The Besties

img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/HtltHIGkNHyHZGfLK_kMoN_6Qeo=/0x32:637x390/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/1943465/besties.0.png" / pShouldn't the world's best friends pick the world's best games?/p pWe're all slowly recuperating from the emotional and physical gauntlet which is PAX East, but that didn't stop us from playing the latest games and forcing them to fight each other in an epic, heart-wrenching battle. Be there as Griffin mistakes a human man for a trashcan and we give Journey a deadline for bringing about peace in the Middle East./p pWe're all slowly recuperating from the emotional and physical gauntlet which is PAX East, but that didn't stop us from playing the latest games and forcing them to fight each other in an epic, heart-wrenching battle. Be there as Griffin mistakes a human man for a trashcan and we give iJourney/i a deadline for bringing about peace in the Middle East./p p/p paudio src="http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1058071/Besties08a.mp3" controls="controls" preload="none" id="torty-player"/audiobr id="1334335001596"/p p2:30 — Griffin McElroy, iXenoblade Chronicles/igt;/p p8:00 — Russ Frushtick, iSkylanders: Cloud Patrol/i/p p12:15 — Halftime: Griffin mistakes a human man for a trashcan/p p14:20 — Justin McElroy, iEpic Sax Guy/i/p p20:15 — Chris Plante, iFez/i/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/1058071/Besties08a.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/g3zYnp75e9g" height="1" width="1" alt=""/

Shouldn't the world's best friends pick the world's best games? We're all slowly recuperating from the emotional and physical gauntlet which is PAX East, but that didn't stop us from playing the latest games and forcing them to fight each other in an epic, heart-wrenching battle. Be there as Griffin mistakes a human man for a trashcan and we give Journey a deadline for bringing about peace in the Middle East. We're all slowly recuperating from the emotional and physical gauntlet which is PAX East, but that didn't stop us from playing the latest games and forcing them to fight each other in an epic, heart-wrenching battle. Be there as Griffin mistakes a human man for a trashcan and we give Journey a deadline for bringing about peace in the Middle East. 2:30 — Griffin McElroy, Xenoblade Chronicles 8:00 — Russ Frushtick, Skylanders: Cloud Patrol 12:15 — Halftime: Griffin mistakes a human man for a trashcan 14:20 — Justin McElroy, Epic Sax Guy 20:15 — Chris Plante, Fez 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/wVkRMj0EOpkHUUG24lS_V7f5rN4=/0x32:800x482/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/1943367/bestiespromo.0.jpg" / pThe besties go to beantown!/p pTypically, your friends The Besties are hunched like so many scurvy-ridden sailors over their laptops as they pit the week's best games against each other in a fight to the death. But since they were all in one zip code for a change last weekend at PAX East, they figured, "Hey, let's take this fight to the streets."/p pTypically, your friends a href="http://www.theverge.com/label/the-besties-podcast"The Besties/a are hunched like so many scurvy-ridden sailors over their laptops as they pit the week's best games against each other in a fight to the death. But since they were all in one zip code for a change at PAX East, they figured, "Hey, let's take this fight to the streets."/p pspan style="line-height: 9px;"So join Chris Plante, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy and Russ Frushtick as they scream, run, cajole and Johann Sebastian Joust their way to a new champion./span/p p/p div object width="560" height="400" class="mceItemFlash" param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/B4geSrmdgXI" param name="wmode" value="transparent" embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/B4geSrmdgXI" mce_src="http://www.youtube.com/v/B4geSrmdgXI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="560" height="400"/embed/object p /p /div p1:30 — Russ Frushtick, iMark of the Ninja/i/p p4:20 — Chris Plante, iSuper T.I.M.E. Force/i/p p6:30 — Justin McElroy, iGuacamelee/i/p p9:20 — Griffin McElroy, iRetro/Grade/i/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/1053597/thebestiespaxeast.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/AYor40A5DxE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/

