Baddy Breakdowns: a video game podcast

It's been another year in gaming which means time for the third annual Baddy Awards! We rank our top 5 games of 2025, honorable mentions, and explore our overall feelings about this year in gaming. Then, we give out awards for categories such as most compelling character, best music, and more!

Up next: Dispatch

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Happy New Year! This episode we talk about Date Everything and also recap some of the other games we've been playing the last few months like Hades 2, Silksong, Is This Seat Taken?, and Tiny Bookshop.

Next Episode will be the Baddy Awards of 2025!

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Join us as we deep dive on the best game of the year (so far), Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. We are joined by a special guest who also loves this game.

Up next: Date Everything!

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Travel back in time to the 70s with us as we play American Arcadia, a fun reality show retro-future themed hidden gem from a few years ago.

Up next: Expedition 33

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Join us as we chat through our experience playing the cozy tea shop game Wanderstop that came out earlier this year. Stay to the end to hear our thoughts on the Last of Us Season 2 on HBO!

Next Up: American Arcadia

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This week we break down our love hate relationship playing Blue Prince- a well crafted mysterious roguelike puzzle game. This episode is full of spoilers, so if you haven't played yet and want to, go play first, then come back and listen!

Up next: Wanderstop

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This week we dig into the latest from the studio Hazelight- Split Fiction. A delightfully cheesy, co-op adventure full of fun gameplay and eye-roll inducing dialogue (at least to Maddy) that honestly was still a ton of fun.

Up next: Blue Prince

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We're back! With an episode on the acclaimed sci-fi indie game of last year 1000xResist. We debrief on this twisty, timey narrative game that both gripping and confusing. Hair to hair, hekki grace.

Up next: Split Fiction

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It's the end of another year in gaming which means time for the second annual Baddy Awards! We rank our top 5 games of 2024, top 3 games new to us, and revisit the games we didn't like. Then we give out awards for categories such as biggest crush, best music, and more!

Up next: 1000xResist

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Vati-can you believe Indiana jones is back? And this time better than ever in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. We solved puzzles, took pictures of cats, and punched nazis! What a good game!

Up next: 2024 Baddy Awards!

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Cozy up with a cup of tea and your favorite handheld and join us as we play the new farming sim Fields of Mistria. Spoiler alert- it was a delight.

Up next: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

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After some major audio issues with our original recording, we are back with the re-recorded (or...double exposed) chat about the most recent Life is Strange game. Plus! We start with a brief on topic about the Game of the Year noms.

Up next: Fields of Mistria

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This week we played the original Life is Strange as we get ready for the sequel, Life is Strange Double Exposure, to come out in a few weeks. The dialogue was definitely…something else but we had a great time playing this one.

Up next: Silent Hill 2

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1...2...3...BREACH! This week we played Tactical Breach wizards. We strategized, puzzled, and fell in love with the characters of this game- in particular a hot and powerful necromancer named Banks. This is a good one yall!

Up next: Life is Strange

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Oh! Thank goodness you're here. This week we played the new-ish crazy, funny, and very British game Thank Goodness You're Here. It was a bit challenging to talk about but we had a ton of fun! Then we talk a little bit about PAX west and what indie games caught Bridgette's eye.

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This week we puzzled our way through Lorelei and the Laser eyes, a noir/surreal puzzle game that came out earlier this year. Get your pens and paper and join us as we dive into this one!

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We are back! Now on a regular schedule again (I promise!). This month we died a lot, snuck around, killed a bunch of people, and theorized about what's happening in Deathloop. We are also joined by a special guest!

Up next: Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

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We're back on schedule, baby! After a mini summer break, we're here to bring you Animal Well, the new multi-layered metroidvania made by solo indie dev Billy Basso.

Up next, Maddy will be hiking in Wales so Chris will be back to join Bridgette with a deep dive into Deathloop!

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That's right! This week is a double feature where we dive into two (spoilers!) 5/5 puzzle games made by small, indie studios. Since these are puzzle games, there will be spoilers for some of the solves, but we try to keep that light so folks can still enjoy if they listen here first!

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Wait do you hear that? Is that the Col Do Ma Ma Daqua? No! It's Maddy & Bridgette breaking down Disco Elysium. We honestly feel smarter after having played this game and we hope you do too.

Up next: Botany Manor & The Rewinder

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This week we are dealin & drivin with the roguelike poker game Balatro and narrative game Open Roads. We also talk a little bit about the new Fallout TV show at the end!

Up Next: Disco Elysium

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Back to our regularly scheduled programming with Outer Wilds- one that has been on our backlog for a while and we finally got the chance to play. It ended up being quite the rollercoaster of an experience for both of us but ultimately was such a beautiful game. As a heads up this episode is FULL of spoilers so please listen with that in mind.

Up next: Balatro & Open Road

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Part 2 with the gripping conclusion to our wild decision to play 32 live service games and crown the best one!

Our matchups for this week:

Runescape x Team Fortress 2

Warframe x Destiny 2

Teamfight Tactics x Smite

Deeprock Galactic x Brawlhalla

The Finals x PubG

Rocket League x Sea of Thieves 

GTA Online x Elder Scrolls Online (ESO)

Roblox x Minecraft

Up next: Outer Wilds!

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Bridgette went to GDC last week! We also need more time to play all our march madness games soooo here's a little bonus episode about GDC. Bridgette talks about the pitch sessions, her favorite sessions, and and also thoughts as a whole about the conference. FYI we talk about some NSFW content at the 38 min mark.

