NEP 055: Game Awards predictions and reaction, Animal Crossing subscription

Hello my happy helpers and fortune cookies! This week on NEP, Oni Dino and Galen are talking The Game Awards, the industry and mobile monetization schemes. We chat about the nominees, snubs, predictions for Nintendo and past instances—new Smash DLC fighter? Metroid? Bayonetta? Who knows! Let's keep it logical, though. Then we tackle Animal Crossing Pocket Camp getting a subscription service with a very opinionated argument over if free-to-play games like these should even be considered games. We finish things off with some Pokemon talk on the new designs, and the Gizmodo situation in our listener mail segment. If you're enjoying NEP, please consider giving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, aka new iTunes. It's incredibly helpful in getting us exposed to new listeners through algorithms, so we would greatly appreciate your help. Thank you for listening! Timestamps: 09:12 – Adventure Log: Atelier Ryza, Luigi's Mansion 3, Destiny Connect 38:00 – News: The Game Awards. Nominee discussion. GOTY discussion. Death Stranding discussion. When is it good for a producer to get involved in a creative's process? 1:03:21 – News: The Game Awards. Predictions! What might Nintendo have in store for us? We think realistically, then we think for fun. Smash DLC character announcement? 1:11:38 – News: Animal Crossing Pocket Camp subscription services and a discussion of microtransactions, monetization structures in mobile gaming and other gaming—Oni Dino argues that these are not games. 1:30:37 – Additional DLC 1:33:35 – Listener mail: Pokemon, designs, Warframe, Kotaku and Gizmodo Group Schadenfreude, being a better person, Hong Kong. Send us an email and we'll discuss it! [email protected] Additional DLC: Oni Dino: Let's Go Whaling! – Torulf Jernstrom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNjI03CGkb4 Galen: Wisecrack Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/thugnotes/videos #nintendopodcast #gamingpodcast #podcast Oni Dino's YouTube "Gayme Married": https://bit.ly/2JK21xd Oni Dino's Twitter: @Oni_Dino Oni Dino's Insta: Oni__Dino Galen's Twitter: @mobius087 Galen's Insta: true_mobius HUGE thank you to Headphones of Listening for NEP's intro music! Check him out on soundcloud!