The besties go to beantown! Typically, your friends The Besties are hunched like so many scurvy-ridden sailors over their laptops as they pit the week's best games against each other in a fight to the death. But since they were all in one zip code for a change last weekend at PAX East, they figured, "Hey, let's take this fight to the streets." Typically, your friends The Besties are hunched like so many scurvy-ridden sailors over their laptops as they pit the week's best games against each other in a fight to the death. But since they were all in one zip code for a change at PAX East, they figured, "Hey, let's take this fight to the streets." So join Chris Plante, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy and Russ Frushtick as they scream, run, cajole and Johann Sebastian Joust their way to a new champion. 1:30 — Russ Frushtick, Mark of the Ninja 4:20 — Chris Plante, Super T.I.M.E. Force 6:30 — Justin McElroy, Guacamelee 9:20 — Griffin McElroy, Retro/Grade 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/q9I3xXQgNcfywpJ1Q3EqQTCJGWA=/0x32:637x390/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/1943183/besties.0.png" / pShipping out to boston, hey, hey, hey/p pWe're a little late but no less passionate for our favorite games of the week. Be there when Griffin makes a case for a game he, in fact, quantifiably does not like. Enjoy Chris' realization that his game is wholly inappropriate for our program. Enjoy a lovely, yet impossible to safely describe adventure game from Justin and Frushtick gives it his all with Hunters 2 and yet falls tragically short./p pWe're a little late but no less passionate for our favorite games of the week. Be there when Griffin makes a case for a game he, in fact, quantifiably does not like. Enjoy Chris' realization that his game is wholly inappropriate for our program. Enjoy a lovely, yet impossible-to-safely-describe adventure game from Justin and Frushtick gives it his all with iHunters 2 /iand yet falls tragically short./p p/p p /p paudio src="http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1047401/besties07final.mp3" controls="controls" preload="none" id="torty-player"/audiobr id="1333858076071"/p p6:00 — Griffin McElroy, iDiabolical Pitch/i/p p8:30 — Justin McElroy, iYesterday/i/p p12:30 — Halftime: Russ and Chris almost get murdered by an escaped mental patient/p p18:30 — Chris Plante, iDys4ia/i/p p22:30 — Russ Frushtick, iHunters 2/i/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/1047401/besties07final.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/~4/1LqsbkkLrr8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/

Shipping out to boston, hey, hey, hey We're a little late but no less passionate for our favorite games of the week. Be there when Griffin makes a case for a game he, in fact, quantifiably does not like. Enjoy Chris' realization that his game is wholly inappropriate for our program. Enjoy a lovely, yet impossible to safely describe adventure game from Justin and Frushtick gives it his all with Hunters 2 and yet falls tragically short. We're a little late but no less passionate for our favorite games of the week. Be there when Griffin makes a case for a game he, in fact, quantifiably does not like. Enjoy Chris' realization that his game is wholly inappropriate for our program. Enjoy a lovely, yet impossible-to-safely-describe adventure game from Justin and Frushtick gives it his all with Hunters 2 and yet falls tragically short. 6:00 — Griffin McElroy, Diabolical Pitch 8:30 — Justin McElroy, Yesterday 12:30 — Halftime: Russ and Chris almost get murdered by an escaped mental patient 18:30 — Chris Plante, Dys4ia 22:30 — Russ Frushtick, Hunters 2 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/sIfDYOh5IKaWXJIF9yIBslFKdE0=/0x32:637x390/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/1942913/besties.0.png" / pthe world's best friends pick the world's best games/p pThis week on The Besties: Plante goes on a safari for the wild "cereal gorilla," Russ tries to convince us that Ouch, My Balls should be the best game of the week, Justin waxes poetic about Sherlock Holmes and Betamax and Griffin refuses to share his secret video game pie./p pThis week on The Besties: we go on a safari for the wild "cereal gorilla" in Doodle or Die, Russ tries to convince us that iOw, My Balls/i should be the best game of the week, Justin waxes poetic about Sherlock Holmes and Betamax and Griffin refuses to share his secret video game pie./p pAlso, look after the break for companion images, perfect for absorbing as you listen./p paudio src="http://share.sbndev.net.s3.amazonaws.com/Besties06.mp3" controls="controls" preload="none" id="torty-player"/audiobr id="1333139369388"/p p5:30 — Chris Plante, iDrawception/i/p p12:45 — Russ Frushtick, iFibble/i/p p16:45 — Halftime: The Rebirth of Sherlock Holmes/p p25:30 — Griffin McElroy, iLone Survivor/i/p p30:30 — Justin McElroy, iClosure/i/p p /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/Besties06.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/ibLipBK96Nk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/

