Show Notes
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The pale horseman approaches this week and beckons to you with his skeletal finger to come follow him to the Great Beyond, where you'll find this episode of Button Boys playing on loop.
If you haven't guessed already, this week it's all about death in games, from the shocking to the humiliating and everything in between. The Boys share their frustrations, their tears and their most embarrassing untimely demises.
While Pierre's been keeping his beefed-up fingers crossed for an Age of Empires win, Sarah, Glenn and Producer Ben have dived headfirst into the glitz and glamour of the gaming industry at the press night for the latest James Bond game, 007: First Light. They got their fill of casinos, canapés and casual outies. But were they left shaken or stirred? Tune in to find out.
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Pierre - You Sit There, I'll Stand Here
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Games Mentioned in this week's episode:
Below the Crown
Duskers
Pac-Man
Among Us
LIMBO
Inside
Call of the Elder Gods
Call of the Sea
Firewatch
Tekken 8
Street Fighter VI
Mortal Kombat XI
Planet of Lana
God of War
Borderlands
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
It Takes Two
Sniper Elite 3
Max Payne
Hell Let Loose
Call of Duty: Warzone
Dead Space 2
Dark Souls
Sekiro
Fallout 4
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Dark Souls III
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Walking Dead
Disco Elysium
The Last of Us Part II
Tetris
Dr. Mario
Terra Invicta
Age of Empires
Command & Conquer
Super Meat Boy
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Frostpunk
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Sonic the Hedgehog
Alien: Isolation
REANIMAL
Little Nightmares III
Cronos: The New Dawn
Abe's Oddysee
Until Dawn
Directive 8020
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