VG247 Best Games Ever Podcast
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TURNCOAT Shock Betrayals and Other Gaming Tropes
Getting screwed over is just part of the deal as a video game protagonist.
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A STAR TOO FAR What’s the best game that we’d give a kicking?
Sometimes your review is an outlier, but that’s ok.
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TAKE A SEAT What's the best game you can finish in one sitting?
Sometimes you just need a quick one.
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LONDON PUN The best game set in London isn’t what you think
England’s capital is gaming’s second city, but some games get it so wrong.
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DAFT PUNT From Alan Wake to Miles Prower: what are the best pun names in gaming?
The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 76
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FUHGEDDABOUDIT What's the best game set in New York, apart from Marvel's Spider-Man 2?
How d'ya like them Big Apples?
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GUMSHOE IN What's the Best Detective Game, and why isn't it Disco Elysium?
Fans of sleuthing are well catered for by video games, but which is the best of the best?
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VIOLENCE IS GOLDEN The Best Ultraviolent Spectacle in Gaming
What's the best game where a lot of people get battered? Find out in The Best Games Ever show!
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It was made in 59 What is the best driving (not racing) game?
Vroom vroom vroom vroom, parallel park in my room.
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ALSO FEATURING What are the best cameos in gaming?
Jeff Goldblum? Professor X? General Zod? They’ve all shown up in video games where we least expected them.
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Lordy What's the best Easter game? What even IS an Easter game?
We've not had Christmas yet, but we're extremely odd here at VG247.
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HE CAME EARLY What's the best Christmas game? What even IS a Christmas game?
It's not even halloween yet, but we're extremely efficient here at VG247.
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BEST WURST GAME What's the best German game, from Germany?
And why didn't we do this when Gamescom was actually on? Find out in The Best Games Ever show episode 67!
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NO LIFE STYLE The best Bethesda games that aren’t Bethesda games
If you see it, you can go there. But who does it best? Find out in The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 66!
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NO COFFIN REQUIRED What's the best game where nobody gets killed?
Can't we all be friends? Or just maim each other a little? Find out in The Best Games Ever show episode 65!
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TOUGH LOVE Goldeneye 64: the best game you love despite itself?
Find out in episode 64 of The Best Games Ever show.
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PARTY DOWN Baldur's Gate 3 is great, but can you talk about it at parties?
Not that any of us get invited to parties.
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What's wrong with a little idea theft?
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BARELY MANAGING The best management sim isn't even a video game: The Best Games Ever Show episode 61
You never know what Tom Orry may bring.
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SNEK What's the best game with a Reptile? The Best Games Ever Show episode 60
Sneaky snakes and lazy lizards, reptiles are all around us. There's one behind you right now!
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GIMMICK A BREAK What's the best game with the worst gimmick? The Best Games Ever Show episode 59
Video games are full of gimmicks, and the bad ones are usually found in bad games. But not always...
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DISNEY MATTER Disney vs Football: what's the best licensed game ever?
All the biggest media brands want a slice of the gaming pie. Welcome to The Best Games Ever Show episode 58.
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PLAYING DEAD What's the best game where you play dead guy? The Best Games Ever Show episode 57
From Manny in Grim Fandango to Reagan and Gorbachev in, uh, Reagan Gorbachev, dead guys have better video game representation than the Welsh
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TROTTING OFF Digital Tourism is a huge part of gaming's appeal, but what is the best game for globetrotting?
From Yakuza to Flight Simulator, there are a wealth of options for the couchbound traveller – the Best Games Ever Show episode 56
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NEIGH CHANCE PAL Diablo 4’s $8 Horse Armour is a hell we created for ourselves
But what’s the best game with horse armour that isn’t Oblivion? The Best Games Ever Show episode 55
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THE OFFSPRING Can bad games have good sequels?
In contrast to Hollywood, videogames usually improve with every iteration. The Best Games Ever Show Episode 54
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SYMBOLIC Metal Gear Solid Δ looks pretty goofy written down, but which games have worse titles?
What's in a name? Loads, actually. The Best Games Ever Show Episode 53
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RED HEAD REDEMPTION Gingers? In video games? Who allowed this?
It's a mutation. It's a very groovy mutation. The Best Games Ever Show Episode 52
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IT'S ALL LINKED As Tears of the Kingdom finally arrives, we ask: ‘What’s the best Zelda game that isn’t a Zelda game?’
The Legend of Zelda is a hugely influential series, but which of its many copycats is the best? The Best Games Ever Show Episode 51
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ROYAL SHAME What's the best game that's uncomfortably pro-monarchy? The Best Games Ever Show Episode 50
Hey fellas, is it royalist to build an entire artistic medium around individual power fantasies?
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BRICK WALL What's the best game with the WORST difficulty spike? The Best Games Ever Show Episode 49
Everyone has their own traumatic memory of a really Annoying Bit.
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POO BRITTANIA What's the best game set on a horrible island? The Best Games Ever Show Episode 48
The clever subtext here is that the definitive horrible island is Great Britain, hope that helps.
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THE NUMBERS, MASON VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.47: An Audit of Current Winners and Losers
Who on our panel has taken the most wins? Let's find out.
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TONY BLEURGH VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.46: The best game that features a 90s star
It was the best decade between the 80s and the 2000s.
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STARTER FOR TEN VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.45: The best game that's rubbish after ten hours
Some games are incredibly front-loaded, but which has the best, er, front?
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Surviving most video games would be hell, but some of them let you just chill out on a beach.
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GET TO THE POINT VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.43: The best game that takes ten or more hours to get good
A sewage pipe that leads to an ocean.
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SELF DOUBT VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.42: The best game you could complete as your real self
Could you be... a plumber?
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UNFORGIVABLE VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.41: The best game that you can't forgive
When a video game annoys you for the last time, the grudge stays with you forever.
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GROW UP VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.40: The best game with the most juvenile feature
The average video game enjoyer is in their mid-thirties, but you wouldn't know it from playing one.
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CRUEL MARKET VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.39: The best game that completely flopped
Being the best is no guarantee of success. Just ask my bank manager.
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Sometimes a game developer just goes off-piste, and the results are wonderful.
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FRIENDS LIKE THESE VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.37: The best game with followers you would never hang out with IRL
NPCs are annoying, needy, and dumb. But unlike your kids, you don't need to like them.
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SPRUCED UP VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.36: The best game that really needs a remake
Games tend to age badly, and sometimes that's a tragedy.
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IDIOT BOX VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.35: The best game that shouldn't be made into a TV show
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
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GIRTH OF THE WILD VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.34: The best game that suffers from bloating
Whether it's mince pies or side-quests, you can always have too much of a good thing.
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HOKEY COMPUTER VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.33: The best game that could have been made by an AI
Humans have wondered for decades if artificial intelligence will lead to their doom, but could it have invented DOOM?
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NOSTRADUMBASS VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.32: The best game of 2023
Can our panellists predict the future? No, obviously.
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MISTLETOE AND WHINE VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.31: The best game that reminds you of Christmas
Special guests from across the games media join us in the spirit of togetherness.
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FORMAT C: VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.30: The best game that made you uninstall
Why would you uninstall the best game ever?