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Fantasy Football: 2023 Video Game Edition [SyrupArcade Cast 3]

Even if you’re not into sports, you’re likely familiar with fantasy football. The idea of drafting players or teams early on to see how they fare down the line certainly makes for some good discussion.

However, we at MobileSyrup are decidedly not into sports, so instead, we’ve drawn inspiration from these sorts of fantasy drafts and, naturally, applied that to video games. Specifically, we’ve dedicated our third episode of the nascent SyrupArcade Cast to which 2023 games we think will review the best on OpenCritic.

To start, we assembled a quartet of big gaming fans consisting of regular SyrupArcade Cast hosts Dean Daley and Brad Shankar, as well as MobileSyrup contributors Chris Brown and Steve Vegvari. From there, each of us were given the chance to pick three games that we believe will be among the top-scoring of the year. We’ll also do a follow-up podcast in the middle of the year — after more titles are announced at the likes of E3 and Summer Game Fest — to add two more picks for a total of five each.

Who snagged The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? Where did Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 end up? What about StarfieldFinal Fantasy XVIStar Wars Jedi: Survivor or one of the many other games launching this year? Tune in to the latest episode of the SyrupArcade Cast to find out!

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You can find last month’s Game Awards-focused episode here.

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Let’s talk about the The Game Awards 2022 [SyrupArcade Cast 2]

The 2022 Game Awards were only last week, so we at MobileSyrup thought it was only fitting to talk about the ceremony.

Brad Shankar was at the event, contributor Chris Brown watched remotely as a casual viewer, and Dean Daley also took in the event from home.

In episode two of the SyrupArcade Cast, we talk about everything The Game Awards-related, including some of the weird nominations, the games we didn’t want to win and the coolest trailers we saw at the event. And yes, that means I just gushed on about Cameron Monaghan and how good he looks in his role as Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

You can find our first episode of the SyrupArcade Cast focused on God of War Ragnarök here.

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The joy of Black Friday and Elon Musk burning Twitter down [SyrupCast 269]

On this week’s SyrupCast, Patrick O’Rourke, Brad Bennett and Jon Lamont talk about this year’s carrier and retailer Black Friday deals and whether they are worthwhile, then delve into the current state of Twitter under Elon Musk’s regime.

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God of War: Ragnarok might be the GOAT [SyrupArcade Cast]

God of War: Ragnarok is finally available.

While Brad Shankar dropped his opinion on the game last week and interviewed several developers behind the title, the team still had more to say about the anticipated PS4 and PS5 gaming epic.

This is where Dean Daley’s and Brad Shankar’s new SyrupArcade episodes of the SyrupCast come in. These special SyrupArcade Cast episodes are still the SyrupCast you know and love, but with an emphasis on all things gaming. All episodes will be available in the standard SyrupCast podcast feed on nearly every podcast platform out there.

On this episode of the SyrupArcade Cast, Dean and Brad have a nearly spoiler-free discussion about Ragnarök‘s characters, settings, Norse mythology and more.

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The Pixel 7 and Pixel Watch review pod [SyrupCast 267]

On this week’s SyrupCast, Patrick O’Rourke chats with Jon Lamont and Dean Daley about MobileSyrup’s Pixel 7, Pixel Watch and Pixel 7 Pro reviews.

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5G’s future in Canada [SyrupCast 265]

On this week’s SyrupCastPatrick O’Rourke, Brad Bennett and Jon Lamont take a look at the future of 3,500Mhz 5G in Canada and what the technology means for Canadians.

Real 5G is finally making its way to Canada.

This episode is part of a sponsored two-episode series focused on 5G.

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This article is part of our The Future with 5G Series. A full-length documentary on 5G airs on BBC Earth Canada and MobileSyrup on August 26th. For more 5G content, check out our new hub focused on the next-generation technology.

This podcast is sponsored by Bell. MobileSyrup publishes sponsored content. These partnerships do not influence our editorial content.

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Should you buy Apple’s iPhone 14? ft. Shevon Salmon [SyrupCast 264]

On this week’s SyrupCastPatrick O’Rourke, Brad Bennett, Dean Daley and special guest tech YouTuber Shevon Salmon discuss Apple’s big ‘Far Out’ keynote and also delve into MobileSyrup‘s reviews/hands-ons of all the devices the tech giant showed off, including the iPhone 14, the iPhone 14 Pro/Max, the Apple Watch Series 8, the Apple Watch Ultra and the AirPods (2nd-Gen).

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iPhone 14, Apple Watch Pro and AirPods Pro 2 rumour round-up [SyrupCast 263]

On this week’s SyrupCastPatrick O’Rourke and Brad Bennett break down everything they expect to see revealed at Apple’s upcoming September 7th ‘Far Out’ event, including the iPhone 14, Apple Watch Pro, 2nd-gen AirPods Pro and more.

For more on what we expect to see at Apple’s big fall event, check out this round-up story.

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The state of 5G in Canada [SyrupCast 262]

On this week’s SyrupCastPatrick O’Rourke, Brad Bennett and Jon Lamont explain what 5G actually is.

Along with discussing 5G, the pod squad also delves into the current state of the technology in Canada and how the country’s implementation of the next-gen wireless tech compares to other areas of the world.

This episode is part of a sponsored two-episode series focused on 5G (the next episode drops later in September).

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This article is part of our The Future with 5G Series. A full-length documentary on 5G airs on BBC Earth Canada and MobileSyrup on August 26th. For more 5G content, check out our new hub focused on the next-generation technology.

This podcast is sponsored by Bell. MobileSyrup publishes sponsored content. These partnerships do not influence our editorial content.

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Google I/O: Pixel 7/6a, Pixel Watch, Pixel Buds Pro and more [SyrupCast 259]

On this week’s SyrupCastPatrick O’Rourke, Brad Bennett and Dean Daley talk about I/O 2022, including the Pixel Watch, the Pixel 6a, the Pixel 7, the Pixel Buds Pro, the Pixel Tablet and more.

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