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We stand at the midpoint of 2024. Behind us, we see a towering pile of video games. We reach into the stack and pull something loose. It’s Balatro! We grab another game from the rubble! Like a Dragon! Together, the Besties retrieve the best games of the year from this mess and place them in hermetically sealed chambers where they will await final judgment in the annual Besties Besty Tournament. Join us, won’t you!
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This week on The Besties Bonus Patreon: This past Tuesday, The Resties time traveled to 2014 to reflect on the biggest video games from a decade ago — and what they tell us about games in 2024. Here’s the full back catalog of Patreon episodes for your perusal.
Games discussed:
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Enshrouded, Helldivers 2, Balatro, Deep Rock Galactic Survivor, Dragon's Dogma 2, Minishoot Adventures, Indika, 1000xResist, Animal Well, Crow Country, Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door, Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip, Destiny 2: The Final Shape, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Fallen Aces, Hades 2 patch 3
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On next week’s The Besties: Indie grab bag! A ton of cool indies dropped over the past few weeks, so we’re catching up. Flintlock, Anger Foot, and more!
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Presented without comment
An excellent 1000xResist essay on CoHost
Frank Lantz on Balatro as slot machine
All of the Pokédances
Mac Demarco performing live from a French chicken restaurant
The Chop Suey cover you need
Happy one-year anniversary of this newsletter!
Chiming in for the FF14 community!
I always love to hear Griffin bringing up my favorite game.
If Griffin or any of the besties fans want to say hey I'm "Aurelia Mardun" on Balmung in the Crystal DC.
If enough people are interested I could set up a Besties link shell!