Sometimes these things we call videogames just aren't very good, and by some pretty objective metrics. And yet, we and a lot of other folks still seem to manage to have a great time. How can this be? Join Joseph Martin, Anna Bryniarski, John Rizzi, and Blu Ryder as they attempt to address this question and other topics such as:\n\n- Those new Pok\xe9mon Scarlet and Violet games are pretty rough, huh?\n- How do we reconcile games that have huge flaws yet are still popular?\n- We're gonna watch The Game Awards on the Discord!\n- Anna gives us her top 5 favorite The Sims 4 lores\n- John has acquired GameCube\n- Blu has played a videogame that they *actually like* !!!\n- Hitmonlee\n\n[Podcast Intro/Outro \u201c5 is Average\u201d by Meteo Xavier]