giving, after all! Will we agree on everything? Will we agree on ANYTHING? You'd better not change that channel, cause we're gonna answer all these questions and no other questions besides those!That being said, as this is our last episode of 2019, a very very happy holidays to all of you and yours. We remain eternally grateful for you, our listeners, and hope you'll follow us into the new decade and see what we've got coming in 2020!Your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich, Kevin Ruiter, and Andrew OrsieGames/topics discussed this episode (with timestamps!):The Game Awards 2019 (~2:24)Forza Horizon 4 Battle Royale mode (~34:50)The 2nd Annual Gigis (~41:28)Intro / Outro Song: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket (thejamesrocket.bandcamp.com)On Deck: The Holidays! And finishing up Death Stranding when we get back!Support the show

Now that our bellies have finally digested that Thanksgiving feast we had, it's time to get back into the hard hitting questions that you've come to expect out of Good Game, Great Game. Andrew and Zach are here today to tackle inquiries such as what would happen if you Instagrammed your poop? Has this been a bad year for the crops? What is a battle royale? Is Overwatch one (spoiler: no)? Is a Super Smash Bros stock battle one (spoiler: yes)? Are pancakes delicious (spoiler: also yes)? Sorry for answering all these questions as we go along, I just know that the answers are super clear and want you all to not. Get. It. TWISTED.Also, not news, but Celine Dion is just straight up the greatest and It's All Coming Back to Me Now is a straight up masterpiece of our time.Your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich and Andrew OrsieGames/topics discussed this episode (with timestamps!):State of Play December 2019 (~6:14)Control (~25:35)Soul Calibur VI *but kinda the whole series* (~43:14)Star Ocean: First Departure R (~54:45)Fire Emblem: Three Houses *yes, again* (~1:16:45)Pokemon Sword and Shield (~1:27:00)Intro / Outro Song: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket (thejamesrocket.bandcamp.com)On Deck: More Death Stranding, More Pokemon Sword & Shield, The 2nd Annual Gigi AwardsSupport the show

Do you enjoy a nice healthy Thanksgiving dinner table argument? Cause that's basically what the boys did this week. We're sitting around the dinner table and inviting you to break bread with us in this holiday season. And then we're gonna yell loudly about things like Game Award nominees, whether we're satisfied with the delivery services we've been using for holiday gift deliveries, and the music of the raucous youth. Settle in and bask in the awkward silence that we leave you to sit in when, oops! we brought up politics with Uncle Jim and now off he goes. And we're not even helping to shut him down; we DID start the fire, and while yes, it was always burning since the world's been turning, we're NOT trying to fight it, we're just leaving everyone else in the lurch to deal with it.Feel free to Google that reference, 2000s babies.Your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich, Andrew Orsie and Kevin Ruiter.Games/topics discussed this episode (with timestamps!):Game Awards nominations 2019 (~6:05)Pokemon Sword and Shield (~35:16)The Outer Worlds (~50:10)Death Stranding (~53:11)Intro / Outro Song: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket (thejamesrocket.bandcamp.com)On Deck: More Death Stranding, More Pokemon Sword & Shield, The 2nd Annual Gigi AwardsSupport the show

Wow, what a dream it is to finally put on our delivery scrubs and strap in our fetal baby and run through vast expanses of plain riddled with aging rain and wandering goop ghosts and OCD delivery guys who JUST WANNA GET THAT JOB DONE. We're doing it for the likes on this week's episode, where we're starting our talks on both Death Stranding AND Pokemon Sword and Shield and it's a very good time. Also sorry we didn't address the Game Awards nominees we recorded a day too early. Let us live. WE'RE SORRY, OKAY? WE'LL DO IT NEXT WEEK. I KNOW WE SUCK. I GET IT. But hey, side note, you like amiibos? Zach likes amiibos. Feel free to donate to the Zach Amiibo Fund that doesnt exist but for his wallet's sake probably should (don't donate to that give to good charities).Your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich, Andrew Orsie and Kevin Ruiter.Games/topics discussed this episode (with timestamps!):XO19 (~4:10)Pokemon Sword and Shield (~21:55)Amiibos (~43:20)Death Stranding (~48:00)Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite (weird, right?) (~1:23:20)Intro / Outro Song: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket (thejamesrocket.bandcamp.com)On Deck: More Death Stranding, More Pokemon Sword & Shield, The 2nd Annual Gigi AwardsSupport the show

