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Final Games is a podcast about the games that inspired us. Host, Liam Edwards is joined by various different game developers, game journalists and industry veterans to talk about the games that they'd choose to play for the rest of their lives. Liam's guests are stranded in a hypothetical deserted place and can only choose eight games to play for the rest of their lives, what do they choose and why? Why are these games so important to our guests? What about these games inspired them to work ...
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Joining Liam this week to “officially” kick off 2019 with this year’s first episode is Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn’s incredibly smart and lovely creator, Mr. Lucas Pope.After bugging him for 2 years, Liam finally landed him on the show and it turned out to be worth the wait. Both of them discuss intricate changes to and the developme…
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IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN! Let's say goodbye to 2018 and welcome in the new year of 2019. 2018 was a great year for games, so lets choose 8 to create the Island of 2018!Enjoy this week’s episode!You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show!apple.co/1QP0ciSPlease go check out Craig's ex…
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Joining Liam this week to be the next member of the “Deserted Club” is indie game developer and creator of one of 2018’s best indie titles, Wander Song. The wonderful, Mr. Greg Lobanov joins Liam to talk about the 8 excellent games he’s taking with him to the deserted place. It seems that Liam and Greg have common tastes and of course, that means t…
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Joining Liam this week to accept their fate (in their case, welcomed fate) of being trapped on a deserted island is the wonderful co-creator of the smash hit, Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator, the excellent, Leighton Gray. Leighton joins Liam to talk about 8 lovely games (that make Liam feel old), as well as talking about game design, mood, fate…
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Joining Liam this week to take on the deserted island challenge is the creator and mind behind the indie game studio, Grey Alien Games. Designer and man responsible for Regency Solitaire and Shadow Hand, Mr. Jake Birkett. Jake brings with him 8 wonderful games that he has all unique reasons for choosing! He and Liam also chat in depth about being a…
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Joining Liam this week to continue the new season of Final Games and to be the next willing deserted participant is FTL and Into The Breach co-creator and game designer, the lovely, Mr. Justin Ma. Co-founder and one half of the incredible indie development studio, Subset Games he joins us to talk about his 8 games and the thinking behind his choice…
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Joining Liam this week to kick-start a new series of Final Games episodes after a long summer break is former Grump, editor, animator, video producer, voice actor and all-round talent, Mr. Barry Kramer. The former Game Grumps editor joins Liam to talk about 8 new wonderful games that he would take with him to his deserted island. In this bumper epi…
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IT'S E3 BABY. That time of year again, and Liam can't help but run his mouth! Here are the 8 games he is the most excited about coming out of this year's E3! How about you?PLAY LIAM'S NEW GAME - SALARYMAN SUZUKI SAN!liamedwards.itch.io/salaryman-suzuki-sanYou can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate …
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Joining Liam this week is the man dubbed “The man you’ve killed the most”. A voice actor with incredible talents that has voiced some of anime and video games most memorable and stand out characters. Including *very soon* Peter Parker, and the one and only, Spiderman! The delightful, Mr. Yuri Lowenthal joins Liam to talk about some real classics an…
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Joining Liam this week is a guest used to giving players of his own games challenging tests to overcome, so it’s fitting that he would be next to take on the deserted island challenge. The mind behind QWOP, Multibowl, GRIP, CLOP and the recent, “Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy”, Mr. Bennett Foddy tells us his island 8. This leads to Bennett and …
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Joining Liam this week to take on the deserted island challenge is Finji studio director and creator of the incredibly popular endless runner, Canabalt, Mr. Adam Saltsman. Adam joins Liam to talk about 8 incredible games with 2 brand new games that have yet to grace FG. Both get hardcore in-depth on game design and discussion of the creation of som…
