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2024-07-19

  Open the Summer Video Game Grab Bag!

We have talked about dozens of awesome games in 2024, yet we still missed several tasty delights. This week, the Besties take solo journeys across the world of gaming and return with some fascinating discoveries. Want a remake of a ‘90s classic? Or an ...
  Justin McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Russ Frushtick, Chris Plante author
2024-07-12

  The Best Games of 2024 at the Halfway Point

We stand at the midpoint of 2024. Behind us, we see a towering pile of video games. We reach into the stack and pull something loose. It’s Balatro! We grab another game from the rubble! Like a Dragon! Together, the Besties retrieve the best games of th...
  Justin McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Russ Frushtick, Chris Plante author
2024-07-05

  We're Haunted by Luigi's Mansion 2 HD

Nintendo’s final year of Switch has been a bizarre mishmash of remakes and spinoffs. Luigi’s Mansion 2 continues that trend, updating the 2013 3DS jaunt for a 2024 audience. Can a decade-old game meet the expectations of Luigi’s Mansion 3 fans? And wha...
  Justin McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Russ Frushtick, Chris Plante author
2024-06-28

  Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is a LOT

Can the game of the year be a DLC expansion? This week, The Besties discuss Elden Ring: The Shadow of the Erdtree, the highly anticipated addition to one of the greatest games of all time. Is it too hard? How is it different from the original game? Can...
  Justin McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Russ Frushtick author
2024-06-21

  What makes Nintendo different from the rest

Nintendo can't be stopped! With the Nintendo Switch 2 coming in 2025, we expected 2024 to be a slow year for the iconic game publisher. We were wrong. We open the show with a long convo about the big announcements, including a Zelda game starring Zelda...
  Chris Plante, Russ Frushtick, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy author
2024-06-14

  Summertime Funtime Gamefest Time

Hundreds of games were shown during the Summer Game Fest. The Besties spotlight some of their favorites, while discussing the strange and messy state of the video game industry in 2024. Is SGF the E3 replacement of our dreams? How should we feel about ...
  Justin McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Chris Plante, Russ Frushtick author
2024-06-07

  Is This the Year of Prince of Persia?

Prince of Persia is back — again! For the second time this year, Ubisoft has released a new Prince of Persia game that shifts the series to a new genre. Rogue Prince of Persia is, as the name suggests, a roguelike. Built by the team that steered Dead C...
  Justin McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Chris Plante, Russ Frushtick author
2024-05-31

  Walking Into the Thousand-Year Door

This week’s special guest is Mario! Or as some people say, Merry-O. The most popular plumber on our podcast returns with a remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. This might shock you, but Griffin is in love. What about the rest of the crew? In ...
  Justin McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Russ Frushtick, Chris Plante author
2024-05-24

  The Great Indie Game Flood of 2024 Continues

Here’s a short list of indie games released in May: Crow Country, Animal Well, Arctic Eggs, 1000xResist, Skald, Hades 2, Indika, and the list goes on. We’ve already discussed some of those games. We'll discuss more in the future. Today, the game we’ve ...
  Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Russ Frushtick author
2024-05-17

  Into the Aether of Hell with Hades 2

The Besties went through HELL to record this episode. With Griffin and Justin out, Frushtick and Plante prepared to record with a special guest. But after Plante spilled water all over his recording set up, Frushtick was left to talk about Hades 2 as t...
  Russ Frushtick, Brendon Bigley author