The Besties

Shouldn't the best friends pick the best games? The Besties settle in for a long summer which may not be the most robust in terms of quality game releases. Justin describes the woes of Steel Battalion, Griffin gives some advice to Wizards of the Coast and there's some discussion over whether Gravity Rush should have actually beaten out Max Payne 3 last week. Also yuks. The Besties settle in for a long summer which may not be the most robust in terms of quality game releases. Justin describes the woes of Steel Battalion, Griffin gives some advice to Wizards of the Coast and there's some discussion over whether Gravity Rush should have actually beaten out Max Payne 3 last week. Also yuks. 2:40 — Griffin McElroy, Squids: Wild West (iOS) 14:35 — Russ Frushtick, Astronot (iOS) 23:20 — Griffin McElroy, Pokemon Conquest (DS) 31:25 — Halftime: Modern suggestions for D&D 36:30 — Chris Plante, The Act (iOS) 42:26 — THE DECISION by Commish Justin Music: "Little Marcus" by George & Jonathan Get the show: Download MP3 Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Subscribe on iTunes

img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/DWi1ol1f_p6fHXo_f-2saiLsKU0=/0x32:800x482/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/1947679/bestiespromo.0.jpg" / pShouldn't the best friends pick the best games?/p pThe Besties are back from their E3 sojourn and they've been playing all the latest games so they can talk about them, for that is the social contract you and they have entered into. Also, Russ Frushtick shares the sad, sad story of attempting to do a pull-up./p pThe Besties are back from their E3 sojourn and they've been playing all the latest games so they can talk about them, for that is the social contract you and they have entered into. Also, Russ Frushtick shares the sad, sad story of attempting to do a pull-up./p p/p paudio id="torty-player" preload="none" controls="controls" src=="http://s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts.sbnation.com/Besties15.mp3""/audiobr id="1339788242379"/p p5:00 — Justin McElroy, iLollipop Chainsaw /i(360, PS3)/p p15:00 — Chris Plante, iGravity Rush/i (Vita)/p p25:00 — Halftime: Pull ups/p p32:40 — Russ Frushtick, iPocket Planes/i (iOS)/p p44:40 — THE DECISION/p pbMusic/b: "a href="http://georgeandjonathan.bandcamp.com/album/beautiful-lifestyle"Little Marcus/a" by George amp; Jonathan/p pbGet the show:/b/p ul lia href=="http://s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts.sbnation.com/Besties15.mp3"Download MP3"/a/li lia href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/thebestiespodcast"Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)/a/li lia href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vox-games-the-besties-podcast/id505516789"Subscribe on iTunes/a/li /ulimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBestiesPodcast/~4/4vuxIedzM7w" height="1" width="1" alt=""/

Shouldn't the best friends pick the best games? The Besties are back from their E3 sojourn and they've been playing all the latest games so they can talk about them, for that is the social contract you and they have entered into. Also, Russ Frushtick shares the sad, sad story of attempting to do a pull-up. The Besties are back from their E3 sojourn and they've been playing all the latest games so they can talk about them, for that is the social contract you and they have entered into. Also, Russ Frushtick shares the sad, sad story of attempting to do a pull-up. 5:00 — Justin McElroy, Lollipop Chainsaw (360, PS3) 15:00 — Chris Plante, Gravity Rush (Vita) 25:00 — Halftime: Pull ups 32:40 — Russ Frushtick, Pocket Planes (iOS) 44:40 — THE DECISION Music: "Little Marcus" by George & Jonathan Get the show: Download MP3 Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Subscribe on iTunes

img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/2sS5eLBuppu0nGSx66ttHeVAeaA=/0x32:637x390/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/1946133/besties.0.png" / pBesties!/p pThe Besties square off on emGhost Recon/em, emDragon's Dogma/em and emResistance: Burning Skies/em./p pThe Commish returns to dole out more Besties justice. This week we've got three big games, but a special nod to a fourth game, emSlingshot Racing/em, which offers up single-touch iOS racing enjoyment with grappling hooks. Plus we're introduced to Special Boy, Justin's ward./p p/p paudio src=="http://s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts.sbnation.com/besties14.mp3"" controls="controls" preload="none" id="torty-player"/audiobr id="1337977062919"/p p4:25 — Justin McElroy, iDragon's Dogma/i (360, PS3)/p p16:25 — Russ Frushtick, iGhost Recon: Future Soldier/i (360, PS3, PC)/p p24:00 — Halftime: "Brought to you by Shandy"/p p29:28 — Griffin McElroy, iResistance: Burning Skies/i (Vita)/p p36:48 — THE DECISION By Commissioner Chris Plante/p pbMusic/b: "a href="http://georgeandjonathan.bandcamp.com/album/beautiful-lifestyle"Little Marcus/a" by George amp; Jonathan/p pbGet the show:/b/p ul lia href=="http://s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts.sbnation.com/besties14.mp3"Download MP3"/a/li lia href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/thebestiespodcast"Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)/a/li lia href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vox-games-the-besties-podcast/id505516789"Subscribe on iTunes/a/li /ulimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBestiesPodcast/~4/qp1u5KW8OHs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/

