What brackets do you want to hear next?
Added 2024-11-17 15:06:55 +0000 UTC
In the coming weeks, we'll post a poll for everybody to vote on our next collection of bracket topics. But before then, we'd love to hear your big, weird, wonderful ideas for bracket topics. Please share your ideas in the comments. We'll include some of our favorites in the poll!
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Do a Best Game Dad protaganist bracket - Joel(TLOU), God of War you know!
Roger
2025-03-26 14:17:37 +0000 UTCBest UFO 50 game. A game of the year ep but just for the UFO 50 games
Joanna
2024-12-13 18:25:12 +0000 UTCBest Kojima game would be fun!
Michael Kane
2024-12-06 15:53:43 +0000 UTCoh you know what? I do think its time I hear the handheld versions of best console no games, and best launch line up. I also think best LAST games on the console, because pretty much every game console ends on a whimper, and Id really love to hear the best one. The rubric could be best star, best slate, and which console got the longest tail to it (PS2 Da Best)
Daniel
2024-12-05 02:46:34 +0000 UTCI merely feel the vibe of the a Besties-verse echoing through time and space! 🤣
MajorDX25
2024-12-04 15:49:23 +0000 UTCMajorDX25 is a time traveler.
Jody Anthony
2024-12-04 00:10:02 +0000 UTCBest Game Food (that is, food in games like Monster Hunter or Castlevania Wall Turkey, etc)
MajorDX25
2024-11-28 16:26:01 +0000 UTCAny chance of a "Best game of the half decade" some time next year? If I remember correctly the bestie gotys for 2020 onward so far were Resident Evil Village, Hades, Elden Ring & Baldur's Gate 3. If you bring in other high placing games like Inscryption, Animal Crossing, Metroid Dread, Tears of the Kingdom, Lies of P, Tunic... PLUS the games that place highly in this years goty discussion of course.
Thunder-Ruth
2024-11-28 10:55:20 +0000 UTCMake a bracket of brackets!
Tiago Moura
2024-11-26 02:51:18 +0000 UTCBest game to co-op with a non/new-gamer
Spughetti
2024-11-25 22:41:38 +0000 UTCA Bad games tier list. Which of these known to be bad games are secretly good?
Dustin Siegel
2024-11-25 21:55:25 +0000 UTCExactly
Walker Weber
2024-11-25 18:42:51 +0000 UTCFallout
billfromamerica
2024-11-25 18:04:10 +0000 UTCThey did an episode similar to this! Look up the episode titled "The definitive power ranking of star wars video games"
billfromamerica
2024-11-25 18:03:50 +0000 UTCI think you guys could do an episode on like "best release day" or like, most hype release or something. Based on crowds, lines, sentiment in the industry. Rubric could include something about 'did the game live up to the hype'
Randy Simon Jr
2024-11-25 01:17:41 +0000 UTCI would've said best twist, but then you'd have to spoil Outter Wilds
16-Xray
2024-11-24 22:36:56 +0000 UTCHad to stop the latest episode halfway through and finish it the next day. Couldn't remember echo point nova by the end. For braket- best time jump, or maybe best disruptive or theme changing mid-game mechanic?
16-Xray
2024-11-24 22:33:19 +0000 UTCI love the home base idea
Clam Copeland
2024-11-24 14:25:37 +0000 UTCNot just cars, I'm talkin helicopters, horses, etc.
Kevin Toney
2024-11-23 12:19:31 +0000 UTCbest speedrun game, best long game, worst game to play at night, best 'worst' game
Logan Biedermann
2024-11-23 06:30:32 +0000 UTCBest rival
J. Mark Madison
2024-11-22 19:48:25 +0000 UTC- best arcade cabinet - hardest level
Y0GEL
2024-11-22 18:43:02 +0000 UTCFFXV for the win here, imo. I want all of those meals.
ames
2024-11-22 16:21:06 +0000 UTCugh a game that can make me sob because of character death is a game I will play eight million times and cry every time.
ames
2024-11-22 16:20:25 +0000 UTCSomeone upstream (waaaaaaay upstream and maybe multiple someones) said character you most want to hang out with and YES. (Me? Either Gladio from FFXV or Zagreus from Hades. Just good bros.)
ames
2024-11-22 16:19:27 +0000 UTCBest survival horror!!
Ethan Smith
2024-11-22 15:14:04 +0000 UTCBest Storyline
X_Blade_Mage
2024-11-22 04:00:29 +0000 UTCBest Hub World! Potential contenders: Firelink Shrine, Delfino Plaza, Gruntilda’s lair
Mitchell Sugar
2024-11-22 02:14:58 +0000 UTCbest mortal kombat fatalities
Chris
2024-11-21 23:30:39 +0000 UTCBest couch co-op games
Chris Bobb
2024-11-21 14:59:49 +0000 UTCBest video games featured in television/movies
Matthew Spainhour
2024-11-21 14:21:36 +0000 UTCFunniest games
Evan
2024-11-21 14:08:48 +0000 UTCYessssssss
Kody Woolbright
2024-11-21 12:31:30 +0000 UTCWhat about something like the best "joke" items in video games, like items that are meant for a good gag instead of actual practical use. Either that or something like the most emotional/shocking deaths in video games
Paul Dunford
2024-11-21 06:09:24 +0000 UTCMost contentious gaming argument
James Prothero
2024-11-20 22:47:13 +0000 UTCBest vehicle in a video game!
Kevin Toney
2024-11-20 22:39:45 +0000 UTCGame starter packs maybe? If you've only played X, here's what else to try
Amanda
2024-11-20 21:47:20 +0000 UTCI love best first boss!!
Elyse
2024-11-20 20:21:56 +0000 UTCMost interesting ecology in a game world
Benjammin’
2024-11-20 18:27:04 +0000 UTCBest game that never got a sequel
Arthur
2024-11-20 17:03:24 +0000 UTCBest ending
Arthur
2024-11-20 17:03:04 +0000 UTC1) Best gaming snack. Sample Criteria: Residual Residue (sticky,dust,grease), Ease of Use (packaging, depth of bag/box/can), Taste, Caloric Impact 2) Most interesting, not necessarily best game play, 4x game that you would all play, and finish, in its entirety. Like a multiplayer run of the besties playing Crusader Kings 3, or Civ 7, or Warhammer total war etc... 3) Second the best peripheral nom, as there are probably a bunch that a lot of us aren't aware of
I wanted to so see how many characters you could put here and omg this is insane WHY would any person need this many characters
2024-11-20 13:46:23 +0000 UTCYakuza is the one for this!
Slam The Impaler
2024-11-20 08:35:23 +0000 UTCBest and most rewarding Easter egg (something functional like an item that you can actually use till the end of the game not post game where there is no more content)
Slam The Impaler
2024-11-20 08:33:26 +0000 UTCBest soundtrack/sounds :)
Doug
2024-11-20 06:41:26 +0000 UTCBest third entry in a franchise. I want to see Halo 3 vs A Link to the Past vs Civilization III vs Super Metroid vs Bowser's Inside Story vs ME3 vs God of War 3...
