This week on VGS….

We take some time to honour a game franchise that ruined and then enriched most of our lives, Mass Effect.

Born in the womb of Bioware, Mass Effect has set the standard for sci-fi in the universe of gaming as Star Trek did for television. It’s not only a proof of concept but an important stepping stone in how stories are told.

………..NEWS OF THE WEEK…………
Mass Effect Andromeda is due out early next year and thanks to the team at Game Informer we now know a whole lot more about what makes the game tick. 
Find out, who you will be playing as. 
Who you will be killing.
Why you will be killing and jetpacking and traversing.
Why this is all important.

…....….FEATURE INTERVIEW…………..
Over the last several years we’ve had the chance here at VGS to speak with A LOT of people who make games at Bioware. In honor of N7 day and Mass Effect we’ve put together a Ted Talk of sorts from writers Drew Karypshyn and Patrick Weekes on the sci-fi series.

We spoke with both of the aforementioned titans of lore years ago but thought it would appropriate to revive their sobering words from the dead. 
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VGS 81 – Mass Effect Special: Andromeda news, Romance retrospective + Chat with the writers

This week on VGS….

During the holiday season it’s gaming tradition that we spending insane amounts of money on games we don’t need during Thanksgiving. Publishers take that 80-90-200 package you got 2 months ago and slap on a 50% price cut. Does that alienate the core audience or are they being babies?

Pokemon Sun & Moon is the most popular handheld product Nintendo has ever created resident Pokefreaks Anton and Richard takes us through the new magical world of enslaving creature to fight your battles

Finally, we all adore Final Fantasy but the real Final Fantasy for fans is to frequent with febrility furious……music. Anton takes us through the top 5 most important, beautiful, magical, deadly FF songs in the series.
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VGS 82 – Black Friday deals HURT gaming + Pokemon Sun & Moon review and the top scores in FF

This week on VGS……

The Game Awards rocked the boroughs of Las Vegas honouring those in the gaming community who have created incredible stories and marvels of engineering…and shameless promotion of razor blades.

The team takes a real hard look at the yah’s and naw’s of this award show, answering the question. Why does it make me hate being a gamer so much?

************FEATURE INTERVIEW***************
Along with professing his love to Joeff Kelliey (sp?) Hideo Kojima unveiling more footage from the preposterous, absurd game (citation needed) Death Stranding. 

The panel is split between the conceits that this is pure genius or pure pandering – where do you find yourself on that scale?
Finally we end the show with a little Mass Effect talk! New Andromeda coverage with a brand spanking new trailer – we examine it all!
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VGS 83 – The Game Awards makes me hate gaming + Death Stranding: Brilliance or Pandering?

This week on VGS….

The Playstation Experience came hot on the heels of the Video Game Awards and with it swooshes of games. Last of Us 2 Trailer, new Uncharted spin off and of course CRASH IS BACK!

………….NEWS OF THE WEEK……………
News hitting the grapevine that newly released PS4 games aren’t performing as optimally as their PS4 Pro counterparts shocking owners who wanted a full fun gameplay experience but got laggy frames instead. 

With a line up of AAA games continuing to churn out for both the PS4 and PS4 Pro what is a consumer to do?

…………FEATURE INTERVIEW……………..
As 2016 comes to a smoldering, garbage burning halt are one saving grace is video games. Where is video game journalism is going, how it should adapt to a continuingly paperless world? Game Informer Executive Editor Andrew Reiner joins the program to share the secret on how GI has remained relevant, trail blazing and still be fundamentally a magazine. 
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VGS 84 – Dead Rising 4 Fiasco, Last of Us 2 made me cry AND Game Informer Editor shares all!

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