Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. In this episode, Ghost of Yōtei and Pokémon Legends: Z-A face off in a very unfair battle. We also catch up on some of the biggest indie releases of the last month in Dispatch and Ball x Pit. Battlefield 6's single player campaign is certainly one of the shooter campaigns of all time. Halo is coming to PS5 and Xbox is so weird now. Plus, some Game of the Year chat, fantasy critic catch-up, November game releases to keep your eye on, and other video game stuff! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Welcome to Party Select (00:00:55) Quick Question (00:09:01) What's Up? (00:22:47) Episode Agenda (00:25:40) October Game Select: Pokémon Legends: Z-A (00:58:07) Ghost of Yōtei (01:22:13) Ball X Pit (01:36:50) Dispatch (01:49:30) Battlefield 6 (01:57:01) Halo News (02:08:56) Game of the Year Process (02:22:59) Fantasy Critic Update (02:30:55) Playlist Side Quests (02:33:29) November Game Releases (02:41:32) November Game Select Reveal (02:45:39) Party Select November Schedule (02:49:16) Join Our Party *** Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcast Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to like, subscribe, and leave a comment letting us know your thoughts. Send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. It's 2004! Spider-Man 2 is in theaters, Nintendo just launched the DS, and Janet Jackson's nipple is the highlight of the Super Bowl halftime show. Also there were good video games! Join us for an always contentious discussion narrowing down to our collective top five video games from 2004. Drop you faves in the comments below! Games Discussed: Alien Hominid, Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django, Burnout 3: Takedown, Call of Duty: Finest Hour, Counter-Strike: Source, Donkey Konga, Driver 3, Fable, Far Cry, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Halo 2, Hitman: Contracts, Jak 3, Katamari Damacy, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Ninja Gaiden, Onimusha 3: Demon Siege, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Phantom Dust, Pikmin 2, Pokemon Emerald, Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green, Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Shadow Hearts: Covenant, Silent Hill 4: The Room, Sly 2: Band of Thieves, Spider-Man 2, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, Star Wars Battlefront, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords, Tales of Symphonia, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age, Tony Hawk's Underground 2, Viewtiful Joe 2, World of Warcraft CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Welcome to Party Select(00:05:57) Honorable Mentions (00:08:06) The Long List (01:00:01) The Short List (01:24:50) The Top 5 (01:47:45) Join Our Party! *** Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcast Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to like, subscribe, and leave a comment letting us know your thoughts. Send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. Consoles are too expensive! Xbox Game Pass is too expensive! Everything is too expensive! And yet, we still be gaming. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Welcome to Party Select (00:05:13) Quick Question (00:10:02) Episode Agenda (00:13:58) September Game Select: Indiana and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants (00:29:08) Ghost of Yotei (00:39:59) Hell Is Us (00:54:33) Borderlands 4 (01:04:42) Baby Steps (01:15:31) Silent Hill f (01:24:04) Dead Take (01:30:19) Eclipsium (01:37:16) The Rogue Prince of Persia (01:45:59) Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (01:54:58) Megabonk (01:59:10) Keep Digging (02:00:17) CloverPit (02:02:44) Uncharted Series (02:10:15) Donkey Kong Bananza (02:16:43) Pokemon Sword (02:22:08) Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance + Melody of Memory (02:30:38) Kyle's Print Media Minute (02:34:32) Xbox Game Pass and Console Pricing Increases (02:54:23) Rock Band 4 Is Being Delisted (02:58:04) Announcements from Gamescom, Tokyo Game Show, Nintendo Direct, Sony State of Play (03:20:43) Fantasy Critic Update (03:27:19) Side Quests: Reading Your Emails and Comments (03:31:43) October Game Releases (03:38:50) October Game Select Reveal (03:40:55) Party Select October Schedule (03:42:36) Join Our Party *** Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcast Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to like, subscribe, and leave a comment letting us know your thoughts. Send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. We're two-thirds through 2025 and it's been quite the year. Great video games, weird video games, weird and not so great state of the video game industry. The trend continues this month with Sword of the Sea, Is This Seat Taken, and Mafia: The Old Country. And we've got plenty more news and games where that came from! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Welcome to Party Select(00:01:07) Quick Question (00:05:11) Episode Agenda (00:06:40) August Game Select: Mafia: The Old Country (00:28:01) Sword of the Sea (00:39:51) Is This Seat Taken? (00:43:34) Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon (00:49:29) The Darkness (00:57:32) Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (01:04:26) Parasite Eve 2 (01:10:28) The Alters (01:15:54) Helldivers 2 (01:23:33) Cody's Platinum Trophy Hunting (01:31:18) Sonic Game Tier List (01:36:50) 50 Indie Games That Changed the World (01:38:57) Nintendo Tells Devs to Just Publish on Switch 1 (01:48:30) No Man's Sky and Light No Fire News (01:54:01) Bungie is Being Absorbed Into Sony (02:00:00) Fantasy Critic Update (02:06:34) Games of the Month: September (02:17:26) September Game Select Reveal (02:18:53) Join Our Party *** Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcast Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to like, subscribe, and leave a comment letting us know your thoughts. Send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. It's 2003! Peter Jackson's epic The Lord of the Rings trilogy comes to a close as The Matrix and X-Men get solid sequels. Fantasy, sci-fi, and comic books nerds are happy. But what about video game nerds? Well, as our list proves, we were pretty happy too. Come along with us for a discussion of the best video games to release in 2003. Final Fantasy X-2 is not on the list. Games Discussed: Call of Duty, Dark Cloud 2, Dynasty Warriors 4, Enter the Matrix, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Freelancer, Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town, Jak II, Kirby Air Ride, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Mario Kart: Double Dash, Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, Ribbit King, Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: Rebel Strike: Rogue Squadron III, The Simpsons: Hit and Run, Tony Hawk's Underground, Viewtiful Joe, WarioWare Inc: Mega Microgames, Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht Honorable Mentions (so that no one can be mad at us): Beyond Good and Evil, Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg, Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Devil May Cry 2, Disney Extreme Skate Adventure, Eve Online, Gladius, Goblin Commander: Unleash the Horde, Kung Fu Chaos, Manhunt, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, Medal of Honor: Rising Sun, Metal Arms: Glitch in the System, Midnight Club 2, Need for Speed Underground, PlanetSide, Pokemon Channel, Second Life, Silent Hill 3, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, The Getaway, Toontown Online, True Crime: Streets of LA CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Welcome to Party Select(00:03:56) The Long List(00:50:31) The Short List(01:10:35) The Top 5(01:18:14) Join Our Party *** Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcastSubscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to like, subscribe, and leave a comment letting us know your thoughts. Send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. We're into August and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of summer slump going on. That is, besides the bummer of a time you experience when playing Destiny 2. We've also got conflicting thoughts on DK Bananza, a few new indies that are bringing the vibes, an update on our favorite gaming magazines, and rumors on how Sony is pivoting their publishing strategy to match Microsoft's "everything is an Xbox." Be sure to subscribe and turn on notifications so that you don't miss any upcoming content or livestreams! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Welcome to Party Select(00:01:25) Quick Question(00:09:48) Episode Agenda(00:12:05) July Game Select: Destiny 2: Edge of Fate(00:37:21) Death Stranding 2(00:43:27) Donkey Kong Bananza(00:58:23) Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson(01:10:02) Wheel World(01:17:19) Fantasy Life i(01:31:50) EA Sports College Football 26(01:39:46) Crimson Sea(01:52:04) World of Warcraft(01:56:44) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2(02:05:13) Game Informer(02:21:46) Fearzine(02:34:01) Glen Schofield and AAA Games(02:55:04) Sony Bringing Games to Xbox?(03:02:55) Fantasy Critic Update(03:08:55) Side Quests (Emails)(03:28:05) Games of the Month: August(03:33:58) August Game Select Reveal(03:35:43) Join Our Party *** Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcast Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to like, subscribe, and leave a comment letting us know your thoughts. Send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. In this episode, the boys travel back to 2002, when developers still had not figured out how to do 3D action games (or make good licensed games on Game Boy Advance). Here are the worst games of 2002! Games Discussed: Antz Extreme Racing, Blade II, Gungrave, Ice Age, Metal Dungeon, Shadow Man: 2econd Coming, Shrek Super Party, Simpsons Skateboarding, Sneakers, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:18) The Long List (00:45:17) The Short List (00:49:49) The Bottom Three (00:54:30) Join Our Party *** Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcast Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to like, subscribe, and leave a comment letting us know your thoughts. Send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. We are at the quarter century mark (big yikes) so let's take a look back at the best games to come out in the last 25 years! Rather than make a collective list like we usually do with Game of the Year, this time we're just celebrating our individual Top 25s with a countdown. Games discusses (spoilers!) 