• Mon. Oct 6th, 2025

Pokémon Violet Launch Impressions And Somerville Review | GI Show

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<p>In this week’s episode of&nbsp;<em>The Game Informer Show, </em>the crew shares its <a href=”https://www.gameinformer.com/review-in-progress/2022/11/17/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-review-in-progress” target=”_blank”>Pokémon Violet launch impressions,</a> breaks down the list of&nbsp;The Game Awards nominees, and discusses our latest game reviews, including <a href=”https://www.gameinformer.com/review/somerville/high-highs-and-technical-woes” target=”_blank”>Somerville</a> and <a href=”https://www.gameinformer.com/review/pentiment/quill-power” target=”_blank”>Pentiment</a>. Before diving into a round of listener emails, Marcus chats about the role-playing farming-sim hybrid, Harvestella.</p>

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<p><em>The Game Informer Show</em>&nbsp;is a weekly gaming podcast covering the latest video game news, industry topics, exclusive reveals, and reviews. Join host&nbsp;<a href=”https://twitter.com/itsVanAken” target=”_blank”>Alex Van Aken</a>&nbsp;every Thursday&nbsp;for a chat about your favorite games – past and present – with&nbsp;<em>Game Informer</em>&nbsp;staff, developers, and special guests from around the industry.&nbsp;Listen on<a href=”https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-game-informer-show/id335246945″ target=”_blank”>&nbsp;Apple Podcasts</a>,&nbsp;<a href=”https://open.spotify.com/show/2EWTEHrbZpNRAboYLimAhu” target=”_blank”>Spotify</a>, or your favorite podcast app.</p>

This episode was edited by&nbsp;<a href=”https://twitter.com/dj_stormageddon” target=”_blank”>Matt Storm</a>,&nbsp;the freelance audio editor for&nbsp;<em>The Game Informer Show.&nbsp;</em>Matt is an experienced podcast host and producer who’s been speaking into a microphone for over a decade. You should listen to Matt’s shows like the&nbsp;<a href=”https://twitter.com/funandgamespod” target=”_blank”><em>”Fun” And Games Podcast</em></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=”https://twitter.com/reignitepod” target=”_blank”><em>Reignite</em></a>, a Mass Effect podcast.&nbsp;

<p><em>Jump to the timestamps to get to a particular point of discussion:</em></p>

<p><em>00:00:00 – Intro</em></p>

<p><em>00:01:31 – The Game Awards Nominees</em></p>

<p><em>00:42:05 – Pokémon Scarlet &amp; Pokémon Violet</em></p>

<p><em>01:01:31 – Harvestella</em></p>

<p><em>01:15:43 – Somerville Review</em></p>

<p><em>01:25:04 – Pentiment Review</em></p>

<p><em>01:34:09 – Listener Questions and Housekeeping</em></p>