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The Besties

The Besties Podcast 48 - Tomb Raider and SimCity

The Besties

The Besties

Leisure, Video Games

4.95.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2013

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Two big games, including one that works! This week on The Besties, Chris Plante is galavanting out in Japan for work (probably), so we've gone and found his temporary replacement: the incomparable Phil Kollar. Phil authored the Polygon review of Tomb Raider, so who better to detail the highs and lows of Lara's latest adventure. Speaking of Lara, one of her relatives calls in to discuss some qualms he has with her renewed success. And lastly, there's SimCity. Not a whole lot to say on that one. Pretty much controversy-free, that game. 04:00 - Tomb Raider 22:00 - Half Time 28:00 - SimCity 49:00 - What's next? 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

Oh no I had a lot of fun actually I mean it's hard to look not uncomfortable at

0:05.4

a press at like a huge like gaming event because there's tons of people and

0:11.1

you're tired. That's where I thrive actually. Really? Yeah. Because you just

0:17.1

look around and it's just 10,000 friends you haven't made yet. That's true.

0:20.6

That can't speak my language. Well I mean it's just it's definitely a

0:25.0

barrier but friendship friendship can break through that barrier. Yeah they also

0:29.5

didn't appreciate me hugging them whenever I would hug them. I don't think that's

0:33.4

a cultural thing that they like. You give damp hugs though it's the problem.

0:37.1

Just only in the chest an armpit and rear area and your thighs and the thighs

0:43.5

true as well as the thighs but you know that's how I show how I'm feeling. This

0:50.7

soup is fucking flavorful.

1:15.0

I think it was just de-racaroy and I know the best game of the league.

1:18.9

My name is Phil Kohler. Is this a thing we do? I don't. What is this? It's nice that you've ever listened. It's nice guy's ever can we before we get into this. There's two things I want to say.

1:47.2

The first thing is that I'm really honored to be here. I really appreciate you guys inviting me. I've been a big fan. I've been a big fan for a long time. I've been listening to every episode in a lot of ways. You guys are what inspire me to do the work that I do to write the reviews that I write to just like live your life to live the life that I live. Yeah you guys really you're my muse. The second thing I want to say before we start is you know maybe before we get into this we should just take it back a little bit.

2:17.1

Maybe maybe go back to this start and answer the question. What is the besties?

2:24.7

Let's pretend you know what this is a good opportunity. Let's pretend obviously Phil listens to every show twice. But yes.

2:31.2

Phil has never listened to the show and explain what we do here. Every week we look at the hottest latest greatest games and we talk about them and explore them and investigate them and put them on and wear them and

2:45.0

let's not go in them together. There used to be many many more rules but we discovered through a process of careful examination and thoughtful, philosophical consideration that they were horseshit and now we don't do that anymore.

3:03.9

So it's basically Phil to answer your question. Basically every other podcast ever do you ever listen to and just to clarify not really my question. I knew that it's for right.

3:14.5

It's for the listener. It's for because there might be somebody jumping in the middle and they don't know like do I need to go back to the beginning and get the story or find out what's happened so far.

3:23.4

A good point you mentioned that Phil because you should absolutely stop listening right now and go back to the beginning because what we've essentially created is Game of Thrones but in podcast style and if you are not listen you haven't been listening from the beginning you have no idea what is going on.

3:38.3

There's probably like a two episode arc in there where if you missed it and came back you'd be like what happened to all the rules. This is not the same. This is not the same radio program.

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