Jim Trinca
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PARTY DOWN Baldur's Gate 3 is great, but can you talk about it at parties?
Not that any of us get invited to parties.
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BALDUR’S ACHE Baldur's Gate 3 and Starfield could be a Barbenheimer moment, but gamers demand blood
Also you can’t call it Stargate
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BARELY MANAGING The best management sim isn't even a video game: The Best Games Ever Show episode 61
You never know what Tom Orry may bring.
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SNEK What's the best game with a Reptile? The Best Games Ever Show episode 60
Sneaky snakes and lazy lizards, reptiles are all around us. There's one behind you right now!
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GIMMICK A BREAK What's the best game with the worst gimmick? The Best Games Ever Show episode 59
Video games are full of gimmicks, and the bad ones are usually found in bad games. But not always...
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DISNEY MATTER Disney vs Football: what's the best licensed game ever?
All the biggest media brands want a slice of the gaming pie. Welcome to The Best Games Ever Show episode 58.
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PLAYING DEAD What's the best game where you play dead guy? The Best Games Ever Show episode 57
From Manny in Grim Fandango to Reagan and Gorbachev in, uh, Reagan Gorbachev, dead guys have better video game representation than the Welsh
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TROTTING OFF Digital Tourism is a huge part of gaming's appeal, but what is the best game for globetrotting?
From Yakuza to Flight Simulator, there are a wealth of options for the couchbound traveller – the Best Games Ever Show episode 56
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NEIGH CHANCE PAL Diablo 4’s $8 Horse Armour is a hell we created for ourselves
But what’s the best game with horse armour that isn’t Oblivion? The Best Games Ever Show episode 55
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ONCE UPON A TIME Fable 4 is crucial to Xbox’s future, but it could be a Monkey’s Paw moment for fans
The original Fable trilogy was a product of the right studio, in the right place, at the right time – and that’s hard to replicate.
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DEVIL'S DUE Diablo 4 debate: Does it really need to be an open world MMO?
Is there such a thing as too much Diablo, and is it a liberty to have a battle pass for a $70 game?
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LEAP TO THE FUTURE Assassin’s Creed: Mirage is forging the best kind of remake
A visual and mechanical overhaul of the original, but with an entirely new setting and story? It’s the best of both worlds.
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THE OFFSPRING Can bad games have good sequels?
In contrast to Hollywood, videogames usually improve with every iteration. The Best Games Ever Show Episode 54
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SYMBOLIC Metal Gear Solid Δ looks pretty goofy written down, but which games have worse titles?
What's in a name? Loads, actually. The Best Games Ever Show Episode 53
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CALL THE FEDS Star Trek: Resurgence Review – A voyage home for 90s nerds
Can Telltale alumni transport us back to where no man has gone before, or is this another loveless riff on popular scifi’s heyday?
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RED HEAD REDEMPTION Gingers? In video games? Who allowed this?
It's a mutation. It's a very groovy mutation. The Best Games Ever Show Episode 52
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IT'S ALL LINKED As Tears of the Kingdom finally arrives, we ask: ‘What’s the best Zelda game that isn’t a Zelda game?’
The Legend of Zelda is a hugely influential series, but which of its many copycats is the best? The Best Games Ever Show Episode 51
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ROYAL SHAME What's the best game that's uncomfortably pro-monarchy? The Best Games Ever Show Episode 50
Hey fellas, is it royalist to build an entire artistic medium around individual power fantasies?
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SLUMP AHEAD Xbox June 11 Showcase: Xbox desperately needs a win that isn’t Starfield
Despite having the best value proposition, setback after setback has kept the good ship Xbox stuck in drydock. And that’s not good for anyone.
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WITCHING FOR ACTION The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood: the Talking Simulator remains gaming’s most exciting genre
Ancient gods, secret societies, and designing your own Tarot deck? Devolver really do publish the most interesting stuff.
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BRICK WALL What's the best game with the WORST difficulty spike? The Best Games Ever Show Episode 49
Everyone has their own traumatic memory of a really Annoying Bit.
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GLUE ARE THE WEAPON Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom still has weapon degradation, but you won’t care
Swords don't matter any more: this is an engine of chaos.
