I am joined by Greg as we look back at the year of gaming in 2022. I have known Greg for over 10 years so this was fun to do. TimeStamps (00:00) Intro (01:30) History of how Greg & I met (11:25) General Thoughts on Gaming this year (16:40) Discussion of games we enjoyed this […]
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