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Light spoilers for Dexter: New Blood @ roughly the 34min mark.

In effort to subvert expectations on their annual “Game of the Year” show and in effort to reflect the changing times of both the podcast and changes on what a “release year” is for a video game, Dan joins Ali, Bera, and Tristan to recount the year that was 2021. They cover their surprises, disappointments, and favorite things of the year, before ultimately looking ahead to 2022.

Music, in order of appearance:

Japanese Breakfast – Better the Mask

Masayoshi Soken and THE PRIMALS w/ Sam Carter from Architects – ENDWALKER

Best of the Year 2021

Ali

Biggest Surprise(s)

  • That high expectations weren’t unfounded on anything this year

Biggest Disappointment(s)

  • The Mass Effect Trilogy Remastered

Favorite Things of 2021

  • A weighted blanket
  • Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
  • Dune
  • The Green Knight
  • Pig
  • Untitled Goose Game
  • The Expanse

What I am looking forward to in 2022

  • The Northman
  • The new Sonic the Hedgehog movie

Bera

Biggest Surprise(s)

  • How much I loved Berserk (manga)

Biggest Disappointment(s)

  • Dexter: New Blood

Favorite Things of 2021

  • Hades
  • Young Justice
  • Berserk
  • The French Dispatch
  • Psychonauts 1
  • Dune
  • The Green Knight
  • Last Night in Soho
  • No Time to Die
  • Uncharted 4
  • The Mitchells vs the Machines
  • Luca
  • Encanto
  • WandaVision
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home

What I am looking forward to in 2022

  • The Northman

Dan

Biggest Surprise(s)

  • Guardians of the Galaxy

Biggest Disappointment(s)

  • The Witcher: Season 2

Favorite Things of 2021

  • VR / Half-Life Alyx
  • Fleet Foxes – Shore
  • Running Curse of Strahd & Waterdeep Dragon Heist in D&D 5e
  • Valheim
  • Halo Infinite
  • Inscryption
  • Chicory: A Colorful Tale

What I am looking forward to in 2022

  • Elden Ring

Tristan

Biggest Surprise(s)

  • No More Heroes 3

Biggest Disappointment(s)

  • The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
  • The Matrix Resurrections

Favorite Things of 2021

  • Persona 5 Strikers
  • Resident Evil VIII
  • Psychonauts 2
  • Metroid Dread
  • Inscryption

What I am looking forward to in 2022

  • Komi Can’t Communicate: Season 2