The BEST episodes of Good Game season 8
Every episode of Good Game season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Good Game season 8!
Good Game is a show by gamers for gamers. Each week it will be jam-packed with the latest gaming news and events, top gaming tips, reviews and interviews with game developers and the people behind the scenes. Hosted by Bajo and Hex, Good Game is filmed in the Den of Gaming; a gamers' paradise fitted out with just about every gaming device ever invented and complemented by a huge plasma screen.
#1 - Episode 33
Season 8 - Episode 33 - Aired 9/25/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Dead or Alive 5, Diaspora: Shattered Armistice and Rocksmith... Dead or Alive 5 Ahh Dead or Alive, there are so many memorable characters. There's that ninja guy, and the wrestling guy... and don't forget girls with the big boobs, because they account for more than half the roster. Postcards from... The Ishimura Dead Space chooses mining station the USG Ishimura as its horror playground... Diaspora: Shattered Armistice is a community-built mod made by BSG fans, and it's the first Battlestar games we've come across that has felt truly, frakking authentic... Rocksmith There was a day when five-button plastic guitars were an impressive foray into the rhythm game genre. But now, Rocksmith has upped the ante by letting you play on a REAL guitar.
#2 - Episode 23
Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 7/17/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Spelunky and the Skyrim and Arkham City DLC... Skyrim: Dawnguard and Harley Quinn's Revenge Skyrim and Batman Arkham City, two of our favourite games from last year have had their first bits of DLC so we thought we'd take a look... Heroes of Ruin People have been calling this a portable Diablo, which may build up your expectations a little. This is to Diablo what Aubrey Wodonga is to New York. Nowhere near as amazing but certainly a lot more convenient... Postcards from: The Death Star The Death Star...it’s huge, round, deadly, and can always be fired when ready. Spelunky Spelunky has arrived on XBLA and it distils decades of 2D platforming into one seriously punishing package. It could be this year's Super Meat Boy.
#3 - Episode 24
Season 8 - Episode 24 - Aired 7/24/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Inversion and The Secret World...they also serve their time for last week's noobish mistake... The latest game to put a spin on our perception of which way is up, is the 3rd person cover shooter, Inversion. Developer Interview: Dean Hall We asked Bohemia Interactive's Dean Hall about his amazingly successful ARMA II Mod, DayZ... The Secret World It's a tough time out there for MMOS, with little innovation. But Developer Funcom have made something very different from the norm...
#4 - Episode 25
Season 8 - Episode 25 - Aired 7/31/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Endless Space, Anna and Slender. Also, Goose takes us on a journey to City 17 and talks about the often frustrating scenario of having another person in the room when you're gaming...
#5 - Episode 26
Season 8 - Episode 26 - Aired 8/7/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Deadlight, Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers, Hero Academy and Blacklight: Retribution... Feature Story: Delayed Gratification Goose explores the game mechanic of delayed gratification...
#6 - Episode 27
Season 8 - Episode 27 - Aired 8/14/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Orcs Must Die! 2, Great Big War Game and Sleeping Dogs... Backwards Compatible: THQ Like many of the videogame heavyweights, THQ first dabbled in the toy business. But by the mid-90s what began as Toy Head Quarters, had evolved into videogame publisher we're familiar with...
#7 - Episode 28
Season 8 - Episode 28 - Aired 8/21/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Darksiders II, New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Thomas Was Alone... Feature Story: IT Pricing in Australia Goose takes a look at IT and video game pricing in Australia and how it compares to other nations...
#8 - Episode 29
Season 8 - Episode 29 - Aired 8/28/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Dust: An Elysian Tail and Zineth...
#9 - Episode 30
Season 8 - Episode 30 - Aired 9/4/2012
Bajo and Hex are up late in this special episode of Good Game but they manage to squeeze in reviews of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and The Expendables 2 before bed time... The Expendables sounds like the perfect recipe for a coop video game shooter! And to tie in with the movie sequel, we now have just that... Counter Strike is one of the most important shooters out there but it has been long overdue for an update, which brings us to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
#10 - Episode 31
Season 8 - Episode 31 - Aired 9/11/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Guild Wars 2, Papo and Yo and Nihilumbra... In Nihilumbra you play a little inky blob who's escaped from the void into a new world... Papo and Yo is an adventure platformer brought to us by new indie devs Minority... For the first time after 8 years of World of Warcraft dominating the MMOS fantasy genre, it finally has a serious competitor with Guild Wars 2...
#11 - Episode 32
Season 8 - Episode 32 - Aired 9/18/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Thirty Flights of Loving, Gravity Bone, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Borderlands 2... It's time to crack our knuckles again throw down some fisticuffs in Tekken Tag Tournament 2... We're back for more looting and shooting in Borderlands 2, and with it comes more diverse environments, even better guns and there's a even a half decent story to tie it all together... Feature Story: Storytelling in Games Once upon a time… There were videogames that didn’t even have stories, but over the decades we’ve seen the gaming medium really mature, and so too have the stories it’s able to tell... Thirty Flights of Loving is the latest indie title offering to catch our eye recently...
