<p>Come for the Game Awards hate, stay for the car hate. Come to think of it, good bit of hater energy in this one...</p><p><br></p><p><strong>THINGS MENTIONED</strong></p><p>00:54 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKrKTwtukE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Steam Machine</a></p><p>11:52 <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/half-life-fans-are-in-a-frenzy-over-the-prospect-of-a-half-life-3-announcement-that-theres-almost-no-good-reason-to-believe-is-happening/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Half-Life fans are in a frenzy over the prospect of a Half-Life 3 announcement that there's (almost) no good reason to believe is happening - PC Gamer</a></p><p>16:36 It's Zelda movie time</p><p>Further reading: <a href="https://x.com/SlLENTPRINCESS/status/1989540245579157945" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">leaked tweets</a> & <a href="https://x.com/Nintendo/status/1990434768853606880https://x.com/Nintendo/status/1990434768853606880" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">a Miyamoto tweet</a></p><p>24:52 <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/823675/ea-f1-25-2026-2027-dlc-expansion-update-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">EA will skip next year’s F1 game and release update DLC instead - The Verge</a></p><p>28:51 <a href="https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/unity-and-epic-games-together-advance-the-open-interoperable-future-for-video-gaming" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Unity and Epic Games Together Advance the Open, Interoperable Future for Video Gaming - Epic Games press release</a></p><p>33:06 <a href="https://thegameawards.com/nominees" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Game Awards nominees announced</a> (and our hot takes)</p><p>Further reading: <a href="https://www.eurogamer.net/mystery-megabonk-developer-withdraws-from-the-game-awards-following-incorrect-nomination"><u>Mystery Megabonk developer withdraws from The Game Awards following incorrect nomination - Eurogamer</u></a></p><p>44:24 The annoying guy in Metroid Prime 4</p><p>Further reading: <a href="https://www.polygon.com/metroid-prime-4-beyond-myles-mackenzie-npcs/"><u>Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’s chatty NPCs aren’t as surprising as you think - Polygon</u></a></p><p>& <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_yWbGRRoRg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Arlo fussing about it</a></p><p>51:04 What we've been playing</p><p><br></p><p>Tori's on bluesky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/toridp98.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/toridp98.bsky.social">toridp98</a></p><p>Nathaniel's on Discord: nathanbased</p><p>Noah's online</p><p><br></p><p>Our show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at <a href="https://theworstgarbage.online/">TheWorstGarbage.online</a>.</p><p><a href="https://discord.com/invite/xQ7ht3V\">Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel!</a></p><p><br></p><p>Our intro/outro music are by <a href="https://noahgeist.bandcamp.com/">GEIST</a> and our show art is by<a href="https://www.instagram.com/tristemegistus/">@tristemegistus</a>. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/press_startpod">@Press_StartPod</a>, on tumblr at <a href="https://press-startpod.tumblr.com/">press-startpod.tumblr.com</a> and on bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/press-startpod.bsky.social">@press-startpod</a>. Email us thoughts about Guillermo del Toro, what you wanna hear us talk about, game recs and other stuff at
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