Best A Wee Chat Podcast Podcasts (2024)

Interactivity is this medium's entire thing. It's a composite of many other art forms: everything from prose, to sculpture, to television. What it cribs from those things is often its weakest work, but what it does brilliantly and almost singularly is give the audience some control within the experience. All art is interactive on some level, in tha…

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Episode 117: The best game that is HATED by its publisher 39:42

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Sometimes a game comes along that is, for reasons, a bit a of a black sheep as far as its parent company is concerned. It could be a passion project that doesn't tick any zeigeisty boxes, a legacy IP that the current owners have no clue what to do with, sometimes even a perfectly decent game that the court of public opinion has turned sour on and t…

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Episode 104: Upper Deck Baseball Series Finale with Michael Unger, aka UDeck1990 51:14

15d ago51:14

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Michael Unger (UDeck1990 on X) joins this episode to discuss the recent player cards he posted, a list which includes Chris James, Carlos Baerga, Sandy Alomar Jr., Cecil Fielder, Bill Gullickson, Matt Young, and Mark Gardner. Michael has reached the end of the 800-card set of the 1990 Upper Deck series, and is looking forward to his next card proje…

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Episode 116: Expansions that are better than the main game 47:18

26d ago47:18

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Add-on content for video games is often worthless, but it can sometimes go very, very right: just look at the DLC catalogue for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. It infamously introduced the gaming landscape to the concept of horse armour, or paid cosmetic items in single player titles, which was widely condemned as a cynical cash-grab (even so, the …

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Episode 103: Lessons from the Broadcast Booth 59:50

25d ago59:50

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Stan Markotich and K.P. Wee talk about the lessons that K.P., who does play-by-play announcing for the Greater Vancouver (Richmond) Canadians minor hockey U15, U17, and U18 clubs, has learned from the hockey broadcast booth over the past six months. K.P. is announcing nine games over the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend from October 11-13, 2024, at th…

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Episode 102: ESPN Content Producer Paul "Hembo" Hembekides 25:45

1M ago25:45

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Are you a certifiable Sports Dork? If so, then you’re in for a treat with this episode of The K.P. Wee Podcast. Featuring Paul Hembekides – or “Hembo,” as he’s known around ESPN – the stats, history, and data points are coming fast and furious. A content guru whose research nuggets are showcased regularly on the ESPN morning show “Get Up!”, Hembo i…

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Episode 114: Rings of Power? 44:43

1M ago44:43

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Gaming is full of rings of power: from RPG trinkets that give your character a small but pivotal buff to a critical stat, warp rings that provide instantaneous transport for Sonic the Hedgehog, and beastly racing circuits. Not to mention, er, the actual rings of power from Lord of the Rings. Season 2 of Amazon Prime's Rings of Power inspired this t…

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Episode 113: The best game that outlived its biggest competitor 37:39

1M ago37:39

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Who won out of Star Citizen and Elite Dangerous, the crowdfunded space sim sensations pitched to us a decade ago by two of the genre's most celebrated game directors? Star Citizen being a spiritual follow up to Wing Commander and Privateer, and Elite Dangerous being a direct sequel to Elite, Frontier: Elite 2 and Frontier: First Encounters. Well, i…

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Episode 112: The best games that BRICKED consoles 47:14

2M ago47:14

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If you were lucky enough to have lived through the 7th console generation as a young adult with enough disposable income to buy a couple of games per month, you ate damn well. You probably have countless fond memories of each big new watercooler game that the studios of the day were firing out with alarming regularity, and you had no idea what the …

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Episode 101: Back to School—Insights into Today’s Education 1:08:30

2M ago1:08:30

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It’s back to school time! Stan Markotich returns to the podcast, joining K.P.—both with backgrounds in education—to discuss the current state of the education system.

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Episode 100: Eric Vickrey, author of "Season of Shattered Dreams" 53:57

2M ago53:57

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Eric Vickrey chats with K.P. Wee and co-host Stan Markotich on The K.P. Wee Podcast, discussing his book Season of Shattered Dreams: Postwar Baseball, the Spokane Indians, and a Tragic Bus Crash That Changed Everything. This book came out in 2024, published by Rowman & Littlefield. To offer context for Eric's book, on June 24, 1946, a bus transport…

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Episode 99: Jerry Izenberg, Author of "Larry Doby in Black and White" 1:27:18

2M ago1:27:18

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Jerry Izenberg, a long-time journalist who has covered multiple sports including baseball, football, and boxing, joins Episode No. 99 of The K.P. Wee Podcast to discuss his book, Larry Doby in Black and White: The Story of a Baseball Pioneer, which is a biography of Larry Doby, the first African-American player in American League history. Jerry cha…

