Bantam Banter

Hey gamers.

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Well, it’s that time of the year again. It’s time for Bantam Banter’s annual Game of the Year Extravaganza. While Michael and Ricky believe their categories list this time around is shorter than previous Extravaganzas, that doesn’t mean they don’t take up over three hours to talk about all their favorite gaming (and non-gaming) things they loved in 2023. What will be crowned as the best Old Game? Who was the best character this year? And most importantly, what are Bantam Banter’s top 5 games of 2023?

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In classic Bantam Banter fashion, Michael and Ricky wait more than an hour to actually talk about the subject at hand, Resident Evil: Death Island. When they do, they spend like 20 minutes on it and then say, “bye.” But before that, they talk about other things.

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Ricky and Michael are back! This time, they watched a little Disney Channel original movie called Brink. Was it as great as they remembered or did time not do it justice? Listen in to find out!

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The Bantam Banter crew is back for another chill episode talking about the extremely good (and some not-so-good) video games they’ve been playing the past few months. From Bethesda’s outer space RPG Starfield to Kiryu Kazuma’s latest tale in Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, there are a plethora of games to talk about. Also, they talk about sports, and entry points in gaming.

After a much needed break, the Bantam Banter crew is back to talk about literally nothing of importance. Michael did have a child though, so that is rad.

Michael and Ricky may have played the absolute worst video game they have ever played for this week’s topic of the show, Feed Me Video. Like before, the Bantam Banter hosts check out an FMV game from a list curated by the illustrious and beautiful Ricky Frech. However, unlike the last time, this game is absolute garbage. Michael also talks about Gilmore Girls again.

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Michael, Ricky, and once again, the unofficial third chair Andrew McMahon, gather to their respective computing devices and talk about video games and other garbage that has happened in their lives? Does Andrew watch anime again? Did Ricky even play video games? Is Michael not a fan of Rory from Gilmore Girls? Is this podcast releasing way too late? You’ll have to listen to find out!

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Welcome to Crappy Select, a spin-off podcast from the crew at Bantam Banter! Michael, Ricky, and unofficial third chair Andrew McMahon sat down for a few hours to check out Arkane and Bethesda’s latest shooter Redfall. Is it as bad as everyone says it is? Listen and find out!

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THE BRANTSTEELE IS BACK, BABY! This time, Ricky has summoned the greatest teams in video games to a remote island to see who will survive. Can team Star Fox take out team Dead Cell? Maybe! Also, Ricky played some Heroes of the Storm and Michael continues to play Street Fighter 6 and Diablo 4.

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