Ep 235 - Game Awarding, Spider-Manning & Final Fantasying

See the Winners of our 2023 Community Awards Poll Here!We reveal the winners and runner-ups for our '23 Community Awards, go over some exciting Toronto indie game dev news and cap off with a long conversation about good (?!) microtransactions and lax technical standards in recent AAA games- and why Spider-Man 2 didn't give us the immediate fatigue Ragnarok did.CANADIAN GAME DEV JOBS | CANADIAN GAME DEV EVENTSCANADIAN GAMING NEWS:Toronto, ON: friend-of-the-site indie dev Devon Taking Beta Sing-ups for Upcoming FPS (closes Feb 16!)Toronto, ON: DrinkBox Gives First Teaser of Future Project (very bottom of post, concept art)WISHLIST THIS:Captain Soda by @Poe_Flower in BC. Releasing 2024, demo available, Wishlist on Steam on Steam;Spring in Summer by @LORENINEstudios in Canada. Releasing TBD, demo available, Wishlist on Steam;DEEP DOWN by Devil Studios in Montréal, QC. Releasing TBD, Wishlist on Steam.TIMESTAMPS:00:00 - Producer's Note (sorry its late)00:45 - Intro Music by @jakebutineau (Toronto, ON)00:15 - '23 Community Awards Poll Winners Revealed/Discussed (apologies for Stephan's bad audio through most of it)10:07 - 'The Shroud of the Deep' from the Darkest Dungeon II OST by @chatwood (Vancouver, BC)18:41 - 'Another Year' from Dwarf Fortress OST by @simonswerwer (Barcelona)19:20 - Wishlist This (these? lol)31:10 - Spring in Summer Trailer song by @LORENINE (Canada)31:46 - Sports Talk37:08 - Stephan finished Spider-Man 2 44:18 - you get next gen Hotline Miami free?!47:33 - more like Pokemon Scar-bleh49:14 - Bridge Theme from Final Fantasy49:40 - Steve Enjoys Final Fantasy54:38 - "Get Helldivers" begs Steve01:01:01 - Wrap & Credits01:02:11 - Outro Music by @Composingdan (Toronto, ON)CREDITS:HOSTED BY: @StephanReilly (London, ON) & @StephenLCrane (Owen Sound, ON)PRODUCED BY: Stephan "Solidarity is Forever" ReillyPODCAST ART BY: @Poltergust234! (Ko-fi - Alberta)Join the Discord | Follow on "Twitter" @CanadaGameDevs | Follow on TikTok @canadiangamedevs | Follow on Instagram @canadiangamedevs