Tim Johnson
2024-11-20 04:29:21 +0000 UTCOhhh love the food idea!!!
Nicole Levay
2024-11-20 00:05:50 +0000 UTCBest co-op
Joanna
2024-11-20 00:00:49 +0000 UTCI love this!
Nicole Levay
2024-11-19 23:18:04 +0000 UTCDamn 300 comments! That's crazy
Brad MacDonald
2024-11-19 21:02:31 +0000 UTCVideo game food you want to eat the most IRL
Al Sharp
2024-11-19 20:18:23 +0000 UTCBest cozy game Best pixel art Best online co-op game
Dalton Keibler
2024-11-19 18:06:49 +0000 UTCBest game peripherals (steel battalion controller, flight sticker, guitar hero controller, etc.) Best co op/2 player experience Best (insert genre here) game setting
Luke 'Punquillity' Elias
2024-11-19 16:48:46 +0000 UTCWorst Game in a Franchise
Will Candler
2024-11-19 15:50:52 +0000 UTCBest Stats System.
Casey Francis Alger
2024-11-19 15:41:36 +0000 UTCBest easter egg. Best fighting game fighter/best fighter fighter Best first hour of a video game.
Alex Waterston
2024-11-19 15:16:46 +0000 UTCThese have both kind of been said, but I like them for the Cozy time of year: tastiest looking in-game food, best home/base of operations (ME's Normandy, Fallout 4's Settlements, Link's cute little houses)
Peachy AnnaBelle
2024-11-19 11:04:24 +0000 UTCBest game with a barn yard animal
It’sahMeBronnyG
2024-11-19 07:03:31 +0000 UTCI’d also love to hear you guys just really commit yourself to a classic character ranking of some sort? Smash bros power scale list is the obvious example but you guys could do anything
Max!
2024-11-19 05:27:23 +0000 UTCBest voice acting / performance? I think that could be rad. If it’s too broad, you could break it down by platform, too.
Curtis Harding
2024-11-19 02:39:29 +0000 UTCBest Character Voice
Anthony Householder
2024-11-19 01:59:21 +0000 UTCAlso a May the 4th special, Best Star Wars Game
Emily Lewis
2024-11-19 01:47:55 +0000 UTCWhich bestie would survive longest in a Mortal Kombat scenario
Trevor David Black
2024-11-19 01:01:00 +0000 UTCBest Mini Game Library/collection of mini games in a single game
Jake Davis
2024-11-18 21:58:16 +0000 UTCBest franchise redesign. Example hell divers 2, mortal kombat 9, ocarina of time, breath of the wild, mario 64, risk of rain 2, world of warcraft
Walker Weber
2024-11-18 19:07:36 +0000 UTCbest crossover? sonic and mario, marvel vs capcom, smt iii nocturne featuring dante from the devil may cry series?
ran
2024-11-18 18:31:07 +0000 UTCBest mini-game within another game? Golden Saucer games in FFVII, Infinite Wealth's numerous games or eleven stretch it to things like Animal Crossing or Donkey Kong 64 having entire games within them.
Kenny Lanza
2024-11-18 18:27:27 +0000 UTCPoll for most important genre in video game history
Ryan Giglio
2024-11-18 18:01:01 +0000 UTCCan we do a bracket for Best Besties Rubrics? Ranking the best of Russ' Woes and Foibles might be on point. Okay. For real though. Best Games that Never Got a Sequel!
Bishibosh44
2024-11-18 17:59:18 +0000 UTCBest ‘stinker’ character (an individual that makes your journey difficult). I stress that the difficulty MUST be intentional and/or part of the character’s personality.
Directional Joy
2024-11-18 17:41:03 +0000 UTCBest Level Progression / Skill Tree Mechanics
L.B. Morse
2024-11-18 16:52:23 +0000 UTCBest Singular Musical Moment in a Video Game (That Maybe Even Elevated the Game to Greatness) [i.e. The Ashtray Maze in CONTROL]
L.B. Morse
2024-11-18 16:50:37 +0000 UTCI'm just waiting for the meta bracket, where the topic is best rubric
Rob W
2024-11-18 15:54:22 +0000 UTCWhat game had the best TV ad / spot? (I still remember Gears of Wars set to Mad World)
JD
2024-11-18 15:53:36 +0000 UTCHo boy im sure I’ll think of more later but some that could be interesting: 1. Best side quest? (include or exclude MMOs here, might be a minefield) 2. Best gaming handheld (similarly, might be better or worse to include the recent wave of emulators and maybe not good since the steam deck is such a front runner, who knows!) 3. Best Early Access title to hit 1.0 or “make good” (maybe Hades or BG3 are too obvious for front runners, maybe not! Thought of it during the recent Windblown discussion) it is a topic that fascinates me, especially how for you guys there’s this debate of when a game is done enough to review that I think might feed into it well 4. Best intro/cinematic? 5. ???
EtherEli
2024-11-18 15:50:11 +0000 UTCNominations: Cuphead, Super Hexagon, Celeste...
Jon
2024-11-18 15:33:08 +0000 UTCBest bite-sized skill game. Short sessions, demanding gameplay, huge "fuck yeah" moments when you can earn them. Rubric: 1. Which game has the most satisfying wins? 2. Which game most respects the player's time? 3. Which game has the most well-tuned skill progression?
Jon
2024-11-18 15:29:46 +0000 UTCBest town/city? Couldn't be that many, right? right?
J. Brian
2024-11-18 15:29:44 +0000 UTCPutting in another vote for best food crafting / cooking experience in a game! The rubric could include things like: - Which is most likely to actually achieve the recipe from the basic crafting ingredients - Which looks the tastiest - Which buff effects are the most reasonable to achieve from the ingredients Tie breaker: If you had to inhabit one world and only eat its food, which game would you choose
Elaine Wong
2024-11-18 15:14:36 +0000 UTCI had no idea!! I started listening around spring 2022 so I'll look back from there.
Caleb Ackerman
2024-11-18 14:05:59 +0000 UTC- Best Guilty Pleasure Game - you know it isn't good, but you love it anyway. - Best (Strangest?) Gaming Peripheral - R.O.B., Steel Battalion controller, VMU, Trance Vibrator? - Best Vaporware - what could have been
Patrick Hightower
2024-11-18 13:56:31 +0000 UTCThey've done this! Look back around their 10th anniversary. I want to say 2020-2022ish
billfromamerica
2024-11-18 13:31:33 +0000 UTCThey've actually done the best of the decade bracket. It's in the regular show. It's somewhere around 2020-2022. Look for the 10th anniversary episodes. It's around there.
billfromamerica
2024-11-18 13:30:56 +0000 UTCUnderwater level! Love that
billfromamerica
2024-11-18 13:28:21 +0000 UTCNo! The jankiness is part of the fun!
billfromamerica
2024-11-18 13:27:30 +0000 UTCBest soundtrack for sure
billfromamerica
2024-11-18 13:24:32 +0000 UTCI think the reason there is just Russ’s brain, lol
ames
2024-11-18 13:22:45 +0000 UTCBest re-release! (remakes,remasters and redos included) that balance between core experience and quality of life upgrades
Harrison Stanley
2024-11-18 12:59:35 +0000 UTCBest (coolest, most useful, weirdest, whatever) Character's ability (power, unique skill etc.). Maybe limited to innate abilities, not like "has big sword."
