Show Notes
Cast your minds back to the start of the year, in the dank, dark depths of winter, when our intrepid hosts, full of hope and joy, set out their stalls with their most hotly anticipated games of the year and risked it all to be crowned Best Boy 2026.
Fast forward to late June: sweltering heat, the world in a state of turmoil, the perfect time to check in on how they're getting on. What are their scores so far? Any delays? Has Novellie's Curse struck again? The Boys will have a chance to change course by swapping out a game, but will they waver?
But before that, we catch up with Pierre's honeymoon in the Land of the Rising Sun, Sarah's gnarly experience with game customisation and Glenn's HD-2D adventures.
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Games Mentioned in this week's episode:
OlliOlli World
Cuphead
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales
Octopath Traveler
Devil May Cry
007: First Light
Mewgenics
Grave Seasons
Marvel’s Wolverine
Panzer Strike
Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
My Arms Are Longer Now
Book Smugglers
Resident Evil Requiem
Esoteric Ebb
Grand Theft Auto VI
Tides of Tomorrow
Blitzkrieg
Command & Conquer
Steel Division
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire
Kingmakers
Scarlet Deer Inn
Mixtape
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto V
Red Dead Redemption
Red Dead Redemption 2
Half-Life 2
Silent Hill: Townfall
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Marvel’s Spider-Man
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake
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