Chamberlain and Chance

There a ways to play the old game, ways that we endorse but will not fully explain. To that end, Alex is playing the old Ratchet and Clank games on modern hardware and feeling like a kid again. Chance is *gasp* enjoying the PS5 version of Avowed, but not enough keep him from feeling like a kid again in Overwatch, as Tracer is (temporarily) good again. Chamberlain was never a child, does not know what it feels like to be one, and has instead been playing middling games like Crisol and High on Life 2.

Hooray for an unexpected Sony State of Play! We aren't sure how the original God of War trilogy can me remade in the present day, either, but it is fun to think about. Also this week, Chance kills and gets killed by a cat with a jet pack. Alex gets cats killed in Mewgenics. And Chamberlain decides that realistic-ish military shooters give him the ick after playing Battlefield 6.

In a shocking turn of events, Chamberlain has seen a movie in the theater and lived to tell the tale. Hamnet may have gone mostly over his head, but at least an attempt was made. Alex takes his turn at indie metroidvanias with Guns of Fury. And Chance turns to Star Wars Outlaws to sooth his dissatisfaction with Horizon Forbidden West (which he turned to because Blizzard nerfed Tracer again). Plus a whole lot of Path of Exile II got played, so numbers went up and monster went boom.

In an odd moment of agreement, Chamberlain and Chance agree that MIO: Memories in Orbit is not a good game. The only difference being that it took Chance less then two hours to come to the decision while it took Chamberlain close to 20 and a nearly broken controller. Alex is one of 500 people who played and loved Pinball Spire. And Chance did NOT play nothing but Sliksong this week, opting to revisit Horizon Forbidden West, a better looking (and better playing) game than Assassin's Creed Shadows.

Welcome to the podcast that has not lost 95% of its market value and is therefore significantly more successful than Ubisoft. This week: Chamberlain runs into a boomer shooter that is both a little too boomer and a little too shooter in Forgive Me Father 2. Alex puts his min maxing stamp on Path of Exile 2 and takes a short tour of Hogwarts Legacy. And Chance doesn't play Silksong for just enough time to download and then delete several older games.

It's January, which means not much new to play and even less news. Alex found Victory Heat Rally, a tight kart racer with a very anime aesthetic. Chamberlain finished Madragora (his favorite metroidvania of last year) and is being brutalized by cthulu beasties in Forgive Me Father 2. And Chance has officially done all there is to do in Silksong and has the platinum trophy to prove it.

Happy New Year! We played some games while we were gone, some of them even new. Chance learned a new character in Overwatch 2 and made several more runs at Silksong. Chamberlain finished Ghost of Yotei, a game he likens to the most comforting comfort food available. And Alex discovered a tiny part of himself that loves video-pinball and promptly gave that part his wallet.

It's time for the only game of the year list that matters: completely unsponsored and horribly biased. This time around we learn that Chance was forcibly sent to French immersion school as a child and has never gotten over it, Chamberlain actually has feelings and Alex has more patience and affection for puzzles than should be possible.

It's been a good year for games. Enjoy our picks!

Yes, like it or not, it's a real holiday. We may not agree, heck, we don't even last to the end of the show, but there will at least be some cool trailers (Control 2?!).

As far as what we have been doing, Alex is so busy being an exceptional husband that all he has time for is Stardew Valley with his wife. Chance takes a chance on Stalker 2 and is not immediately disgusted. And Chamberlain has played Borderland 4 for so long that its terribleness has worn away and now he is just shooting rippers in the head and enjoying it.

Best of the year next week!

One of us is trying to play new things. Chamberlain finished up Possessor(s) before moving on to Borderlands 4, which is somehow worse than Alex described but still digital crack. Chance tried Expedition 33, again, and dropped it, again, before playing more Silksong, again. And Alex played Dispatch, again, before playing Silksong, again.

There may be clues to game of the year recipients in the above paragraph.