The Besties

By Russ Frushtick, Chris Plante, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroyLeisure Video Games

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Typical duration
57 min
per episode

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The Besties episodes

January 24, 2020 The Witcher Special
Because the world has been captured by the magic of Geralt of Rivia, The Besties are diving into Netflix's The Witcher and also The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (newly released on Switch). Toss a coin to them!
Get the full list of games (and other stuff) discussed at www.besties.fan. Want more episodes? Join us at patreon.com/thebesties for three bonus episodes each month!
52 min
January 17, 2020 The Greatest Vaporware + Half-Life's Black Mesa
Some games take a year to come out. But some games? Decades. This week The Besties are looking at some of their favorite vaporware, including a project that's been in the works since the mid 2000s: Black Mesa, a fan-made Half-Life recreation.
Get the full list of games (and other stuff) discussed at www.besties.fan. Want more episodes? Join us at patreon.com/thebesties for three bonus episodes each month!
39 min
January 10, 2020 The Best Video Game Kings + Shovel Knight: King of Cards
In this episode of The Besties, the boys debate which are the very best video game kings of all time. They'll also dive in to the latest addition to the Shovel Knight franchise, King of Cards.
Get the full list of games (and other stuff) discussed at www.besties.fan. Want more episodes? Join us at patreon.com/thebesties for three bonus episodes each month!
37 min
January 03, 2020 Most Anticipated Video Games of 2020
The Besties are looking ahead at the coming year and asking themselves: Which are the true bangers of 2020? They'll even look ahead and make some prognostications about what to expect from the coming year. Will they be right? Probably not!
Get the full list of games (and other stuff) discussed at www.besties.fan. Want more episodes? Join us at patreon.com/thebesties for three bonus episodes each month!
45 min
January 03, 2020 The Besties is now a Spotify Original!
Each week Justin McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Chris Plante, and Russ Frushtick dive into the world of video games. New episodes of The Besties will appear only on Spotify, so follow and listen to the world's best friends picking the world's best games.
2 min
December 27, 2019 2019 Recap Special
The Besties bid farewell to 2019 with the highs and lows of some of the biggest trends of the year. NOTE: This will be the last full episode on the wide feed. Starting on January 3, 2020, The Besties weekly can only be found on Spotify. Follow and listen for free!

Get the full list of games (and other stuff) discussed at www.besties.fan. Want more episodes? Join us at patreon.com/thebesties for three bonus episodes each month!
41 min
December 27, 2019 2019 Recap Special
The Besties bid farewell to 2019 with the highs and lows of some of the biggest trends of the year.
5 min
December 20, 2019 Game of the Year Part 2
Time to decide the best video game of 2019. We've tabulated our votes, and we're even including a surprise bracket, as voted on by the fans. Here we go, folks. It's all led to this.
The full list of contenders in this year's GOTY special include:

Round 1 -
A Short Hike
What the Golf
Hypnospace Outlaw
Outer Wilds (Part 1 winner)

Round 2 -
Outer Worlds
Luigi's Mansion (Part 1 winner)
Astral Chain
Pokémon Sword and Shield

Round 3 -
Control
Baba is You
Sekiro
Disco Elysium
Get the full list of games (and other stuff) discussed at www.besties.fan. Want more episodes? Join us at patreon.com/thebesties for three bonus episodes each month!
1 hr 9 min
December 20, 2019 Game of the Year Part 2
Time to decide the best video game of 2019. We've tabulated our votes, and we're even including a surprise bracket, as voted on by the fans. Here we go, folks. It's all led to this.
5 min
December 13, 2019 Game of the Year Part 1
Who better to pick the world's best games than the world's best friends? The Besties kick off the 2019 Game of the Year special with an intense melee of the greatest video games to walk the Earth in the last 12 months. Got a submission? Send it to [email protected]
Get the full list of games (and other stuff) discussed at www.besties.fan. Want more episodes? Join us at patreon.com/thebesties for three bonus episodes each month!
59 min

About The Besties

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It's Game of the Year meets King of the Hill as four of Earth's best friends – Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Chris Plante, and Russ Frushtick – rank and review their favorite video games. Because…