Up next: March Madness Pt 2

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We decided to play 32 live service games this month (thanks, Maddy!) to have the most extravagant of March Madness extravaganzas. This week we go over the first 16 match ups - did we pick the same winner?

This week:

Fortnite vs. Apex Legends

Fall Guys vs. Stumble Guys

Phasmaphobia vs. Lethal Company

League of Legends vs. DOTA 2

World of Warcraft vs. Final Fantasy XIV

Genshin Impact x Honkai: Star Rail

Call of Duty MW x Halo Infinite

CS:GO vs Valiant

Up Next: Pt 2 of our March Madness bracket!

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This week we played Turnip Boy Robs a Bank, a pea-sized rouge-like filled with fun and silliness. We helped gran-cran find a boyfriend, a mad scientist get permission for morally grey experiments, and wore some pear-fect hats.

Up Next: Live Service Game March Madness

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The one where we wrap up The Last of Us Part 2! We talk the ending, final feelings about the game, and some of our hopes for the show. Were we happy with the ending? Were y'all??

To lighten things up, next time join us as we play Turnip Boy Robs a Bank!

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The Last of Us Part II Remaster for Playstation 5 just dropped as well as the Grounded II documentary about the making of Part II, so what better time to play it? We completely missed the controversy when it came out in 2020 so we were excited to finally play and see what all the debates were about and it definitely did not disappoint. Our discussion went a little long so we ended up having to split it into two episodes with the next one dropping next week!

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It's a 2023 wrap up episode! This one is an unstructured conversation discussing some great 2023 games. Then at the end we talk about our most anticipated games of 2024 which honestly isn't a ton but we kind of love it- we need to catch up with 2023 still.

Up Next: Last of Us Part 2 Remastered

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Happy almost new year! Join us as we breakdown our year in gaming! It was an incredible year for games- we talk our top 5 games of the year, top 3 games new to us (even though they are not new this year) as well as have our first annual Baddy Awards with categories such as most compelling character, best music, biggest controller yeet, and our favorite little guys.

Up next: Chants of Sennaar, Dave the Diver, and BG3

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Happy Holidays! This week we played Last Christmas, a short point and click Christmas tale with a dark twist. Sorry the audio is not good, we don't have our good mics lol.

Next up: End of Year Baddy Awards!

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We finished Alan Wake 2 and it was scawy but also very very good. This episode is full of spoilers for the game so please go play it before listening if you care about that.

Up next: Last Christmas (random steam game)

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For the second part of Nostalgia November (even though it's December oops) we revisit the computer games Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill and the original Zoo Tycoon (2001). It was actually a very fun time!

Up next: Alan Wake 2 deep dive/spoilies

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We are kicking off our month-long theme Nostalgia November where we revisit some games from our childhood. This week we dig into Backyard Baseball and Secret Agent Barbie! Plus at the end we talk about our reactions to and predictions for the Game Awards!

Up next: Nancy Drew & Zoo Tycoon

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We're diving right back into Cauldron Lake with Alan Wake 2! Join us as we talk about our initial first impressions and theories about Alan Wake 2. TLDR: it's a good game y'all!!! We'll do a full spoiler filled episode on the rest of the game in early December.

Up next: Nostalgia November! Backyard Baseball and Secret Agent Barbie

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Alan Wake 2 is releasing later this month, so we decided to play Alan Wake to prep for it! Neither of us had played before and the story was right up our alley but the gameplay was not. Join us as we dive into our thoughts and feelings on this one!

Up next: Alan Wake 2

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This week we are still exploring the stars, digging deeper into Starfield. Join us as we ponder the mysteries of ammo in this game, enjoy being broody neon street rats, and do anything but the main quest.

Next up: Alan Wake!

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Maddy is back from vacation and we're talking Starfield first impressions!

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While Maddy is off in the Dolomites, Bridgette (and Chris!) are hanging out in Faerûn playing Baldur's Gate 3. In this episode, we talk about the new game, its D&D origins, and how much Gale sucks, of course. Spoilers limited to Act I only!

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This week we dig into the Night School Studio video game published by Netflix, Oxenfree 2. It's a mysterious, story driven, bite-sized game that has some creative gameplay elements we really enjoyed.

Up Next: Baldur's Gate 3!

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This week we breakdown the newish fishing lovcraftian video game DREDGE. We CATCH up with what critics and players thought of the game and then DIVE into our experience playing it. We had a FINtastic time playing this one.

Up next- Oxenfree II: Lost Signals

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This week we play Story of Seasons: A Wonderful life, a remade classic from the O.G. farming sim franchise, Harvest Moon. Join us as we snuggle our pink sheep, grow Turnmelons and Banapples, and pine dramatically after unavailable Flora.

Next up: Dredge

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Stanley stumbled upon this podcast and after looking at the cool art and enticing description, decided he wanted to listen to this episode about The Stanley Parable game. He pressed play to listen, thinking the hosts of the show sounded very awesome and good at their jobs. He enjoyed it so thoroughly, he decided to give it 5 stars and a nice written review.

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This week we break down the new indie puzzle platformer Planet of Lana. We do a lot of running, jumping, and being amazed by beautiful scenery & music as we embark on a quest to rescue our sister with our pet cat Mui who is v cute ~and~ yes you can pet them. Up next- Diablo 4! Show Notes

This week we played the long awaited Tears of the Kingdom! We did not torture koroks but we did find fun hats and well enthusiasts! This is a good game y'all. Show Notes