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The 1st Annual Resties Awards!

The first annual Resties Awards is here!

Another awards show? Yes! We wanted to...

The Besties holiday recommendation swap

For the holiday, we’d like to try something new. In the comments, we encourage folks to ask for recommendations of video games, movies, comics, anime and any other media. Share what sort of stuff you like and/or what you’re looking for.

And we’d love for folks to provide recommendations on the comments of others.&...

Help us pick the best Besties bracket

Hey y'all! This holiday, we'll be sharing one of our Patreon Besties Battle Brackets on the Besties' main feed. We'd love your help picking the bracket episode that you feel the broader Besties audience will most enjoy.

If you have a m...

Most of you will never play the new Batman game

What if I told you there's a new Batman: Arkham game that channels the design of Batman: Arkham Asylum, features an all-star voice ca...

Besties Battle Bracket: Best Food

Okay, we've been doing these brackets long enough. It's time for something serious. Something substantial. Something indisputable. Yes, it's time for us to decide the best food in a video game.

Though we couldn't prepare...

Vote on the next Besties Battle Brackets!

Happy Thanksgiving, U.S. listeners! And to folks elsewhere, Merry Thursday!

To celebrate, we cordially invite you to pick the opening episode of our next bunch of Besties Battle Brackets. Vote below!

Also (and thi...

The year of Shadow the Hedgehog

The prophecy was foretold: In 2024, all creatures of Earth shall know the name Shadow the Hedgehog. And so, with a single page remaining on the calendar, the tree of the future bears the fruit of the pres...

What brackets do you want to hear next?

In the coming weeks, we'll post a poll for everybody to vote on our next collection of bracket topics. But before then, we'd love to hear your big, weird, wonderful ideas for bracket topics. Please share your id...

Why Call of Duty is the surprise of 2024

Yes, you read that headline right. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 features the series' best single-player campaign in over a decade. The developers, spread across multiple s...

Besties Battle Bracket: Best Party Games

This holiday season, you may find yourself with extended family, having little to ta...

This movie-length space thriller is a perfect spooky season treat

This week, the Resties discuss a brilliantly written sci-fi horror gem, a lovingly drawn indie platformer, and a lost spooky riff on Pokemon Snap. Plus, Frush and P...

Why are some of the year's best games flopping?

Every week of 2024, we have gotten at least one good new game. In theory, this should be good news. Who doesn't love more great stuff to play?

But with so much stuff, many amazing games struggle to gain attention. Even develope...

Besties Battle Bracket: Best Launch Games

Last month, we selected the best video game consoles. In a twist, we excluded games excluded from the debate. This month, we recorded our first sequel episode, choosing the best collection of launch games.

Is Dreamcast still the best? Can a cons...

Your guide to zombie media, including Dead Rising's remaster

This week, The Resties head to the mall to stock up on improvised weapons for the zombie apocalypse. Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster continues Capcom's ho...

Stardew Valley's greatest challenger yet

Fields of Mistria is a farming/life simulator inspired by Harvest Moon, Rune Factory, Animal C...

Besties Battle Bracket: Best Console (not counting the games)

What is the greatest video game console of all time? Before you answer that, we have one huge caveat: you can't factor in the quality of the games. We literally mean "wh...

A Shy Guy learns how to do crow things

Sorry for the delay! Due to unforeseen travel issues, this week’s Resties required an extra day in the oven. But listeners, in return for your patience ...

New Polygon alert!!

Just wanted to let y'all know we launched Polygon's first major redesign in 12 years. We hope you like it!

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2024's sleeper hit plays like a lost PS2 gem

Kunitsu-Gami is Capcom's audacious attempt to blend action, strategy, and Japanese theatrical performance into one beautiful game. Or to put it another way: it's the most Plante video game imaginable.

The Resties...

Besties Battle Bracket: The Best Sidekick

It feels a bit cruel to pit sidekicks against one another. These lovable Plus-Ones have spent their whole lives playing supporting roles. Yet when we give them the spotlight, it's part of a battle ...

Commenter convo: The most underrated game of 2004

The Besties Patreon is quiet this week. (Besties Battle Bracket: Sidekick Edition drops next Tuesday!) To pass the time, we had a question for y'all:

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The secret to making time for games

This week, The Resties went into the deepest, darkest corners of the video game wilderness and returned to camp with not one, but two freshl...

The key to games in 2024? The games of 2014

2014 was like an alternate universe.

Nintendo's console was a punchline. Critics praised Ubisoft, EA, Blizzard, and Bethesda for releasing inve...

Resties AMA!

The Resties will answer your video game (and movie, if Chris has his way) questions on this week's episode. Drop your Qs in the comments!

Besties Battle Bracket: The Best Best* Weapon

Welcome to one of the most chaotic episodes of the Besties Battle Bracket! This month, we pick the best "most powerful" weapon. What exactly makes a weapon "the most powerful"? Is an infinite rocket launc...

Pick the next Besties Battle Bracket

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Our most anticipated indies for the rest of 2024

The Steam Next Fest recently concluded, but not before the Resties dove into the Scrooge McDuck-style pool of demos. We found some awesome games worth add...

What are your favorite games in Steam Next Fest?

The Resties will discuss Steam Next Fest demos in an upcoming ep...

Two new games transform the past into the future

Was May one of the best months in the history of video games? The Resties debate that question and talk about what the answer means for the future of gami...

Question: Most exciting announcements from SGF?

We're in the thick of Summer Game Fest! What are your favorite announcements so far? With the Xbox event just about to begin and a Ubisoft event tomorrow, feel free to keep adding your thoughts to this thread.