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Episode CXI: The best Star Wars game that isn't a Star Wars game? 42:06

2M ago42:06

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Inspired by the recent release of Star Wars Outlaws, this week's podcast is all about what makes Star Wars, something we're exploring via the unorthodox path of picking a bunch of things that aren't Star Wars and pointing out the ways they are like Star Wars. Confused? Don't be, it's just an excuse to have arguments. Star Wars is a massive media fr…

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Episode 110: Best game with the most pointless feature 35:14

2M ago35:14

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Sometimes video games include the most random things, but who doesn't love that stuff? We all get excited when you can flush a toilet or turn on a tap, even though these are the most mundane actions possible in the 'real world'. Jim, in his wisdom(?), decided that these neat little features are pointless and made everyone pick the most useless of a…

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Episode 109: Best game on the worst console 40:45

3M ago40:45

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Video games are great, but sometimes you just have to admit that some of them are only available on consoles that, well, aren't great. Rubbish, even. You can guarantee an argument if you ask people to pick the worst games console, so that's what we did. But what is the best game on this worst console? Who showed their ineptitude and picked a game o…

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Episode 108: What's the best game where you can do a wee wee 32:03

3M ago32:03

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Video games are unparalleled in recreating real and fictional experiences. Only when both are channelled well, with love and passion, can a game transcend its place as merely a product and become art. For this reason being able to take a piss in-game is paramount to the merits of the medium. Where would we be without Norman Reedus widdling onto the…

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Episode 98: Aaron Fischman, Author of "A Baseball Gaijin" 1:02:01

3M ago1:02:01

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Aaron Fischman joins this episode to discuss his book, A Baseball Gaijin: Chasing a Dream to Japan and Back, which is a biography of former Major League Baseball pitcher Tony Barnette. Aaron chats with K.P. and co-host Stan Markotich about this compelling read, which comes highly recommended. The book, published by Sports Publishing, chronicles Bar…

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Episode 97: Randy Louis Cox, Author of "715 at 50" 38:01

3M ago38:01

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In this episode, Randy Louis Cox joins the show to talk about his book, 715 at 50: The Night Henry Aaron Changed Baseball and the World Forever. This book celebrates the night that Aaron broke Babe Ruth's all-time home run record on April 8, 1974, featuring 44 photos taken by Cox that night and much, much more.…

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Episode 107: Best game that should have been an email 37:32

3M ago37:32

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It's time for another episode of the Best Games Ever Podcast. This time we've got a great topic as Tom picked it. Join Jim, Tom, Connor, and Sherif as the gang ponders such a brilliant topic and attempts to come up with suitably amazing answers. Spoiler: Only Tom has a good answer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Episode 96: "Sports Betting, Part 2.5" with Stan Markotich 1:09:01

4M ago1:09:01

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Stan Markotich, formerly a news director at CJIV Radio, joins the podcast today to continue the discussion on the complex subject of sports betting. K.P. shares a story about how a game from Week 3 of the 2020 NFL season between Baltimore and Kansas City irritated him (partly because the over/under line changed suddenly), and he and Stan discuss ho…

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Episode 106: Put Biden In Smash 38:47

4M ago38:47

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It seems like nothing will convince Biden to step down and let someone else run against Trump., but we don't care about any of that because we're a video game quiz show. Unless... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy VG247

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Episode 105: The best game you were glad to see the back of 46:40

4M ago46:40

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You wait years and years for something to finally be over, and once that day comes, you’re left not with a sense of joy, but with a deep-set anxiety about what comes after. Bereft. Unable to enjoy the simple joy of being free, because you’ve been around the block a bit, and you know how these things go. Sigh. But enough about finishing Morrowind. R…

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Episode 104: The Best Game that has aged like a Fine Wine 32:23

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Most games age like milk in the hot sun. But some are so bold, so brilliant, that they transcend their contemporary era, remaining relevant and highly playable for years or even decades following their release. But which of these has most aged like a fine bottle of fermented grapes, mashed between someone's manky toes? To find out you'll simply hav…

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Episode 103: Ian Higton's Bum Guffs, or Best Rubbish Game with a Good Reveal Trailer 40:49

4M ago40:49

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There's now a premium, extended version of this podcast that you can get as a VG247.com paid subscriber - check out our Support Us page for more info. Doing so helps ensure that we can keep making the show! But don't worry if that's not for you, the main show will always be free. Still inspired by last week's topic, we thought we'd flip it on its h…

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Episode 102: What’s the best game that had the worst reveal trailer? 44:01

5M ago44:01

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Many great games have suffered from poor marketing. Sometimes they’re advertised to entirely the wrong demographic. Other times, they’re partnered with uncool or problematic brands. A lot of the time they’re just hard to explain, and need to be experienced to properly understand, so unless you can get a significant number of people to try a demo yo…

