The Besties 61 - Welcome back for the first time

The Besties

Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2013

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Allow me one moment to welcome any new listeners who were introduced to The Besties by our recent E3 video spectacular. The podcast is a little different than what you saw last week. For one, it's not filmed. For two, the rules and structure tend to change — regularly. For three, there are, how do I put this, special guests. Yes, this week, Milton Bradley, the grandfather of board games himself, graced The Besties recording studio to inform us of the games he failed to sneak onto store shelves. These games sure are something, and by something I mean morally repugnant! We also talked about the big news of the week: Griffin bought an Android phone! Oh, and Microsoft changed its controversial policy. And Griffin bought an Android phone. You'll hear all that and more on this week's Besties! 4:35 - Best "switcherooniski" (Xbox One game licensing policy) 21:45 - Best gaming device I've bought this year (HTC One) 29:00 - Halftime! 35:40 - Best screenwriting gig for a popular game designer (Ken Levine is writing the Logan's Run remake (and I predict it will take longer than three months to write, despite what Frushtick says, because Hollywood is Hollyweird)) 40:10- Best flashback to shop class (Bridgy Jones) 49:15- The winner is... Theme song by Ian Dorsch Get the show: Download MP3" Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Subscribe on iTunes

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0:00.0	So you guys know how there are badges in Animal Crossing?
0:02.9	Yeah, New Leaf.
0:04.1	Fake achievements?
0:05.6	There's, yeah, they're, yeah, they're achievement-esque.
0:08.5	Um, there's one you get for how long you've been playing?
0:11.7	Oh, no.
0:12.6	Oh, gross.
0:13.6	And I got the 50-hour one, like three weeks ago,
0:18.1	and I'm like, so fucking scared to get the next.
0:22.8	I'm so, like, there's no way you're keeping track of how long you've played,
0:26.2	except for these things.
0:27.2	So like, you're dreading the arrival of that,
0:29.5	like Teddy Bear.
0:30.8	That fucking beaver, dude, is going to roll in and be like,
0:32.9	hey, dog, five days.
0:36.8	Five days of your life are mine now.
0:40.8	How do you like your furniture sets?
0:42.8	Oh, you've completed modern wood,
0:44.1	and it only took you five of your real life goddamn days.
0:48.3	Your life tastes like wood to him,
0:50.0	because he's like modern wood,
0:52.0	and also shells, because I'm a shell.
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