Show Notes
It's time to get all hot under the collar, red in the face, heart a-fluttering and delve into the sauciest episode of Button Boys to date. This week it's all about the video game characters the Boys crush hardest for. From Pokémon to The Sims to a giant alien turtle, the content of this episode would leave Freud foaming at the mouth like a rabid dog.
Speaking of the psychology, Pierre's been locked into the heads of battle-hardened veterans this week as he's struggled his way through the latest Call of Duty offering; Glenn's been doing his best for the Japanese mascot industry; and Sarah's stumbled across a game that couldn't be more out of their comfort zone.
And we get our first letter to the show from none other than Simon Podcast with a genuinely fascinating fact from way back in 2011.
Apologies this week to our video audience, as we're having quite major technical difficulties with Pierre's camera. We hope the fix is not too distracting...
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Games Mentioned in this week's episode:
Mortal Shell
Promise Mascot Agency
Paradise Killer
Dredge
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Horizon Zero Dawn
Silent Hill
Atomic Heart
Mass Effect
Death Stranding
Detroit: Become Human
Resident Evil 3
Dream Daddy
South of the Circle
It Takes Two
Streets of Rage
Cyberpunk 2077
Baldur's Gate 3
Hades
Dispatch
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
The Witcher
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Super Mario Bros.
Counter-Strike
Produced and edited by Ben Drayton
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