the world's best friends pick the world's best games This week on The Besties: Plante goes on a safari for the wild "cereal gorilla," Russ tries to convince us that Ouch, My Balls should be the best game of the week, Justin waxes poetic about Sherlock Holmes and Betamax and Griffin refuses to share his secret video game pie. This week on The Besties: we go on a safari for the wild "cereal gorilla" in Doodle or Die, Russ tries to convince us that Ow, My Balls should be the best game of the week, Justin waxes poetic about Sherlock Holmes and Betamax and Griffin refuses to share his secret video game pie. Also, look after the break for companion images, perfect for absorbing as you listen. 5:30 — Chris Plante, Drawception 12:45 — Russ Frushtick, Fibble 16:45 — Halftime: The Rebirth of Sherlock Holmes 25:30 — Griffin McElroy, Lone Survivor 30:30 — Justin McElroy, Closure 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/PsWfV7HLPqw0H75D8PHQO0dPEiY=/0x32:637x390/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/1942733/besties.0.png" / pthe world's best friends pick the world's best games/p pLast week, we decided that Journey had the ability to bring about peace in the Middle East, what's gonna have even half a shot at beating a game like that? You buddies The Besties are trying to find out! Won't you join them? We hope you will./p p /p pLast week, we decided that iJourney/i had the ability to bring about peace in the Middle East, what's gonna have even half a shot at beating a game like that? Your buddies The Besties are trying to find out! Won't you join them? We hope you will./p pAlso: So much cursing that it sounds like a Daft Punk show./p p4:30 — Russ Frushtick, iAngry Birds Space/i/p p8:30 — Chris Plante, iMLB: The Show/i/p p12:50 — Halftime: Geocaching and The Bachelor and a pipe bomb at Disneyland/p p17:00 — Justin McElroy, iHunger Games: Girl on Fire/i/p p25:50 — Griffin McElroy, iKid Icarus: Uprising/i/p paudio id="torty-player" preload="none" controls="controls" src="http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1021633/Besties05.mp3"/audiobr id="1332533512808"/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/1021633/Besties05.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/~4/2Szda-g8BJA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/

the world's best friends pick the world's best games Last week, we decided that Journey had the ability to bring about peace in the Middle East, what's gonna have even half a shot at beating a game like that? You buddies The Besties are trying to find out! Won't you join them? We hope you will. Last week, we decided that Journey had the ability to bring about peace in the Middle East, what's gonna have even half a shot at beating a game like that? Your buddies The Besties are trying to find out! Won't you join them? We hope you will. Also: So much cursing that it sounds like a Daft Punk show. 4:30 — Russ Frushtick, Angry Birds Space 8:30 — Chris Plante, MLB: The Show 12:50 — Halftime: Geocaching and The Bachelor and a pipe bomb at Disneyland 17:00 — Justin McElroy, Hunger Games: Girl on Fire 25:50 — Griffin McElroy, Kid Icarus: Uprising 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/mfq0P8Kxgxd7iLOc4Gk56ZuIStY=/0x32:637x390/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/1942495/besties.0.png" / pthe best friends pick the best games/p pWe've welcomed Griffin back to our bosom after his absence last week, and he's brought a pretty darn heavy hitter with him: Mass Effect 3. We've had plenty of predictions that Commander Shepard will take the top slot and ride it to December, is that how it all shakes out?/p pibEditors Note:/b The following podcast contains no spoilers about Mass Effect 3. Because we care about you./i/p pWe've welcomed Griffin back to our bosom after his absence last week, and he's brought a pretty darn heavy hitter with him: iMass Effect 3/i. We've had plenty of predictions that Commander Shepard will take the top slot and ride it to December, is that how it all shakes out? Will Russ' dumb marshmallow game thwart his plans? Is anything in iMass Effect 3/i better than current favorite iSSX/i's feature that lets you race against the ghost times of your dead father ... and in doing so keep him alive in perpetuity?/p pOnly The Besties know for sure!/p p4:00 — Griffin McElroy, iMass Effect 3/i/p p9:30 — Russ Frushtick, iCoco Loco/i/p p15:30 — Halftime: SXSW/p p19:30 — Chris Plante, iJourney/i/p p25:50 — Justin McElroy, iMotorStorm RC/i/p paudio src="http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1008086/besties04.mp3" controls="controls" preload="none" id="torty-player"/audiobr id="1331917059444"/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/1008086/besties04.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/ZMWY71I2xr0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/

