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Besties Battle Bracket: Best Couch Co-op Game

Cuphead

One of the purest joys in video games is lounging on a couch with friends, chomping on junk food...

Tony Hawk's Nostalgia Bomb 2025

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 & 4 ...

21 games we can't wait to play before 2026

More great video games have been released in 2025 than any one person can play, and...

Besties Battle Bracket: Most Wanted Reboot

Each year, video game publishers flood the market with se...

Scheduling update

Hey everybody. Due to some scheduling issues, this week's Besties Battle Bracket will arrive a few days late. It should be live Thursday...

BONUS: The case of Dunkey vs. Death Stranding

Hey Besties Patreon supporters, it’s Plante! Normally, this feed is limited to The Besties and The Resties, but today (just this once) I’m uploading a bonus episode...

A fishing game that's as chill as actual fishing

Just like going fishing in real ife, Cast n Chill can be as stressful or relaxing as you'd like it to be. Want a challenge? Spend hours wrestling with bi...

Let's fill the Resties mailbag!

We need fresh questions for upcoming episodes. Drop them in the comments!

The 2025 GotY frontrunners (and the dark horses)

We're nearly halfway throug...

Besties Battle Bracket: Worst employer

Editor's note: Sorry for the dela...

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Share your GOTY 2025 dark horses

Hey y'all! Next Tuesday, the Resties will be taking a mid-year look at the games of 2025. What's hit? What hasn't? What have we missed? And what's still wait...

How do you finish a game with 100 endings?

This week, The Resties share two great new games and revisit a AAA monstrosity that has been ...

The rise of the autobiographical game – and also shotguns

This week, The Resties visit the furthest ...

Besties Battle Bracket: Grunts

In this Besties Battle Bracket, your favorite four friendly fellows select the best bumbling beings built for blasting. Yes, that's right: it's...

Two indie games that couldn't have less in common

This week, we chat about two games plopped at the furthest ends of the indie game...

Help us pick the future Besties Battle Brackets

For May, the Besties Battle Bracket returns to pick the best enemy grunt. But what about the months after tha...

Switch 2 BTS & the forgotten history of the Wii

This week, Frushtick went hands-on with the Nintendo Switch 2 at an NYC ev...

Besties Battle Bracket: Grappling Hook

Finally, an episode you can latch onto! The Besties swing into action this month, selecting the greatest grappling hook. Will Batman bust the bracket? Will P...

Resties Mailbag: Director's Cut

For whatever reason, Patreon's upload corrupted our audio file so that this week's Resties episode skipped from the 47-minute mark to the 1-hour mark. We're re-uploading the episode again here. Sorry for the double post and thanks for your patien...

If you were stuck alone with one video game...

This week, The Resties talk about the value of the Game Developers Conference and hike up a mountain of questions.

One example? This question from Bestl...

The Resties mailbox is now open

The Resties will be answering your questions in the upcoming episode — along with talking about why the annual Game Developers Conference matters to the average gamer.

Drop your questions in the comments below!

Six killer free game demos

Don't get us wrong, we've enjoyed swimming in the flash flood of big-budget games. But after sinking dozens of hours into not one, but two massive RPGs i...

Besties Battle Bracket: Easter Eggs

How do you define a video game Easter egg?

Sometimes, it's the video game equivalent of graffiti, a designer leaving a permanent mark inside their creatio...

Take a road trip through the eyes of a Millenial

This week, The Resties hit the highway with 2025-02-25 05:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post

The awesome spiritual sequel to Castle Crashers

In 2008, indie studio The Behemoth released Castle Crashers, ...

Besties Battle Bracket: Weirdo Nintendo Failure

What's Nintendo's secret to success? Its leadership isn't afraid to greenlight a big, risky, weird project. For every Nintendo Wi...

A chill, snowy game to play this winter

The Resties talk about what makes 2025-01-28 05:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Resties mailbag questions?

Next week, The Resties will be talking about a couple of the early video game surprises of 2025. We'll also make time to answer some of your questions about games! Drop your burning Qs in the comments and we'll answer some in this episode and othe...

The rise of the Rage Game -- and our 2025 gaming resolutions

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Besties Battle Bracket: Best Open World Game Worlds

The Besties strive to challenge themselves with each new Besties Bracket. Sure, for this month we could have done something safe and familiar like ...