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PODCAST | What's the best game with shooting where you don't get a gun for ages? The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 98
What's the point in having guns if they won't let us shoot people? Eh?
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PODCAST | They'd never get away with THIS nowadays! The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 96
Nowadays, right, you can't even massacre everyone on a football pitch in an ill-advised parody of the first world war, because of woke
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PODCAST | The best game where your family DITCHES you? The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 95
Blood and water are of equal consistency when irradiated.
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EXTENDED EDITION | The best FREE games we'd love to PAY FOR – SUBS ONLY
As the old saying goes: the best things in life have a flat upfront cost and no microtransactions.
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PODCAST | The best FREE games we'd love to PAY FOR – The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 94
As the old saying goes: the best things in life have a flat upfront cost and no microtransactions.
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ARMAGEDDON FACTOR | Blur vs Split Second was Deep Impact vs Armageddon for mid-2000s arcade racers
They're nothing like buses! They're sports cars!
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PODCAST | Inspired by Dune 2, what's the best game with a load of sand in it?
What's course, rough, and irritating, but gets nowhere? It's the VG247 podcast!
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GAAS-LIGHTING | That one live service game you begrudgingly like? It's probably just as bad as all the others, you just need an intervention
As if "always online" is a selling point for entertainment. I'm always online! Let me log off!
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DISC-USTING | What's the best game that shipped on multiple discs? The Best Games Ever Podcast
Most games shipped on multiple discs, if you think about it...
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PIRATE BAE | What's the best Pirate Game that ISN'T Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag? Find out in The Best Games Ever Podcast
Contains only minimal discussion about Blackbeard's syphilitic pinger.
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NO PRO | You don't need a PS5 Pro | Have live service games reached their nadir with Suicide Squad?
Would you prefer a PS5 Pro or an Xbox on the go?
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EVERYONE LIKED THAT | That game everyone loves that you just can't stand? Turns out, everyone's got one of those
Some popular games are actually real stinkers.
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Backlogged | Is there a game you just can't stop playing?
Best game that you play instead of tackling your growing pile of shame.
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AMNESIA: THE BLUNDER | 2023 games you FORGOT about: The Best Games Ever Show
Remember when we had a new Zelda — A NEW ZELDA — and everyone forgot about it within a week?
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GIT REUNION | The Best Games Ever Show Christmas Special
Who is the best Santa in video games? And is it Tony Blair?
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Tom's on this | Are there any good video game spin-offs into a completely different genre?
Look, we all know Mario has loads. You don't need to say it.
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TURNCOAT | Shock Betrayals and Other Gaming Tropes
Getting screwed over is just part of the deal as a video game protagonist.
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A STAR TOO FAR | What’s the best game that we’d give a kicking?
Sometimes your review is an outlier, but that’s ok.
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TAKE A SEAT | What's the best game you can finish in one sitting?
Sometimes you just need a quick one.
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LONDON PUN | The best game set in London isn’t what you think
England’s capital is gaming’s second city, but some games get it so wrong.
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DAFT PUNT | From Alan Wake to Miles Prower: what are the best pun names in gaming?
The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 76
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FUHGEDDABOUDIT | What's the best game set in New York, apart from Marvel's Spider-Man 2?
How d'ya like them Big Apples?
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GUMSHOE IN | What's the Best Detective Game, and why isn't it Disco Elysium?
Fans of sleuthing are well catered for by video games, but which is the best of the best?
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VIOLENCE IS GOLDEN | The Best Ultraviolent Spectacle in Gaming
What's the best game where a lot of people get battered? Find out in The Best Games Ever show!
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It was made in 59 | What is the best driving (not racing) game?
Vroom vroom vroom vroom, parallel park in my room.
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ALSO FEATURING | What are the best cameos in gaming?
Jeff Goldblum? Professor X? General Zod? They’ve all shown up in video games where we least expected them.
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Lordy | What's the best Easter game? What even IS an Easter game?
We've not had Christmas yet, but we're extremely odd here at VG247.
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HE CAME EARLY | What's the best Christmas game? What even IS a Christmas game?
It's not even halloween yet, but we're extremely efficient here at VG247.
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BEST WURST GAME | What's the best German game, from Germany?
And why didn't we do this when Gamescom was actually on? Find out in The Best Games Ever show episode 67!
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NO LIFE STYLE | The best Bethesda games that aren’t Bethesda games
If you see it, you can go there. But who does it best? Find out in The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 66!
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NO COFFIN REQUIRED | What's the best game where nobody gets killed?
Can't we all be friends? Or just maim each other a little? Find out in The Best Games Ever show episode 65!
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TOUGH LOVE | Goldeneye 64: the best game you love despite itself?
Find out in episode 64 of The Best Games Ever show.
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PARTY DOWN | Baldur's Gate 3 is great, but can you talk about it at parties?
Not that any of us get invited to parties.
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BARELY MANAGING | The best management sim isn't even a video game: The Best Games Ever Show episode 61
You never know what Tom Orry may bring.
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GIMMICK A BREAK | What's the best game with the worst gimmick? The Best Games Ever Show episode 59
Video games are full of gimmicks, and the bad ones are usually found in bad games. But not always...
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DISNEY MATTER | Disney vs Football: what's the best licensed game ever?
All the biggest media brands want a slice of the gaming pie. Welcome to The Best Games Ever Show episode 58.
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PLAYING DEAD | What's the best game where you play dead guy? The Best Games Ever Show episode 57
From Manny in Grim Fandango to Reagan and Gorbachev in, uh, Reagan Gorbachev, dead guys have better video game representation than the Welsh
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TROTTING OFF | Digital Tourism is a huge part of gaming's appeal, but what is the best game for globetrotting?
From Yakuza to Flight Simulator, there are a wealth of options for the couchbound traveller – the Best Games Ever Show episode 56
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NEIGH CHANCE PAL | Diablo 4’s $8 Horse Armour is a hell we created for ourselves
But what’s the best game with horse armour that isn’t Oblivion? The Best Games Ever Show episode 55
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THE OFFSPRING | Can bad games have good sequels?
In contrast to Hollywood, videogames usually improve with every iteration. The Best Games Ever Show Episode 54
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SYMBOLIC | Metal Gear Solid Δ looks pretty goofy written down, but which games have worse titles?
What's in a name? Loads, actually. The Best Games Ever Show Episode 53
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RED HEAD REDEMPTION | Gingers? In video games? Who allowed this?
It's a mutation. It's a very groovy mutation. The Best Games Ever Show Episode 52
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IT'S ALL LINKED | As Tears of the Kingdom finally arrives, we ask: ‘What’s the best Zelda game that isn’t a Zelda game?’
The Legend of Zelda is a hugely influential series, but which of its many copycats is the best? The Best Games Ever Show Episode 51
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ROYAL SHAME | What's the best game that's uncomfortably pro-monarchy? The Best Games Ever Show Episode 50
Hey fellas, is it royalist to build an entire artistic medium around individual power fantasies?
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BRICK WALL | What's the best game with the WORST difficulty spike? The Best Games Ever Show Episode 49
Everyone has their own traumatic memory of a really Annoying Bit.
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POO BRITTANIA | What's the best game set on a horrible island? The Best Games Ever Show Episode 48
The clever subtext here is that the definitive horrible island is Great Britain, hope that helps.
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THE NUMBERS, MASON | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.47: An Audit of Current Winners and Losers
Who on our panel has taken the most wins? Let's find out.
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TONY BLEURGH | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.46: The best game that features a 90s star
It was the best decade between the 80s and the 2000s.