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It's raining awesome indie games!

Plus, Griffin's Game Boy Advance recommendations

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Oct 6, 2023
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Listen to this week’s episode

Running out of games to play? Great news: there's a LOT of good stuff out there. Sometimes it’s hard to separate the best from the rest, but we've got you covered! Join us as we discuss some of our favorite indie jams of the past few months.

Regardless of what genres you're into, you'll find something to love — or at least a game starring a possum with a penchant for pizza.

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Games discussed:

Blasphemous 2; El Paso, Elsewhere; Chants of Sennaar, Pizza Possum, Japanese Rural Life Adventure, Moonring, RimWorld, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty


Hardware discussed:

ZenGrip Pro

Satisfye grips: Zengrip Pro for Switch and StylthGrip for Steam Deck


Movies and TV discussed:

Eyes Without a Face streaming: where to watch online?

Eyes Without a Face


Griffin’s GBA recommendations:

Pocket Transparent colors

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Golden Sun 1 + 2, Mario Golf (GBC), Mario Golf: Advance Tour, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Metroid Fusion and Metroid Zero Mission


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Next week on The Besties and The Resties:

Basim performs a leap of faith from a tall tower in Baghdad in Assassin’s Creed Mirage

On next Friday’s The Besties: Assassin’s Creed Mirage

And on Tuesday, Oct. 17th’s episode of The Resties: Japanese Rural Life Adventure, Moonring, and the rise of the “Cozy Game”


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Bonus links:

Key art for Detective Pikachu Returns featuring Pikachu, Growlithe, Tim Goodman, and other characters standing in Ryme City
  • It’s video game release season, so here’s Polygon’s review of Detective Pikachu Returns

  • And Polygon’s review of Assassin’s Creed Mirage

  • And Polygon’s review of Counter-Strike 2

  • And Polygon’s review of the new Forza Motorsport

  • And Polygon’s review of Mortal Kombat 1

  • From Eurogamer: “Cyberpunk's storytelling makes Starfield seem ancient.”

  • Patrick H. Willems asks, “Who Is killing cinema?”

  • Plus, GMTK on the world design of Banjo-Kazooie:

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David B
Oct 8

Y'alls discussion of Chants of Sennaar reminds me a lot of Heaven's Vault which was my favorite game of 2019. Have you all covered it or played it before? It combines my literal two favorite things; archaeology and linguistics. It handles the story in such a cool way; depending on how accurate your conclusions are about the language and history explored in the game, you can successfully or unsuccessfully solve the mystery of a long-gone civilization. It mirrors a lot of the pitfalls of earlier historiography (the history of researching history) where bold claims simple aren't substantiated by facts. You *can* make guesses in the game about the alien language and the archaeology you come across, and you can be very wrong about those guesses. I am really looking forward to Chants because it seems very similar.

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Jenny
Oct 6

Basic but Stardew is my favorite game to go back to whenever I need a feelgood chill time.

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