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PODCAST

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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00:39:13

The Besties Podcast XXIV

The Besties ·

2012/08/17

Besties! You know you want to spend the weekend with The Besties. How could you not? Another week has come and gone, and The Besties are here to let you know what games you should be playing. This week, Griffin is in Germany, so the honey-voiced Dave Tach fills in with a seriously depressing game. We also have our very first non-human guest. And Justin eats a pear. Breaking boundaries, wherever we go. 3:10 Dave Tach - Papo and Yo (PSN) 11:30 Justin McElroy - Sleeping Dogs (360/PS3) 24:00 Halftime:

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00:43:19

The Besties Podcast XXIII

The Besties ·

2012/08/10

Besties! Your friends The Besties are back with the audio security blanket you need to help snuggle you into the weekend. This week on The Besties, we continue to deal with the staggering lack of releases during the summer months. We get a blast from the past with an unfortunate guest and examine the importance of breakfast in Germany. Also, in a shocking turn, Justin likes FMV games. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:36:01

The Besties Podcast XXII (archive)

The Besties ·

2012/07/28

Special thanks to Salivation Army for recovering this episode from the archives! Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:40:11

The Besties Podcast XXI

The Besties ·

2012/07/27

In a week of mediocre games, the Besties turns to gas station sandwiches for entertainment.This week on The Besties, Griffin's request for bombast is delivered by a mysterious figure from the South. Meanwhile, Dave Tach, the man with cherrywood vocal chords, fills in for a vacationing Justin McElroy. Will Spelunky remain the standing champion? Which demographic will Russ Frushtick offend? Can you find good food at a pitstop? There's only one way to find out! Subscribe to our newsletter at

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00:47:14

The Besties Podcast XX

The Besties ·

2012/07/20

This week on The Besties, Griffin returns and demands bombast from a fellow co-host. There's also some discussion about whether dolphins can survive in space. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:46:24

The Besties Podcast XIX

The Besties ·

2012/07/13

Your friends The Besties are back with the only reason you get out of bed on Fridays. Join us as we pit the new games of the week against each other to find out which one reigns supreme. Also: Tiny Wings 2! And the epic conclusion of the Mousepocalypse! Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:47:17

The Besties Podcast XVIII

The Besties ·

2012/07/06

This week doesn't seem like a fair fight, but at least your buddies The Besties are still getting along. This week: Hear how honestly terrified Justin is of mice, walk the exotic wasteland that is Huntington, WV and be there when a new king game is crowned! Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:51:25

The Besties Podcast XVII

The Besties ·

2012/06/29

In this time and political and Today Show-centric turmoil, it's comforting to know your friends The Besties are constant. Some iOS game you've never heard of? Check. Russ Frushtick doing a terrible European accent. You betcha. Come, bask in our stability. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:46:57

The Besties Podcast XVI

The Besties ·

2012/06/22

The Besties settle in for a long summer which may not be the most robust in terms of quality game releases. Justin describes the woes of Steel Battalion, Griffin gives some advice to Wizards of the Coast and there's some discussion over whether Gravity Rush should have actually beaten out Max Payne 3 last week. Also yuks. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:52:56

The Besties Podcast XV

The Besties ·

2012/06/15

The Besties are back from their E3 sojourn and they've been playing all the latest games so they can talk about them, for that is the social contract you and they have entered into. Also, Russ Frushtick shares the sad, sad story of attempting to do a pull-up. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:46:19

The Besties Podcast XIV

The Besties ·

2012/06/01

The Besties square off on Ghost Recon, Dragon's Dogma and Resistance: Burning Skies.The Commish returns to dole out more Besties justice. This week we've got three big games, but a special nod to a fourth game, Slingshot Racing, which offers up single-touch iOS racing enjoyment with grappling hooks. Plus we're introduced to Special Boy, Justin's ward. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:46:16

The Besties Podcast XIII

The Besties ·

2012/05/25

The Besties square off on Diablo 3, Max Payne 3 and Quest for Glory.In what they hope will be the final rule change for at least a few weeks, The Besties introduce a commissioner to help them select the best game of the week. Also, Russ does a Max Payne impression, Justin infuriates Diablo 3 fans and Chris Plante whisks you away to Europe. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:42:44

The Besties Podcast XII

The Besties ·

2012/05/11

The Besties return with their most unusual rule change yet: They've completely forgone making any sort of decision an instead created an robot version of their editor-in-chief Chris Grant to choose a winner for them.... Yeah, it's one of those kinds of episodes. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:44:27

The Besties Podcast XI

The Besties ·

2012/05/04

The Besties return with what's likely to be the most comprehensive discussion of flume and flume-adjacent theme park rides you've ever heard in a podcast. Also? Video games! (Note: You may notice a little audio weirdness: Take heart, we've corrected the problem, and it won't happen again!) Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:38:53

The Besties Podcast X

The Besties ·

2012/04/27

This week on The Besties, we've promised to dethrone Journey as the Game of the Year, but will we actually deliver? Can Journey bring about world peace before the show ends? Also, we welcome world-renowned indie developer Jean Baptiste. It's a profound moment.This week on The Besties, we've promised to dethrone Journey as the Game of the Year, but will we actually deliver? Or can Journey bring about world peace before the show ends? Also, we welcome world-renowned indie developer Jean Baptiste into

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00:41:43

The Besties Podcast IX

The Besties ·

2012/04/20

This week on the Besties podcast, Chris Plante expresses his love of pig-related games and talks about his romantic physical therapy experience. We also answer the question: Can a motorcycle single-handedly win World War II? The answer: Yes. Finally, the clock is ticking on Journey, which has thus far failed to achieve true world peace. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:32:42

The Besties Podcast VIII

The Besties ·

2012/04/13

We're all slowly recuperating from the emotional and physical gauntlet which is PAX East, but that didn't stop us from playing the latest games and forcing them to fight each other in an epic, heart-wrenching battle. Be there as Griffin mistakes a human man for a trashcan and we give Journey a deadline for bringing about peace in the Middle East. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:15:20

The Besties go to PAX East 2012: A Video Spectacular

The Besties ·

2012/04/11

Typically, your friends The Besties are hunched like so many scurvy-ridden sailors over their laptops as they pit the week's best games against each other in a fight to the death. But since they were all in one zip code for a change at PAX East, they figured, "Hey, let's take this fight to the streets."So join Chris Plante, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy and Russ Frushtick as they scream, run, cajole and Johann Sebastian Joust their way to a new champion. Subscribe to our newsletter at

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00:31:13

The Besties Podcast VII

The Besties ·

2012/04/08

We're a little late but no less passionate for our favorite games of the week. Be there when Griffin makes a case for a game he, in fact, quantifiably does not like. Enjoy Chris' realization that his game is wholly inappropriate for our program. Enjoy a lovely, yet impossible to safely describe adventure game from Justin and Frushtick gives it his all with Hunters 2 and yet falls tragically short. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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00:41:44

The Besties Podcast - VI

The Besties ·

2012/03/30

This week on The Besties: Plante goes on a safari for the wild "cereal gorilla," Russ tries to convince us that Ouch, My Balls should be the best game of the week, Justin waxes poetic about Sherlock Holmes and Betamax and Griffin refuses to share his secret video game pie. Subscribe to our newsletter at besties.fan!

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