One Year and Counting! | Happy Hour #50

Strange Happy Hour!

Important Sh!t:

Top Entertainment of the Year:
- MP:Avengers Endgame
- JP: Pokémon Sword and Shield
- BM: Death Stranding - https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/death-stranding

Whiff of the Year:
- MP: Anthem
- JP: Google Stadia/Tesla truck
- BM: Video Game exclusives - Crackdown 3, Shenmue III, MediEvil, Days Gone, Daemon X Machina

Top News Story of the Year:
- MP:The Next Web: A site that tells you if Apple’s AirPower wireless charger is out yet is now out: https://thenextweb.com/plugged/2019/03/25/site-apples-airpower-wireless-charger-mat-out/
- JP:Telltale Games to return as a new studio: and finishes walking dead march 2019 release: https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/08/28/telltale-games-is-being-revived-as-a-new-company-with-the-rights-to-the-wolf-among-us-and-batman
- BM: PS5 Announcement: https://www.wired.com/story/exclusive-sony-next-gen-console/

FOMO Thing of the Year:
- MP: PAX East
- JP: Gears 5 and Xbox Gamepass
- BM: Astral Chain, Control, PAX East

WTF of the Year:
- MP: Samsung Galaxy Fold
- JP: PS4 making games (MLB the Show) for Xbox and Nintendo: https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/12/10/mlb-the-show-will-be-on-non-playstation-consoles-by-2021-2
- BM: the Playdate handheld announcement: https://play.date/

Most Overrated Thing of the Year:
- MP: Stadia
- JP: Games of Service as a whole. modern Warfare,Division 2, Borderlands 3.
- BM: Franchise Hype and Fatigue - Marvel, Star Wars, DC, etc.

Top Thing of the Year:
- MP: AMD Ryzen 9 and Threadripper 3rd Generation
- JP: Switch: Astral Chain,Pokémon, Link's Awakening,Cadence of Hyrule, Mario Maker 2, Luigi’s Mansion, Fire Emblem 3 houses
- BM: Death Stranding - https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/death-stranding 

Last Call!:
Cheers!: Let’s introduce our special guest. This week, we all picked out some champagne to celebrate our 1 year rebranding anniversary, as well as our 50th episode!

Shout outs:
- Michael 'Tumbleweed' Kepley and his Pokemon Playthrough: https://youtu.be/m5GyLsxfyHc
- Xphobia is our streamer of the month over on Twitch streaming Realm Royal and Paladins: https://www.twitch.tv/xphobiaa/
- We have a new RSS feed, so audio forms of the podcast are here! http://happyhour.strangegaming.com/
- Join our Discord - https://discord.gg/PWcgBc

And, as always, feel free to reach out to any one of the wonderful hosts in any capacity. You reach the Dispatcher on Twitter @DuhFr33k, Handsome John @HandsomeJohnP, and the Jesterhead himself @Jesterhead0302. Also, don’t be afraid to talk to us down in the comments. We always enjoy a good conversation, in case you didn’t notice ;)