143: Games of the Year 2024

The whole crew assembles to share our personal five favorite games of 2024, alongside picks from previous show guests and our listeners. Happy 2025!
Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.
Our GOTY picks (SPOILERS):
Doug:
Xenosphere
B3313 (Mario 64 mod)
Boku no Natsuyasumi 2
Slice & Dice 3.0 (tann.itch.io/slice-dice)
Caves of Qud
Sarah:
Velgress (from UFO 50)
Balatro
Bridge Command (bridgecommand.space)
Waxwing
Key of Dreams (thekeyofdreams.co.uk)
Zach:
Astro Bot
Astro Bot
Astro Bot
Astro Bot
Astro Bot
Laura:
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Balloon SMP (balloonsmp.neocities.org)
Interstate 35 (radiantarray.io)
Games to play with babies / Zach's 2023 pick
Dress to Impress (Roblox)
Nick:
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Pseudoregalia
Paper Beast (pixelreef.fr/paper-beast)
Smart Ball
The Nest (thenestshow.com)
Andy:
Hollow Knight (hollowknight.com)
Pokemon TCG Pocket (tcgpocket.pokemon.com/en-us)
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Astro Bot
Velgress (of UFO 50)
Rob:
Balatro
Moon Adventure
Barbuta (of UFO 50)
Slice & Dice 3.0 (tann.itch.io/slice-dice)
Caves of Qud

Show Notes:
Electron Dance piece/interview about Xenosphere
Dominic Tarason (bsky.app/profile/dominictarason.com)
action button reviews boku no natsuyasumi (2022) (youtube.com/watch?v=779coR-XPTw)
The Boku Diaries (youtube.com/watch?v=fks6UI0IiWA)
Into the Depths: Slice & Dice
Into the Depths: Caves of Qud

Other picks from guests and listeners:
UFO 50
Cryptmaster
Case of the Golden Idol DLCs (thegoldenidol.com)
Fractal Block World
N++ Community Tab Project
Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip
10 hours of silence occasionally broken up by the Taco Bell bong
Fallout 4
Earth Defense Force 6 (d3p.co.jp/edf6/en)
Rabbit and Steel
Rogue Legacy 2 (roguelegacy2.com)
The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls
Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom
Feldivek
Factorio (factorio.com)
Playframes: How Do We Know We Are Playing? by Celia Pearce
Celeste (celestegame.com)
Pepper Grinder
Riven (2024) (cyan.com/games/riven)
Caves of Qud
Animal Well (animalwell.net)
Katamari Damacy
Leap Year (managore.itch.io/leap-year)
Arcs
MX Bikes (mx-bikes.com)
Karen Kavett's Gradient Cascade Puzzle
Earthrise 1 in Melbourne (earthrise.one)
Cine2Nerdle Battles
Deadlock