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Joining Liam this week to suffer the fate of banishment is a guest with work all over the industry. From running her own YouTube channel, to guesting regularly on one of the biggest retro gaming channels on the platform, to even owning her own video game store! The wonderful, Kelsey Lewin shares with us her 8 wonderful games that she will be playin…
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Joining Liam this week to change the FG gears once again is a man who knows quite a bit about the fair country of Japan....and no, we aren’t talking about Liam. With a highly successful YouTube channel that has helped answer millions of people’s questions about Japan, but also inspired many to take the plunge and come here. The wonderful, Chris Bro…
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Joining Liam this week to join the other accursed games industry members is former Blizzard North President and the creator of Diablo, the lovely Mr. David Brevik. In this episode, David talks about the 8 games he would take, a very varied and eclectic list it must be said! As well as teaches Liam how to play Solitaire and talks about his long an s…
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Joining Liam this week to be left alone to play only 8 games for the rest of their days is a larger than life character, a living meme and a delightful studio founder. The man himself and Iron Galaxy founder, Dave Lang tells us about his 8. He talks about his early days in the games industry, the various studios he’s worked at and founding Iron Gal…
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Joining Liam this week for another episode of Final Games and signing up to be banished away to a deserted place with only 8 games to play for the rest of their days. A Japan resident also, is famed localization legend and translator, Mr. Jeremy Blaustein. The man single-handedly responsible for translating Metal Gear Solid and giving Solid Snake h…
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Joining Liam this week to kick off a brand new year in style is an incredible guest. A veteran of the industry who spent the better part of his career at developer giants, Naughty Dog. The Game Director of Uncharted 2 and The Last of Us, Co-Director of Uncharted 4, the very handsome, Mr. Bruce Straley! He tells us about his 8 and goes in-depth on s…
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It's time to say goodbye to 2017! Let's celebrate and reflect on this wonderful year for games by finally deciding what our final 8 games of 2017 will be for "The Island of 2017"! :)Enjoy this week’s episode!Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Shane's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners t…
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Joining Liam this week is the key holder to the vault of all video game knowledge, the creator of the incredibly popular gaming YouTube channel, Did You Know Gaming, Mr. Shane Gill. The man responsible for DYKG, Did You Know Movies, VG Facts and is a member of the incredibly popular YouTube group, Normal Boots joins us to talk about 8 wonderful gam…
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Joining Liam this week (for a long overdue episode, my apologies) is the most well known predictor and analyst within the games industry and host of “Pach Factor”, Mr. Michael Pachter! The former host of “Pach Attack” on Gametrailers.com joins us to talk about 8 games in which he’s actually finished! Games in which he got addicted to over the years…
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Joining Liam this week is another guest intercepting from the outskirts of the video game industry! Becoming Final Games first ever banished professional athlete is well-known internet nerd and former NFL Punter for the Minnesota Vikings, Chris Kluwe. Putting aside his passion for writing, making board games, playing in a band and being a Dad, Chri…
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Joining Liam this week is a veteran animator of the games industry and “Gaming Twitter’s” go-to guy for all animation questions. Having worked on games such as Mass Effect 1 & 2, Assassin’s Creed III and most recently Uncharted 4, Naughty Dog’s Jonathan Cooper gets ready to tell us his 8 games. As well as prepare for his banishment. Incredible stor…
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Please listen! An update about Final Games' schedule and the future of the show.You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show!apple.co/1QP0ciSIf you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please check out:@LiamBME@FinalGamesShowfinalgamespodcast@gmail.comFi…
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Joining Liam this week live from the hallowed halls of the 8-4 Towers in Shibuya for the first ever face to face recording of Final Games is 8-4's co-founder, John Ricciardi. One host of the 8-4 Play podcast and veteran of the localization industry here in Japan. John talks about his start in the industry at EGM, moving to Japan, localization and o…
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Joining Liam this week to chat about his 8 games is a very exciting guest! Starting his career back in 1994, QA Lead on System Shock, Lead Designer on Deus Ex and now Co-Creative Director of Arkane Studios, the studio behind Dishonored and Dishonored 2, industry legend, Harvey Smith. Harvey talks about some superb shooters, world building, the impo…
