Show Notes
Pop on a bib and bring out your best dinnerware, as this week's theme is food and drinks. From phone booth chicken to liquid burgers for two, the Boys discuss the entire range of video game F&B. Mouthwatering meals and stomach-churning sustenance are all on the menu for today.
But before that, we catch up with what they've been playing, with Sarah's discovery of a delightful point-and-click, Pierre's hungover magical chess and Glenn's determination to play a game that's more broke than woke.
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Games Mentioned in this week's episode:
Heavy Rain
Until Dawn
Below the Crown
Duskers
Lost in Play
Comedy Quest
Dustborn
Road 96
Dark Souls
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Streets of Rage
Golden Axe
Pokémon Stadium
Donkey Kong Bananza
Red Faction II
Resident Evil 2
The Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Overcooked!
Portal
Age of Empires
Sea of Stars
Final Fantasy XI
Dave the Diver
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Dragon's Dogma 2
Final Fantasy XV
Wolfenstein
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
The Sims
The Sims 2
Dredge
Marker 34
Yeba
Stardew Valley
Celeste
Pac-Man
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