the best friends pick the best games We've welcomed Griffin back to our bosom after his absence last week, and he's brought a pretty darn heavy hitter with him: Mass Effect 3. We've had plenty of predictions that Commander Shepard will take the top slot and ride it to December, is that how it all shakes out? Editors Note: The following podcast contains no spoilers about Mass Effect 3. Because we care about you. We've welcomed Griffin back to our bosom after his absence last week, and he's brought a pretty darn heavy hitter with him: Mass Effect 3. We've had plenty of predictions that Commander Shepard will take the top slot and ride it to December, is that how it all shakes out? Will Russ' dumb marshmallow game thwart his plans? Is anything in Mass Effect 3 better than current favorite SSX's feature that lets you race against the ghost times of your dead father ... and in doing so keep him alive in perpetuity? Only The Besties know for sure! 4:00 — Griffin McElroy, Mass Effect 3 9:30 — Russ Frushtick, Coco Loco 15:30 — Halftime: SXSW 19:30 — Chris Plante, Journey 25:50 — Justin McElroy, MotorStorm RC Music: "Little Marcus" by George & Jonathan Get the show: Download MP3 Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Subscribe on iTunes

With 3/4 of The Besties in San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference, we've added a special guestie to the show: Chris Grant, editor-in-chief of Vox Games. In light of all the cool unreleased titles we've laid our eyes on this week, we've bent the rules so that the works-in-progress we've been ogling can compete for the top slot. Also on tap: Some authentic San Francisco street drumming wafts through the windows so you can enjoy the waking auditory hell that has made up our week. 5:00 — Chris Plante, Showdown Effect 8:50 — Russ Frushtick, Spelunky 12:55 — Chris Grant, The Witness 18:15 — Halftime: Sugar intake mechanisms 22:35 — Justin McElroy, Sorcery Music: "Little Marcus" by George & Jonathan Get the show: Download MP3 Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Subscribe on iTunes

With 3/4 of The Besties in San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference, we've added a special guestie to the show: Chris Grant, editor-in-chief of Vox Games. In light of all the cool unreleased titles we've laid our eyes on this week, we've bent the rules so that the works-in-progress we've been ogling can compete for the top slot. Also on tap: Some authentic San Francisco street drumming wafts through the windows so you can enjoy the waking auditory hell that has made up our week. 5:00 — Chris Plante, Showdown Effect 8:50 — Russ Frushtick, Spelunky 12:55 — Chris Grant, The Witness 18:15 — Halftime: Sugar intake mechanisms 22:35 — Justin McElroy, Sorcery 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/VAOe4DHVa7GdPWSCwzaCBe0hchY=/0x32:637x390/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/1941987/besties.0.png" / pking of the hill meets game of the year/p pJustin McElroy, Russ Frushtick, Chris Plante and Griffin McElroy return with a new batch of contenders for the world's most prestigious honor: The Bestie. Which of their top picks of the week will reign supreme? And will it be enough to take the top slot from current champion Ziggurat? Listen and find out!/p p5:15 — Russ Frushtick, a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/waking-mars/id462397814?mt=8amp;uo=4"iWaking Mars/i/a/p p8:25 — Chris Plante, a href="http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/2/28/2829746/ssx-review"iSSX/i/a/p p14:30 — Halftime: Griffin's new beverage/p p17:45 — Griffin McElroy, iLumines: Electronic Symphony/i/p p22:45 — Justin McElroy, a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/coderunner/id463639902?mt=8amp;uo=4"iCode Runner/i/a/p paudio src="http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/985920/Besties02.mp3" controls="controls" preload="none" id="torty-player"/audiobr id="1330734707856"/p p /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/985920/Besties02.mp3"Download MP3/a/li lia href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/thebestiespodcast"Subscribe to the podcast (RSS)/a/li li a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vox-games-the-besties-podcast/id505516789"Subscribe on iTunes/a /li liZune subscription coming soon!/li /ulimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBestiesPodcast/~4/rDzqlLbybnA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/