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Joining Liam this week to chat about her passion for a very certain genre of PC gaming is the founder and creator of the Indie MEGABOOTH, Kelly Wallick. Kelly schools Liam on all things management sim, building sim and even sims sim through her 8 wonderful games. Whilst also chatting about the Indie MEGABOOTH, indie games and also indie developers!…
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Joining Liam this week for an incredible 3 hour episode is former Midway employee and former vice-president of production at Disney Interactive Studios, the incredible, John Vignocchi. This episode is full of incredible stories about the industry, about Johnny and his former roommate, Adam Boyes and full of love and emotion.. and 8 games of course!…
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Joining Liam this week is a brand new guest to be sent off to the deserted realms of Final Games! Creator of the notoriously difficult indie platformer, I Wanna Be The Guy, Michael “Kayin” O’Reilly comes along to talk about 8 incredibly wonderful and varied games as well as talking about making difficult games, Igrashi-san playing Kayin’s new game …
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Joining Liam this week for the 60th episode of the show is the very lovely, excellent and talented voice actor, Robbie Daymond. Voice actor for characters such as Prompto from FFXV, Storey from Tales of Zestiria and Akechi Goro from Persona 5. He joins Liam to talk about 8 superb games that would keep anyone occupied for a long time on a deserted i…
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Joining Liam this week to be the 59th member to be banished to the realms of Final Games is the head of Blendo Games and creator of weird and wonderful games such as Gravity Bone, Thirty Flights of Loving and Quadrilateral Cowboy. Mr. Brendon Chung. Liam and Brendon run down the 8 eclectic and superb titles he’s chosen to take with him to quite pos…
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Joining Liam this week to be cast off to a brand new deserted island is YouTuber and editor, Jimmy Sunder, A.K.A Sunder. The creator of shows such as “Level Head” and editor for YouTube channels like “The Dex” and “JWittz”, talks to Liam about 8 excellent and varied titles that range from critically panned racers to Minecraft alternatives. As well …
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Having to suffer through not only banishment to a deserted island this week. But also Liam’s dastardly cold and cough is former Konami producer and now head of Camouflaj, Mr. Ryan Payton. Liam talks with Ryan about his career his chance encounter with Kojima and also about 8 wonderful games. 4 of which are a real roll of the dice! We apologise for …
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Joining Liam this week is a guest, who finally after a year of trying, Liam has managed to catch in the same spot long enough to banish them to a deserted island. Much to his dismay, Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail comes along this week to talk 8 excellent games that matched an intriguing criteria he made. As well as an incredible discussion into game desig…
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Joining Liam this week to be deserted on a new island in the Final Games realm is indie “darling” and creator of Thomas Was Alone, Mike Bithell. Mike and Liam chat about an incredible amount of stealth games, a unique way of creating things on the island and of course, 8 wonderful games. We hope you enjoy this excellent episode! p.s. don’t call the…
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Joining Liam this week is GameSpot’s Senior Reviews Editor, Peter Brown. Having first started reviewing games when he was just 14 years old, during the Dreamcast and PS2 era. Peter talks about 8 wonderful games, some of which, that as a very nostalgic man, hit him hard. As well as some very gutsy choices that he hopes will keep him busy whilst on t…
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Joining Liam this week is “The Strategy King” himself, Eurogamer’s Chris Bratt. A video producer and writer at the popular UK-based video game website. As his nickname (which he swears he didn’t give to himself ;D) suggests, this week there’s a lot of talk about strategy games of all kinds! Including a few other perfect (for a)deserted island, gami…
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Joining Liam this week is “The Gaming Historian” himself, Norman Caruso. Just as he’s about to his 300,000 subs on his gaming history YT channel, Norman joins Liam to talk about the 8 games he’d take with him to a very tropical deserted island. As well as 8 wonderful games, they chat about some ties between games and actual history! Please enjoy an…
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To celebrate the 50th episode, this week we have a bumper 3-hour show! Joining Liam is 17-Bit’s head honcho the excellent, Jake Kazdal. 17-Bit are responsible for titles such as Skulls of the Shogun and Galak-Z. Jake talks about his early career at SEGA working with Rez creator, Tetsuya Mizuguchi. We also have 8 excellent games, including a brand n…
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Joining Liam this week is the mind behind one of the most mysterious and viral video games of all-time. Creator of Frog Fractions and Twinbeard lead, Jim Crawford prepares to be sent off to the deserted island with 8 excellent titles, featuring some old Final Games favourites. He also discusses the creation of Frog Fractions and its sequel, both of…
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Joining Liam this week for something a little different, is the King of Video Game and Anime Vines, Mr. SungWon Cho A.K.A. ProZD. With over 500 million vine loops and now amassing over 300,000 subscribers, SungWon joins Liam to talk a little more seriously than usual about 8 excellent games and some wonderful JRPGs. Enjoy!Don't forget to follow on …
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Kept you waiting huh?Happy Birthday Final Games! Join a very special host for a very special episode, to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the show! Finally Liam reveals what he gets asked about all the time... his 8. Thank you to everyone for your support over the past year it means the world to me. To everyone who has listened, downloaded, twee…
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This week, one of the friendliest faces in games media, coming off the back of her huge announcement that she was leaving GameSpot to join Twitch. The excellent, Mary Kish joins Liam to talk about a Yin & Yang toned list that hops between zen-like games, to bullet-filled titles that require you to shoot the hell out of everything. Enjoy an episode …
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Joining Liam this week is one of his favourite people, Wayforward game director/designer, James Montagna. Recently spending the last few months finishing off Shantae: Half Genie Hero whilst in Japan. Both Liam and James get incredibly passionate about some wonderful rhythm games, Japan and of course, Nintendo. This episode was a delight to record a…
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Joining Liam this week, to be cast out into the sea of deserted games industry members. Is indie game dev and creator of the visual novel hit, One Night Stand, Lucy Blundell. Alongside huge standouts such as a certain Final Fantasy title, Lucy talks about how speaking to Korean boys about a party will help keep her sane... Enjoy!Don't forget to fol…
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We have royalty joining us this week on Final Games. Voice actor, Ray Chase joins Liam to talk about his 8 games. One of which might have something to do with a certain character called, Noctis. A character which Ray is very much acquainted with. Enjoyed FFXV? Definitely check out this wonderful episode, you may also hearexactly what Noctis thinks …
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Happy New Year! Final Games hopes you had an excellent Christmas and New Year and you are ready to join us for a (hopefully) smashing 2017! Kicking things off with a bang this year joining Liam for the first episode of the year is the creator of Spelunky, Derek Yu. Spelunky has featured on many FG guest lists in the past, so it's finally great to h…
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Join Liam to say goodbye to the year of 2016. Not the greatest of years, but a delight for fans of video games. Liam takes us all to the island of 2016, taking with us his 8 favourite games of the year.A “games of the year” list, but in true Final Games fashion.p.s. If you don’t like to hear Liam ramble avoid this episode! And Merry Christmas and a…
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Joining (a full of cold) Liam this week is Fullbright co-founder and game designer, Steve Gaynor. Creator of Gone Home and the upcoming space title, Tacoma. Liam embarrasses Steve about a podcast he made a few years ago, and they talk about 8 superb titles that balance between nostalgia and practicality. An excellent look into the mind of a game de…
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Having tried from the very start, Liam finally managed to rope Kotaku UK Editor, Keza MacDonald on to the show. The experienced writer and editor joins Liam to talk about 8 wonderful titles that may or may not feature quite a number of Nintendo highlights. From some of the company's most popular series. An episode full of joy and love for games, pl…
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This week, Liam can't talk very well! But, that's okay as the excellent and eloquent YouTuber, George Weidman A.K.A Super Bunnyhop joins him to talk about 8 excellent titles. For anyone who has watched George's show, you might be able to guess what's on his list. But, he also might surprise you! Enjoy as they talk about some deep gameplay aspects t…
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