Besties! The Besties square off on Ghost Recon, Dragon's Dogma and Resistance: Burning Skies. The Commish returns to dole out more Besties justice. This week we've got three big games, but a special nod to a fourth game, Slingshot Racing, which offers up single-touch iOS racing enjoyment with grappling hooks. Plus we're introduced to Special Boy, Justin's ward. 4:25 — Justin McElroy, Dragon's Dogma (360, PS3) 16:25 — Russ Frushtick, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (360, PS3, PC) 24:00 — Halftime: "Brought to you by Shandy" 29:28 — Griffin McElroy, Resistance: Burning Skies (Vita) 36:48 — THE DECISION By Commissioner Chris Plante Music: "Little Marcus" by George & Jonathan Get the show: Download MP3 Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Subscribe on iTunes

img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/0OYMnyeMRvrgnBI6LvYCncNxbOQ=/0x32:637x390/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/1945677/besties.0.png" / pBesties!/p pThe Besties square off on Diablo 3, Max Payne 3 and Quest for Glory./p pIn what they hope will be the final rule change for at least a few weeks, The Besties introduce a commissioner to help them select the best game of the week. Also, Russ does a Max Payne impression, Justin infuriates iDiablo 3/i fans and Chris Plante whisks you away to Europe./p p/p paudio id="torty-player" preload="none" controls="controls" src=="http://s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts.sbnation.com/Besties13.mp3""/audiobr id="1337977062919"/p p4:30 — Justin McElroy, iDiablo 3/i (PC)/p p16:30 — Russ Frushtick, iMax Payne 3/i (360, PS3, PC)/p p26:45 — Halftime: "Hey, I climbed that."/p p31:00 — Griffin McElroy, iQuest for Glory/i (PC)/p p42:00 — THE DECISION/p pbMusic/b: "a href="http://georgeandjonathan.bandcamp.com/album/beautiful-lifestyle"Little Marcus/a" by George amp; Jonathan/p pbGet the show:/b/p ul lia href=="http://s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts.sbnation.com/Besties13.mp3"Download MP3"/a/li lia href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/thebestiespodcast"Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)/a/li lia href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vox-games-the-besties-podcast/id505516789"Subscribe on iTunes/a/li /ulimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBestiesPodcast/~4/irQDwUOP1PY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/

Besties! The Besties square off on Diablo 3, Max Payne 3 and Quest for Glory. In what they hope will be the final rule change for at least a few weeks, The Besties introduce a commissioner to help them select the best game of the week. Also, Russ does a Max Payne impression, Justin infuriates Diablo 3 fans and Chris Plante whisks you away to Europe. 4:30 — Justin McElroy, Diablo 3 (PC) 16:30 — Russ Frushtick, Max Payne 3 (360, PS3, PC) 26:45 — Halftime: "Hey, I climbed that." 31:00 — Griffin McElroy, Quest for Glory (PC) 42:00 — THE DECISION Music: "Little Marcus" by George & Jonathan Get the show: Download MP3 Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Subscribe on iTunes

img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/JBRe1jay4MJr1QuF0fwkLegkAak=/0x32:637x390/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/1944783/besties.0.png" / pShouldn't the world's best friends pick the world's best games?/p pThe Besties return with their most unusual rule change yet: They've completely forgone making any sort of decision an instead created an robot version of their editor-in-chief Chris Grant to choose a winner for them./p pThe Besties return with their most unusual rule change yet: They've completely forgone making any sort of decision and instead created a robot version of their editor-in-chief Chris Grant to choose a winner for them./p p... Yeah, it's one of those kinds of episodes./p p/p paudio id="torty-player" preload="none" controls="controls" src="http://share.sbndev.net.s3.amazonaws.com/Besties12.mp3"/audiobr id="1336764566627"/p p5:45 — Chris Plante, iAwesomenauts/i (360)/p p12:00 — Justin McElroy, iTribes Ascend/i (PC)/p p20:30 — Halftime: Superbed/p p25:00 — Russ Frushtick, iTower of Fortune/i (iOS)/p p29:00 — Griffin McElroy, iMinecraft/i (360)/p p38:30 — THE DECISION/p pbMusic/b: "a href="http://georgeandjonathan.bandcamp.com/album/beautiful-lifestyle"Little Marcus/a" by George amp; Jonathan/p pbGet the show:/b/p ul lia href="http://share.sbndev.net.s3.amazonaws.com/Besties12.mp3"Download MP3/a/li lia href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/thebestiespodcast"Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)/a/li lia href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vox-games-the-besties-podcast/id505516789"Subscribe on iTunes/a/li /ulimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBestiesPodcast/~4/VSQb7wGlSmI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/

