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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 that? We need your help! Vote in the Besties Battle B...

Switch 2 BTS & the forgotten history of the Wii

This week, Frushtick went hands-on with the Nintendo Switch 2 at an NYC event. We're saving our opinions of Nintendo's annou...

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 Plante explain why publicists sent him an unmarked ...

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 patience!

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 Bestlies/Resties listener Emily:

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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 inspired by marine biology, it's a relief to splash...

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 creation, defying corporate policies that would otherwise...

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, one of the greatest beat 'em up video games of al...

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 Wii and Nintendo DS, we get a Virtual Boy and Ninten...

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 other episodes this year.

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

In Get to Work, an aspiring ...

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 "Best open world game." But you can find the answe...