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POO BRITTANIA What's the best game set on a horrible island? The Best Games Ever Show Episode 48
The clever subtext here is that the definitive horrible island is Great Britain, hope that helps.
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GRID CIRCULAR Tron: Identity is the perfect Disney universe for Bithell Games to play around in
A surprising culmination of everything the studio has been building towards since Thomas Was Alone.
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THE NUMBERS, MASON VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.47: An Audit of Current Winners and Losers
Who on our panel has taken the most wins? Let's find out.
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TONY BLEURGH VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.46: The best game that features a 90s star
It was the best decade between the 80s and the 2000s.
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WHAT THE 'ELL The Last of Us on PC is a cruel joke of a port that should not have been released
Bafflingly choppy performance on high-end systems and incessant crashing: why did they bother?
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STARTER FOR TEN VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.45: The best game that's rubbish after ten hours
Some games are incredibly front-loaded, but which has the best, er, front?
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CASH HAEMO ROYALE Vampire Survivors absolutely deserved to win Best Game at the BAFTAs
It achieves more with a handful of sprites and some clever psychology than most AAAs do with infinite budgets.
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IF IT AIN’T BROKE The Witcher 3 Next Gen Update: three months on, I’m still not convinced
CDPR is future-proofing its flagship games, but at a cost to today’s players.
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BAD CHOICE EDITION The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition is, for now, an expensive downgrade
Questionable visual changes and abysmal performance mean this remaster should head back to spacedock for a refit.
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SKYRIM’S DAD Oblivion: Somehow, 17 years have passed since The Elder Scrolls went mainstream and changed gaming forever
From Fallout to The Witcher, Oblivion paved the way for console-friendly RPGs to become the dominant force they are today.
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GET TO THE POINT VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.43: The best game that takes ten or more hours to get good
A sewage pipe that leads to an ocean.
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SELF DOUBT VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.42: The best game you could complete as your real self
Could you be... a plumber?
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ALIEN MAGIC Starfield’s latest tease shows that Bethesda is embracing its fantasy roots
On the one hand, their space bound epic depicts a realistic sci-fi future. On the other, it’s got a big swirly thing in it.
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UNFORGIVABLE VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.41: The best game that you can't forgive
When a video game annoys you for the last time, the grudge stays with you forever.
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FANTASY PREDICTION With Baldur’s Gate 3 heading to PS5, could it be a bigger deal than Starfield?
Larian’s most high-profile project to date could be its Witcher 3 moment.
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FALSE DESTINY Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League shows how shareholder culture is killing AAA
By wasting Rocksteady’s pedigree and talent on live service guff, the quest to fatten dividends may have robbed us of a good Arkham follow-up.
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GOTHAM PLIGHT Never mind the Arkhamverse, the only good Batman game is Assassin's Creed 2
Suicide Squad’s descent into live-service hell only accelerates an inevitable process of diminishing returns.
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GROW UP VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.40: The best game with the most juvenile feature
The average video game enjoyer is in their mid-thirties, but you wouldn't know it from playing one.
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AGHAST BOOT Your next Indie obsession drops in a few weeks, and it ain't on Game Pass
Visit a beautiful island archipelago where everyone is terrified of what happens next (not Britain)
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MOTION SLICKNESS Is PS VR2 the last time we'll get a Mario 64 moment?
Gaming tech hasn't seen a revolution for a long time, but Sony's latest hardware could be one.
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CRUEL MARKET VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.39: The best game that completely flopped
Being the best is no guarantee of success. Just ask my bank manager.
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ELDER MAGIC Oblivion's connection to Discworld is a legacy worth celebrating
From The Elder Scrolls to Tomb Raider, Terry Pratchett had a profound influence on the world of video games.
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NOT LIVE OR KICKING Why are all the games dying? The Thursday Nite Rant
From Apex Legends Mobile to Knockout City, dozens of live service games are being killed off.
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LICENCE TO ILL Goldeneye on Xbox Game Pass is a bitter disappointment
Compared to the abandoned 360 remaster, this re-release is a painful reminder of what could have been.
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FRIENDS LIKE THESE VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.37: The best game with followers you would never hang out with IRL
NPCs are annoying, needy, and dumb. But unlike your kids, you don't need to like them.