Brad Young
2024-11-18 12:04:18 +0000 UTCBest soundtrack Best reveal—could be plot-based, or something like botw revealing that the great plateau is only part of the world.
Boz Luhrmann
2024-11-18 11:20:16 +0000 UTCBest Needle Drop (use of licensed non-soundtrack music e.g. Paper Planes in Far Cry 3) Best One Man Show (indie games with a single creator) Best Scary Level in a Non-Scary game (e.g. We don't go to Ravenholm) Best DLC level (More Mass Effect Citadel, less horse armor)
Caige
2024-11-18 10:56:10 +0000 UTCBest Parody Game (could be parody of a genre, parody of another game) Best Exercise Game Best MMORPG (I like to cause problems)
Noah
2024-11-18 08:20:07 +0000 UTCBest NPC companion Best puzzle (single or in sequence) Best "quest-giving" mechanic (i.e. go to npc with a ! over their head, or listen to a dark souls character talk, or go to a quest board)
Morally Ambiguous Wizard
2024-11-18 07:41:57 +0000 UTCBest Search Action Game Most Disappointing Game
Cosmo Rettig
2024-11-18 06:13:05 +0000 UTCWhat video game characters are best suited to survive in other video game worlds? You could set 4 or 5 worlds as tests and debate about their chances.
Zachary Martel
2024-11-18 05:28:22 +0000 UTCIt's a bit too early for it, but I would absolutely love a meta-bracket on the best rubrics you guys have come up with. They're always so unhinged lol
Andrew Toms
2024-11-18 05:27:35 +0000 UTCBest first 5 or 10 minutes of a game
Michael Olson
2024-11-18 04:20:02 +0000 UTCBest in-world food Best vehicle (seconded from Sacha) Best powerup
Rich Wilson
2024-11-18 03:47:00 +0000 UTCI love episodes where you compare characters. More of that please! Character you'd most want to have a beer with. Protagonist you'd most want on your side in a fight. That kind of a thing!
billfromamerica
2024-11-18 03:40:32 +0000 UTCGame with the best open world - not best open world game, but rather evaluating the design of the open worlds. Best NPC hangouts/downtime - I love when I get to have moments of just chilling and hanging out with my party in some RPGs, in-between all the excitement and adventure.
Sunny Liu
2024-11-18 03:32:20 +0000 UTCThey did this one already it’s in the brackets collection!
Mike
2024-11-18 02:55:38 +0000 UTCBest couch co-op. It’s a little different from party games but I think the rubric could also include something about “best for non-gamers”. I need more games to play with my wife!
Mike
2024-11-18 02:54:55 +0000 UTCBest emersive level design/texure/lighting - games that are impossible to not feel like you're there.
Clint Cornelison
2024-11-18 02:41:24 +0000 UTCBest comfort/chill/VIBE games... we'll be needing them soon enough. Games where you go - and just be. For some it's stardew, some it's forza horizon, some love that megaman legends/digimon world life (me)
Clint Cornelison
2024-11-18 02:39:07 +0000 UTCBest launch titles
skullman
2024-11-18 02:24:16 +0000 UTCBest games to play at childhood sleepovers
Bret Scofield
2024-11-18 02:17:20 +0000 UTCBest music and/or theme Best game world (specifically the world itself, not the whole game) Best dialog Best vehicle
Sacha Greif
2024-11-18 01:57:24 +0000 UTCBest Edutainment Games Best Licensed Game Best Cozy Game Best Collectibles Also something like Best Journals/Audio Files/Backstory Unlocks?
Emily Lewis
2024-11-18 01:20:24 +0000 UTCSauces
27Lizards
2024-11-18 01:17:46 +0000 UTCJRPGs vs CRPGs
Eric Juneau
2024-11-18 01:08:04 +0000 UTCBest Guilty Pleasures Best Non-Gamer Game Best Game to play for 1000 hours
Gavin Hancock
2024-11-18 01:04:53 +0000 UTCSome potential brackets: Best collectors edition, best roguelike, best adaptation (film/tv/theme park/etc.), best cozy game, best e3 announcement
Alex Duplessie
2024-11-18 00:36:17 +0000 UTCBest trailer
Mac Fullerton
2024-11-18 00:22:46 +0000 UTCBoomer Shooter!
James Lancaster
2024-11-17 23:58:56 +0000 UTCBest Fishing Mini Game Rubric ideas: How much fun/complex/satisfying How did it impact the actual game Tie breaker: if you had 15 minutes on your commute and could only play one, what would you play
Lucas Stearns
2024-11-17 23:50:23 +0000 UTCBest cozy game!
TheLazyDog
2024-11-17 23:32:17 +0000 UTCyakuza has so many good options for this. cabaret club czar from 0 and 2, pocket circuit, DONDOKO ISLAND????
Ella M.
2024-11-17 23:24:34 +0000 UTCBest FIRST game, either of a series of games, or first from a publisher
Andy
2024-11-17 22:57:11 +0000 UTCBest adaptation game. As a kid I was obsessed with the SpongeBob Movie game and the Curious George game for GameCube. You’d have to exclude Simpsons Hit and Run though as the obvious winner I think though lol
Krista Brenholt
2024-11-17 22:52:51 +0000 UTCBest game the besties are not cultured enough to actually give a fair chance at GoTY
David Monterrosas Ustaran
2024-11-17 22:51:03 +0000 UTCBest co-op game to play with your SO
Nekolink330
2024-11-17 22:37:54 +0000 UTCBest worst games. Failure games that you love in spite of it
Sandy Archer
2024-11-17 22:31:23 +0000 UTCI just ask that you look at the rubric with everyone before you start the episode. Or, do not and build the rubric as you go. But listening to you try to figure out how fun it is to defeat your friends at Rock Band for three rounds before you finally threw the rubric away was tough.
Donnie Halinka
2024-11-17 22:15:29 +0000 UTCMost "of its time" video game protagonist. (Not necessarily a bad thing.)
Jordan
2024-11-17 22:11:04 +0000 UTCGet super meta with some bracks. Worst Besties opinion. Best Besties opinion. Most unreasonable video game hill to die on.
David Molnar
2024-11-17 22:09:54 +0000 UTCMist surprsing game (ether mechanically or story)
zach winstead
2024-11-17 22:06:15 +0000 UTCBest spiritual sequel. Games like BioShock to System Shock, Dragon Age to Baldur's Gate 2, Yooka-Laylee to Banjo Kazooie, Pillars of Eternity to Baldur's Gate 2, Splitgate to Halo, etc. I'm imagining the categories would be: * Which game evokes the original better? * Which game carves out a new space better? * (Tie breaker) Which game had the most amount of time between it and the game it's a spiritual sequel to?
