Nicest of 2020

This wasn't a normal year, so in addition to your nice hosts' annual tradition of celebrating the year's "Nicest," and looking forward to the games and the gamedev in the coming year, we do another pandemic check-in, and reflect on the how the show has been one of the stabilizing forces in our lives. PLUS: We reveal this year's hiatus project!

Local Releases (2020) 0:20:56 NewsHyperDotElemetalsWidget Satchel (in Japan)Color Jumper (on Switch)Death Drives a BusAstral Gunners (in Early Access)Flailure Nicest (2020) 0:32:46 Mark LaCroixStephen McGregorEllen Burns-JohnsonNicest

Ellen:

Ellen played 2019's Baba Is You on Switch this year.

Ellen played 2019's Borderlands 3 at the beginning on the pandemic.

Ellen is staring down the HUGE pile of games from 2020's Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality.

Mark:

One of Mark's Nicest was "new consoles," which we talked about in: "Not like Beauty and the Beast."Paper Mario: The Origami King is a laugh-out-loud funny RPG on the Switch - Andrew Webster, Polygon

Stephen:

Civilization VI didn't come out in 2020, but with all the new content, it sometimes feels like it!

Nioh 2 Most Anticipated (for 2021) 0:48:39 Mark LaCroixStephen McGregorEllen Burns-JohnsonNicest

Ellen:

EndlingThe MediumBoyfriend Dungeon

Mark:

Ratchet & Clank: Rift ApartAway: The Survival Series

Stephen:

Baldur’s Gate 3Deathloop Gamedev Resolutions (for 2021) 1:01:29 Mark LaCroixStephen McGregorEllen Burns-JohnsonNicest What We're Working On (in 2021) 1:12:17 Mark LaCroixStephen McGregorEllen Burns-JohnsonNicest