Besties 2023 GOTY Spectacular - Part One

The Besties

Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 94 minutes

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IT BEGINNETH ANEW. Join us for the first half of our annual Game of the Year determination, in which sixteen of the year's top titles (including four listener picks!) square off to see who moves on to the finals! There's at least one decision in here that we're sure to catch flak for, so, hey! Let's get this over with. Games discussed: Baldur's Gate 3, Chants of Sennaar, Alan Wake 2, Armored Core 6, Dredge, Dave the Diver, Blasphemous 2, Sea of Stars, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Spider-Man 2, Connections, Cocoon, Lies of P, Super Mario Wonder, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

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0:00.0	I don't want to do this with you guys. I feel like we've been doing really well like in therapy and stuff like that we've grown a lot and I don't want to fall into a lot of the same
0:09.4	poisonous patterns. Russ I haven't given you a swirly in the besties toilet and what?
0:16.0	It's been...
0:18.0	At least seven days.
0:19.0	Days.
0:20.0	Yeah, days.
0:21.0	Yeah, at least seven of them.
0:22.0	Yeah.
0:23.0	No, I agree. I think that, you know, we've learned a lot doing this over the last 26 years and that as long as we sort of keep best practices in mind and have open minds and hearts and
0:37.1	clear eyes we won't lose.
0:38.6	But I will say that if Zelda doesn't win, I'm going to fucking quit the show.
0:42.4	I'm going gonna quit the show
0:42.8	I'm gonna stop the show is quit so I'm gonna make you guys quit too.
0:45.8	Hey good good good starter make it if it's not Zelda I'm done baby
0:50.9	this is good this is gonna be fun this is good. Hey yeah this is good. This is good. This is good.
0:54.0	The emotional manipulation is your pro move, Griffin.
0:58.0	No, no, I'm saying like I've learned a lot and we've all grown a lot, but just let this is why we quit. Oh, My name is Justin McElroy and I know the best game of the year.
1:30.0	My name is Griffin McElroy and I'm pretty confident I know the best game of the year.
1:35.6	My name is Christopher Thomas Plant and I have no clue.
1:40.0	I'm at a loss this year baby.
1:43.2	Weakness!
1:44.2	My name is Rose Rushing on
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