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Saros is More Bullet Heaven Than Bullet Hell
Vampire Crawlers and a Big Besties Update
Tomodatchi Life and the Magic and Wonder of Super Nintendo World
Pragmata Is Like Dead Space with Optimism
For Super Mario Galaxy The Movie, We Get Help from Get Played
Creature Kitchen Is an Alternative to Expensive Gaming
Marathon Is Both a Miracle and a Monster
Slay the Spire 2, a Big Hole, and a Resident Evil 9 Spoiler Chat!
Pokopia Will Teach You to Love Pokémon Again
Scott Pilgrim vs. Millennial Nostalgia
Resident Evil: Requiem is Two Games in One!
Reanimal Is Like Limbo with Friends
Mewgenics is a Meow-sterpiece
Is Dragon Quest VII Too Easy? Is Nioh 3 Too Hard?
Cairn Is a Climbing Game for the Real Ones
The First Great Game of 2026
Terminator Time Travels to Save '90s Garbage Games
The Most Anticipated Games of 2026
Besties Battle Bracket: Best Bathroom Game (Patreon Bonus)
The Besties Best Game Bracket: 2025 Edition, Part 2
The Besties Best Game Bracket: 2025 Edition, Part 1
Metroid Prime 4 vs. Ooo: Showdown of the Search Action Games
Dispatch's Second Chance (and The Game Awards Predictions)
What Genre Is Kirby Air Riders?!
Reflecting on 2025’s Best Games Ahead of GOTY
Fortnite's Humongous Simpsons Update Raises an Awkward Question
What Even Is a Video Game?! (Grab Bag!)
There’s Always a Lighthouse, a Pokémon, a City
Is Outer Worlds 2 the Second Coming of Fallout New Vegas?
One Game to Consume All of Your Time
Silent Hill and the Heir to Castle Crashers' Crown
Ghost of Yotei Slashes Through Open-World Filler
Baby Steps is Video Game Heaven and Hell
The Highs and Lows of Borderlands 4
Silksong is an Exceptional Metroidvania (If You Endure its Challenges)
Metal Gear Solid Delta is Peak Remake
Herdling is Beautiful, But is it Fun?
How video game movies got good: A Post Games bonus
Sword of the Sea is Like Journey on a Hoverboard
Mafia Is One of the Strangest, Messiest AAA Games Ever Released
A Great Game for Every Genre
The Year of the Video Game Ninja
Mario + Hulk + Red Faction = Donkey Kong Bananza
Want a New GBA-style Zelda? Try This Indie Game
Deltraune Isn’t Finished Just Yet, But You Should Play It Now
In The Alters, Life Comes at You Fast
Death Stranding 2 Adds Fun, Subtracts Frustration
Don’t Miss the Switch 2’s Hidden Gem
The Big Switch 2 Episode – Plus the Best of SGF
A Golden Age for Card Game Sickos
Tired of the World? Try a Fantasy Life
Doom: The Dark Ages is a (Shotgun) Blast
Open the Besties Treasure Trove
Revenge of the French RPG!
Let's Save Cats From Oblivion!
Runescape and a Competitor to Limbo? It's a Grab Bag, Y'all
Promise Mascot Agency is an Escape From Life’s Headaches
Blue Prince is the First Must-Play Game of 2025
Chilling in the Grab Bag with Kingdom Come Deliverance 3
Assassin's Creed Shadows Delivers on an 18-Year-Old Promise
Repo and Inzoi Will Terrify You – For Very Different Reasons
Wanderstop Performs an Autopsy on the Cozy Game Genre
Split Fiction is everything fans want (and more of what critics fear)
Monster Hunter Wilds is Surprisingly Great in Single-Player
The Pirate Yakuza Game Has Something for Everyone – Even Newcomers
Is Avowed Too Good for Our Brains to Comprehend?
The Best Combat in a Metroidvania . . .Ever
Citizen Sleeper 2 Blends Game and Story Into One Complex Dish
The Switch 2 and "Vampire Survivors+RPG"
How to Get Started in Handheld Gaming with Retro Game Corps
The Most Anticipated Games of 2025
Our Big Predictions for Video Games in 2025
Best Console (Not Including the Games) (Patreon Bonus)
The Besties Game of the Year Is . . .