Devin White
2024-11-17 21:56:31 +0000 UTCI feel like flying the gummi ship in Kingdom Hearts should count.
Christian Killgore
2024-11-17 21:31:42 +0000 UTCBest soundtrack!
Ella
2024-11-17 21:26:59 +0000 UTCBest video game based on a movie/tv show Best movie/tv show based on a game Best walking simulator Best underwater level Best game for first timers Best idle game Best search action game Best metroidbrainia Best open world game Best scary game Best one hit wonder Best game you've never heard of
Ben Mardana
2024-11-17 21:10:46 +0000 UTCA few other options that came to mind Animal Crossing Puzzle League (New Leaf) Virus Buster (Brain Age 2) Dr. Wario/Pyoro (WarioWare) Frog Fractions 2 (Glittermitten Grove) Chao Garden (SA2) Geometry Wars (PGR) Demon Tower (NITW) Beetle Mania (SMRPG)
TyRyanArt
2024-11-17 20:57:28 +0000 UTC-Best boss final phase -Best jump -Best underwater level -Best geographical transformation (botw->totk, wow pre-cata -> wow post-cata)
Aflex
2024-11-17 20:50:43 +0000 UTC100%. And the tie breaker category would be "which would make for better content in an episode of Monster Factory"
PAPA WEAVE
2024-11-17 20:48:52 +0000 UTCBest non-combat focused game. (Sports games, farming sims, walking sims, puzzle games, racing l, etc) Worst weapon in gaming history. Best “unique controls”’game. Could include special controllers or unique control schemes like Skate or RAD.
Zack Houser
2024-11-17 20:47:42 +0000 UTCPICO Celeste in Celeste
Aflex
2024-11-17 20:36:26 +0000 UTCMe loading up Final Fantasy X just to play blitzball
Emily
2024-11-17 20:31:35 +0000 UTCBEST FISHING MINI GAME. My personal motto is that a game can't be good unless it has fishing. (Not all games that have fishing are good, but it's a requirement to be a Good Game.)
Emily
2024-11-17 20:30:47 +0000 UTCBest gimmick controllers/ games with these controls! (E.g. dk bongos, guitar hero peripherals, dance dance revolution, etc.)
Brice Todd
2024-11-17 20:21:48 +0000 UTCscariest enemies!! just imagine jack baker up against pyramid head.... i just got shivers.....
Rocki Raccoon
2024-11-17 20:09:59 +0000 UTCI like the brackets a lot, but you could always think about other options for the bonus episodes- reviews of game movies, retro game reviews, ‘cool games inc’ style game pitches, etc
Jesse K
2024-11-17 20:08:25 +0000 UTCYou did best final boss, but what about best first boss? Rubrics ideas would be: How well does it introduce/teach vital game mechanics? Does it give you that I want to keep playing this game feeling? Tie breaker: who would you rather work for?
Christian Killgore
2024-11-17 20:03:42 +0000 UTCBest lowest tier enemy pawn. I.e Haol’s Grunts vs Mario’s Gumbas, Zelda’s Bokoblins vs Sonic’s Buzzbombers, etc.
John Richards
2024-11-17 20:00:49 +0000 UTCBest character creator
Will Smith
2024-11-17 20:00:38 +0000 UTCGwent (Witcher 3) Wheels (Sea of Stars) Junimo Kart (Stardew Valley)
Christian Killgore
2024-11-17 19:57:25 +0000 UTCBest movie/TV show/book *about* games
Gem Newman
2024-11-17 19:54:00 +0000 UTCBest game with more than 10 total entries in the series
RoboCop911
2024-11-17 19:46:53 +0000 UTCBest review by a bestie. Best FMV. Best fishing mini game.
Emily Janecdotes
2024-11-17 19:43:55 +0000 UTCMost iconic bad guy you kill 1000x times (Mario Goombas, Halo Elites, Zelda Bokoblin)
Joe Ely
2024-11-17 19:29:15 +0000 UTCBest Game within Game For example: Triple Triad One of the Kirby ones (Brawl Ball maybe?) Professor Layton's London Life Mario Bros (From Advance series) Tekken Bowling I'm imagining more specifically longer experiences. Ones you can genuinely sink a lot of time into and stand on their own outside the main game.
TyRyanArt
2024-11-17 19:01:42 +0000 UTCTake the Resties Required Reading List and bracket battle them to determine the best game(s) of all time
Tim B
2024-11-17 18:59:30 +0000 UTCBest character progression
Shmueli Berdugo
2024-11-17 18:57:08 +0000 UTCBest Mystery Game (Deja Vu, Obra Dinn, Golden Idol games, Disco Elysium, Overboard, Strange Horticulture, Outer Wilds, Gone Home, Backbone, etc etc)
Peter Morain
2024-11-17 18:56:54 +0000 UTCSome Options: - Best Besties Winner / Best Game of the Decade(s) - Best Indie Game - Best AAA Gane - Best Game Soundtrack - Best Publisher - Best Developer (It's FromSoftware with a bullet btw)
PAPA WEAVE
2024-11-17 18:56:50 +0000 UTCBest Cooperative Campaign
Shopcreeper
2024-11-17 18:56:36 +0000 UTCBest genre of games
Kevin Gahman
2024-11-17 18:53:42 +0000 UTCBest Besties Child
Monty
2024-11-17 18:51:26 +0000 UTCBest storytelling
Audrey Cox
2024-11-17 18:45:45 +0000 UTCBest games on Xbox game pass
Nicky Bodsworth
2024-11-17 18:44:25 +0000 UTCBest besties winner! Take the goty winners since the podcast started and put them against each other
Caleb Ackerman
2024-11-17 18:43:50 +0000 UTCBest puzzle games
Lindsay M.
2024-11-17 18:32:00 +0000 UTCBest asymmetric multiplayer games
Kaizoku Risu
2024-11-17 18:26:49 +0000 UTCBest of the Besties Best, so rank all of their games of the year and see if BoTW can beat TowerFall
Alexander Moralez
2024-11-17 18:14:11 +0000 UTCHere's a couple! - Best Sidekick - weirdest gameplay mechanics - Best year of games
KaiserRoll22
2024-11-17 18:09:49 +0000 UTCBest Motion Control Games Best OST Game with best side quests Best faction in a game (or faction you would want to be a part of)
Hannah Coleman-Zaitzeff
2024-11-17 18:09:43 +0000 UTCBest cozy game
Hannah Coleman-Zaitzeff
2024-11-17 18:07:04 +0000 UTCBest controller
K
2024-11-17 17:59:06 +0000 UTCHello fellow Pittsburger.
