Show Notes
We've all had one of those days: just missing the bus, stepping in a deep puddle, pissing ourselves a little bit. But none of us have had the kinds of days that gaming protagonists routinely face. From severed limbs to shipwrecks, we subject our digital avatars to the worst possible experiences.
This week the Boys discuss the absolute worst of it. Crawling through sewers, being flayed alive, catching TB or living under a tyrannical Sims player. All bad stuff, but who has it the worst?
Before that, though, we catch up on what the Boys have been playing. Sarah's finally catching up on a sequel in one of their favourite franchises, Pierre's finding he's not getting the same hit from a cosy classic and Glenn's mildly underwhelmed but not surprised by an emerging sequel.
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Pierre
Sarah
Glenn
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Games Mentioned in this week's episode:
Dredge
Outlast
Marvel's Spider-Man
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Baldur's Gate 3
Alan Wake II
Starfield
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Dorfromantik
007 First Light
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
HITMAN World of Assassination
GoldenEye 007
Marvel's Wolverine
Big Walk
Split Fiction
Star Wars: Galactic Racer
Gears of War: E-Day
The Last of Us
Counter-Strike
Silent Hill: Townfall
Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Dead Space 2
DOOM
Age of Empires
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil Requiem
Papers, Please
INSIDE
The Sims
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Drifter
Dark Souls
Luigi's Mansion
Bloodborne
Heavy Rain
Angry Birds
Little Nightmares
Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider
PAC-MAN
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