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The Wonderful 101: Best game where everyone's mad at you but you did nothing wrong 28:23

5M ago28:23

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It won't have escaped your notice, dear viewer or listener, that the last episode - our incredible two-part 100th episode special quickfire edition - featured six contestants instead of the usual three. It may have escaped your notice, however, that 50% of them were not actually VG247 staff. This has caused certain ripples at VG247 Towers. Realisin…

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Episode 100: The Big Quickfire Special PART TWO 40:12

5M ago40:12

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To recap: for the 100th episode we decided to come up with 100 episode topics and blow them all on one huge quiz round, with individual buzzers and everything. Inviting some favourite guests to return (Owen, Richie, and Burns) with the promise that, yes, however many points you score in this mammoth episode will be added to your overall total for t…

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Episode 95: "Sports Betting, Part 2" with Stan Markotich 48:01

5M ago48:01

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Stan Markotich, a former CJIV Radio news director, joins the podcast today to delve into the intricate topic of sports betting. Both K.P. and Stan share their thoughts on what has emerged as a widespread occurrence within today's sports fan community: betting on sports. The latter also recalls a past incident that convinced him to abstain entirely …

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Episode 100: The Big Quickfire Special PART ONE 52:41

5M ago52:41

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One-hundred episodes. 100 weeks of The Best Games Ever podcast. I can scarcely believe it. On a personal note, it's been wonderful to host this stupid, daft, funny, sometimes even informative show about games past and present, with its mad politics and meta-games, running gags, plot twists, special guests, and so on. Tom asked me to host it on a fr…

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Podcast Audit 4: Sorry Kelsey 42:10

5M ago42:10

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Ahead of our big 100th Episode Quickfire Special Featuring Steve Burns, which is going to irrevocably change the scoreboard forever, Tom and I decided to do another one of our Best Games Ever Podcast audits, where we review everyone's picks in the last few months, reveal who ranks best in overall wins and win percentages, and maybe... just maybe...…

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Episode 94: Dan Schlossberg, Journalist and Author of "Home Run King" 33:01

6M ago33:01

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Journalist and author Dan Schlossberg joins this episode to discuss his new book Home Run King: The Remarkable Record of Hank Aaron (Sports Publishing, May 2024). Schlossberg, currently an editor with the IBWAA, has authored or co-authored 41 books since 1974, and his latest Hank Aaron book was released earlier this month to commemorate the 50th an…

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Episode 99: The best game with WET guys that DRY OFF 35:10

6M ago35:10

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Realistic water and wetness were seen for years as a litmus test for photorealistic graphics, but by the PS3 generation, developers had it nailed: water shaders had become so sophisticated that Nathan Drake would emerge from a full dousing of seawater and slowly dry off, with his clothes soaked, and skin glistening. It was a mesmerising effect: it’…

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Episode 98: The best game with shooting where you don't get a gun for ages 34:32

6M ago34:32

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Whatever your attitude to guns in real life (for the record, they’re awful and civilians shouldn’t have them), it’s hard not to become a sort of virtual gun nut when you’re a gaming enthusiast because, inevitably, our primary interaction with game worlds is shooting bullets into them. Even games which emphatically are not shooters often feature gun…

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Episode 93: Pete Steinberg, Former Olympic Rugby Coach & Author of "Leadership Shock" 36:01

6M ago36:01

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Pete Steinberg, a leadership consultant based in Boulder, Colorado, joins this episode and discusses his new book, Leadership Shock: Using Authenticity to Navigate the Hidden Dangers of Career Success (Advantage Books; April 16, 2024). A former Olympic rugby coach, Pete is currently the president of the business consulting firm Innovative Thought. …

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The best game in which you fight a bear 38:46

6M ago38:46

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Hello and welcome to episode 97 of the Best Games Ever Podcast. As is traditional, let us give you some information about the show. This week we are looking for our contestants to think of the best game in which you fight a bear. Let's see if anyone decides to subvert the topic in ways that cause mutiny within the ranks. As ever, host Jim Trinca mu…

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The best game they wouldn't get away with these days!!!! 35:46

6M ago35:46

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You can’t say anything these days! Is what silly people say, a lot. You can actually say whatever you like. You can say, for example, and with confidence, that there are certain things you could get away with in gaming thirty years ago that simply wouldn’t fly now. Like… racing games with only one track. Platformers with a length of 20mins if you’r…

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The best game where your family DITCHES you 29:51