Will Gainsborough
2024-11-17 17:58:37 +0000 UTCBest food in a video game Best crossover in a video game Most satisfying video game Best hair in a video game
Will Gainsborough
2024-11-17 17:57:51 +0000 UTCBest (iconic) melee weapon
Austin Bridges
2024-11-17 17:53:12 +0000 UTCBest fan game or mod
Trevan Haskell
2024-11-17 17:52:04 +0000 UTCBest map
Dorian Young
2024-11-17 17:50:28 +0000 UTCBest co-op
Dorian Young
2024-11-17 17:49:27 +0000 UTCBest soundtrack
Jody Anthony
2024-11-17 17:47:55 +0000 UTCBest hyped-up game, judged on how wild the hype got and how good the game actually was. Tie-breaker, time from announcement to release.
Clay
2024-11-17 17:45:50 +0000 UTCBest Mobile Games! (If that's too general, maybe best non-free to play mobile games).
Carson Ogen
2024-11-17 17:39:55 +0000 UTCBest genre-defining games (rogue for roguelikes, stardew valley for farming sims, etc!)
Wade
2024-11-17 17:36:21 +0000 UTCUh Sonic Adventure 2 anyone
bushwackdill
2024-11-17 17:36:11 +0000 UTCI know yinz don’t play city builders and grand strategy games. You’ve stated your reasons. I still want a modern city builder and/or modern grand strategy bracket. GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT! Love you, guys. Thanks for bringing joy and distraction to us all.
Justin Glier
2024-11-17 17:32:20 +0000 UTCBest basic enemy to beat up. Thinking like putties from power rangers
Grant
2024-11-17 17:30:31 +0000 UTCMost innovative
Muncle
2024-11-17 17:29:59 +0000 UTCBest music in a video game
Tristan Weber
2024-11-17 17:25:55 +0000 UTCBest Odd Lots: Beak Capitalism Chicken Sandwich Expert Ok, cooking game
jahr
2024-11-17 17:24:09 +0000 UTCBest arcade game
James Knapper
2024-11-17 17:22:31 +0000 UTCBest celebrity appearance in a game(def jam games, danny trejo in like a dragon, etc.). Best sports game. Best companion. Saddest or most meaningful moment in a game. Best game to play if you've never played a game. Best horror game. Best game based on a franchise.
James Saldivar
2024-11-17 17:22:07 +0000 UTCBest Arcade game Best fictional company (in a game) Best game promotion/marketing lead up to release
Matthew Straume
2024-11-17 17:19:53 +0000 UTC• Best power-up (if you could use it in real life) • Best bathroom break game • Best game to show friends who aren't gamers but are people of taste and other wise wide cultural experience that might persuade them, and you, that you haven't been wasting your time all these long years • Best reading game • Best game soundtrack (licensed) • Best game soundtrack (original) • Deathmatch of the above two categories • Best song specifically created for a video game • Best character creator • Best minor side-character that never got their own game but should though, right? • Best educational game • Best game with actual characters where nothing gets shot or dies (and they have to actually not die not just bloodlessly evaporate) • Best game world where it would actually be nice to live and not horrifying • Best in-game fashion (lol like you guys would know) • Best videogame hair-style • Least-worst FMV game
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2024-11-17 17:18:01 +0000 UTCWorst game you played anyway because you liked it.
bjorktribe
2024-11-17 17:17:39 +0000 UTCBest gaming snack Best base/hub world Best spaceship
Andrew P
2024-11-17 17:07:09 +0000 UTCGame with the most/best "juice". I would love to hear you try and pin down what makes a game feel "juicy". First example that comes to mind is the feel of the guns in Destiny.
Sebbo Mode
2024-11-17 17:06:25 +0000 UTCBest handheld emulators Best Nintendo IP Best historic moments in gaming Best video game auteurs/icons of the industry (Kojima, Miyamoto, etc.) Best video game movies Best PS2 games
Jeffery Clark
2024-11-17 17:06:10 +0000 UTCI like hearing stuff you guys are uniquely able to comment on sometimes, so how about ‘Best game that was a critical failure’ and/or ‘worst game that was a critical darling’
Ian Pytlarz
2024-11-17 17:05:20 +0000 UTCI love this one!
Sebbo Mode
2024-11-17 17:02:55 +0000 UTCBest Death Screen / Game Over Screen
VacantExpressionComics
2024-11-17 17:01:17 +0000 UTCBest Mobile Game Best Split Screen Co-op Game Best Online Multiplayer Game Best Standalone/One-and-done Games (Games that only had one entry, no sequels)
Bradford Spurr
2024-11-17 16:57:18 +0000 UTCBest opening cinematic Best soundtrack
Joshua Emanuel
2024-11-17 16:54:36 +0000 UTCBest couch co op, or best mobile game!
DoctorButt
2024-11-17 16:53:14 +0000 UTCBest open world?
Kat
2024-11-17 16:51:55 +0000 UTCBest in-game game (not minigames per se, more like Gwent in Witcher 3, Queen’s Blood in FF7, Caravan in New Vegas, etc… games that could just basically be standalone). Best/most iconic first level or opening area. Best mini boss (not final boss)
AJ
2024-11-17 16:50:13 +0000 UTCBest 4th wall break?
Matthew Trimble
2024-11-17 16:50:10 +0000 UTCBest Indie Game from a Solo Dev Best Video Game Soundtrack/Score Best Turn-based Combat System Best Tactics RPG Best Final Fantasy Best Zelda
AaronElWhite
2024-11-17 16:49:41 +0000 UTCBest box art
Paige Reiring
2024-11-17 16:47:29 +0000 UTCBest couch co-op
Kenneth Herrell
2024-11-17 16:45:55 +0000 UTCBest controller.
Kenneth Herrell
2024-11-17 16:45:46 +0000 UTCBest evolution of a game series
Michael Brosius
2024-11-17 16:43:18 +0000 UTCWow after Cataclysm is one of
Kenneth Herrell
2024-11-17 16:42:52 +0000 UTCBest of the worst?! Biggest bust?! Most overrated
Devon Kelly
2024-11-17 16:42:41 +0000 UTCBest “Go to/never gets old” game. What is the best game you can pick up when you have nothing else to play or what game never gets old? Best potential for a sequel that never happened. What game do you think deserved a sequel and didn’t get one or which game do you think would most thrive from getting a sequel? Last one, best “dead” game franchise. Kind of ties into the last idea.
Daniel Lunsford
2024-11-17 16:38:01 +0000 UTCBest UFO 50 game. Best game to play with your SO
James
2024-11-17 16:37:44 +0000 UTCBest minigames (let’s goooo like a dragon)
Joe Payne
2024-11-17 16:32:52 +0000 UTCBest decision
Joe Payne
2024-11-17 16:31:41 +0000 UTCBest/ Most Important / Most Innovative Game Series (Zelda, Pokémon, Mario, Halo, etc)
Parker Mazure
2024-11-17 16:30:20 +0000 UTCBest villain Most surprising game Best soundtrack/score Best companion Best game about speed
Tyler Stercula
2024-11-17 16:29:21 +0000 UTCBest/ Most Important / Most Innovative Game Series (Zelda, Pokémon, Mario, Halo, etc)
Parker Mazure
2024-11-17 16:29:20 +0000 UTCBest additional hardware for a console
Emily D
2024-11-17 16:27:42 +0000 UTCI'm not sure how to word this, but best evolution of the game map/environment. For example Elden Ring after beating Starscourge Radahn. I can't think of other ones right now, but I know many exist!
Brandon
2024-11-17 16:18:40 +0000 UTCBest puzzles or best big puzzle could be good
andrew gallagher
2024-11-17 16:17:37 +0000 UTCTake the Besties SOs and friends favorite games of all time and bracket those against one another
BeanieBoy
2024-11-17 16:15:52 +0000 UTCBest Knockoff! The best game that was clearly made to cash in on the success of another game. The example that comes to mind is Dragon Quest/Warrior Monsters. A rubric point could be how much that game in turn influenced the series it was “inspired by.”
Keith
2024-11-17 16:14:31 +0000 UTCBest AI-Sidekick / Companion (It’s Garrus from ME2, but still good to hear why he beats everyone else 😂)
BadStar
2024-11-17 16:11:31 +0000 UTCneed Griffin and Kirk Hamilton to talk favorite video game sound effects
Big Chowder
2024-11-17 16:10:35 +0000 UTCBest UFO 50 game
Nicholas Shumate
2024-11-17 16:09:55 +0000 UTCBest controller most interesting developer (not studio but also studio if you wanted) Most disappointing Best game worth the wait (long dev cycles) Most interesting peripheral (dreamcast da best) Best Dog Game Best Liscensed Game Ufo 50 Bracket Best Under 2 Hours Best Map (both literal map but also best place to explore)
Daniel
2024-11-17 16:07:21 +0000 UTCBest "vibes" game (season specific)
Brute Farce
2024-11-17 16:06:03 +0000 UTCBest Besties GOTY or Best Music
Tj Martin
2024-11-17 16:05:45 +0000 UTCBest Expansion/DLC. Recently, I feel like there have been so many insanely good expansions that, in some cases, were maybe even better than the base game? Outer Wilds, Cyberpunk, Elden Ring, etc. Horse armor will win of course, but what can you do.
Ben Roth
2024-11-17 16:04:38 +0000 UTCbest Lore in a game or franchise?
Jacob Smith
2024-11-17 16:03:34 +0000 UTCBest mobile adaptation (I'm thinking games released on PC or console then had a mobile release like Balatro or Vampire Survivors) Best GOTY (besties version) Best fishing mechanic Best overarching story (so like begin, middle, end, heroes journey, etc)
Elliott Rabbit
2024-11-17 16:02:30 +0000 UTCFinalest Fantasy
Keith Twombley
2024-11-17 16:01:49 +0000 UTCBest writing Spookiest game Best classic developer/studio
Jeppe Mulich
2024-11-17 16:00:17 +0000 UTCBest game world you catch yourself daydreaming about, even if it's a hostile or nonsensical world.
Casey Mitner
2024-11-17 16:00:16 +0000 UTCBest Classic Video Game Magazine. Nintendo Power, EGM, PlayStation Official, PSM, Game Informer, Game Pro, Dreamcast Official
Michael Cahill
2024-11-17 15:59:11 +0000 UTCBest Unofficial Alternate Game Modes (e.g. nuzlocke, cariomart, no hit runs)
Matthew Beckett
2024-11-17 15:59:04 +0000 UTCBest protagonist mentor-figure
Serious Puffin
2024-11-17 15:58:34 +0000 UTCBest robot
witchcatcher
2024-11-17 15:57:29 +0000 UTCCoolest weapons that are bad actually (coolest/bad-dest/which one makes you the most sad that they're bad) Characters that Nintendo will put in the next Smash if they aren't cowards (Most fun/which would make Nintendo the biggest cowards/weirdest choice) Games that haven't had a sequel in a long time and also you wish they did (how good would it actually be today/how much do you all like the last entry/how long has it been) Best nostalgia bait (how much do you like the thing it's baiting/how much do you like the bait itself/biggest gap) Best game announcements of your careers (how big was the crowd pop or public sentiment/how good did you think the game would be/how good was the game in real life)
Robert Miller
2024-11-17 15:57:23 +0000 UTCBest gamer snack? Best Easter Egg?
Who's Jordaddy
2024-11-17 15:57:02 +0000 UTCMost interesting in-game faction Best “podcast”/flow state game Best voice acting
Taylor Sinople
2024-11-17 15:56:56 +0000 UTCBest original game mechanic
Cax
2024-11-17 15:56:32 +0000 UTCBest horse/rideable buddy
Orb_Is_Horse
2024-11-17 15:54:06 +0000 UTCBest Final Fantasy game. Funniest writing.
Brad Nagy
2024-11-17 15:54:02 +0000 UTCMost moving scene/moment Best sandbox gameplay Best game world to explore
Taylor Sinople
2024-11-17 15:52:43 +0000 UTCBest cliffhanger ending to a game, best Kinect game.
Chase Curtin
2024-11-17 15:52:15 +0000 UTCBest one liner would be pretty good :)
Devon
2024-11-17 15:51:00 +0000 UTCBest video game peripherals, best video game worlds
Lucas Mathew
2024-11-17 15:48:27 +0000 UTCBest “peak console” game- when a console is about to be retired but one last game comes out to push the hardware to its limit and really showcase the promises of that generation (Death Stranding, MGS3…. I’m sure some other games that aren’t made by Hideo Kojima).
Michael McGuire
2024-11-17 15:48:10 +0000 UTCBest first weapon Best ‘Besties’ game of the year Best game which hasn’t won Game of the Year Most memorable performance of a voice actor Best mandatory stealth sequence Best licenced game (I.E LOTR, Marvel, ect) or best movie tie in game The 2000’s that’s aged the best (both in terms of fun to play, and statements/jokes that haven’t aged like milk) Best ghosts in games Best cooking mechanic/ food you want to eat
brocha goode
2024-11-17 15:47:51 +0000 UTCBest video game title!
Dayten Rose
2024-11-17 15:45:26 +0000 UTCBest music!!
Arthur
2024-11-17 15:43:38 +0000 UTCBest game opening/intro/first level. (I’m thinking Uncharted 2 train sequence, God of War colossus battle, even super Mario 64 stretchy Mario face title screen.
Arthur
2024-11-17 15:43:28 +0000 UTCMore Zelda brackets!
Joanna
2024-11-17 15:43:00 +0000 UTCBest sandbox or crafting games! I know there’s a lot to choose from but that might make it a more interesting discussion
Kazimir Sheputa
2024-11-17 15:42:20 +0000 UTCThe best character “barks” (like links “hiya!” Or NPC’s in Skyrim saying ““Never should have come here” Or maybe just the best sound effects, like sonic coins etc. Basically I want Justin to have all of them in his soundboard and the chaos of playing them over and over trying to see which sounds best or most iconic
Elijah Guess
2024-11-17 15:42:11 +0000 UTCBest tutorial.
Kurt from Cincinnati
2024-11-17 15:42:06 +0000 UTCBest Frushtick guest. New York Giraffe? Jean Baptiste? TEXARKANA TUMBLEWEED?!
