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Chamberlain and Chance fight about ninjas as Chance (and most critics) believe that Shinobi Art of Vengeance was the better 2D ninja game of 2025 and Chamberlain, after sampling it, firmly believes that Ninja Gaiden Ragebound is superior. He does like his pixels. Chance also continues to fight the bugs in Starfield. And Alex returns to Borderlands 4 to make sure that it is bad. And it is. Chamberlain never did find that mayfly again.

It took something like 2 years, but Starfield is finally available on a Sony console and Chance is not only playing, but begrudgingly enjoying at least some of it. Alex is thrilled that Chance has been introduce to one of his favorite games and wants to tell him all about it. And Chamberlain laments getting older and less able to be frightened by video games after a mediocre and very safe feeling play through of the Fatal Frame 2 remake.

Chamberlain continues his quest to only play games that no one else has heard of, finishing Metal Eden and Voidwrought, the latter being as blatant of a Hollow Knight ripoff as is allowed by law. Alex puts time into PS1-esque RPG Dread Delusion, a game where believing in anything is punishable with death. And Chance takes the biggest leap of all, spending real Canadian dollars on Marathon, which he liked enough to play instead of playing Overwatch. This is frankly amazing.

Chance both loves and hates Ghost of Yotei legends. He hates he cannot make his samurai look exactly like Zatoichi, but this is not enough to keep him from playing it. Alex found Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on sale, thereby paying exactly the right price for it, and still doesn't like it enough to prevent starting another playthrough of Final Fantasy XII. And Chamberlain finally stops playing Path of Exile II long enough to finish Planet of Lana 2 and attempt to convince people that Metal Eden is good in spite of almost all non gameplay related things being bad.

Chamberlain has devoted himself to Slay the Spire 2. He can spare time for almost nothing else. There is a lesson here about resilience, but he refuses to learn it. Alex is also a disciple of the spire, but he has the min maxing of PS2 emulators to tend to. And Chance dismisses card based roguelike as a fad, instead donning his bloody samurai gear for Ghost of Yotei Legends.

Everybody get's something this week. In fact, Alex gets two things. Chance loves almost everything about Resident Evil Requiem, from the stealth to the action to the end game spoilers (SPOILERS!). Chamberlain didn't like it, but he loves Slay the Spire 2, as it fits in directly with his other, even more expensive, addiction. And Alex is living large, loving both games, and generally being happier than the two old men.

Resident Evil Requiem isn't out yet so we had to find something to do. Chamberlain finished High on Life 2 and recommends 1/3 of its humor but none of its gameplay. He also started Echoes of the End, a game no one else has heard of, that he describes as 'Hellblade without the annoying puzzles and suffocating pretentiousness'. Alex continues his tour of old games on new hardware, discovering that Super Mario Galaxy is much better when it isn't on the Wii. And Chance's desire to sneak around as a goblin beat out his desire to wield a sword in one hand and a wand in the other. The new Styx is AA goodness!

There a ways to play the old game, ways that we endorse but will not fully explain. To that end, Alex is playing the old Ratchet and Clank games on modern hardware and feeling like a kid again. Chance is *gasp* enjoying the PS5 version of Avowed, but not enough keep him from feeling like a kid again in Overwatch, as Tracer is (temporarily) good again. Chamberlain was never a child, does not know what it feels like to be one, and has instead been playing middling games like Crisol and High on Life 2.

Hooray for an unexpected Sony State of Play! We aren't sure how the original God of War trilogy can me remade in the present day, either, but it is fun to think about. Also this week, Chance kills and gets killed by a cat with a jet pack. Alex gets cats killed in Mewgenics. And Chamberlain decides that realistic-ish military shooters give him the ick after playing Battlefield 6.

In a shocking turn of events, Chamberlain has seen a movie in the theater and lived to tell the tale. Hamnet may have gone mostly over his head, but at least an attempt was made. Alex takes his turn at indie metroidvanias with Guns of Fury. And Chance turns to Star Wars Outlaws to sooth his dissatisfaction with Horizon Forbidden West (which he turned to because Blizzard nerfed Tracer again). Plus a whole lot of Path of Exile II got played, so numbers went up and monster went boom.

In an odd moment of agreement, Chamberlain and Chance agree that MIO: Memories in Orbit is not a good game. The only difference being that it took Chance less then two hours to come to the decision while it took Chamberlain close to 20 and a nearly broken controller. Alex is one of 500 people who played and loved Pinball Spire. And Chance did NOT play nothing but Sliksong this week, opting to revisit Horizon Forbidden West, a better looking (and better playing) game than Assassin's Creed Shadows.

Welcome to the podcast that has not lost 95% of its market value and is therefore significantly more successful than Ubisoft. This week: Chamberlain runs into a boomer shooter that is both a little too boomer and a little too shooter in Forgive Me Father 2. Alex puts his min maxing stamp on Path of Exile 2 and takes a short tour of Hogwarts Legacy. And Chance doesn't play Silksong for just enough time to download and then delete several older games.

It's January, which means not much new to play and even less news. Alex found Victory Heat Rally, a tight kart racer with a very anime aesthetic. Chamberlain finished Madragora (his favorite metroidvania of last year) and is being brutalized by cthulu beasties in Forgive Me Father 2. And Chance has officially done all there is to do in Silksong and has the platinum trophy to prove it.

Happy New Year! We played some games while we were gone, some of them even new. Chance learned a new character in Overwatch 2 and made several more runs at Silksong. Chamberlain finished Ghost of Yotei, a game he likens to the most comforting comfort food available. And Alex discovered a tiny part of himself that loves video-pinball and promptly gave that part his wallet.

It's time for the only game of the year list that matters: completely unsponsored and horribly biased. This time around we learn that Chance was forcibly sent to French immersion school as a child and has never gotten over it, Chamberlain actually has feelings and Alex has more patience and affection for puzzles than should be possible. It's been a good year for games. Enjoy our picks!