Button Boys

This week we're headed to Tinseltown, doll. That's right, the dream factory has come a-knockin' and it's time to talk about the best and worst movie tie-in games. From scantily clad babes performing kung fu moves to top-down tactical thrillers, the Boys dissect the mainly terrible, but sometimes great, film forays into gaming, as well as which films are absolutely ripe for adaptation. But before all that, they discuss their games of the week, with Sarah catching up on one of Glenn's early gaming recommendations, Pierre's being absolutely dominated throughout the ages and Glenn's becoming souls-obsessed with two very different takes on the genre. To follow along with the Button Boys outside the podcast: ⁠⁠⁠Pierre⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Sarah⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Glenn⁠ 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 Heavy Rain 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: Killer Frequency IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator Iron Lung The Outlast Trials Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings Heavy Rain Mortal Shell Mortal Shell II Lies of P Bloodborne Valor Mortis BioShock Infinite Ghostrunner Ghostrunner II Superhot Kingdom Come: Deliverance Mirror's Edge Still Wakes the Deep Cairn The Simpsons: Hit & Run The Simpsons Wrestling The Simpsons: Road Rage Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Aliens: Dark Descent Alien: Isolation Charlie's Angels Dead or Alive 007: The World is Not Enough Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles GoldenEye 007 Pirates of the Caribbean Kingdom Hearts II Disney's Hercules Disney's Tarzan The Lion King Aladdin Fortnite Dead by Daylight Enter the Matrix The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth The Warriors Die Hard Trilogy Stuart Little: Big City Adventures Small Soldiers Toy Story 3 A Bug's Life The Sum of All Fears Conflict: Desert Storm Batman: Arkham Asylum Dead Space Wax Heads Produced and edited by Ben Drayton Produced and edited by Ben Drayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was a dark and stormy night, the wind howled against the rain-speckled windows of Pierre's shed. Inside, three hooded figures gathered around a tea-stained table, pushed aside their podcast microphones and began an unholy chant. Lightning crackled through the brooding sky as, within the walls of the haunted chamber, the spookiest games were summoned forth. That's right, it's Halloween week, and the Boys are back to recount the scariest moments of the year. Pierre's been haunted by late-night shopping anomalies, Sarah's spooked by their offshore adventures and Glenn's unnerved by revisiting his safe havens. Plus a long list of terrifying tales from the Discord. But before all that, the Boys catch up on what they've been playing this week. Pierre has found such a Pierre game: maths and war. What more could the man want? Sarah's headed back to the 70s to get fired before things go awry and Glenn's got his adrenaline fix as he speeds around planets in a galaxy far, far away. To follow along with the Button Boys outside the podcast: ⁠⁠⁠Pierre⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Sarah⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Glenn⁠ 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 Heavy Rain 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: IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator Iron Lung Pillars of Eternity Still Wakes the Deep Silent Hill: Townfall Dark Souls Perky Little Things Dorfromantik Blue Prince Horizon Zero Dawn Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Assassin's Creed Valhalla Scarface: The World Is Yours Halloween: The Game Dordogne Grand Theft Auto V FIFA 09 BioShock 2 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City BioShock Infinite Star Wars: Galactic Racer Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Star Wars Zero Company Burnout Cuphead Midnight Shift The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu Among Us Resident Evil Requiem Resident Evil 7 Resident Evil 2 Little Nightmares II Outlast Firewatch Big Walk 3D Movie Maker Prince of Persia Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise Crash Bandicoot Metal Gear Solid Bloodborne Elden Ring Produced and edited by Ben Drayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've all had one of those days: just missing the bus, stepping in a deep puddle, pissing ourselves a little bit. But none of us have had the kinds of days that gaming protagonists routinely face. From severed limbs to shipwrecks, we subject our digital avatars to the worst possible experiences. This week the Boys discuss the absolute worst of it. Crawling through sewers, being flayed alive, catching TB or living under a tyrannical Sims player. All bad stuff, but who has it the worst? Before that, though, we catch up on what the Boys have been playing. Sarah's finally catching up on a sequel in one of their favourite franchises, Pierre's finding he's not getting the same hit from a cosy classic and Glenn's mildly underwhelmed but not surprised by an emerging sequel. To follow along with the Button Boys outside the podcast: Thanks again to all those who came to Button Boys Live at Leicester Square Theatre. If you missed it, we're doing another live date on October 15th in Balham at the Cheerful Earful festival. Link below! ⁠⁠⁠Cheerful Earful Festival Live Show⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Pierre⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Sarah⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Glenn⁠ 