Adam Lindeman
2024-11-17 15:41:31 +0000 UTCBest handheld console
Alec Maure
2024-11-17 15:41:31 +0000 UTCMost relatable video game character. This could be looked at in a few ways. Is it a particularly well-rounded and naturalistic depiction of a person? Maybe it's a caricature that represents something you hate about yourself, or deals with a struggle that you share.
Shart Carbuncle
2024-11-17 15:40:52 +0000 UTCOr at least did the same ideas better than the original
Dan K
2024-11-17 15:40:43 +0000 UTCBest tie-in video game. Best line of video game dialogue. Worst boss battle in video games. Best mode of traversal (morphball, double jump, Spider-Man swing)
Sean Marz
2024-11-17 15:39:09 +0000 UTCToo lazy to check if most iconic first level has already been done.
Nick Muffet
2024-11-17 15:38:22 +0000 UTCMost "ahead of its time" game
Dan K
2024-11-17 15:38:21 +0000 UTCBest "bad" game
Mixmaster Moose
2024-11-17 15:37:37 +0000 UTCBest co-op game for sure
Alec Maure
2024-11-17 15:37:36 +0000 UTCWho is the best escort mission npc? We all know Escort missions suck but which npc actually tries to make it enjoyable, either through making funny comments, listening, survivability, just fun to hang out with. Winner is your npc for all escort missions going forward
Josh Andrews
2024-11-17 15:36:38 +0000 UTCBest marmite game. Games people either love or hate but are rarely neutral about. Criteria could be 1. How valid is the praise for it? 2. How valid is the criticism for it? Tiebreaker: which one are the besties themselves the most polarized by?
Faith Quist
2024-11-17 15:36:21 +0000 UTCSigh... Anthem.
Alec Maure
2024-11-17 15:35:04 +0000 UTCBest signature power-up / upgrade ability. What acquired character augmentation is best. We've come along way since Pacman power pills.
Thingsathirdman
2024-11-17 15:34:45 +0000 UTCSearch action games
Brett Johnson
2024-11-17 15:34:33 +0000 UTCBest video game movie? Best worst video game movie?
Alec Maure
2024-11-17 15:34:18 +0000 UTCBest arcade game
Justin
2024-11-17 15:34:12 +0000 UTCBest video game webcomics.
Thomas Dempsey
2024-11-17 15:33:10 +0000 UTCBest "remake/remaster". Would love to hear the besties wax philosophic on what makes a remaster "good", i.e faithful to the original vs responsive to modern dispositions
Pat Bepis
2024-11-17 15:31:58 +0000 UTCBest game to 100%!
Max!
2024-11-17 15:30:53 +0000 UTCBest Dreamcast. Dreamcast the best but which Dreamcast is the best Dreamcast? The og white Dreamcast? The black sega sports Dreamcast? Dreamcast! (this is not a serious suggestion)
MetaRidleyScott
2024-11-17 15:30:19 +0000 UTCBest flash game
Connor Ray
2024-11-17 15:29:36 +0000 UTCA video episode on YouTube of the best box art!
Connor Ray
2024-11-17 15:29:06 +0000 UTCGame where YOU feel the coolest
J. Mark Madison
2024-11-17 15:28:49 +0000 UTCBest villain
J. Mark Madison
2024-11-17 15:28:17 +0000 UTCBest original game score. Maybe best music from a series or favourite composer. I would love to hear the 4 besties discussing their favourite game music.
Colin Archer
2024-11-17 15:27:54 +0000 UTCBest adventure/mystery games
Christopher Wendt
2024-11-17 15:27:09 +0000 UTCBest campaign! Titanfall 2, Starcraft 2, Doom Eternal, some games that aren't the second in a series, etc...
Eryk Nielsen
2024-11-17 15:27:07 +0000 UTCSeeing a lot of "best"s. Let's get some worsts, eh? Worst stealth sequence Worst quick time event Worst early game grind Worst battle pass
Mateo Paradis
2024-11-17 15:25:43 +0000 UTCBest Pokemon
LiamG
2024-11-17 15:25:37 +0000 UTCBest menu ui/ loading screen.
Anthony Wallace
2024-11-17 15:25:32 +0000 UTCbest blitz ball captain from final fantasy x
Amos Catto
2024-11-17 15:24:53 +0000 UTCBest short games (under 10-ish hours)
Jenny Stone
2024-11-17 15:24:43 +0000 UTCBest game within a game (e.g. Gwent)
Max Friedman
2024-11-17 15:23:13 +0000 UTCBest bestie. Meaning, best NPC "best friend" in a game. We all already know who the best Bestie is.
Brad Durbin
2024-11-17 15:21:38 +0000 UTCBest mobile game? With a rubric for how bathroom trip-friendly it is. Should also limit it to games launched on mobile first, cause there are too many good ports.
Ryan Parker
2024-11-17 15:21:28 +0000 UTCbest gimmick/attachment (e.g. wii fit board, amiibo, pokewalker, etc)
Kit Geraghty
2024-11-17 15:21:23 +0000 UTCBest platformer has been shouted out a couple of times, and that's a great idea. My suggestion would be "Best action set piece" though this may be a little niche. "Best narrative" perhaps?
Will Jones
2024-11-17 15:21:22 +0000 UTCThe most beautiful failure. Either something that was really great that flopped or something so hyped up that fell flat
Jeremy
2024-11-17 15:21:00 +0000 UTCBest character creator/representation Best “chore” game Best glitch? My sister and I would spend hours in a THUG 2 level because one of the walls wasn’t properly clipped and would launch us into the air so we could do crazy tricks Best video game fake US president (Meyers in Phantom Liberty, etc.)
Nicole Levay
2024-11-17 15:20:03 +0000 UTCBest game that is secretly teaching you something about the world and isn't books-level boring.
Duncan Hamra
2024-11-17 15:20:03 +0000 UTCBest video game soundtrack or best individual music piece
Chasbene
2024-11-17 15:19:52 +0000 UTCBest music and/or sound -- in isolation and/or as integrated with gameplay.
Benjamin Heasly
2024-11-17 15:19:49 +0000 UTCBest/worst mount e.g. Roach VS Agro. (SOTC is my all time favorite game and Agro has some of the worst control but also one of the saddest scenes from my childhood)
Dan Brown
2024-11-17 15:19:47 +0000 UTCBest movie tie-in game
Nathan Berger
2024-11-17 15:19:46 +0000 UTCBest equipment? Best "love mechanic"? Like, you got so many games with romance options now, which games make it the most fun? Or most tasteful?
Fezsrcool
2024-11-17 15:19:25 +0000 UTCBest GOTY
Chasbene
2024-11-17 15:18:58 +0000 UTCBest Multiplayer Map Best Co-Op game
Noah Wood
2024-11-17 15:18:05 +0000 UTCBest OST!
Alex Gurtcheff
2024-11-17 15:17:56 +0000 UTCBy the way, I guess I'll use this opportunity for a bit of feedback: I'm ambivalent about your bracket episodes. Specifically, I get supremely frustrated by listening to you bicker about your rubrics instead of taking about the subject.
