Button Boys

With Pierre off in Japan and Sarah still salty about their recent loss over on Patreon, we decided to dedicate a whole episode to The Last of Us games. And who better to join us than the award-winning journalist, author, host of My Perfect Console and friend of the show, Simon 'Podcast' Parkin. Simon edited the recently announced Look for the Light: The Last of Us Anthology, which contains interviews, essays and critical dispatches. While putting it together he caught up with Neil Druckmann himself to reflect on the making of the games and their cultural impact. We'll also catch up with what they've been playing, with World Cup mashups, addictive dice games and real-life robberies, and Simon reveals his dream podcast guest (excluding the Button Boys of course). My Perfect Console 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: Slice & Dice MARVEL SNAP Clash Royale Slay the Spire 7a0 33 Immortals Spiritfarer Jotun Bastion Helldivers Hades Pokémon GO 007: First Light The Last of Us Age of Empires II Mixtape Dark Souls Bloodborne Jax and Daxter Manhunt Medal of Honor Boom Blox Produced and edited by Ben Drayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NEWS FLASH! Button Boys is going LIVE. September 15th, Leicester Square, 7pm. Tickets go on sale 15th June with a pre-sale for our Patreon members. Head over to Patreon to find out more information and follow the link below to book. The pale horseman approaches this week and beckons to you with his skeletal finger to come follow him to the Great Beyond, where you'll find this episode of Button Boys playing on loop. If you haven't guessed already, this week it's all about death in games, from the shocking to the humiliating and everything in between. The Boys share their frustrations, their tears and their most embarrassing untimely demises. While Pierre's been keeping his beefed-up fingers crossed for an Age of Empires win, Sarah, Glenn and Producer Ben have dived headfirst into the glitz and glamour of the gaming industry at the press night for the latest James Bond game, 007: First Light. They got their fill of casinos, canapés and casual outies. But were they left shaken or stirred? Tune in to find out. If you're interested in what the Boys are up to, below are some links to find out more: Button Boys LIVE 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: Below the Crown Duskers Pac-Man Among Us LIMBO Inside Call of the Elder Gods Call of the Sea Firewatch Tekken 8 Street Fighter VI Mortal Kombat XI Planet of Lana God of War Borderlands Super Mario Bros. Wonder It Takes Two Sniper Elite 3 Max Payne Hell Let Loose Call of Duty: Warzone Dead Space 2 Dark Souls Sekiro Fallout 4 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Dark Souls III Red Dead Redemption 2 The Walking Dead Disco Elysium The Last of Us Part II Tetris Dr. Mario Terra Invicta Age of Empires Command & Conquer Super Meat Boy A Plague Tale: Requiem Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Frostpunk Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Sonic the Hedgehog Alien: Isolation REANIMAL Little Nightmares III Cronos: The New Dawn Abe's Oddysee Until Dawn Directive 8020 Produced and edited by Ben Drayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices