Chicken Soup for the Gamer's Soul
Plus, the Like a Dragon Spoilercast!
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This week, The Besties share their favorite “rainy day” games! These are the games we dig out when we’re feeling blue and need something that provides a quick dose of comfort. Turns out our list is quite long! In the back half, we do the rare Besties spoilercast with Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth — a.k.a. one of 2024’s best games.
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This week on The Besties Bonus Patreon: Yesterday, the Resties shared three amazing (but overlooked) indie games — including one about a 15th-century alcoholic knight!
Games discussed:
Steep, Just Cause 2, Mushihimesama, Slay the Spire, the Lego series, Destiny 2, Stardew Valley, Binding of Isaac, the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series, Chrono Trigger, Good Sudoku, Helldivers 2, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, You Must Build a Boat, Logiart Grimoire, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Sea of Thieves
Life discussed:
Meditation, going to a local video game shop, the Milton Flea Market
TV discussed:
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Bonus links:
A tour of The Game History Gallery at GDC 2024
Conan did Hot Ones
Eurogamer’s review of Inkbound
Fallout fans spent years debating who dropped the bombs — then the show made a call
Aaaaaah, I’m a voice actor in Harold Halibut. So glad it’s on your radar.
Hey Besties I just wanted to mention how crazy of a release month April has been/continues to be for indie games, big updates, and big mods: Inkbound hit 1.0 this week and has devoured myself and all my roguelite friends (it's the new game from the Monster Train devs and is basically a turn based ARPG. It's fantastic), Noita just got its first huge update in three years, The Planet Crafter hit 1.0 (a fantastic survival craft game with no combat about terra forming a planet), System Shock remake got its big 1.2 update and the console release is next month, Rimworld just got the huge 1.5 update and Anomaly expansion, Botany Manor is crushing it, Nexus 5X comes out in a week (an excellent hour-long 4X game from Paradox), Fallout: London comes out in about a week, Dwarf Fortress Adventure Mode releases in beta next week, the list goes on.
It has been a truly insane month for releases and I am feasting