Shouldn't the world's best friends pick the world's best games? The Besties return with their most unusual rule change yet: They've completely forgone making any sort of decision an instead created an robot version of their editor-in-chief Chris Grant to choose a winner for them. The Besties return with their most unusual rule change yet: They've completely forgone making any sort of decision and instead created a robot version of their editor-in-chief Chris Grant to choose a winner for them. ... Yeah, it's one of those kinds of episodes. 5:45 — Chris Plante, Awesomenauts (360) 12:00 — Justin McElroy, Tribes Ascend (PC) 20:30 — Halftime: Superbed 25:00 — Russ Frushtick, Tower of Fortune (iOS) 29:00 — Griffin McElroy, Minecraft (360) 38:30 — THE DECISION Music: "Little Marcus" by George & Jonathan Get the show: Download MP3 Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Subscribe on iTunes

img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/4DF7ICFMFutnGSH08LAg546uyYA=/0x32:637x390/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/1944413/besties.0.png" / pshouldn't the worlds best friends pick the world's best games?/p pThe Besties return with what's likely to be the most comprehensive discussion of flume and flume-adjacent theme park rides you've ever heard in a podcast. Also? Video games!/p pThe Besties return with what's likely to be the most comprehensive discussion of flume and flume-adjacent theme park rides you've ever heard in a podcast. Also? Video games! (Note: You may notice a little audio weirdness: Take heart, we've corrected the problem, and it won't happen again!)/p p/p paudio src="http://share.sbndev.net/thebesties11.mp3" controls="controls" preload="none" id="torty-player"/audiobr id="1336168117534"/p p5:45 — Chris Plante, iAwesomenauts/i (iOS)/p p11:00 — Griffin McElroy, iMy Little Hero/i (iOS)/p p16:00 — Halftime: Flumin'/p p18:50 — Justin McElroy, iRisen 2/i (PC)/p p26:15 — Russ Frushtick, iPrototype 2/i (Multi)/p p35:00 — THE DECISION/p pbMusic/b: "a href="http://georgeandjonathan.bandcamp.com/album/beautiful-lifestyle"Little Marcus/a" by George amp; Jonathan/p pbGet the show:/b/p ul lia href="http://share.sbndev.net/thebesties11.mp3"Download MP3/a/li lia href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/thebestiespodcast"Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)/a/li lia href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vox-games-the-besties-podcast/id505516789"Subscribe on iTunes/a/li /ulimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBestiesPodcast/~4/vK5m1IY2C4I" height="1" width="1" alt=""/

shouldn't the worlds best friends pick the world's best games? The Besties return with what's likely to be the most comprehensive discussion of flume and flume-adjacent theme park rides you've ever heard in a podcast. Also? Video games! The Besties return with what's likely to be the most comprehensive discussion of flume and flume-adjacent theme park rides you've ever heard in a podcast. Also? Video games! (Note: You may notice a little audio weirdness: Take heart, we've corrected the problem, and it won't happen again!) 5:45 — Chris Plante, Awesomenauts (iOS) 11:00 — Griffin McElroy, My Little Hero (iOS) 16:00 — Halftime: Flumin' 18:50 — Justin McElroy, Risen 2 (PC) 26:15 — Russ Frushtick, Prototype 2 (Multi) 35:00 — THE DECISION Music: "Little Marcus" by George & Jonathan Get the show: Download MP3 Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Subscribe on iTunes

img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/nCe2XRlyrJWVs7n2gDtEtm_FWBw=/0x32:637x390/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/1943991/besties.0.png" / pIs it Journey's end?/p pThis week on The Besties, we've promised to dethrone Journey as the Game of the Year, but will we actually deliver? Can Journey bring about world peace before the show ends? Also, we welcome world-renowned indie developer Jean Baptiste. It's a profound moment./p pThis week on The Besties, we've promised to dethrone iJourney/i as the Game of the Year, but will we actually deliver? Or can iJourney/i bring about world peace before the show ends? Also, we welcome world-renowned indie developer Jean Baptiste into the studio, which we predict will be a ... divisive moment./p p/p paudio src="http://share.sbndev.net.s3.amazonaws.com/Besties10.mp3" controls="controls" preload="none" id="torty-player"/audiobr id="1335554323167"/p p3:45 — Justin McElroy, iWalking Dead/i (PC)/p p10:15 — Russ Frushtick, iSpellsword/i (iOS)/p p15:30 — Halftime: Jean Baptiste, independent game designer/p p23:50 — Chris Plante, iAZT Teleporter HD/i (iOS)/p p28:15 — Griffin McElroy, iPolymer/i (iOS)/p p31:24 — THE DECISION/p pbMusic/b: "a href="http://georgeandjonathan.bandcamp.com/album/beautiful-lifestyle"Little Marcus/a" by George amp; Jonathan/p pbGet the show:/b/p ul lia href="http://share.sbndev.net.s3.amazonaws.com/Besties10.mp3"Download MP3/a/li lia href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/thebestiespodcast"Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)/a/li lia href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vox-games-the-besties-podcast/id505516789"Subscribe on iTunes/a/li /ulimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBestiesPodcast/~4/Lf_4QsXlss0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/

