Baiting The Game Awards - The Checkpoint - November 2025

It's the middle of November 2025 which means that its time to Check In on all things Buenale Games! We start out talking about gamer injuries sustained while cooking paella, and our progress in November's Game of the Month, Hades II (spoiler alert: we're both done already, for better or for worse). From there, Ben talks about his video game hiatus, and JP takes us through a Short Story on The Dark Queen of Mortholme. We wrap up talking about gaming news, including our predictions for the game awards game of the year nominees as well as valve's surprise hardware drop.Join the Club by joining our Discord server and following us on all of our socials, and be on the lookout for our full Video Game Book Club episode on Hades II at the end of the month!Discord: https://discord.gg/P9aRB5wEBSTwitch: https://twitch.tv/buenalegamesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/buenale.games/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@buenale.gamesSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gfZQ8jttLntPF6dARadVa?si=7da802979ec749d5#videogames #gamingpodcast #thegameawards #hades #silksong #gaming (00:00) Intro and Gamer Injuries(02:08) Hades II Check-in(10:12) Burn-out(14:30) JP's comfort games(17:07) Short Story - The Dark Queen of Mortholme(26:41) Game of the Year Predictions(36:46) Valve's Surprise Hardware Drop(45:45) BLOPS 7 and AI Slop(55:20) Outro