![]() ![]() Bravely Default, The Last of Us' DLC and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze all got lavished with praise by our reviews team. Then again, maybe we were just looking for fun in all the wrong places. And Fable's anniversary wasn't quite worth celebrating. The standout AAA game, Thief, left many of us feeling robbed. The shortest month of the year was practically a wasteland in terms of major game releases. Don't worry, he'll be back next month!) 5:00 - Some actually good games from July 2014! 31:00 - Actraiser (Frushtick) 43:30 - Quest for Glory (Griffin) 58:00 - Half Time 1:03:00 - News 1:16:00 - River City Ransom (Plante) 1:24:30 - The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery (Justin) 1:43:00 - Resties! Theme song by Ian Dorsch Get the show: Download MP3" Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Subscribe on iTunesįebruary came and went. (Oh, and Justin couldn't make this episode because babies. Despite coming up with a whole backup plan for the lack of July games, it actually did end up as a pretty solid month, so we spend the top half of the show on some of the new releases, if that's your bag. ![]() The rule, though, was that at least two of the remaining three Besties had to have not played that game, so some of us would be playing them with fresh eyes. Each Bestie was asked to select one game from their childhood that they love. There were so few major releases this July that we decided the best way to cope was to go into the deep, dark past. It's fair to say that July 2014 will not go down as the most active month in video game history. Far Cry 4 Dark Souls 2 Bayonetta 2 Wolfenstein: The New Order Destiny Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Titanfall Sunset Overdrive Shovel Knight Theme song by Ian Dorsch Get the show: Download MP3" for Wii U Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Transistor P.T. The Games Dragon Age: Inquisition Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Mario Kart 8 Super Smash Bros. Sorry it got so weird there, in the middle. (This isn't Polygon's official Game of the Year lineup, though - those will be announced soon!) For those that have stuck with us from the beginning, through the exploratory episodes, the Chris Grant-a-Tron period, the video specials and countless horrible, imaginary special guests - thank you. In this four-hour series finale, we're pitting 2014's best games against one another in unyielding combat to the death. We're going to talk about video games for a very, very long time, y'all. The Besties have been on hiatus - which intimates a brief pause in an otherwise regular schedule, so let's call it a "temporary cancellation" - for a few months now, but we've gathered the crew back together for one last hurrah. If you or someone you love is experiencing domestic abuse, help is available through the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 80. When our discussion doesn’t mention this alleged, abhorrent behavior, we wanted you to understand why. After a lot of debate, we decided to still publish the episode as is because we thought it wouldn’t be fair to the other people at Squanch Games, to our guest for this episode Lucy James, and to our listeners, to just not publish the episode. Robot Golf, Towerfall, Overcooked, Portal 2, The Stanley Parable, Prey, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, The Past Within, Outpath: First Journey, Dragon Quest IX Note: The day after we recorded this episode and just hours before it went live, NBC News reported that Justin Roiland, the head of High on Life developer Squanch Games, is facing charges of domestic battery and false imprisonment. Smoove do voices in every game? Also discussed: Disco Elysium, 100 Ft. ![]() How many full-belly chuckles did we experience during our time alien bounty hunting? Also, can J.B. This week, we're joined by GameSpot's Lucy James as we discuss Squanch Games' joke-packed first-person shooter High on Life. ![]()
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