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Home»News»Gaming News»Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 173 – Ending the Year on a High Note

Spectator Mode Podcast Ep. 173 – Ending the Year on a High Note

By Keith MitchellJanuary 1, 2025
SPECMODE 173 - END OF YEAR

The Outerhaven has wrapped up its final podcast of 2024! In this episode, we discussed what Santa Claus brought us for Christmas 2024, the games we enjoyed in 2024, and what we’re looking forward to in 2025. The team also reflected on promises we made in 2024 that we didn’t keep and shared our hopes for changes in the gaming industry in 2025.

Thank you for enjoying our content in 2024, and we hope you’ll continue to enjoy it throughout 2025!

Thanks for watching or listening!

Hosts:

  • Keith Mitchell (@Shadowhaxor on BlueSky)
  • Karl Smart (@TheMasething on BlueSky)
  • Jordan Andow (@Wheelieaverage on BlueSky)
  • Scott Adams (@Sithscott on BlueSky)
  • Kevin Kelly (@Blockswift on BlueSky)

Other things we talked about
– What didn’t we talk about

Timestamps:

  • 00:00 – Intro
  • 00:05 – Housekeeping & announcing the cast
  • 01:53 – Our accomplishments throughout 2024
  • 05:04 – What Santa Claus brought everyone for Christmas 
  • 15:34 – Our favorite three games of 2024 
  • 41:40 – Three games we’re looking forward to in 2025
  • 1:10:02 – Promises you made in 2024 that you didn’t live up to
  • 1:20:03 – Don’t buy cheap gaming chairs
  • 1:22:28 – Stop making unrealistic goals for 2025
  • 1:23:51 – Gaming industry wants and personal goals for 2025
  • 1:28:44 – Inclusion and representation in gaming
  • 2:07:17 – We want  to wish everyone a Happy New Year

You can find the Spectator Mode podcast on the following podcast platforms. Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify, as it will go a long watch in more people discovering us. Thank you!

  • Apple Podcasts
  • YouTube
  • Spotify
  • Amazon Music

The Outerhaven’s accomplishments of 2024:

  • Karl interviewing Naoki Yoshida – Final Fantasy XVI
  • Keith interviewing Justin Woodward of Interabang Entertainment – Jay and Silent Bob Chronic Punch
  • Keith being invited to a Path of Exile 2 hands-on event in Los Angeles
  • Scott interviewing Shinichi Tatsuke on Romancing SaGa 2’s Modern Reimagining
  • Multiple interviews with Cover corp regarding Hololive by Matt and Will
  • Matthew’s Interviews of Developers such as Francisco Gonalzez, Julia Minamata & James Lightfoot
  • Jordan being invited to the Sniper Elite Resistance hands-on preview
  • Keith being invited to CES 2025
  • Keith and Scott being invited to Summer Games Fest 2024
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Keith has been a fan of geek culture and video games ever since his father gifted him his first gaming console many decades ago and has used this love of for the genres to start The Outerhaven. Keith keeps follows on the ongoings of videogames, anime, comics and technology, and while he has been writing about these topics for the past 14 years, he has been a gamer and tech guy for 30 years.

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