Welcome to Episode 3 of the Push-Start Podcast. As Josh was away this week the hosting chair was passed to our Editorial Chief James Steel, but don’t worry, we still have all of our regular features to keep you up to date on all the gaming news of the week. Featuring the familiar voices of Edward Westman (Films Editor) and Shaun Greenhaff (PS3 Chief), we are also joined by Barry Davis, a recent addition to our team here who spends much of his time adding features and tuning our website, making sure that it doesn’t explode! Hit that play button to hear us discuss what we’ve all been up to, the biggest stories of the week, the Quiz and of course the competition for a lovely Alan Wake ‘The Signal’ code! Enjoy
Starting with the top 128 best rated games on Metacritic and putting them head-to-head tournament style! The round of 16 for the March Madness Podcast. Vote for which games you think should go through!
GETL Podcast says: "In episode 81 we discuss the interesting nuance surrounding narrative and lore elements within video games, and how this interactive medium is both a boon and a curse for lore junkies".
The short answer is, it depends on the game and whether or not narrative is the focus. For example, maybe it's important to provide us with the social commentary that accompanies the fall of civilization as we come face to face with the dark side of humanity in the struggle for survival. On the other hand, maybe we just need to shoot zombies, and that's cool too. The videogame medium is versatile enough to allow for either approach, some combination of both, or something in between.
As 2021 comes to a close, Brendan, Chris, Dayna, and Jordan look back on the year; the highs, the lows, and CGM's new GOTY nominations as voted on by our wonderful audience.