The Besties Besty of the Year 2024, part 1
These Games Will Win at The Game Awards – Maybe!
Half-Life 2's Patch Adds an Incredible Commentary
The Thanksgiving Buffet of Video Games
The "Something Old, Something New" Week in Gaming
Revisiting our "Most Anticipated Games" of 2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Wants You to be Happy
The Awesome Games of the Future
Silent Hill 2 is the Psycho (1998) of Video Games
Yes, Metaphor: ReFantazio Really is Fantasy Persona
Is the New Zelda as Good as We Hoped?
UFO 50 with special guest Jason Schreier!
Too Many Games? Not a Problem!
Astrobot is the New GOTY Frontrunner
Where Do Star Wars Games Go From Here?
Black Myth Wukong puts the book in video game book club
Tactical Breach Wizards Does Practically Everything Right
We Invented A New Genre Name!
Two Very Different Approaches to a “Funny Video Game”
A Heist Game Starring Robot Pirates? Yes, Please!
Nintendo Dares You to Become a Speedrunner
Open the Summer Video Game Grab Bag!
The Best Games of 2024 at the Halfway Point
We're Haunted by Luigi's Mansion 2 HD
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is a LOT
What makes Nintendo different from the rest
Summertime Funtime Gamefest Time
Is This the Year of Prince of Persia?
Walking Into the Thousand-Year Door
The Great Indie Game Flood of 2024 Continues
Into the Aether of Hell with Hades 2
Going down Animal Well's Rabbit Hole
There's No Rest for the Wicked Nuns
A Souls-like for Fans of N64-era Mascot Games
Falling in to the Fallout TV Show
Chicken Soup for the Gamers' Soul
Pepper Grinder and Princess Peach, Together at Last
Arise with Dragon's Dogma 2
Rise of the Ronin is Assassin's Creed with Killer Combat
Unicorn Overlord and a God of War-like You Never Heard Of
The Future of Video Games (In Demos)
We Really (Rogue)Like Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor and Balatro
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Helldivers 2 are Battling for Our Time
Persona 3 Reload, Lysfanga, and Some Big Besties News
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is Kinda the Pits
Anomaly Agent and the future of the Resties!
The Grab Bag is Full and it is Only February
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is Infinite Fun
How we got from Batman to Suicide Squad [Resties]
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Starts the Year Out Strong
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and the Art of Jackfruit Lock-picking (feat. Jordan Morris)
Our big video game predictions 2024 [Resties]
What's Coming in 2024?
Besties 2023 GOTY Spectacular - Part Two
Besties 2023 GOTY Spectacular - Part One
The Resties Required Reading List is complete! [Resties]
A Look Back at 2023 with the TGAs (and the GTAs)
2023 Indies You Might Have Missed
The lost hour of Half-Life [Resties]
Super Mario RPG's Super Faithful Remake (feat. Felicia Day)
You'll Never See Persona 5 Tactica Comin'
Two new games to play with friends! [Resties]
Eating Snakes and Frogs with Metal Gear Solid 3
Alan Wake 2 is Weirder Than You Could Possibly Imagine
A Halloween video game treat [Resties]
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a Trip and a Half
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 vs. Literally Every Other Spider-Man Game
The perfect cozy games for fall [Resties]
Assassin's Creed Mirage Fills Us With Nostabgia (feat. Ron Funches)
The Besties Indie Game Roundup - Fall 2023 Edition
Cocoon is like a puzzle game made by Valve [Resties]
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is the Ultimate Make-Good
Lies of P is the Pinocchio Souls-like We Never Knew We Needed
Gunbrella is a gun that's an umbrella [Resties]
Sea of Stars Won Over the Most Unlikely Bestie
Armored Core 6 Makes us Love Mechs All Over Again
Two great games: one new, one old
Starfield Didn't Exactly Send Us to the Moon
THERE'S TOO MANY GOOD GAMES OUT PLEASE HELP
The Video Game Required Reading List: 1990-1994 [The Resties]
Hammerwatch II, and Much More Baldur's Gate 3
Baldur's Gate 3 is Just Unbelievably Good
The new Double Dragon is a summer surprise!
Disney Illusion Island's Clever, Kid-Friendly Contrivances
Pikmin 4 and the Art of Little Space Guy Farming
Ridiculous Fishing EX is ridiculously good [Resties]
Taking All the Best Pics with Viewfinder
Let's Spoil the Hell Out of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom!
BattleBit and what to play next on Switch [Resties]
The Best Games of the First Half of 2023!
Final Fantasy 16 and Mario Trips Balls
The Video Game Required Reading List: 2015-2020 [The Resties]
System Shock Remake and a Bunch of Gaming News!
Boltgun is a time machine to '90s gaming [Resties]
Diablo 4 Lets You Smash Demons and Loneliness (feat. Ron Funches!)
Street Fighter 6 is Shockingly Absolutely Our Jam
The big game announcements of the summer [Resties]
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Roundtable, Part Two
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Roundtable, Part One
Rusted Moss's grappling hook rules [Resties]
The Best Mobile Games Out Right Now (Oh, and Zelda)
Ranking Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's Nastiest Little Mustaches
The Video Game Required Reading List: 2000-2004 [The Resties]
Taking On the World With Advance Wars And Beyond
A Bizarre Marriage of MGS5 and Spleunky (feat. Steven Spohn)
We broke Crab Champions in the best way [Resties]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie? Mamma Mia, What a Film!
Diving Into the Best Games of Q1
Dredge and Octopath Traveler 2 rule! [Resties]
Resident Evil 4 Remake Has a Lot of Nice Things, Stranger
Metal Gear Solid 2's Great Switcheroo
The best gaming documentary of all time [The Resties]
Dead Cells, Sea of Thieves and More From the Grab Bag
Wo Long and Destiny 2: Lightfall Are Very Different Games!
The original Mario movie is totally bonkers [Resties]
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Saved Chris Plante's Life
Revisiting Metal Gear Solid's Weird Game Boy Color Port
New Yakuza and the best Game Boy games on Switch [Resties]
Metroid Prime Remastered Proves that Metroid Prime Still Rules
Hi-Fi Rush Surprise Drops its Way Into Our Hearts
2023 is already full of great games [The Resties]
It's Necromorphin' Time with Dead Space
Putting a Ring On It With Fire Emblem Engage
Better Know a Dungeon! (Plus, Persona 3-5!) [The Resties]
Revisiting Metal Gear Solid
The Hundred Million Jokes of High on Life
Our 2023 video game predictions! [The Resties]
What Are We Looking Forward To in 2023?
Besties 2022 GOTY Extravaganza - Part Two
Besties 2022 GOTY Extravaganza - Part One
The new Need for Speed is a fun surprise [The Resties]
Smashing the Gooey Guys of Warhammer 40K: Darktide with Ron Funches
Gone Fishin' with Blade in Marvel's Midnight Suns
The Video Game Required Reading List: 2010-2014 [The Resties]
Seeing Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Through the Eyes of a Child
Boldly Going Where No Hedgehog's Gone Before in Sonic Frontiers
One huge indie and one tiny one [The Resties]
BOY! Do We Have Thoughts About God of War: Ragnarok
Facing our Inner Demons in Bayonetta 3
A spoiler-free God of War Ragnarok preview! [The Resties]
Mario and Rabbids and Marvel and Sonic and Minions
A Desperate Dive Into the Grab Bag
No Man's Sky, All Rats' Earth [The Resties]
Getting Up Close and Persona(l)
Honey, We Shrunk the Us in Grounded
The Video Game Required Reading List: 1995-1999 [The Resties]
The Fall 2022 Indie Gaming Pick-A-Mix
Dreaming the Impossible Dreamlight Valley
Game Pass got a killer Pikmin-like, plus the end of Immortality
We're Not Squidding Around with Splatoon 3
Getting All Gussied Up with The Last of Us Part 1
Revenge of the backlog!!! (Plus, new TMNT) [The Resties]
A Fun Time at the Movies with Immortality
Returning to a Life of Crime in Saints Row
Video game season is here! [The Resties]
Blessed to Play Cursed to Golf
We Have Cult at Home
Happy birthday to Mario Kart! [The Resties]
Our Favorite Games to Bring on the Road (Including Xenoblade!)
The Multiverse is Real and It Has Shaggy
Stray is the G.O.A.T. of cat games [The Resties]
Tackling the Backlog with Tina Sanchez
Breaking Down the First Half of 2022
The Video Game Required Reading List: 1985-1989 [The Resties]
Chowing Down on Cuphead's Delicious Last Course
Partying at the World's Worst Summer Camp in The Quarry
Everyone should try Neon White [The Resties]
It Is, Once Again, Pizza Time with Shredder's Revenge
Kicking it Super Hard with Mario Strikers: Battle League
The surprise big game of the season [The Resties]
Whale Watching in Diablo Immortal
The Ghost of E3s Past (And Present, And Also Future)
The Video Game Required Reading List: 2005-2009 [The Resties]
Acting Like a Bunch of Draculas in V Rising
The Sleeper Hits of Spring 2022
Lego Star Wars is like a Rockstar game for kids [The Resties]
The Definitive Power Ranking of Star Wars Games
Showcasing Our Athleticism with Nintendo Switch Sports
Rogue Legacy 2 benefited a ton from early access [The Resties]
How to Keep a Child Entertained (and Other Impossibilities)
The Video Game Movie Canon with Kahlief Adams
Do you have to finish a game to love it? [The Resties]
Spoiling the Heck Out of Elden Ring
The Magical Butts of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
The best (and worst) video game controller [The Resties]
Kirby and the Forgotten Stomach
Embracing the Chaos of Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins
Tunic is retro Zelda with a splash of Fez [The Resties]
Playing the Silver Ball with Jeff Bakalar
The Best Games of Early 2022
How to play Elden Ring: a kind guide for beginners [The Resties]
We'll Be Talking About Elden Ring for a Long Time
Fun with Robosaurs in Horizon: Forbidden West
The 5 best "bang for your buck" games + Vampire Survivors [The Resties]
Besties 10th Anniversary Game of the Decade Spectacular
Raging Against the Dying Light 2
The definitive list of perfect portable games [The Resties]
We Gotta Go Back in Time with Pokemon Legends Arceus
The (Other) Best Games of the Last 10 Years
The Worst Games of Our Childhood [The Resties]
Everybody Loves Nobody Saves the World
Fortnite Got Buckwild When We Weren't Looking
2022's Big Video Game Predictions [The Resties]
2022's Most Anticipated Games
The Besties Game of the Year Spectacular - Part Two
The Besties Game of the Year Spectacular - Part One
Shadow of the Colossus + Jet Set Radio = Solar Ash [The Resties]
The Grappling Hook Brings You Back to Halo Infinite
Our Fall Favorites Leading into GOTY Season
We overlooked Unsighted, a brilliant Zelda-style indie [Resties]
Staying Faithful to Pokemon Shining Pearl and Brilliant Diamond
Gotta Exorcise 'Em All with Shin Megami Tensei V
Forza Horizon 5 is GotY material [Resties]
The Obligatory Annual Call of Duty Episode
The Card-ians of the Galaxy
The 10 best games on Nintendo Switch Online [Resties]
3 Besties Are Here 2 Discuss Back 4 Blood
Accessible Gaming with Steven Spohn
Take a Skeleton Road Trip with Spookware [Resties]
Metroid Dread is Here to Save Us All
The Golden Age of Sega is Upon Us
Alan Wake vs. the best JRPG of the year [Resties]
The Hidden Gems of the Past 200-ish Episodes!
Doing the Time Warp Yet Again with Deathloop
WarioWare-ing with Ron Funches
A Very Merry Holiday Season Preview Plus Time-looping Romans
No More Heroes and the Power of Egg Steam
Speaking sequels with Axiom Verge 2 and Psychonauts 2
Living the Dorm Life with Multiplayer Classics
Why Zelda: Breath of the Wild could still be GotY in 2021
Prosecuting Kirby's Crimes with The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Having a Playdate with Death's Door
Can Zelda: Skyward Sword be Saved?
The Amazing Indie Games of the Summer
Scarlet Nexus is 2021's Overlooked Gem
Mario Golf Raises the Question: What About Golf-Hims?
The Best Games of 2021's First Half
Ratchet Versus the E Triple
Still Deciding the Best Resident Evil Game
The Best Resident Evil Game DECIDED! (Almost)
You, Mii, and Chris P
All The Games We Loved This Spring
Resident Evil 8-age and the Briefcase of Fun
New Pokémon Snap and Returnal, a Mash-up for the Ages
Still Picking the Best GTA Game Ever
Picking the Best GTA Game Ever
The Dawn of CyberWar is Upon Us (Also Outriders)
Monster Hunter Rise and Shine
Just the Two of Us . . .
Loops and Loots with Loop Hero
Still Deciding The Best Zelda Game of All Time
Deciding The Best Zelda Game of All Time
Mario 3D World and the Infinite Sadness (of Bowser)
The Nightmare Before March
Waking Up Early with the Boys
Hitman 3 and the Great Muffin Assasination
The Deepest Cuts of Winter
Cyberpunking with Ron Funches
2021's Most Anticipated Games
2020 Game of the Year Part 2
2020 Game of the Year Part 1
Whose Souls? Demon's Souls
PlayStation 5 Launch Extravaganza
Xbox Series X Launch Spectacular ... Also Vikings!
Those Adorable Watch Dogs
We Have a PS5, It's Big
Games That Make Us Go AHHH!
Open the Baldur's Gates! We Have an Xbox Series X!
Won't Someone Think of Alderaan?
Hey Hades, Get Funky!
Begun These Pre-Order Wars Have (also Spelunky 2 is good)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 with Miles Luna
Can Any of Us Beat Up an Avenger?
What Have You Done To Us, Dear Listeners
Thank You for Flying Besties Airlines, Enjoy Your Tomato
The Boys Enter Early Access
A Letter to the Fall Guys Guys
The Best Ideas in Bad Games
The Best Summer Games You're Not Playing
Rolling Paper Mario
The Ghost with the Most of Tsushima
PS5 vs. Xbox Series X: We Pick a Winner!
Spoilers Ahoy! The Last of Us Part 2
No Spoilers for The Last of Us Part 2
Justin LOVES Clubhouse Games
The Super Mario Galaxy Isn't Big Enough for the Four of Them
Nathan Drake and Kratos, best friends forever
If You Like Halo 3 You Should Put a Ring on it
BioShock: Wet and Wild Fun!
COD4: Should We Feel Bad?
Y'all, Portal Still Rocks
What Was the Best Year for Video Games Ever?
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Feat. a Hunkier Cloud
Resident Evil 3: Missing the Large Detective
How to save a dead franchise, or: Old men play Half-Life Alyx
Animal Crossing: New Horizons will save us all!
DOOM Eternal with Elyse Willems
The Best Games You're Not Playing
The Besties go to the Farm!
