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Let's rob a (video game) museum!

Image: Relooted

This week, The Resties case the new heist game, Relooted. Set in the distant future, you play as a squad of thieves d...

Questions for Resties?

For the back half of next week's Resties, we'd like to answer your questions! Drop them in the comments.

Besties Battle Bracket: Hub Worlds

Do you ever wish you could escape from all the stresses on Planet ...

Our Video Game Resolutions for 2026 (and Big Hops!)

The Resties share their annual gaming resolutions. Will these goals help them make the most of their favorite hobby? Or will they lead them to ruin?...

Poll: Who won The Resties 2025 Predictions?

The Resties need your help to decide the outcome of the 2025 predictions. If you've listened to the most recent episode, you will know both Resties ...

10 Big Video Game Predictions for 2026

The Resties reflect on the past and predict the future in their annual predictions episode. Who won last year's predictions? (Spoilers: we'll need y...

Besties Battle Bracket: Best Pet

Would dogs and cats have a shot for "best pet" in a universe filled with chocobos, owlbears, and whatever is the least offensive plural form of Seam...

The 2nd Annual Resties Superlative Awards! (Update: All snowballs delivered)

[Update: All snowballs have been distributed. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Happy holidays!]

It's time for the...

Help us pick the best Besties Bracket of 2026

As has become tradition, this holiday, we'll be sharing one of our Patreon Besties Battle Brackets on the Besties' main feed. We'd love your help pi...

Tony Hawk goes to hell (UPDATE: Bananas delivered)

Image: Skate Story

UPDATE: ALL 5 BANANA...

Tell us your favorite pets in games!

We’re recording our next bracket episode soon and the topic will be best pets in video games. Naturally, we’d like to hear some of your favorites...

Besties friends, be mindful of scammers

Just letting y'all know that we recently had a scammer pop into the comments of the $10 tier launch post with the profile name of "The Besties Podcast Author" telling people to enter a raffle on Telegram or something of the sort. We had a number o...

Besties Battle Bracket: Best Character Creator

The Besties Battle Bracket returns... and so does Monste...

Besties Battle Bracket: Best Character Creator

Image: Fallout 4

We're ending 2025 with a special present: a Monster Factory x Besties crossover event. Yes, just in time for the return of Monster Factory, your Best...

Fixed! Vote in the 2025 Besties Bracket

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Three weird games walk into a podcast

In a year of oddball video games, this episode's collection may be the most sur...

Why would anybody want to Escape from Duckov?

Image: Escape from Duckov

The Resties haven't been the biggest fans of the extraction shooter genre, mostly due to its intense demands on our g...

Besties Battle Bracket: Game Within a Game

Image: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time via NintnedoLufe

This week, the Besties answer the age-old question: why play the main game when we can play the game withi...

Forty years of playing video games

As of this week, both of The Resties have ent...

Vote for the next Besties battle brackets!

Thank you for submitting ideas for future bracket episodes! We've selected the top contenders, but now we need your help prioritizing our bra...

We need your Bracket Battles suggestions!

It's been a while since we did this the last time, but we'd love to hear your suggestions of what y'all think would make for good topics for future Bracket Battles episodes.

This is not the formal poll where y'all pick, this is just for dr...

Sonic Racing is a legit Mario Kart competitor

Sonic's kart racing games have long dr...

Besties Battle Bracket: The most practical vehicle

Image: Crazy Taxi

This week, the Besties answer the most important question in video games: which iconic gaming vehicle would help us run our errands...

Imagine Half-Life soaked in 2025's big gaming trends

Abiotic Factor looks like Half-Life, but plays like Subnautica. This summer, the game's creators released the official 1.0 edition of the game. Now, ...

We launched a $10 ad-free tier

Hey Besties supporters!

Since we launched our Patreon, we have heard the same request: launch a totally ad-free version of the show. For many c...

The differences between good and great ninja games

Has a year of video games ever included so many interesting entries in the "ninja" niche? Only a few weeks ago, we shared our warm feelings for Ninja...

Besties Battle Bracket: Best Bathroom Game

Everybody needs a little video game break now and then. Amidst the chaos of modern life, the most reliable, universal sanctuary is the humble bathroom. So, with tod...

Sometimes you just want a video game about punching stuff

Stick It to the Stickman

2025 has been stuffed with big, important, and thoughtful video games. You can hear about them on the dozens of episod...

🛀 The towels have returned 🛀

Hey all, this is Russ. Remember when I had a shower dream about making a soulslike parody towel and it kept selling out?

Well it's back in stock. For no...

An open world with Pure Summer Vibes

Wheel World is an open-world game without the open-world obligations. Hop ...