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 Heavy Rain 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: Dredge Outlast Marvel's Spider-Man Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Baldur's Gate 3 Alan Wake II Starfield Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Dorfromantik 007 First Light Indiana Jones and the Great Circle HITMAN World of Assassination GoldenEye 007 Marvel's Wolverine Big Walk Split Fiction Star Wars: Galactic Racer Gears of War: E-Day The Last of Us Counter-Strike Silent Hill: Townfall Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Dead Space 2 DOOM Age of Empires Kingdom Come: Deliverance Resident Evil 2 Resident Evil Requiem Papers, Please INSIDE The Sims Red Dead Redemption 2 The Drifter Dark Souls Luigi's Mansion Bloodborne Heavy Rain Angry Birds Little Nightmares Tomb Raider Rise of the Tomb Raider PAC-MAN Produced and edited by Ben Drayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Much like side streets, side arms, side tables, side dishes and sidemen, can provoke surprisingly strong feelings. This week we're going off the beaten track, ignoring the main objective and tackling the good, the bad and the ugly of secondary storylines. We've got drunken foolery, farting pigs and complete letdowns. But enough about the hosts, on with the podcast! As always, the Boys catch up on what they've been playing this week. Glenn's leaning into spooky season with not only a horrifyingly nostalgic trip to the Scottish Isles but also a video game-themed trip to the cinema. Meanwhile, Sarah's throwing tradition to the wind as they discuss a game they're planning on playing which is like "Breath of the Wild, but good". To follow along with the Button Boys outside the podcast: Thanks again to all those who came to Button Boys Live at Leicester Square Theatre. If you missed it, we're doing another live date on October 15th in Balham at the Cheerful Earful festival. Link below! ⁠⁠Cheerful Earful Festival Live Show⁠ ⁠⁠Pierre⁠ ⁠⁠Sarah⁠ ⁠⁠Glenn⁠ 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 Heavy Rain 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: Immortals Fenyx Rising The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Dead Space 2 SILENT HILL: Townfall P.T. Observation Stories Untold Alien: Isolation Visage MADiSON The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Shadow of the Colossus Onimusha: Way of the Sword Ghost of Tsushima Cyberpunk 2077 Dark Souls God of War Red Dead Redemption 2 Grand Theft Auto IV The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Horizon Zero Dawn Yakuza: Like a Dragon Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Animal Crossing Assassin's Creed II Dredge Mass Effect 2 Baldur's Gate 3 Pokémon Red Version Pokémon Blue Version The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Grand Theft Auto V Split Fiction Orbitals Hitman World of Assassination Indiana Jones and the Great Circle LittleBigPlanet 3 Produced and edited by Ben Drayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week the Boys try to settle the debate raging across the country: which historical or futuristic period makes the best setting for a game? From early symbolic thought through to space travel across the outer reaches of the universe, gaming covers every era, but which one suits it best? Before all that, we check in on Glenn to see how he's dealing with the social media backlash to his Crimson Desert comments and discuss perhaps the most impressive listener contribution to date: a functioning version of Pierre's Commander Sexy pitch. Links below. Pierre continues his quest to get to the bottom of the sandpit, Glenn asks the big questions about The Sims and Sarah attempts to breed on a scale even Elon Musk would be jealous of. Commander Sexy Dev Log - Sam Kennard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiV23COOrpo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEhOa6tONkg To follow along with the Button Boys outside the podcast: Thanks again to all those who came to Button Boys Live at Leicester Square Theatre. If you missed it, we're doing another live date on October 15th in Balham at the Cheerful Earful festival. Link below! ⁠⁠Cheerful Earful Festival Live Show⁠ ⁠⁠Pierre⁠ ⁠⁠Sarah⁠ ⁠⁠Glenn⁠ 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 Heavy Rain 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: Crimson Desert Sandustry Heavy Rain A Game About Digging A Hole Factorio Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings The Sims Lemmings Helldivers Mewgenics The Binding of Isaac Overcooked! Into the Breach This War of Mine Wildermyth Cult of the Lamb Minesweeper Silent Hill: Townfall Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Atomfall Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception 007 First Light The Getaway Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny Ghost of Tsushima Ghost of Yōtei Shogun: Total War Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Like a Dragon: Ishin! Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Life is Strange Mixtape Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Lake Grand Theft Auto VI Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Bloodborne Assassin's Creed Syndicate The Sinking City The Sinking City 2 The Sexy Brutale Dishonored Cossacks The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim The Witcher The Blood of Dawnwalker Immortality BioShock Alone in the Dark Assassin's Creed Odyssey Kingdom Come: Deliverance Red Dead Redemption Red Dead Redemption 2 Crusader Kings Forge of Empires Produced and edited by Ben Drayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices