GC Podcast #162: Why do we enjoy broken games?

Sometimes these things we call videogames just aren't very good, and by some pretty objective metrics. And yet, we and a lot of other folks still seem to manage to have a great time. How can this be? Join Joseph Martin, Anna Bryniarski, John Rizzi, and Blu Ryder as they attempt to address this question and other topics such as: - Those new Pokémon Scarlet and Violet games are pretty rough, huh? - How do we reconcile games that have huge flaws yet are still popular? - We're gonna watch The Game Awards on the Discord! - Anna gives us her top 5 favorite The Sims 4 lores - John has acquired GameCube - Blu has played a videogame that they *actually like* !!! - Hitmonlee [Podcast Intro/Outro “5 is Average” by Meteo Xavier]