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Dec 31, 2021

Recurring GOTY guest / immersive puzzle designer Laura E. Hall joins Sarah Elmaleh and the rest of our crew to count down our Top 5 games of 2021, alongside picks from previous guests and our listeners. Happy New Year!

Show notes:

Laura E. Hall
Planning Your Escape
The Traveler's Guide to Little Sodaburg
Ynglet 101% Completion Guide
Find Satoshi
Laura's Animal Crossing: New Horizons Dream Code: DA-9271-2414-8564

Our GOTY picks (SPOILERS):

Zach:
Monster Hunter Rise
Death’s Door
Metroid Fusion
Wordle
Halo Infinite

Sarah:
Mass Effect (1) Legendary Edition
Wildermyth
The Maze on Planet 7 (streaming)
It Takes Two
Kentucky Route Zero

Nick:
Sea of Thieves
Elechead
It Takes Two
Guardians of the Galaxy
Inscryption

Doug: 
Survivor, South Africa, Season 8
Ynglet
Learned League
Alien (folk game)
Factions (Discord game by Doug)

Andy:
Ynglet (Skee Mask - Pool)
Unpacking (Porter Robinson - Nurture)
Kentucky Route Zero (Low - HEY WHAT)
Inscryption (Squid - Bright Green Field)
Babble Royale (Madlib - Sound Ancestors)

Laura:
The Forgotten City
Valheim
Pursuit of the Assassin Artist
Inscryption
Unpacking