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Ep. 2 - Jonathan is the God of War

Welcome to 2019, everybody! At That Odious Beast, Gaming, we're back, and ready to roll into a new year of good vidya games. But first, let's take a moment to talk about what we liked- and maybe didn't like (lookin' at you, Battlefield V war stories)- from the year that just escaped silently into the night.

In this episode:

Jonathan talks about his time with Avalanche Studios' Mad Max, and Logan misses a pun he really wanted to make.

Logan dives deep into Subnautica talk.

We take a look at the verb-puzzle presented by Motion Twin's Dead Cells.

Jonathan ruminates on the big yikes that is The Last Tiger.

And then, we dive into a list of everything we played in 2018. Stay with us, because there are some good ones. (And, in Jonathan's case, several that weren't as good.)

You can find us on Twitter at @loganmathew401 and @JonathanNielson

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