Elias Helfer
2024-11-17 15:17:55 +0000 UTCBest Genre Mashup Game Best GoTY game Best Game Box Art
Joseph S Highe
2024-11-17 15:17:04 +0000 UTCInspired by Tripleclick: best video game party (i.e. in-game social event with food and entertainment for the characters to enjoy; NOT best group of heroes/companions).
Mike Davidson
2024-11-17 15:17:03 +0000 UTCBest stand up arcade cabinet game
Charmanderson Cooper
2024-11-17 15:16:52 +0000 UTC-Generational brackets IE best 8 bit game, best 16 bit game etc. -best trendsetter IE metroid, castlevania, rogue, demons souls, mario -best console based on aesthetic appearance of the console itself. Games not factored in - best peripheral - best licensed game from movies and/or tv shows
Joe Ruscio
2024-11-17 15:16:41 +0000 UTCbest platformer
aaron
2024-11-17 15:16:25 +0000 UTCBest 3D Platformer - Banjo Kazooie, Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, etc.
Jim Redding
2024-11-17 15:16:14 +0000 UTCBest “collection release,” ex: master chief collection, 3D all-stars, ezio trilogy, Nathan Drake collection
Ben Wood
2024-11-17 15:16:13 +0000 UTCMost inventive game company.
Elias Helfer
2024-11-17 15:16:08 +0000 UTCSSX3. settled law.
Dan Reeser
2024-11-17 15:15:58 +0000 UTCBest minigame within a game, or best hardware acessory
Francesco Zabban
2024-11-17 15:15:51 +0000 UTCStinkiest bestie feet!
WarioTush
2024-11-17 15:15:32 +0000 UTCthis !!!
warriorsoprano
2024-11-17 15:15:29 +0000 UTCBest prequel
Dan Reeser
2024-11-17 15:14:33 +0000 UTCBest starter weapon (ie wrench ratchet and clank) Best game to introduce to your kids
The Biggest Papa
2024-11-17 15:14:26 +0000 UTCI'd also like to float "best npc/party member" HK-47 stans sharpen your knives
Chane Larkin
2024-11-17 15:14:16 +0000 UTCBest Opening Sequences
Leo Herzog
2024-11-17 15:13:59 +0000 UTCBest movement power in a game. Rubrics: Which feels the best to use, and which is used best in the game, meaning how it's integrated into levels in interesting ways? Tie breaker: which is most integrated into the game world - or I suppose it could be which one you'd most like to have in real life?
Elias Helfer
2024-11-17 15:13:54 +0000 UTCBest game-within-a-game! Think like Gwent from the Witcher, Queen’s Blood in FF7 Rebirth, etc.
Daniel Meyer
2024-11-17 15:13:44 +0000 UTCBest video game movie
Ben Wood
2024-11-17 15:13:31 +0000 UTCBest “hear me out” game would be cool to hear! Basically the best game you love playing but feel like you have to defend because it’s weird/taboo/embarrassing etc.
Dylan Hewitt
2024-11-17 15:13:23 +0000 UTCBest Sequel
James
2024-11-17 15:13:10 +0000 UTCBest soundtrack? Though tbh to make this really land I think snippets of it would have to be entered into the episode.
Jared
2024-11-17 15:12:52 +0000 UTCBest video game-branded snack foods! Have everyone eat them on air for a terrible and hilarious listening experience
Brendan Linwood
2024-11-17 15:12:48 +0000 UTCBest press conference
Rich Molloy
2024-11-17 15:12:34 +0000 UTCBest collectable sound effect?
Darion Montez
2024-11-17 15:12:31 +0000 UTCBest AAA yearly release series
Ben Wood
2024-11-17 15:12:30 +0000 UTCBest hair for a character (my bet is Sonic)
Notes Reviews
2024-11-17 15:12:27 +0000 UTCbest of besties GOTYs? or best top selling games of a particular year?
February
2024-11-17 15:12:20 +0000 UTCBest Little Guys in a Game
Bob Tyler
2024-11-17 15:12:10 +0000 UTCBest Movie Tie-In games
Luke Gialo
2024-11-17 15:12:08 +0000 UTCBest game for each besties member.
Dan Stone
2024-11-17 15:12:08 +0000 UTCBest final game for a console. Some consoles, particularly handhelds, have lasted a while into the next gen and had amazing games come out in that time. For example, the original Paper Mario! Idk if you include Limited Run style games, like new retro style games released for old consoles, probably just ones that released in close proximity to other titles also released for the console.
Adrian Kenyon
2024-11-17 15:11:53 +0000 UTCBest song from a video game
Aeide
2024-11-17 15:11:49 +0000 UTCBest clone of a game that became more popular than the original
Ben Wood
2024-11-17 15:11:32 +0000 UTCBest games that make you feel really cool
Arthur
2024-11-17 15:11:23 +0000 UTCBest sidekick
CPT_Turboshaft
2024-11-17 15:11:22 +0000 UTCWhich franchise had the best jump from 2D to 3D
Garfunkel Horseman
2024-11-17 15:11:21 +0000 UTCMight be a bit of Mandela effect, but have y'all done a "best open world" bracket?
Chane Larkin
2024-11-17 15:11:15 +0000 UTCBest licensed game
Samantha MacHardy
2024-11-17 15:11:08 +0000 UTCBest Dreamcast
Johnny Van Cura
2024-11-17 15:11:05 +0000 UTCBest Steam Deck game
Ian Stokes
2024-11-17 15:10:57 +0000 UTCAre there any games that you replay regularly? Not sure if that would work well for a bracket, but every year around the holidays I think “maybe I should check out WoW again?”. Maybe even a “best holiday games” bracket could be some chaotic fun!
Gavin Anderegg
2024-11-17 15:10:47 +0000 UTCThe masochistic side of me wants Justin and Russ to suffer through a best JRPG but only in the hopes that they find something to love. Aside from that … best Peripheral would be fun!
Casual Flying
2024-11-17 15:10:45 +0000 UTCDoing some franchise specific brackets could be fun. Best Mario, Best Halo, etc.
SaintGwyn
2024-11-17 15:10:42 +0000 UTC"Best Use of Physics" e.g. Portal, Kerbal, Just Cause, etc?
Leo Herzog
2024-11-17 15:10:38 +0000 UTCBest console peripheral
Brendan Linwood
2024-11-17 15:10:34 +0000 UTCBest game soundtrack
michaelrs126
2024-11-17 15:09:46 +0000 UTCA debate I've had with a few friends is "worst game with the best music". Like NES pictionary or sonic heroes
Mister Cakes
2024-11-17 15:09:41 +0000 UTCBest RPG party
Jason Lithgo
2024-11-17 15:09:34 +0000 UTCBest Art Styles
Dillon Sedar
2024-11-17 15:09:20 +0000 UTCBest original game for the Smash Bros Ultimate Cast.
David Tobin
2024-11-17 15:09:12 +0000 UTCBest worst entry in a series
cameron Swingle
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