Fire Escape Cast #18: Game of the Year 2021

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Fire Escape Cast #18: Game of the Year 2021

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371 minutes

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Dec 20, 2021

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For the final episode of 2021, the Fire Escape trio comes together to debate, re-debate, and soberly argue about the best video games of 2021, as well as the winners of several handcrafted categories.

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Dec 20, 2021

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Dan Ryckert, Mary Kish, and Mike Mahardy can’t shut down bars while talking about video games like they used to, so they created Fire Escape to keep those chats going from across the country. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fireescape/support

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Fire Escape Cast #18: Game of the Year 2021: For the final episode of 2021, the Fire Escape trio comes together to debate, re-debate, and soberly argue about the best video games of 2021, as well as the winners of several handcrafted categories. by Fire Escape Cast
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