Repo and Inzoi Will Terrify You – For Very Different Reasons
We’re talking REPO. (Not the genetic opera! Not the Emilio Estevez movie!) The co-op horror game blends laughs with thrills by dropping some deeply strange characters into a terrifying world. Plus, we...
21 Mar 202559min
Wanderstop Performs an Autopsy on the Cozy Game Genre
Wanderstop is the new game from developer Ivy Road, founded by Davey Wreden, Karla Zimonja, and C418. What looks like a farming game is an exploration of burnout, anxiety, and the "to-do" list nature ...
14 Mar 20251h 5min
Split Fiction is everything fans want (and more of what critics fear)
This week, the Besties play Split Fiction, the latest game from the creators of It Takes Two. It tells the story of an evil corporation that uses AI to steal creative ideas and create generic sci-fi a...
7 Mar 202557min
Monster Hunter Wilds is Surprisingly Great in Single-Player
Over the past 12 years, The Besties have — one by one — fallen in love with the Monster Hunter series. The latest entry, Monster Hunter Wilds, is the most welcoming version yet. It’s still a tremendou...
28 Feb 202559min
The Pirate Yakuza Game Has Something for Everyone – Even Newcomers
Ahoy, besties! This week, the crew sets sails with Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, a video game that’s as silly as its name suggests. Unlike its predecessor — our best game of 2024 — this entr...
21 Feb 202554min
Is Avowed Too Good for Our Brains to Comprehend?
The Besties discuss Avowed, the new game from Fallout 76 developer Obsidian. It is extremely our shit. Perhaps… too much so? What does that even mean? Listen to find out! Get the full list of games (a...
14 Feb 20251h
The Best Combat in a Metroidvania . . .Ever
2025 already has a fantastic Metroidvania, errrr, Search Action game! Ender Magnolia combines Metroid, Nier, Mega Man, and Pokémon into a single, beautiful 2D experience. Technically, this is a sequel...
7 Feb 202558min
Citizen Sleeper 2 Blends Game and Story Into One Complex Dish
We loved the original Citizen Sleeper, but were intimidated when we first heard the news of a sequel that would be more complicated — and presumably more difficult. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector ...
31 Jan 202549min