7M ago29:51

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Inspired by the (frankly excellent) Fallout TV show, this week on VG247's Best Games Ever podcast I've tasked my colleagues with finding the best game where a family member ditches you. With the prerequisite understanding that none of them are allowed to pick Fallout 3, the quintessential "dad's buggered off" simulator. As it turns out, being forsa…

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Episode 92: Baseball Talk with Totally Goated's Brett Hawn 28:01

7M ago28:01

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Brett Hawn, the host of the Totally Goated podcast and a New York Mets fan, stops by to discuss the latest happenings in baseball two weeks into the 2024 season. The topics of discussion include the Mets (of course!), the new MLB/Fanatics jerseys, the rise in the number of injuries to pitchers, and betting on sports.…

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A free game we’d love to pay for – The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 94 29:43

7M ago29:43

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Inspired by the recent free drop of current viral sensation Content Warning – a co-op survival “shooter” about making spooky FauxTube videos with three of your mates – this week’s Best Games Ever podcast is all about freebies that we’d happily pay for. It’s a happy coincidence that this topic coincides with the launch of our extended podcast: a pai…

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Episode 91: Sports Betting 53:01

7M ago53:01

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Stan Markotich, a former CJIV Radio news director, joins the podcast today to discuss the complex issue of sports betting. Some key issues raised by Stan include the following: Why are fans allowed to wager on sports while athletes aren't able to -- and wouldn't sports betting itself ruin sports?

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Episode 93: Best game everyone on social media says you should hate but is actually good 59:56

7M ago59:56

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The Best Games Ever podcast is a game show where three totally normal and socially acceptable panellists have to find the best game in a peculiar category such as "Best game with a breakfast buffet", or "Best game with loads of vandalism". They have to pitch their pick to our host, Jim, who uses his power to decide the winner. But there's a lot of …

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Episode 90: Keith O'Brien, author of "Charlie Hustle" 41:01

7M ago41:01

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Keith O'Brien joins this episode to discuss his new book Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball. Keith, who grew up in Cincinnati and currently lives in New Hampshire, discusses why he wrote the book and what he hopes readers get out of it. He also shares the process of his writing and some tidbits of wh…

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Episode 92: The best Deep Impact to another game's Armageddon? 1:10:24

7M ago1:10:24

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Big Western style open-world RPGs from beloved Japanese studios who tend to be known for other things (inhale) are like buses: there's none for ages, and then two come along at once! See also: Clinton-era disaster movies about Earth getting clobbered by an asteroid. See also: Clinton-era disaster movies about America getting clobbered by volcanoes.…

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Episode 91: The best unofficial adaptation of a movie or TV show 1:02:01

8M ago1:02:01

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It’s clear from Helldivers 2’s marketing that the game is directly inspired by Blair-era Dutch arthouse anti-war movie Starship Troopers. It’s also clear from playing it that Warhammer 40,000 and the future war bits of Terminator have made their mark on the project, and with its sprawling, player led, strictly PVE campaign engendering a keen sense …

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Episode 90: The best game with a load of sand in it 56:33

8M ago56:33

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It's been long and arduous road to something resembling a worthy adaptation of Frank "dirty" Herbert's sand-based epic Dune, but with the recent release of Denis Villeneuve's Dune 2, we can safely call that one done. I just hope we get enough sequels for the films to start covering such nonsense as half-worm emperors and chair dogs. Aside from the …

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Episode 89: The best live service game that you like despite itself 1:07:16

8M ago1:07:16

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If you're anything like me, nothing makes you lose interest in a game quicker than the words "always online". Or "free-to-play". Or "connected experience", or whatever other marketing terms they've come up with for "live service grindfest that sucks". Sometimes they don't even tell you upfront that it's a GAAS title, leaving it up to the prospectiv…

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Episode 88: The best game that shipped on multiple discs 51:17

8M ago51:17

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Physical game releases have been in danger of disappearing for a long time, what with Steam all but killing the PC optical drive, a cheaper discless PS5, and the rumoured incoming Xbox Series refresh which will do away with bluray even on the premium model. They're not likely to die off entirely: there will always be holdouts in the die-hard enthus…

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Episode 87: Blackbeard's syphilitic pinger 44:35

9M ago44:35

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The Best Games Ever podcast is a game show where three regular panellists have to find the best game in a weirdly specific category such as "Best game with a named horse", or "Best game with a terrible British accent". They have to pitch their pick to our host, Jim, who then decides the winner. But there's a lot of office politics, backstabbing, an…

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Am I The A$$hole (Valentine’s Day Edition) | PGC EP #22 37:07

9M ago37:07

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Love is in the air on this special Valentine's Day episode of the Preeti Girls Club! Join me as I dive into some juicy 'Am I the A$$hole?' stories - because nothing says romance like questionable decisions I guess…💕

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