The Besties 78: Our fondest memories of the generation

The Besties

Leisure, Video Games

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🗓️ 9 November 2013

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

To send off the current generation of consoles, we decided to do something a little special. There are no winners or losers this week, just our fondest memories from one of gaming's longest console cycles. I had a nice time recording this episode. Like Justin and Griffin, I started covering games professionally during this generation. I can plot my entire career alongside its big releases, studio openings, studio closures, small conferences, big conferences and comic conferences. When the Xbox 360 came out, I was still in college. That's strange to think about. Share a few of your best memories from this generation in the comments. Let's have an old-fashioned reminiscence. 4:00 - Watching Nintendo reveal the Wii 13:15 - Being an early adopter of Rock Band 25:00 - Halftime - Call of Duty: Ghosts 37:00 - Finishing Portal 2 42:00 - Playing through Oblivion with the McElroy clan 1:01:00 - The winner is everyone! 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	I always look forward to the launch of a new Call of Duty.
0:02.0	It's like a perennial event in my gaming life.
0:07.0	I look forward to the middle of November
0:09.0	and playing this Call of Duty game.
0:10.0	It rarely lasts very long,
0:11.0	but I get kind of a kick out of it
0:12.0	that I don't really get for the rest of the year.
0:14.0	Yeah, I guess it's like what?
0:15.0	Madden people think of like Madden every year.
0:17.0	Yeah, yeah.
0:18.0	I'm not proud of that fact,
0:20.0	but I do it.
0:21.0	But I'm hesitant to pick up ghosts
0:23.0	because apparently it's dog butts.
0:25.0	So I just played a little bit of Black Ops 2
0:27.0	to see if I even still have the taste for it.
0:29.0	And it was literally like 40 seconds before someone
0:32.0	told me that I smoke dick.
0:33.0	What you do is that's fine.
0:35.0	I don't even understand how physically that would work.
0:42.0	Do you know what I mean?
0:43.0	Unless you're talking about like artisanal dick smoking
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