Chamberlain and Chance

Nary a beat to drop this week. Chamberlain continues to struggle with Hollow Knight, a game he now plays only out of spite for the Souls genre and all the evil it has done. Chance has killed Hades several times and continues to go back for more. And Alex returns to Path of Exile years after its release and find it bigger, better, and best of all, still free.car

It’s understudy week! The part of Chance will be played by a reasonable facsimile of Eminem, complete with his verse from Forgot About Dre and reactions to Hades. Someone who sounds a lot like Chamberlain is here but it cannot possibly be him as he is playing Hollow Knight on purpose. No one can replace Alex, but Alex replaces The Outer Wilds with No Mans Sky.

Don’t tell anyone, but Chamberlain has feelings. A few. Maybe one, as exemplified by his reaction to To The Moon, an ancient PC game that just came out on Switch. He also enjoyed a little bit of No Mans Sky light with Journey to the Savage Planet. Chance’s gaming wanderlust took him through Untitled Goose Game, Overwatch and finally Hades on his swanky new PC. And Alex heaps more praise Dragon Age Inquisition. Also, heavy spoilers for the final season The Good Place, the first episode of Picard and maybe one or two for The Gentlemen.

Gather round, children, and listen to Uncle Chance tell tale of his favorite vampire movie. He also played just enough of Wandersong to learn that Chamberlain was right and that he really should play the rest of it. Chamberlain forced his way through Valfaris, the follow up to Slain and Alex has returned to Dragon Age Inquisition because he wants to remember Bioware for what they were, not what they are now.

200? 200!

It’s true. Welcome to episode 200 of the Chamberlain, Chance and Alex podcast. Games were delayed. Chance played Overwatch. Alex knows more than the average man about Greek tragedies. Chamberlain hates a soulslike. There may not be much coming out  now, but that is what a solid backlog is for.

We all made it to 2020. Mostly. So here are our picks for the 2020 hype list. There is a lot to look forward to and that doesn’t even include new hardware in the fourth quarter. Plus, Chamberlain finished a Souls-ish game and complain about it! Alex played just enough Death Stranding to have an opinion on it! And Chance has gone back to Sekiro and Overwatch because crushing his opposition never gets old.

This is how the decade ends. Star Wars fights and spoilers. Gaming wanderlust. More Borderlands 3 and Overwatch. And a one final (maybe) discussion about Death Stranding that takes Chamberlain, Chance and Alex to some very strange places, indeed.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. A time for lists, arguments, and much less agreement than last year. These are our top games of 2019. While Alex and Chamberlain believe it was a less than mediocre year and struggled to fill their lists Chance found joy in walking, shooting swinging a sword. Yes, there is fighting about Death Stranding. As there should be.

It’s December and almost everyone is getting in touch with their inner child. Chance found Frozen 2 to be far superior to the first movie, with better songs and a story that may or may not be lifted directly from Moana. He also is still walking around in Death Stranding. Alex’s inner child allow him to enjoy the mafioso swan song of The Irishman and play through Borderlands 3 again (and not for the last time). Chamberlain has no inner child as evidenced by his disdain for Control and steadfast refusal to leave the house for any other forms of entertainment.

Every once in a while a game takes Chamberlain by surprise. It wasn’t Mad of Medan, a game not nearly as scary as it should have been, and it wasn’t Afterparty, a game that put him in the uncomfortable position of throwing in with the Devil himself. Chamberlain loves Astral Chain and he doesn’t care who knows it. Chance and Alex both started and stopped playing Jedi Fallen Order, leaving it behind for the incredible walking and packing of Death Stranding and the diplomatic subtleties of Civilization 6. No episode next week, we will see you in December!