Chamberlain and Chance

Chamberlain, Chance and Alex make wild but educated guesses at what is going to be great in 2018. Some of the games wont come out. At least one will probably be terrible. But there is no denying the impending greatness of Red Dead Redemption 2, God of War and Civilization 6 Rise and Fall. Chamberlain plays a mediocre South Park game followed by a so so Star Wars game followed by an average Lord of the Rings game. Alex is still working on Titan Quest and Chance stops playing Overwatch long enough to defend Bright.

Welcome back! Chamberlain, Chance and Alex return from the holiday break to spoil the crap out of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Seriously, no spoiler goes unspoiled in the last thirty minutes. Chamberlain plays, and enjoys, a Mario game for the first time in around a decade. Alex falls in love with an old classic and Chance spins a tale of Tracer, Zarya, their ults and a big bang before jumping back into the stressful embrace of Darkest Dungeon.

There is joy, gushing, some argument and brief consternation over Chamberlain, Chance and Alex's lists of their favorite games of 2017. There are indy darlings, triple A masterpieces, conspicuous absences and even a surprise or two. In the end it was a very good year for games and they have few complaints.

In an attempt to be 'professional sounding' Chamberlain, Chance and Alex discuss various best ofs for 2017: Best Art Direction, Best Music, Best Mechanic, not to mention the first annual 'Fuck Yoko Taro' award. There is still time to talk about awesome Overwatch matches, mediocre Destiny 2 experiences, Diablo 3 knock offs, bad Switch idies and why no one should bother playing Nights of Azure 2.

Spoiler warning! Chamberlain insists on spoiling the end of Wolfenstein 2 (so Chance leaves) before complaining about a low budget horror title looking and playing like a low budget horror title. He is also understandably embarrassed to be playing Nights of Azure 2. Alex takes some quiet me time with Stardew Valley before killing things in an ugly way with Grim Dawn and Chance continues to buy games for his Switch that he plays once or twice before putting in his gaming safe. And he hates blue shells, but don't we all.

A year ago Chamberlain, Chance and Alex made a list of the games that they were most looking forward to in 2017. Some of them were good, some of them were decidedly not good and at least a few never actually came out. The best games on Chamberlain's list were games that he didn't actually like, Chance took a few chances and paid the price and Alex, being the most level headed, had the best hit to miss ratio. Yes, of course there is Overwatch talk on Moira, and Chamberlain played a recent game, Wolfenstein 2, and may spoil a plot point or two.

Chance took some time off work and going outside since last week, played all of the games and still made time to play Overwatch. Alex had a good time ranching slimes, proving that Chamberlain is a bitter, bitter man for hating the game. Chamberlain's heart did grow about a half size when he learned that all the pixels in the world won't make Forza 7 as much fun as Forza Horizon 3. And, for the record, EA can suck it.

Chance has finally found games good enough to pull him away from Overwatch and they are either childhood nostalgia trips by Nintendo or the expansion to one of his game of the year candidates. Alex confirms that he already knows what he liked by playing it again and Chamberlain spends the entire podcast watching the obnoxiously large Forza 7 4K patch download. It may still not be done.

Caution, Stranger Things Season 2 spoilers in the final fifteen minutes of this episode! Chamberlain also spoils parts of Ys VIII but no one cares about that game but him, anyway. Chance has obtained a Switch and is having a better time than anticipated with Super Mario Odyssey. He also is so turned off by Mercy changes on the PTR that he barely played Overwatch. And Alex plays Wolfenstein The Old Blood in preparation for The New Colossus.

NeoGAF may be mostly gone but Chamberlain, Chance and Alex solider on. Chamberlain has found himself unexpectedly in like with Ys VIII, a Vita game masquerading as a PS4 game. Alex finished Battlechasers and was happy with most of it and Chance finished South Park: The Fractured But Whole and wishes that there was much, much more. Last goodbyes are said to Battleborn, the devil's advocate makes an appearance and someone got a really cool new coat.