TheGamer Podcast episode 42 is out now as we talk about our favorite games of the year so far, including mentions of Roller Champions, Pokemon Legends: Arceus Ghostwire: Tokyo, The Quarry, and Vampire Survivors.

TheGamer Podcast is hosted by Eric Switzer and this week's episode features Issy van der Velde, Jade King, Stacey Henley, and Andrew King as guests. You can listen to the podcast through Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and several other podcast apps.

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What with Summer Game Fest not having occurred at the time of recording, the team takes the opportunity to talk about their favorite games of 2022 so far. However, as we like to mix it up a little bit at TheGamer, we wittle down our favorite game this year by having two games go up against each other, with another team member to pick between them. For example, the first round has Jade's choice of Ghostwire: Tokyo go up against Issy's choice of Roller Champions, and Andrew gets to pick between them.

There's plenty of games mentioned during the conversation, including big games such as Horizon Forbidden West, Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and, of course, Elden Ring. However, we also get detailed discussions on smaller titles such as We Were Here Forever, Vampire Survivors, Nobu, Life As Vampires, and... Box Office Game? Listen as we wittle down all of these titles to one clear winner that you should definitely go play as soon as possible.

TheGamer Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by Eric Switzer and featuring staff from TheGamer discussing topics in gaming from the week. Episode 41 can be found here and features discussion on the reveal of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, new details on Pokemon Scarlet & Violet, the new trailer for Sonic Frontiers, and a detailed breakdown of everything announced at Sony's latest State of Play showcase.

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