7 Days to Die, Animal Crossing, Astro Bot, Bioshock, Baldur's Gate 3, Borderlands 2, Clair Obscure: Expedition 33, Cyberpunk 2077, Dark Souls, Dead Space, Death Stranding, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Fallout 4, Fallout: New Vegas, Final Fantasy Tactics: Advance, Final Fantasy X, Freelancer, Ghost of Tsushima, God of War, God of War Ragnarok, Gone Home, Guitar Hero 2, Half-Life 2, Halo 2, Halo 3, Journey, Katamari Damacy, Kingdom Hearts, Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Metro 2033, Minecraft, Pikmin 4, Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal, Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire, Portal 2, Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time, Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 5, Return of the Obra Dinn, Spiritfarer, Star Wars: Battlefront, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Odyssey, Super Smash Bros. Melee, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Last of Us, The Last of Us: Part II, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, World of Warcraft, Xenosaga Episode I *** Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcast Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to like, subscribe, and leave a comment letting us know your thoughts. Send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. The state of the world and the state of the video game industry continue to be pretty dire, so let's all disassociate together and chat about some fun (and not so fun) video games! We also go deep on the ROG Xbox Ally X and what it means for the future of Xbox consoles, talk through our most anticipated games releasing in July, and find a little time to celebrate Cody's big summer purchase. Be sure to subscribe and turn on notifications so that you don't miss any upcoming livestreams! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Welcome to Party Select(00:02:17) Quick Question(00:08:15) Episode Agenda(00:09:57) June Game Select: FBC Firebreak(00:31:27) Death Stranding 2(01:04:36) Kingdom Come: Deliverance II(01:08:59) MindsEye(01:20:06) Cat Quest(01:22:15) Vending Dokan(01:25:02) Tower Wizard(01:26:27) TCG Card Shop Simulator(01:30:06) Kingdom Hearts(01:38:02) Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age(01:44:10) Cody Bought Something(01:53:50) Fearzine(01:58:37) ROG Xbox Ally X(02:18:12) Fantasy Critic Update(02:20:03) Games of the Month: July(02:35:51) July Game Select Reveal(02:38:31) Party Select July Content Schedule(02:41:09) Join Our Party *** Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcast Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to like, subscribe, and leave a comment letting us know your thoughts. Send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. In this episode, the boys travel back in time to the era of The Two Towers, Chamber of Secrets, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, and Tom Brady's first Super Bowl win (gross). It's 2002 and there are also good video games. Games discussed: Animal Crossing, Battlefield 1942, Crimson Sea, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Gitaroo Man, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, James Bond 007: Nightfire, Kingdom Hearts, Medal of Honor: Frontline, Metroid Fusion, Metroid Prime, Mister Mosquito, Monsters Inc: Scream Arena, Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny, Ratchet and Clank, Resident Evil 0, Resident Evil Gaiden, Resident Evil Remake, Rez, Shenmue II, Shinobi, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, SOCOM U.S. Navy Seals, Spider-Man, Star Fox Adventures, Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter, Super Mario Sunshine, Syberia, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, The Getaway, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Mark of Kri, The Thing, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, Way of the Samurai CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Welcome to Party Select (00:03:21) Honorable Mentions (00:16:50) The Long List (01:40:23) The Short List (01:50:01) The Top 5 (02:01:58) Join our Party *** Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcast Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to like, subscribe, and leave a comment letting us know your thoughts. Send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

We watched all the Summer Game Fest conferences and only some of them were a waste of time! Hear our thoughts on the biggest games shown at PlayStation State of Play, Xbox Games Showcase, Future Games Show, Wholesome Direct, PC Gaming Show, Day of the Devs, and Summer Game Fest proper! *** Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcast Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to like, subscribe, and leave a comment letting us know your thoughts. Send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. Cody is back from his European honeymoon and the boys have a lot to yap about: the biggest May releases (and plenty of older games), predictions and (low) expectations for Summer Game Fest announcements, an important update on our Fantasy Critic league, the biggest gaming releases in June (we're looking at you, Nintendo Switch 2), and your emails! We've got a lot of content coming in June so be sure to subscribe and turn on notifications! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Intro (00:08:33) Quick Question (00:17:27) Episode Agenda (00:19:33) May Game Select: DOOM: The Dark Ages (00:44:59) Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 (00:53:37) The Midnight Walk (01:00:31) Blue Prince (01:11:54) Onimusha Warlords Remastered (01:14:19) Revenge of the Savage Planet (01:17:47) Cash Cleaner Simulator (01:26:25) Helldivers 2 (01:33:19) Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (01:39:19) Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance (01:41:16) Parasite Eve (01:50:50) Kingdom Hearts (01:56:09) Summer Game Fest Predictions (03:03:25) Xbox Showcase Predictions (03:22:25) Fantasy Critic Update (03:27:57) Side Quests (Emails) (03:35:08) Games of the Month: June (03:51:29) June Game Select Reveal (03:52:17) Party Select June Content Schedule (03:56:59) Join Our Party and Outro *** Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcast Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to like, subscribe, and leave a comment letting us know your thoughts. Send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. In this episode, the boys travel back to 2001 when the video game chicks were thicc and the video game dudes were thicker. The attitude era of the 90s was over but some of the hardcore angsty names remained. Here are the worst video games of 2001! Games discussed: Batman: Gotham City Racer, Batman: Vengeance, Blood Wake, Dark Summit, Frogger: The Great Quest, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Illbleed, Portal Runner, S.W.I.N.E., Shrek, Super Smash Bros. Melee (not really), The Simpsons Wrestling, Vampire Night Did we miss anything? What game on our list would you defend? Let us know! CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Welcome to Party Select00:02:56 The Long List00:48:56 The Short List00:58:35 The Top 301:04:04 Join Our Party *** Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcastSubscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to like, subscribe, follow, and send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. Cody is on his honeymoon so it's a throwback to The Shea Hates Everything Podcast! Shea and Kyle catch up on some of the biggest April releases, chat about Microsoft matching Nintendo's game price increases, wax poetic about the sorry state of legacy games media, and highlight some of the big games coming out in May! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:53) Agenda (00:05:45) Quick Question (00:08:12) April Game Select: South of Midnight (00:35:35) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remaster (00:51:28) Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 (01:16:14) Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree (01:24:08) Assassin's Creed Shadows (01:27:48) Critical Hit: Microsoft announces $80 games (01:37:48) Critical Hit: Kyle is reading Play Nice by Jason Schreier (01:42:00) Critical Hit: Giantbomb and Polygon are closing (02:05:25) Fantasy Critic Update (02:12:39) Games of the Month: May (02:23:22) May Game Select Reveal (02:26:20) Party Select May Content Schedule (02:29:14) How to Join Our Party and Outro *** Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcast Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to like, subscribe, and leave a comment letting us know your thoughts. Send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. In this episode, the boys take a trip back to middle school in 2001 and discuss the absolute best games of the year. Games discussed: Advance Wars, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Black & White, Burnout, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Dark Cloud, Devil May Cry, Dynasty Warriors 3, Final Fantasy X, Fusion Frenzy, Golden Sun, Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, Grand Theft Auto III, Half-Life: Blue Shift, Halo: Combat Evolved, Ico, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire, Luigi's Mansion, Max Payne, Mega Man Battle Network, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Okage: Shadow King, Onimusha: Warlords, Paper Mario, Pikmin, Pokemon Crystal, Pokemon Stadium 2, Red Faction, RuneScape, Shadow Hearts, Silent Hill 2, Soul Reaver 2, Spyhunter, SSX Tricky, Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, Super Mario Advance, Super Smash Bros. Melee, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Twisted Metal: Black, Zone of the Enders Did we miss anything? Do you disagree? Send an email to partyselectpod@gmailcom.  CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Welcome to Party Select 00:03:30 Honorable Mentions 00:15:09 The Long List 00:52:42 The Short List 01:16:00 The Top 5 01:30:59 Join Our Party *** Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcast Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to follow the podcast on your service of choice and send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. In this episode, Shea, Kyle, and Cody have opinions about that Nintendo Switch 2 Direct and some of the pricing info that's come out in the wake of the event. But besides shattering Nintendo fanboy dreams, the guys catch up on some of the big releases from March, take a walk down memory lane on some mediocre PS3/360 era games that deserve a remaster, highlight the big games they'll be playing in April, and of course Shea has a rant about how much PlayStation Now and Steam Deck emulation sucks. Leave a comment below with what you're playing and what you hope to play on Switch 2, assuming Nintendo doesn't raise the price again! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Intro and Quick Question (00:16:13) March Game Select: Assassin's Creed Shadows (00:48:50) Split Fiction (01:09:49) Atomfall (01:26:34) Avowed (01:30:54) Rise of the Golden Idol: Sins of New Wells (01:36:30) Wanderstop (01:43:26) R.E.P.O. (01:49:23) Critical Hit: Nintendo Switch 2 Direct (02:07:05) Critical Hit: Game Informer is Back (02:08:51) Critical Hit: Nightdive Studios Remasters (02:23:55) Critical Hit: Emulation and Games Streaming Sucks (02:39:02) Fantasy Critic Update (02:50:26) Side Quests: Emails (03:01:07) Games of the Month: April (03:10:50) April Game Select Reveal (03:12:44) Party Select April Content Schedule (03:14:48) Outro *** Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcast Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to like, subscribe, and leave a comment letting us know your thoughts. Send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. In this episode, we're taking a look back at our favorite video games of the 90s and determining which ones go down as the all-timers. As we say in the video, every game we talk about here is amazing, so please don't hate us if we cut one of your favorites! Games discussed (in alphabetical order): Army Men 3D, Banjo-Kazooie, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Chrono Trigger, Crash Bandicoot, Crash Team Racing, Cruis'n USA, Darkwing Duck, Die Hard Trilogy, Disney's Hercules, Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, DOOM, Dr. Mario, Dragon's Lair, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy VII, Goldeneye 007, Grim Fandango, Half-Life, Kid Chameleon, Kirby's Dream Course, Kirby's Dream Land, Mario is Missing, Mario Kart 64, Mario Teaches Typing, Medal of Honor, Mega Man 3, Mega Man Legends, Metal Gear Solid, NBA Jam, Parappa the Rapper, Pokemon Red/Blue, Pokemon Snap, Resident Evil, Secret of Mana, SimCity 2000, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, Spyro the Dragon, Star Wars Dark Forces, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Super Mario World, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Super Metroid, Super Smash Bros, System Shock, System Shock 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Secret of Monkey Island, ToeJam & Earl, ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Twisted Metal, Twisted Metal 2, Vectorman, Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, Wolfenstein 3D CHAPTERS: 00:00:00 Welcome to Party Select00:05:40 The Long List01:06:26 The Short List01:41:06 The Top 1002:30:07 Join Our Party Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcastSubscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to like, subscribe, and leave a comment letting us know your thoughts. Send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. In this episode of Party Select, Shea, Kyle, and Cody introduce a few new segments: Game Select, where the guys dive deep on a game they've all been playing each month; Playlist, where they catch up on everything else they've been playing; Critical Hits, where each of them brings a discussion topic for the rest of the group; Side Quests, where they answer emails from you weirdos; and Games of the Month, where they talk through all the big new releases each month and select the next Game Select game. We'd love your feedback on this format, so send us an email to partyselectpod@gmail.com!  CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Intro and Quick Question 00:09:34 February Game Select: Avowed 01:15:53 Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 01:43:34 Rift of the Necrodancer 01:48:10 Eternal Strands 01:55:15 A Game About Digging a Hole 01:58:56 Fast Food Simulator 02:06:16 Ropuka's Idle Island 02:08:58 Citizen Sleeper 2 02:18:14 Foundation 02:24:28 Clone Hero 02:30:26 Batman Arkham Shadow 02:35:46 Critical Hit: Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed Marathons 02:48:31 Critical Hit: Resident Evil 4 Demo Disc 02:57:33 Critical Hit: Steam Next Fest Picks 03:25:05 Side Quests: Emails 03:26:13 Games of the Month: March 03:36:27 March Game Select Reveal 03:40:06 Party Select March Content Schedule 03:45:58 Outro Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcast Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to follow the podcast on your podcast service of choice and leave us a review with your thoughts. Send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games. It's our first episode! Shea, Cody, and Kyle introduce themselves by talking about their earliest gaming memories, biggest gaming achievements, favorites types of games, and what you can expect from the Party Select Podcast. It's gonna be a fun time! CHAPTERS 00:00:00 - Intro and Shea's Quick Question 00:02:53 - What is Party Select? 00:18:45 - Earliest Gaming Memories 00:29:44 - Biggest Gaming Accomplishments 00:41:09 - Our History With Games Criticism 00:57:31 - GOTY 2020-2024 Convo 01:16:55 - Favorite Game Genres 01:28:35 - Kyle's Quick Question 01:33:25 - Future Party Select Content 01:43:44 - Cody's Quick Question 01:53:16 - March Release Schedule and Outro Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcast Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rtlM3EJ3Qap28hUjt4Sa2  Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-select/id1257563881  Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/partyselectpod.bsky.social Be sure to like, subscribe, and leave a review letting us know your thoughts. Send your emails to partyselectpod@gmail.com. Tell your friends! #partyselect #videogames #podcast

(not clickbait) Shea and Kyle are back for one final episode of the Shea Hates Everything Podcast, but don't worry, we've got big things in the works! This isn't the end.   CHAPTERS (00:00:10) Intro and Today I Hate (00:01:19) Podcast Update (00:17:16) Animal Well (00:27:41) Dynasty Warriors Origins (00:40:54) Sulfur (00:44:39) Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (00:47:57) Killzone (00:53:11) Wanted: Weapons of Fate (01:00:47) 3D Sonic Games (01:08:09) Most Anticipated Games of 2025 (01:43:38) Emails (02:17:43) Feb Game Releases (02:22:20) Wrap Up and Peace Out   Check out our new YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@PartySelectPodcast. Thanks for listening!