Protecting Muppet Kayfabe

Editor's note: this week's episode failed to upload individual stems of each recording, which means this final product is a bit rougher than usual. This is John and Streamyard's fault. Jordan did a great job with it.

This week, Niki, Lotus, and John are all here to discuss the Biggest Night in Gaming™ aka The Game Awards. Included in the overall discussion:

• Casey Hudson's Star Wars RPG
• Larian's horrifying trailer for Divinity
• Capcom flubbing Leon Kennedy and Mega Man, somehow
• Control Resonant isn't quite what we want but that's okay
• Star Wars Galactic Racer is the Y2K game our failing economy yearns for
• The Street Fighter movie's vibes are off-the-charts bad
• Gang of Dragon sure does look like a Yakuza
• Ace Combat 8 is also here to remind us that the economy is in great shape
• 4Loop and Highguard are both incredibly DOA games
• Coven of the Chicken Foot is cute, but what else?
• Jon Blow's Order of the Sinking Star is a bunch of other stuff in one kind of confusion package
• Trailers allegedly cost anywhere between $450,000 and $1,000,000 to show at the event
• 19,000 games were released on Steam in 2025 and 49% of them have fewer than 10 reviews

We played:

• Angeline Era
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
• Pokémon Legends: Z-A

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