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🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, returning guest Kenneth Shepard (Kotaku, Normandy FM) joins us to discuss why Baldur's Gate 3 is one of the best RPGs of 2023, despite the fact we're still working our way through the massive game. Additionally, Marcus clues the crew in on his time spent solving puzzles in Viewfinder and his preview impressions of Palia, an MMO-like life sim currently in closed beta.

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The Game Informer Show is a weekly gaming podcast covering the latest video game news, industry topics, exclusive reveals, and reviews. Join host Alex Van Aken every Thursday to chat about your favorite games – past and present – with Game Informer staff, developers, and special guests from around the industry. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:39 - Talent Show Update

00:06:36 - Kenneth Shepard Re-Introduction

00:12:55 - Baldur's Gate III

00:58:32 - Palia

01:11:47 - Viewfinder

01:16:09 - Housekeeping

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0:00.0	What is going on everybody, welcome to the Game Informer Show, a weekly podcast covering
0:25.8	video game industry. Join us every Thursday for discussion about the latest gaming news, reviews,
0:31.1	and exclusive reveals alongside Game Informer staff and special guests from around the industry.
0:36.9	I'm your host today, Alex Van Aiken, and I'm joined by my co-host Marcus Stewart. How
0:43.5	you doing Marcus? I am feeling chin-off today. Oh, I saw the movie last night. I got very emotional
0:52.9	watching that. And my wife, I looked over at her and she was crying and I was like, it's good movie.
0:58.2	Did you guys do the pink? Did you wear are they all pink? Uh, she wore like this big sparkly pink
1:04.3	lace floof dress. And then I didn't, uh, I think my pink shirts are missing. I do own pink
1:11.8	shirts, but I couldn't find them. So I just looked nice. She wore a tuxedo. Yeah, I actually had
1:18.0	my abs out and then I had just one shirt over it. Buttons undone. Yeah. Nice. That movie's
1:24.4	very good. It is. Yeah. I love it. Uh, Charles Hart. How you doing? I'm doing good. I also,
1:32.6	I saw the barb movie this weekend and I was, my, my job was sick. I was sick, Ken. You also,
1:40.2	you also a bit of a development on the talent show. Oh, right. I'm also sick because I'm
1:47.8	so good at stuff. Yeah. You're round two. I'm round two. Uh, the talent show that our parent
1:54.3	company is throwing. I got denied. I didn't make it. Oh, okay. I was going to ask if you submitted
1:59.7	or not. I, here's the thing. I, I, I set up my camera and my light and all that. Do it really
2:09.0	nice. And I was, and I had the song all picked out. And I, I was like up to the wire right,
2:15.0	like 11th hour. And halfway through, I was like, Oh, I didn't like that take. Let me do another
2:20.4	take. And so I started over and my guitar string breaks. And I'm like, well, uh, and so I submitted
2:27.1	a like 20 second clip that I had from my phone of the song. And obviously I didn't get picked. But
2:34.3	you are representing gaming when we're going through the second round. You might win $10,000.
2:39.4	I might win $10,000. It's, I'm, I'm in the top 10. And if I get to the top five,
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