#12 - Episode 22
Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 7/10/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of The Amazing Spider-Man and Spec Ops: The Line... The Amazing Spider-Man With The Amazing Spiderman getting a reboot in the cinemas he obviously has to have video game to go with it. But is this actually amazing, or not so spectacular? Spec Ops: The Line Spec Ops is now in the hands of German developer Yager, and it's time for us to walk the line. Feature Story: Tax Incentives Our home-grown gaming studios have been struggling in recent years, with many forced to close their doors. Goose investigates a new government funding scheme that could provide a lifeline for the industry we love.
#13 - Episode 34
Season 8 - Episode 34 - Aired 10/2/2012
Bajo and Hex are review Resident Evil 6, the Half-Life one remake, Black Mesa and pit FIFA against PES for their 2013 releases... Black Mesa Eight long years in the making, Black Mesa is finally here, well most of it. Hit & Miss: Need for Speed We take a look at the hits and misses of the Need for Speed franchise... Resident Evil 6 tries to freshen up the series with a more modern setting, some big ideas, and sadly that is also its downfall... FIFA 13 vs. PES 2013 When it comes down to the annual showdown of the virtual football giants, we're right there. Yes, it's FIFA versus Pro Evolution Soccer!
#14 - Episode 35
Season 8 - Episode 35 - Aired 10/9/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of NBA 2K13, Torchlight II and World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria...
#15 - Episode 36
Season 8 - Episode 36 - Aired 10/16/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Dishonored, Tokyo Jungle and Carrier Command: Gaea Mission while Goose looks at Bad Piggies, the latest game from the creators of Angry Birds...
#16 - Episode 37
Season 8 - Episode 37 - Aired 10/23/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Fable: The Journey, Forza Horizon and War of the Roses while Goose checks out XCOM: Enemy Unknown...
#17 - Episode 38
Season 8 - Episode 38 - Aired 10/30/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Rugby League Live 2, Doom 3 BFG Edition and The Unfinished Swan while special guest Dave Callan delivers a dance review medley...
#18 - Episode 39
Season 8 - Episode 39 - Aired 11/6/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Halo 4, Assassin's Creed III and Medal of Honor: Warfighter...
#19 - Episode 40
Season 8 - Episode 40 - Aired 11/13/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of 007 Legends, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare and Need for Speed: Most Wanted. Meanwhile, Goose checks out Hotline Miami...
#20 - Episode 41
Season 8 - Episode 41 - Aired 11/20/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Hitman Absolution but also get a bit curious about Curiosity... Hitman: Absolution The Hitman games have always been quite good, but Hitman Absolution is excellent... Gratis Gaming: Punch Quest Endless running games are quickly becoming the go-to genre for smart phones. In spite of this bloated genre, Punch Quest has so much style I couldn't put it down... Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Call of duty Black Ops 2 is on a mission to stop that series fatigue from setting in, and shake things up a bit...
#21 - Episode 42
Season 8 - Episode 42 - Aired 11/27/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse, Natural Selection 2, and Far Cry 3.
#22 - Episode 43
Season 8 - Episode 43 - Aired 12/4/2012
Bajo and Hex are back for the final episode of Good Game for 2012. In this hour long extravaganza they check out the Wii U, Nintendo Land, Super Mario Bros. U, PlanetSide 2, and LEGO The Lord of the Rings as well as reminiscing about the year gone by.
#23 - Episode 12
Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/1/2012
Reviews of: Fez - Any 80s or 90s gamer will feel intense joy the moment they step into the retro world of mystery and puzzles that is Fez! Pandora's Tower - is the stuff of fantasy legend from days of yore; a hero’s quest, a terrible curse, a maiden in peril and monsters to slay. Risen 2: Dark Waters - You play a hero with no name who is faced with the unenviable task of defeating a bunch of otherworldly monsters called Titans... Gratis Gaming: Realm of the Mad God - calls itself "the first co-op, fantasy, MMO, shooter".
#24 - Episode 02
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/21/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Catherine, The Darkness II and Uncharted: Golden Abyss... My First Hero We asked Seth Killian, Community Manager on Street Fighter X Tekken, about his first gaming hero... Backwards Compatible: Handheld Gaming Hand-held gaming has come a long way...but how exactly DID it get this good?
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#25 - Episode 03
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/28/2012
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Resident Evil: Revelations, Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Dear Esther. My Gaming Hero: Jonathan Lim We asked Jonathan Lim, Producer of Prototype 2, about his first gaming hero... Feature Story: Game Hacks There’s nothing like dominating a server and seeing your name high on a scoreboard, It’s a large part of what keeps us in the game! But some gamers don’t always play by the rules...