Button Boys

This week's topic, as kindly suggested by BirdsNest on the Discord, is the vacuous, time-wasting, mind-numbing empty-calorie games that we just can't get enough of.

As always, we catch up with what the Boys have been up to. Pierre's headed into training against the hard-as-nails CPU in a quarter-of-a-century old game, and Glenn, Sarah and Producer Ben have been off to a very swanky event for a little sneak peek (and sausages).

If you're interested in what the Boys are up to, below are some links to find out more:

Pierre - ⁠You Sit There, I'll Stand Here⁠

If you can't get enough Button Boys content, head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can find our weekly Hidden Cache bonus episode featuring more gripes, game recommendations and our Hitman: World of Assassination playthrough, and Player 4, where we interview a different comedian every month about their gaming lives.

Follow along with the Button Boys on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for highlights, behind-the-scenes content and future podcast announcements.

Games Mentioned in this week's episode:

Age of Empires 2

Resident Evil 2

007 First Light

Counter-Strike

Dark Souls III

Cronos: The New Dawn

Silent Hill 2

Dark Souls

Vampire Crawlers

Watchdogs: Legion

Dorfromantik

Nine Kings

Paperclips

Vampire Survivors

Cossacks

Candy Crush

TimeSplitters 2

Red Dead Redemption

Tetris

Disco Elysium

Mixtape

Organic Engine

Produced and edited by Ben Drayton
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The Button Boys are back to defy all expectations, turn everything on its head and redefine everything you hold dear. Or talk about games they thought they didn't like and now they do, whichever's easiest.

This week on the gaming road to Damascus it's all about U-turns. Pierre has done an about-face on story games, Sarah's done a 180 on wacky gunslingers and Glenn's completely Lego of his prejudices with the blocky franchise.

But first, the Boys catch up with what they've been playing. Sarah's immediately broken the rules from last week's podcast, Pierre's embraced it with both hands and Glenn's got a sneak peek at a sequel of one of his all-time favourites.

If you're interested in what the Boys are up to, below are some links to find out more:

Pierre - ⁠You Sit There, I'll Stand Here⁠

If you can't get enough Button Boys content, head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can find our weekly Hidden Cache bonus episode featuring more gripes, game recommendations and our Hitman: World of Assassination playthrough, and Player 4, where we interview a different comedian every month about their gaming lives.

Follow along with the Button Boys on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for highlights, behind-the-scenes content and future podcast announcements.

Games Mentioned in this week's episode:

Locomoto

Until Dawn

Directive 8020

Duskers

Split

Dark Wood

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies

Disco Elysium

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Nioh 3

Nioh

Nioh 2

Dead by Daylight

Friday the 13th

Helldivers

Call of Duty Warzone

The Outlast Trials

Outlast 2

Mixtape

A Short Hike

Haven Park

Star Wars Jedi: Power Battles

Dark Souls

Hitman: World of Assassination

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

Life is Strange

Red Dead Redemption

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Dr. Mario

Balatro

Slay the Spire

Bordelands 4

Tales from the Borderlands

Formula I 2013

Pro Evolution Soccer 3

Clair Obscure: Expedition 33

Portal

Civilization VI

Civilization VII

Civilization V

Dredge

Stardew Valley

Dordogne

March to Freedom

Elden Ring

Doom

LEGO: Horizon Adventures

LEGO: Dark Knight

Commandos

Hades

Astro Bot

LittleBigPlanet 3

Produced and edited by Ben Drayton
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Fresh episode, come get your fresh episode! You'll pay how much? Practically robbing me at that price. Go on then, fill yer boots.

If you hadn't guessed already, this week the Boys have headed off to the market on the hunt for the best cheap games they can get their hands on. Armed with £15, they've been haggling and bartering to find the most appealing game. Will they strike gold in the bargain bins or be fleeced like fools?

Before all that though, we're due a big catch-up. Sarah's gone as far Inside as they can go, Pierre's not playing a war OR strategy game and Glenn's stuck deciding between an early access blockbuster and a game about someone being stuck making decisions.

To see the Button Boys outside the podcast:

Pierre - ⁠You Sit There, I'll Stand Here⁠

If you can't get enough Button Boys content, head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can find our weekly Hidden Cache bonus episode featuring more gripes, game recommendations and our Hitman: World of Assassination playthrough, and Player 4, where we interview a different comedian every month about their gaming lives.

Follow along with the Button Boys on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for highlights, behind-the-scenes content and future podcast announcements.

