Button Boys

It's canapé and sparkling wine time here at La Gallerie Bouton, as we unveil our latest episode to audible gasps. This week's theme is visual design, from standout box art to beautiful backgrounds: the Boys don their berets, stroke their chins and pick apart what wows them and what leaves them cold. Elsewhere, Pierre's finally cleaned up his neighbourhood, Sarah's set off on an avian stroll and Glenn's getting to grips with his strengths and weaknesses in what may be his favourite game of the year so far. To follow along with the Button Boys outside the podcast: Pierre - ⁠You Sit There, I’ll Stand Here⁠ Glenn - ⁠Please Sir, Glenn I Have Some Moore Glenn and Producer Ben - ⁠The Audience VS⁠ ⁠Sarah's Melbourne 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 Nil Terra Invicta Phoenix Springs Age of Empires II Home, Sweet Home Master of Command Steel Division 2 No Man's Sky Resident Evil Requiem A Short Hike Esoteric Ebb Disco Elysium Mewgenics Resident Evil Requiem Mouse P.I. for Hire Cossacks Hogs of War Command & Conquer RollerCoaster Tycoon Age of Empires III Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy IX Desperados Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 Charlie's Angels Syphon Filter Enter the Matrix Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles Baba Is You Horizon Forbidden West Star Wars: Droid Works Windjammers Streets of Rage Windjammers 2 Bye Sweet Carol Mundaun Unravel Stardew Valley Silent Hill Fear the Spotlight Produced and edited by Ben Drayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From house parties to hen dos, weddings to wakes, there's never an inappropriate time for gaming, but good lord how the experience differs. This week the Boys are coiffing their hair and drenching themselves in perfume because... it's party time. If you've embarrassed yourself in front of your friends, shouted at your grandma for being a complete noob or felt like a god clacking away at a plastic peripheral to the mellifluous tones of AC/DC, then you'll feel right at home. Glenn relays a traumatic experience, Sarah stretches their vocal cords and Pierre shares a potential sleeper hit from back in 2009. But before that, we catch up on the week's gaming. Sarah's started an absolute classic, Pierre's frustrated with some mech-anics and Glenn's creeping everyone out with his freakish little obsession. We should also say a big thank you to Oscar this week for our absolutely banging theme tune. It's already spreading through the seediest clubs of London town. To follow along with the Button Boys outside the podcast: Pierre - ⁠You Sit There, I’ll Stand Here⁠ Glenn - ⁠Please Sir, Glenn I Have Some Moore Glenn and Producer Ben - ⁠The Audience VS⁠ ⁠Sarah's Melbourne 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: Reanimal Little Nightmares Little Nightmares II Little Nightmares III LittleBigPlanet God of War: Ragnarök God of War Into the Breach Worms SingStar Guitar Hero Age of Empires II Vib-Ribbon Heavy Rain Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Tekken Quake Unreal Tournament TimeSplitters 2 The Jackbox Party Pack SpyParty Hitman 2 GoldenEye 007 Mario Kart Resident Evil: Requiem Call of Duty: Warzone Just Dance Produced and edited by Ben Drayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If my eyes don't deceive me, I do declare it's another episode of the slowest-starting true crime podcast ever released. What's the crime? Keep listening for the reveal. In the meantime though, the Boys have been playing with themselves. Pierre's finally made a galactic breakthrough, Glenn's got hold of a very recent release and is discovering his undying love for it and Sarah's overcome the gloom in the most rad way possible (gnarly). Do you find sometimes it all gets a bit much? Life coming at you fast, nowhere to turn, nowhere to hide? You find yourself putting down the controller, stepping back from the keyboard and mouse and just... stopping. Well, this episode is about those gaming breaks and how you find your way back in. From new formats to friends and family, there's always a way to get hooked back on the good stuff. To follow along with the Button Boys outside the podcast: Pierre - ⁠You Sit There, I’ll Stand Here⁠ Glenn - ⁠Please Sir, Glenn I Have Some Moore Glenn and Producer Ben - ⁠The Audience VS⁠ ⁠Sarah's Melbourne 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 Civilization VI Crusader Kings Persona 5 Resident Evil: Requiem Mewgenics Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Wavetale Age of Empires II Marvel’s Spider-Man Stardew Valley Call of Duty: Warzone Harvest Moon Halo: Combat Evolved Halo Infinite Arc Raiders Battlefield 1 Red Dead Redemption 2 Hell Let Loose The Last of Us Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Fallout 4 Final Fantasy IX The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt LittleBigPlanet 3 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Overcooked Unpacking PowerWash Simulator Dark Souls Produced and edited by Ben Drayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stop what you're doing and pay attention, because it's Button Boys time, capeesh? This week's episode is all about the games we're inexplicably terrible at. Crap at CoD? Feeble at FIFA? Deplorable at Dark Souls? The Boys take a long hard look in the mirror as they confront their, and the audience's, gaming flaws. But what have the Boys been up to? Pierre's providing the last line of defence for a planet via touch controls, Glenn's been let down by a flat attempt at a series spin-off, and Sarah's found a holiday game that they simply cannot win. All in all a busy week. To follow along with the Button Boys outside the podcast: Pierre - ⁠You Sit There, I’ll Stand Here⁠ Glenn - ⁠Please Sir, Glenn I Have Some Moore Glenn and Producer Ben - ⁠The Audience VS⁠ ⁠Sarah's Melbourne 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 Into the Breach Little Nightmares Dance Dance Revolution Two Point Campus God of War: Sons of Sparta Blasphemous Hercules Aladdin God of War: Ragnarök Ninja Gaiden Shinobi Tubedoku Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Lords of the Fallen L.A. Noire Among Us Guitar Hero Detroit: Become Human Heavy Rain Dark Souls Horizon Forbidden West Middle-earth: Shadow of War Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings Company of Heroes Total War: Shogun 2 Resident Evil 2 Disco Elysium Rocket League Elden Ring Split Fiction Hollow Knight: Silksong Call of Duty: Warzone Baldur’s Gate 3 Produced and edited by Ben Drayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Banging on your eardrums and vibrating your vestibular nerves, it's this week's episode of Button Boys so listen closely, as the topic is sounds. Sounds good, sounds bad, sounds you'll never forget. There are squelches, pings and rattles aplenty, and for the detectives amongst you, a little quiz at the end. But first, we catch up on what the gang are up to: Sarah's a little lost in the weeds with Expedition 33, Pierre's experiencing life as a mum through the medium of sci-fi grand strategy and Glenn has never watched Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Ever. Like, not once. To follow along with the Button Boys outside the podcast: Pierre - ⁠You Sit There, I’ll Stand Here⁠ Glenn - ⁠Please Sir, Glenn I Have Some Moore Glenn and Producer Ben - ⁠The Audience VS⁠ ⁠Sarah's Melbourne 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: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Nioh 3 Neopets Nioh Terra Invicta EVE Online Dark Souls Dark Souls II Dark Souls III Bloodborne Elden Ring Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings Blue Prince The Last of Us The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive Demon's Souls Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus LittleBigPlanet Abe's Oddysee Abe's Exoddus Hell Let Loose God of War P.T. Dorfromantik Red Dead Redemption 2 Cyberpunk 2077 Bioshock Infinite The Sinking City Produced and edited by Ben Drayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices