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Back to SearchReanimal Is Like Limbo with Friends
Episode 486
16 years ago, Limbo launched on Xbox Live. It wasn’t the first puzzle-platformer, but its molasses-thick layer of fairy tale horror inspired a gener…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Mewgenics is a Meow-sterpiece
Episode 485
How do we celebrate a new release from one of the most acclaimed indie game designers of all time? With Ron Funches, of course! The fifth Besty joins…
7 months ago
Is Dragon Quest VII Too Easy? Is Nioh 3 Too Hard?
Episode 484
Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined makes one of the longest, most ambitious RPGs into something more manageable: a swashbuckling sprint through a book of frac…
7 months, 1 week ago
Cairn Is a Climbing Game for the Real Ones
Episode 483
Climbing games have become a trend over the past few years, ranging from the AAA mountains of Death Stranding to the indie polygonal crags of Peak. B…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The First Great Game of 2026
Episode 482
MIO: Memories in Orbit is competing in one of the most crowded genres in video games: the Metroidvania. Sorry, "Search Action Game." But trust us, t…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Terminator Time Travels to Save '90s Garbage Games
Episode 481
At first, we thought Terminator 2D: No Fate looked and felt like a flawless recreation of the movie tie-ins for the SNES. Then we watched gameplay of…
8 months ago
The Most Anticipated Games of 2026
Episode 480
2026 may be the year of Grand Theft Auto 6, but we’re partial to the nearly 20 other games on our most anticipated list. You like RPGs? Prefer point-…
8 months, 1 week ago
Besties Battle Bracket: Best Bathroom Game (Patreon Bonus)
A holiday bonus, it's our most voted-on episode from the Patreon feed. Everybody needs a little video game break now and then. Amidst the chaos of mo…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Besties Best Game Bracket: 2025 Edition, Part 2
Episode 479
The continued discussion, the grand finale. The Besties crown the GOTY of 2025!
Get the full list of games (and other stuff) discussed at www.besties…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Besties Best Game Bracket: 2025 Edition, Part 1
Episode 478
How do you pick the best video game of the year when over ten thousand games have been released since January? You bring together the world’s best fr…
8 months, 4 weeks ago