The Besties 65 - Attack of the Giant Monsters from Outer Space

The Besties

Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2013

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The theme of this week's Besties is giant monsters. The gang discusses kaiju, space ants and malevolent monolithic mega corps from the not-so-distant future. Like the summer's big films, a number of recent game releases are sci-fi allegories about the way we live now. Or in the case of Attack of the Friday Monsters, the way we lived way back when. We also talk about the week's big news: Microsoft's indie marketplace strategy. But the monsters are the thrust of the episode. I should probably mention there's another large monster that makes an appearance. It's possible you've met him before. He's from New York and has a long neck. I'll let him introduce himself. 3:30 - Best latest strategy update from Microsoft (Xbox One indie self-publishing) 15:00 - Best game you can't buy in the US (Earth Defense Force 4) 22:15 - Halftime! 28:20 - Best game you can buy in the US, unexpectedly (Attack of the Friday Monsters) 37:05 - Best mechanic with the worst implementation (Remember Me) 45:15 - 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	We're going on vacation Justin. Beautiful Savannah Georgia. Wait, is it okay? So that's the city of Savannah?
0:07.2	Is that the city that that I'm gonna travel walking dead ends in?
0:12.4	So spoiler yes, yes, yes, you're gonna visit all the hot spots
0:17.8	They actually do capture I had said look at it because they we've been there a few years in row. They have
0:25.4	The street where you first meet
0:29.2	All right, the street where you first meet the the woman with the pickaxe climbing
0:35.5	Yeah, the street where you first meet her is actually based on
0:39.6	River it's a bourbon street in New Orleans. No, it's rich. It's called. It's a river street. It's a street along the river
0:46.3	It's actually where they call one of the swamp people calm and play down with the ghettles in the Zadako
0:52.3	Okay
0:53.8	Come on, but come on to buy y'all with me on the hovercraft
0:58.8	Right, I don't know why I'm going to boil us a pot of frogs
1:03.4	This is all Louisiana though. This is not Georgia. I'm gonna eat their little leg is up
1:10.0	Y'all see that movie princess in the frog
1:13.5	Okay, it's not Disney's finest animated film, but it'll do in a pinch
1:19.4	Okay
1:28.4	I
1:41.1	Name is just macaroni and I know the best thing of the week my name is Griffin macaroni and I know the best thing of the week
1:45.9	My name is Christopher plant and I know the best thing of the week
1:49.4	My name is Ross Frostick, and I know the best thing of the weight game of the week game of the week
1:54.8	No, you've made it once again to the besties where every Friday we talk about the latest in sports water sports polo
2:03.5	football soccer
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