Games Mentioned in this week's episode:

Inside

LIMBO

Somerville

Dorfromantik

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

Resident Evil 2

9 Kings

Mixtape

What Remains of Edith Finch

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

The Last of Us: Part II

The Artful Escape

Forza Horizon 6

Gears of War

Halo

Forza Horizon

Mario Kart

Directive 8020

Until Dawn

The Quarry

The Dark Pictures

The Thing Remastered

Detroit: Become Human

Alien: Isolation

Darkwood

Visage

Amnesia: The Bunker

Grand Theft Auto V

King's Field

Deathloop

Unknown 9: Awakening

Stardew Valley

Jack Holmes: Master of Puppets

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Dead by Daylight

Friday the 13th: The Game

Duskers

Command & Conquer: Generals

Wax Heads

Dark Souls III

Locomoto

Hitman World of Assassination

007: First Light

Produced and edited by Ben Drayton
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Slap on your scabbards and cock your pistols, it's another episode of Button Boys. This week we're rummaging around the gaming arsenal to find our most beloved weapons. From battle axes to bazookas, howitzers to holy hand grenades, we've got it covered.

As always, we catch up on what the Boys have been playing, with Pierre beguiled by kingly fortunes, Sarah borrowing a stone-cold classic puzzle-platformer and Glenn splitting his time between a handsome roguelite and gas station customers in gastric distress.

Stay tuned to the end as we reveal the winner of last week's game pitch competition. Will Glenn's bartender, Pierre's Benedictine monk or Sarah's brain-starved zombies win out?

To follow along with the Button Boys outside the podcast:

Pierre - ⁠You Sit There, I'll Stand Here⁠

If you can't get enough Button Boys content, head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can find our weekly Hidden Cache bonus episode featuring more gripes, game recommendations and our Hitman: World of Assassination playthrough, and Player 4, where we interview a different comedian every month about their gaming lives.

Follow along with the Button Boys on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for highlights, behind-the-scenes content and future podcast announcements.

Games Mentioned in this week's episode:

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

9 Kings

Spelunky

Hades

Dead Cells

Dorfromantik

Slay the Spire

Balatro

Terra Nil

Heroes of Might and Magic V

Inside

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Little Nightmares

Saros

Returnal

Pragmata

InKONBINI

Promise Mascot Agency

Lake

Discounty

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Hell Let Loose

Call of Duty: Warzone

Medal of Honor

Wolfenstein II

Doom: The Dark Ages

Children of the Sun

Turok

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Dark Souls

Team Fortress 2

Horizon Zero Dawn

PowerWash Simulator

TimeSplitters 2

Death Stranding

Jedi: Survivor

Jedi Power Battles

Final Fantasy XII

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

Gears of War

Produced and edited by Ben Drayton
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Take out your textbooks and turn to Button Boys. It's officially the Winnie-the-Pooh episode (because of the bingo call, not because the Boys have no clothes on from the waist down).

This week, it's time for a spot of revision as Glenn, Pierre and Sarah look back at what they've learned from video games. From the Byzantines to sashimi, the Boys discover that their countless hours of gaming haven't all been for nothing.

But before that, we catch up on what they've been playing. Pierre's come to the end of an epic journey, Sarah's been sharing their horrifying experiences and Glenn's come to grips with the state of humanity in a post-apocalyptic world.

To follow along with the Button Boys outside the podcast:

Pierre - ⁠You Sit There, I'll Stand Here⁠

⁠Sarah's New York show

If you can't get enough Button Boys content, head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can find our weekly Hidden Cache bonus episode featuring more gripes, game recommendations and our Hitman: World of Assassination playthrough, and Player 4, where we interview a different comedian every month about their gaming lives.

Follow along with the Button Boys on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for highlights, behind-the-scenes content and future podcast announcements.

Games Mentioned in this week's episode:

Terra Invicta

Baldur's Gate 3

Blue Prince

Hell Let Loose

Crusader Kings III

Hearts of Iron IV

Mouse P.I. For Hire

Tides of Tomorrow

Road 96

Dark Souls

Little Nightmares III

Reanimal

It Takes Two

Age of Empires

Europa Universalis IV

Rome: Total War

The Da Vinci Code

maimai

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Persona 5

The Last of Us Part II

The Getaway

Assassin's Creed

Dance Dance Revolution

Grand Theft Auto IV

The Thing: Remastered

Lushfoil Photography Sim

Venba

Hades

God of War

Séance of Blake Manor

RuneScape

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Ghost of Yōtei

Kerbal Space Program

War Thunder

The Boba Teashop

Produced and edited by Ben Drayton
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