Dreams
Sonic the Hedgehog: THE MOVIE
Mario 3 & The Wizard Reboot
Journey to the Savage Planet
Kentucky Route Zero / AI Dungeon
The Witcher Special
The Greatest Vaporware + Half-Life's Black Mesa
The Best Video Game Kings + Shovel Knight: King of Cards
Most Anticipated Video Games of 2020
2019 Recap Special
Game of the Year Part 2
Game of the Year Part 1
Death Stranding
Pokémon Sword and Shield
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Best Games of 2018
April 2018 and a Status Update on the Future
March 2018
February 2018
January 2018
The Best Game of 2017
November and December 2017
October 2017
The Besties pick the best games of September 2017
The Besties pick the best games of August 2017
The Besties pick the best games of July 2017
The Besties pick the best games of June 2017
The Besties pick the best games of May 2017
The Besties pick the best games of April 2017
The Besties are picking the best games of March 2017
The Besties pick the best games of February 2017
The Besties pick the best games of January 2017
The Besties podcast: Best of 2016
The Besties Game of the Year special for 2015 is now available, you monster
The Final Besties Ever: 2014's best games battle it out
Best games of July 2014 - The Besties
The best games of June 2014 according to The Besties
The Besties: The Best Games of May 2014
The Besties: The Best Games of April 2014
The Besties: The Best Games of March 2014
The Besties: The Best Games of February 2014
The Besties: The Best Games of January 2014
The Besties Game of the Year 2013 Video Special - Part 2 (Audio only)
The Besties Game of the Year 2013 Video Special - Part 1 (Audio Only)
The Besties 81: 'Twas the night before Besty
The Besties 80: Thanksgiving surprise
The Besties 79: Left Behind
The Besties 78: Our fondest memories of the generation
The Besties 77: A kid-shaped pile of rats
The Besties 76: Poor, poor Sonic
The Besties 75: A very merry Pokémon special
The Besties 74 - GD Ritzy's
The Besties 73 - A bowl of SteamOS
The Besties 72 - GTYay
The Besties 71 - Three's company
The Besties 70 - The avuncular episode
The Besties 69 - Live-ish from New York!
The Besties 68 - Down in a hole
The Besties 67 - A wild Grant appears
The Besties 66 - Rise of the Sun
The Besties 65 - Attack of the Giant Monsters from Outer Space
The Besties 64 - Best of the first half of 2013
The Besties 63 - The Last of Russ
The Besties 62 - All Animal Crossing, all the time
The Besties 61 - Welcome back for the first time
The Besties 60 - An embarrassment of riches
The Besties Podcast 59 — Griffin buys a Wii U
The Besties Podcast 58 — The best of Xbox One
The Besties Podcast 57 - The talking helicopter
The Besties Podcast 56 - The backhanded compliment
The Besties Podcast 55 - A mouthful of candies
The Besties Podcast 54 - The awkward episode
The Besties Podcast 53 - Let's finish this week
The Besties Podcast 52 - Life choices
The Besties Podcast 51 - New rules
The Besties Podcast 50 - Gears of War: Judgment and Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
The Besties Podcast 49 - Ridiculous Fishing and Super Stickman Golf 2
The Besties Podcast 48 - Tomb Raider and SimCity
The Besties Podcast 47 - Proteus and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
The Besties Podcast 46 - Crysis 3 and Bit.Trip Runner 2
The Besties Podcast 45 - Fire Emblem: Awakening and Dead Space 3
The Besties Podcast 44 - Antichamber and Ni No Kuni
The Besties Podcast 43 - Temple Run 2 and DMC: Devil May Cry
The Besties Podcast 42 - Kentucky Route Zero and Dark Souls
The Besties 41 - End of 2012 Special Part 2
The Besties 40 - End of 2012 Special Part 1
The Besties Podcast 39
The Besties Podcast 38
The Besties Podcast 37
The Besties Podcast 36
The Besties Podcast 35
The Besties Podcast 34
The Besties Podcast 33
The Besties Podcast XXXII
The Besties Podcast XXXI (archive)
The Besties Podcast xXx
The Besties Podcast XXIX (archive)
The Besties Podcast: Wii U special
The Besties Podcast XXVII
The Besties Podcast XXVI
The Besties Podcast XXV (archive)
The Besties Podcast XXIV
The Besties Podcast XXIII
The Besties Podcast XXII (archive)
The Besties Podcast XXI
The Besties Podcast XX
The Besties Podcast XIX
The Besties Podcast XVIII
The Besties Podcast XVII
The Besties Podcast XVI
The Besties Podcast XV
The Besties Podcast XIV
The Besties Podcast XIII
The Besties Podcast XII
The Besties Podcast XI
The Besties Podcast X
The Besties Podcast IX
The Besties Podcast VIII
The Besties go to PAX East 2012: A Video Spectacular
The Besties Podcast VII
The Besties Podcast - VI
The Besties Podcast - V
The Besties Podcast IV
The Besties Podcast III (from the archive)
The Besties Podcast III (Live from GDC 2012)
The Besties Podcast — II
The Besties: Game of the Year, all year long