Here we are, folks, living in the era of Disney+. Our lives are indefinitely changed now. How will we move forward? That's up to Disney to decide. Honestly, that's not new though. Of perhaps much bigger concern, like WHAT WERE THOSE OBELISKS YOSEPH TALKED TO IN ASTRAL CHAIN? WHERE DID THEY GO? WHAT'S GOING ON? The answers to these questions and to many other questions will likely never be known. But we CAN confidently say that the Star Wars prequels will never be good movies, and if that's the one small comfort we have in an upcoming post-apocalyptic world, I have faith we'll make it through that together.Your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich, Andrew Orsie and Kevin Ruiter.Intro / Outro Song: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket (thejamesrocket.bandcamp.com)On Deck: Death Stranding, Pokemon Sword & Shield, The 2nd Annual GigisSupport the show

Is that a Nintendo Switch in your pants or are you just happy to see us? We've got a trifecta of four games that we talk about today (I WASN'T A MATH MAJOR, OKAY) but really, the only burning question we're seeking an answer to here is what kind of darn accent does John Wayne have? Seriously. Is that Southern? It's not Southern, right? Midwest? Did Midwestern accents exist in cowboy times? Were cowboy times a thing? Was that more an invented era that's been glorified and glamourized by Hollywood for money over the years and in reality it was just some dudes on horses in hats who sometimes shot guns but mostly had the runs a lot? WHEN DOES IT STOP BEING PARTLY CLOUDY AND CHANGE TO BEING PARTLY SUNNY? WHO DRAWS THAT LINE?Your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich, Andrew Orsie and Kevin Ruiter.Intro / Outro Song: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket (thejamesrocket.bandcamp.com)On Deck: More Astral Chain, Death Stranding, Pokemon Sword & ShieldSupport the show

Zach has a lot of apologizing to do in this spook-laden episode (Note: There are actually no spooks in this episode. We tried to get in the Halloween Spirit, but we were too busy playing Outer Worlds to remember to take a trip the the nearest Spirit Halloween.) Your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich and Andrew Orsie. Intro / Outro Music: We Are Here For You by The James Rocket (thejamesrocket.bandcamp.com) Please Rate and Review the show on Apple Podcasts! On Deck: More Astral Chain & The Outer Worlds, Death Stranding, Pokemon Sword & Shield. Support the show

Does it make sense to own both glasses and contacts? Do steroids lead to nipple rubbing? Is dismemberment actually beneficial to your health and the big pharma companies have been lying to us about Advil this whole time IT NEVER HELPS WITH MY HEADACHES, COME ON, DUDE. We're time-travelling back to 1995 and 1997 in this episode to answer these hard-hitting questions and hey, maybe we'll play a game or two while we're back there but DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO, MOM, I'LL CLEAN MY EFFING ROOM LATER yeah sorry i'll watch my language please don't ground me. yes i did my homework. no i didn't tell dad to pick up my sister from band practice she's still there uh oh.Your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich, Andrew Orsie and Kevin Ruiter.Intro / Outro Song: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket (thejamesrocket.bandcamp.com)On Deck: Astral Chain, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD, Death Stranding, Pokemon Sword & ShieldSupport the show

We're talkin' favorite Animes, 2020 games we're simply JAZZED about, what the HECK is wrong with Pop Music, and of course Xemnas is a sympathetic character it's right there in the script what are you talking about. Get your self a postage stamp and MAIL YOUR EARS TO YOUR HEADPHONES, YOU DWEEB, It's Goodbag Time!Your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich, Andrew Orsie and Kevin Ruiter.Intro / Outro Song: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket (thejamesrocket.bandcamp.com)On Deck: SNES Double Feature #2 (Yoshi's Island and Kirby's Dream Land 3), Astral Chain, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD, Death Stranding, Pokemon Sword & Shield) Support the show

