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The Besties

Chris Plante, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Russ Frushtick

It"s Game of the Year meets King of the Hill as four of Earth"s best friends – Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Chris Plante, and Russ Frushtick – rank and review their favorite video games. Because shouldn"t the world"s best friends pick the world"s best games?

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All Episodes

00:47:49

Mario 3 & The Wizard Reboot

The Besties ·

2020/02/14

Plante ditches the rest of the gang, leaving them with an ancient game that came out around the dawn of time. (Thankfully it was pretty good.) The remaining gang try to reboot the 1989 film, The Wizard, for a new generation. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:47:07

Journey to the Savage Planet

The Besties ·

2020/02/07

The boys head into space and gather a heck of a lot of resources...and laughs? Russ somehow justifies his love for Jojamart, which may be the true good guy of the Stardew Valley universe. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:44:01

Kentucky Route Zero / AI Dungeon

The Besties ·

2020/01/31

After nearly a decade, Kentucky Route Zero (a game first released during the first year of The Besties!) is finally completed. The boys also take a journey into an AI Dungeon to solve a horrible dragon crime. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:51:57

The Witcher Special

The Besties ·

2020/01/24

Because the world has been captured by the magic of Geralt of Rivia, The Besties are diving into Netflix's The Witcher and also The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (newly released on Switch). Toss a coin to them! Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:38:45

The Greatest Vaporware + Half-Life's Black Mesa

The Besties ·

2020/01/17

Some games take a year to come out. But some games? Decades. This week The Besties are looking at some of their favorite vaporware, including a project that's been in the works since the mid 2000s: Black Mesa, a fan-made Half-Life recreation. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:36:32

The Best Video Game Kings + Shovel Knight: King of Cards

The Besties ·

2020/01/10

In this episode of The Besties, the boys debate which are the very best video game kings of all time. They'll also dive in to the latest addition to the Shovel Knight franchise, King of Cards. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:44:21

Most Anticipated Video Games of 2020

The Besties ·

2020/01/03

The Besties are looking ahead at the coming year and asking themselves: Which are the true bangers of 2020? They'll even look ahead and make some prognostications about what to expect from the coming year. Will they be right? Probably not! Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:40:51

2019 Recap Special

The Besties ·

2019/12/27

The Besties bid farewell to 2019 with the highs and lows of some of the biggest trends of the year. NOTE: This will be the last full episode on the wide feed. Starting on January 3, 2020, The Besties weekly can only be found on Spotify. Follow and listen for free! Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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01:08:52

Game of the Year Part 2

The Besties ·

2019/12/20

Time to decide the best video game of 2019. We've tabulated our votes, and we're even including a surprise bracket, as voted on by the fans. Here we go, folks. It's all led to this.The full list of contenders in this year's GOTY special include: Round 1 - A Short HikeWhat the GolfHypnospace OutlawOuter Wilds (Part 1 winner)Round 2 - Outer WorldsLuigi's Mansion (Part 1 winner)Astral ChainPokémon Sword and Shield Round 3 - ControlBaba is YouSekiroDisco Elysium Subscribe to our newsletter at

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00:58:31

Game of the Year Part 1

The Besties ·

2019/12/13

Who better to pick the world's best games than the world's best friends? The Besties kick off the 2019 Game of the Year special with an intense melee of the greatest video games to walk the Earth in the last 12 months. Got a submission? Send it to mail@besties.fan Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:39:50

Death Stranding

The Besties ·

2019/12/06

Who likes walking? Justin likes walking! Hideo Kojima's long-awaited walking epic captures Justin's heart, but will the other Besties be as charmed? Also: What other games would be well-served by entering the "Strand" genre? Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:37:05

Pokémon Sword and Shield

The Besties ·

2019/12/06

Griffin loves his adorable little pocket monsters and tries his very best to convince the boys that they are truly creatures of god. This is generally ineffectual. Also: Pokémon that get far, far worse the more they evolve. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:37:06

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

The Besties ·

2019/12/06

The Besties are back! This week they're discussing Respawn's Star Wars game, Jedi: Fallen Order, and diving into the weird world of deep cut Star Wars lore, from Yaddle to jizz (literally the official term for the genre of music in the cantina scene) . Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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03:01:11

Best Games of 2018

The Besties ·

2018/12/25

Wondering what the best games of 2018 were? Join Justin McElroy, Griffin McElory, Chris Plante and Russ Frushtick as they venture forth and discuss the cream of the crop. Will it be the last Besties episode ever? Yes! Maybe! I don't know! We just hope you enjoy it. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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01:18:08

April 2018 and a Status Update on the Future

The Besties ·

2018/05/14

Hello Besties fans! First off, we love all of you! Secondly, we wanted to let you know that we'll be shifting back to just having The Besties as an end-of-year special. You can hear all about it in the episode, but this was the solution we were able to make work with everyone's schedules. While we know you'll miss hearing from us each month, know that we'll do our absolute best to make the end-of-year episode a true banger. But before that, please enjoy this episode where we discuss the very best

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01:19:38

March 2018

The Besties ·

2018/04/09

There were a ton of games trying to beat the Q1 deadline, but as The Besties soon learned, some of those titles may have needed a little more time in the oven. Or maybe they were beyond hope? Who’s to say? Not us, we have no idea. Listen, we don’t know what we’re talking about, OK? We thought you knew. Games Discussed: Deep Town, Alto’s Odyssey, Vermintide 2, FarCry 5, Ni No Kuni 2, Sea of Thieves, Fortnite Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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01:04:34

February 2018

The Besties ·

2018/03/07

February is the month of love and we’ve got a crop of games that ... well, we like them. Maybe not like like them, but we regular like them a great deal. Games discussed: Lemon drinks, Almost a Hero, Monster Hunter World, Slay the Spire, Bayonetta 2, Membrane, The Fall Part 2: Unbound, Xbox One X Backwards Compatibility, Into the Breach, Owlboy. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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01:16:46

January 2018

The Besties ·

2018/02/09

Games discussed: Iconoclasts, SOS, Sea of Thieves, Celeste, Subnautica, Monster Hunter World, Shadow of the Colossus. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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02:46:27

The Best Game of 2017

The Besties ·

2018/01/03

In defiance of reason, good taste and the laws of both god and man, your pals The Besties sat down and recorded a two-hour-and-forty-five-minute battle royale to decide the best game of 2017. Get comfy, get hydrated. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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01:01:25

November and December 2017

The Besties ·

2017/12/14

Since they waited so ding dang long to record their November and because December is a crummy month for releases, The Besties have combined both months into one big (OK, so it’s regular-length) episode. Enjoy! Games discussed: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC, Solitairica, Call of Duty: WW2, Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Hearthstone: Kobolds and Catacombs, Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, Universal Paperclips, Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris, Battle Chef Brigade,

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