Is it Journey's end? This week on The Besties, we've promised to dethrone Journey as the Game of the Year, but will we actually deliver? Can Journey bring about world peace before the show ends? Also, we welcome world-renowned indie developer Jean Baptiste. It's a profound moment. This week on The Besties, we've promised to dethrone Journey as the Game of the Year, but will we actually deliver? Or can Journey bring about world peace before the show ends? Also, we welcome world-renowned indie developer Jean Baptiste into the studio, which we predict will be a ... divisive moment. 3:45 — Justin McElroy, Walking Dead (PC) 10:15 — Russ Frushtick, Spellsword (iOS) 15:30 — Halftime: Jean Baptiste, independent game designer 23:50 — Chris Plante, AZT Teleporter HD (iOS) 28:15 — Griffin McElroy, Polymer (iOS) 31:24 — THE DECISION Music: "Little Marcus" by George & Jonathan Get the show: Download MP3 Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Subscribe on iTunes

img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/y8xpEA68uUZpXMEK63LbpjqY5ZU=/0x32:637x390/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/1943711/besties.0.png" / pJourney's days are numbered!/p pThis week on the Besties podcast, Chris Plante expresses his love of pig-related games and talks about his romantic physical therapy experience. We also answer the question: Can a motorcycle single-handedly win World War II? The answer: Yes. Finally, the clock is ticking on emJourney/em, which has thus far failed to achieve true world peace./p pThis week on The Besties, we've promised to dethrone Jo/p p /p pAlso, we welcome world-renowned indie developer Jean Baptiste. It's a profound moment./p p/p paudio id="torty-player" preload="none" controls="controls" src="http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1073491/Besties09.mp3"/audiobr id="1334335001596"/p p3:45 — Chris Plante, iHambo/i (iOS)/p p9:50 — Griffin McElroy, iSuper Monday Night Combat/i (PC)/p p15:30 — Halftime: Griffin turns 25 and Plante goes to the doctor/p p20:50 — Russ Frushtick, iTrials Evolution/i (360)/p p28:18 — Justin McElroy, iBXX Haunted/i (PC, Mac)/p p36:29 — THE DECISION/p pbMusic/b: "a href="http://georgeandjonathan.bandcamp.com/album/beautiful-lifestyle"Little Marcus/a" by George amp; Jonathan/p pbGet the show:/b/p ul lia href="http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1073491/Besties09.mp3"Download MP3/a/li lia href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/thebestiespodcast"Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)/a/li lia href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vox-games-the-besties-podcast/id505516789"Subscribe on iTunes/a/li /ul divb"Motorcycle Can Remix"/b/div divbr/div piframe frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/88l1vpW3Dx8" height="315" width="560"/iframe/p divbr/div divRemix by a href="https://twitter.com/#!/tole_cover"@tole_cover/a. Image by a href="https://twitter.com/#!/TheJWittz"@TheJWittz/a./divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBestiesPodcast/~4/egaxNg6kEr0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/

Journey's days are numbered! This week on the Besties podcast, Chris Plante expresses his love of pig-related games and talks about his romantic physical therapy experience. We also answer the question: Can a motorcycle single-handedly win World War II? The answer: Yes. Finally, the clock is ticking on Journey, which has thus far failed to achieve true world peace. This week on The Besties, we've promised to dethrone Jo Also, we welcome world-renowned indie developer Jean Baptiste. It's a profound moment. 3:45 — Chris Plante, Hambo (iOS) 9:50 — Griffin McElroy, Super Monday Night Combat (PC) 15:30 — Halftime: Griffin turns 25 and Plante goes to the doctor 20:50 — Russ Frushtick, Trials Evolution (360) 28:18 — Justin McElroy, BXX Haunted (PC, Mac) 36:29 — THE DECISION Music: "Little Marcus" by George & Jonathan Get the show: Download MP3 Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Subscribe on iTunes "Motorcycle Can Remix" Remix by @tole_cover. Image by @TheJWittz.