Ever have the urge to just get your neighbor's goose? Love goosin' around but don't have the proper sandbox and/or pub and/or street corner to do it in? Are you a goose, listening to this podcast for the past year thinking, "Boy, these guys are okay, but they're no geese. Wish they would do relatable content for me, a goose. I'd like to know that they understand my problems and can offer me solutions, things like how to open an umbrella INSIDE of a TV store instead of outside of it, or how to set my table with only pepper and no salt like a heathen, or how to tell my parents that family therapy might be a good thing for all of us because geese tend to have trouble maintaining a healthy nuclear family. Boy, do I wish one day."? TODAY'S YOUR DAY, GOOSE. And hey, goose? It's always your day. We're always thinking about goose. Goose goose goose goose.Geese Discussed: Untitled Goose Game, Slay the Spire, The Politician, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Gears 5 Your Goose Goose Gang is Zach Rich, Kevin Ruiter, and Andrew Orsie. Intro / Outro Goose-ic: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket Geese On Deck: The 3rd Goodbag Episode, SNES Double Feature 2, Astral Chain, Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz HD, Death Stranding, Pokemon Sword and ShieldSupport the show

Kevin's in Mexico this week doing a vacation or some nonsense, and Outer Wilds is at least three times as long as we expected, so please enjoy a discussion of many, many things in this episode that once again, we totally kept very short as we intended to. Plus, some heated discussion and bargaining occurs when we talk about Sony's State of Play and Zach still doesn't wanna play The Last of Us. Don't worry, friends, we'll get him there. Games Discussed: Apple Arcade, Mario Kart Tour, Sony State of Play, The Last of Us II, Outer Wilds, Link's Awakening Your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich and Andrew Orsie. Intro / Outro Music: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket On Deck: Untitled Goose Game, The 3rd Goodbag Episode, SNES Double Feature 2, Astral Chain, Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz HD, Death Stranding, Pokemon Sword and ShieldSupport the show

Spoiler time! The gang dive headfirst into the Post-Timeskip side of Fire Emblem: Three Houses. How does the game balance out the branching story lines? What happened in the routes not taken? Who's gettin' hitched to who? Did anyone give Dedue is due? Sorry. I'll see myself out.Your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich, Andrew Orsie, and Kevin Ruiter.Intro / Outro Song: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket.On Deck: Outer Wilds, Untitled Goose Game, Goodbag #3Support the show

Well, hello there. Glad you could make it to the party. Coats go upstairs; just throw them on my bed. Did you bring a dish to pass? What's that? A Tapioca Pudding? You saucy devil, how did you know? I LOVE Tapioca. Did you want to play a game? One little game; come on, now. Remember how much we played games when we were young? Ah, how you would chase me around the old oak tree in your parents backyard. We would laugh, and laugh. We would look up in the stars and think to ourselves about the infinite future that awaited us. What happened to those kids, I wonder? Yes, yes, capitalism, I know. Sigh. What I would give to have those days back. But, that's enough about my belly-aching for a wasted youth back. That game, then? Oh, fine. Maybe after some Tapioca. God, you still know how to captivate my heart.Other Things Discussed: Our Five Favorite Games Covered on the Show (so far) Your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich, Andrew Orsie, and Kevin Ruiter. Intro / Outro Song: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket On Deck: Outer Wilds, Untitled Goose Game, Goodbag #3Support the show

We're still dealing with slight scheduling issues this week, so please enjoy this really short episode in which Andrew and Zach spend a very small amount of time talking about twenty million video games. Plus, some super really late thoughts on the last Nintendo Direct (YAY Tokyo Mirage Sessions!), and *sniff, sniff* ... do you smell that? Why, it's the 2-0 Buffalo Bills! Have a seat, Bills. Feel uncomfortable about Blair Witch with me. Really feel it in your bones, yeah. Right in all those bones. Games Discussed: Fantasia: Music Evolved, Kingdom Hearts III, Blair Witch, Gears 5, Dicey Dungeons, Slay the Spire, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Xenoblade Chronicles X Your Good Great Gang is Zach Rich and Andrew Orsie. Intro / Outro Music: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket On Deck: The GGGG 50th Episode Spectacular, Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Pt. 3), Outer Wilds, Untitled Goose GameSupport the show

Kevin's Dad told us his favorite parts of an episode are when the three of us are fighting about something, so to Mr. Ruiter, this one is for you. More Fire Emblem Talk, ahoy!Your Good Great Gang are Zach Rich, Andrew Orsie, and Kevin Ruiter. Intro / Outro Song: "We Are Here For You" by The James Rocket (thejamesrocket.bandcamp.com) On Deck: An 50th Episode Special, Outer Wilds, Untitled Goose Game. Support the show