Episode 100: Game of The Year 2018

The time has come, once again, to place THE best games of the past year! It’s also our 100th episode so it’s a special seven-person double feature! That’s right: This time we’re placing DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF GAMES! Thats a total of TEN NEW GAMES! What will that mean for our episode equation? We’ll figure it out eventually! In the mean time, we’re happy to welcome Frankie and Cassidy of Let’s Steal A Podcast back to the show, And Chelsea has graciously allowed Dylan and Cameron back as well. Get ready for a special one, ‘cause here it comes! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, for Nintendo Switch; Hitman 2, for Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC; Return of the Obra Dinn, for PC; Marvel’s Spider-Man, for Playstation 4; Celeste, for Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC; Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, for Playstation 4, Xbox One and C; Flipping Death, for Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC; The Missing: JJ. Macfield and the Island of Memories, for Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC; LEGO DC Super-Villains, for Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC; and Super Mario Party, for Nintendo Switch. You can find the current list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Editor’s note: There’s a small spoiler for Celeste at about the 1 hour, 20 minute mark that lasts a minute or two.

Episode 99: The Shivah

Shalom, and welcome to the very late/very very very very early for 2019, Let’s Place Hanukkah Special! We have Alex and Maxie on as guests and Crystal has brought a guest of her own as well! We talk about the Tom and Jerry cartoonaverse, we have our very first ad break, and get sad about the lack of Jewish representation in games and game writing. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360; Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, for PC, Playstation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch; The Shivah, for PC; South Park: The Stick of Truth, for Playstations 3 and 4, Xboxes 360 and One, Nintendo Switch and PC; and Wolfenstein: The New Order, for Playstations 3 and 4, Xboxes 360 and One and PC. You can find the current list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 98: Liquidator 2: Welcome to Hell

We finally got the band back together! Luke is back in the pilot seat and Crystal and Chelsea have both been pushed back to co-piloting. That is, until Chelsea has to parachute out to go a family function. But no worries! We’ve got returning guest Lau, new guest Greg, and another surprise guest to help keep this thing in the air! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Dragon Ball: Xenoverse, for Playstations 3 and 4, Xboxes 360 and One, and PC; Liquidator 2: Welcome to Hell, for PC; Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, for Gamecube, Xbox, Playstations 2 and 3, and PC; Ratchet & Clank: Before the Nexus, for Android and iOS; and Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh, for PC. You can find the current list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 96: Burnstar

Chelsea wanted to record an episode, but Luke and Crystal were too busy. So, she decided it was about time to host one of her own! She managed to round up new guest Morrigan, and returning guest Matt, and together they manage to place five more games! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Dein Tierheim, for PC; F1 Racing Simulation, for PC; Burnstar, for Nintendo Switch and PC;

Episode 95: Skyrim

Once again, the time has come, to place video games! In addition to the usual hosts, we also have Jordan and Kay! Things happened! Let me be done with this episode already, I want to play Pokemon! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: The Perfect Golf, for Playstation; Snipperclips: Cut it out, together!, for Nintendo Switch; Skyrim, for everything; Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, for Playstations 3 and 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One; and Doodle Date, for PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 94: Team

It’s that time again! It’s Let’s Place! And we got an action-packed(?) episode for you this week! We got celebrity guests, like the Dominos’ man and his good friend Hatsune Miku! How Team compare Sonic Adventure? And Chelsea dies! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: XCOM: Enemy Unknown, for Android, iOS, PC, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360; Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F, for Playstation 3 and PS Vita; Team, for Atari ST; ClueFinders 3rd Grade Adventures, for PC; and Granblue Fantasy, for mobile things. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 93: Butterfly Soup

Let’s place is currently under a curse of us not being able to record in a timely manner and the editor has been sick and also busy with American Thanksgiving festivities so this is getting uploaded as soon as it could be reasonably done. Anyway, it’s time to give a leg up to one of the most poorly received genres on this show: Visual novels. Guests Emily and Frankie have joined forces to help us right this wrong. And it ends up being a little too righted. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Butterfly Soup, for PC; one night, hot springs, for PC and Mobile; Lone Wolf, for PC; We Know The Devil, for PC; And Hustle Cat, for PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 92: Viewtiful Joe

Happy birthday, Ryste!! Or, Happy not-birthday! Thank you for donating so much to our Extra Life efforts! So now, we’re placing five new games of your choosing! This time we’re joined by two all new guests, dubzy Alex and Pseudomuse Peter, as we dive into some big favorites and hidden gems, while dropping some hot takes along the way! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Kingdom Hearts II, for Playstation 2; Breath of Fire III, for Playstation, PSP and PS Vita; Bloody Roar II, for arcade, Playstation, Playstation 2 and PSP; Illusion of Gaia, for SNES; and Veiwtiful Joe, for Gamecube and Playstation 2. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 91: Mystery of The Nile

Chelsea’s Ice Cream Bowl: Vanilla Ice Cream, broken graham crackers, and maple syrup.

YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Mystery of The Nile, for PC; Star Trek, for PC; Axiens, for PC; Grim Fandango, for PC; and Doki Doki Literature Club, for PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 90: Brink

This time on Let’s Place, we have Matt and Frankie on to guest! With them, we discuss David Bowie’s tight, tight pants, Game.Com isn’t a website? It was a handheld system!? Very Adult Movies that got kids cartoons made for them, Chelsea’s List Vandalism, Matt sounds like a notable internet character, and one of the biggest disappointments in video game history. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Labyrinth, for NES; Ghostdream, for PC; Brink, for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC; Wheel of Fortune, for the Game.Com system; and Toxic Crusaders, for Genesis. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 89: Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi

Let’s Place is back, baby! And we intend to keep a weekly schedule for a while, so get used to seeing us! We’re joined this time by famed guests, Ava and Maxie, as we go to interplanetary war, stumble upon an awful indie game, go on a dragon quest, and once again argue what is and is not a game. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Schwarzschild IV: The Cradle End, for PC; A-10 Attack!, for PC; MechaNika, for PC and mobile devices; Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi, for SNES; and The Holotable, for PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 88: my father's long, long legs

It’s another episode of Let’s Place! We continue our march forward, this time joined by Kay and Jasmine! I don’t really remember what happened this episode, because I stopped thinking about it as soon as I was done editing it. But I’m sure it’s great and worth listening to! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers, for Nintendo Wii; Everybody Dies, for PC; Minesweeper, for PC; Accordion Hero, for PC; and my father’s long, long legs, for PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

(Before you write in to explain to me what I did wrong, I’ve been playing more since this episode and understand what I did wrong here.)

Episode 87: Minecraft

They say you shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth. Well, today, we had to look at one in a lot more places than that. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Tommy’s Stompers, for PC; BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, for Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, and PC; Lighthouse: The Dark Being, for PC; Minecraft, for pretty much everything; and Help! My Large Dog is Being Affectionate and I Need To Record My Objective Video Game Ranking Podcast, for PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 86: The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

The gang is fresh off of PAX West, but Crystal insisted, for some reason, that we should do a crossover episode with The Book of Mudora Podcast! Which turns out to be a huge mistake. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, for the NES; The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, for Nintendo 3DS; The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, for Nintendo 3DS; The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, for Wii and Wii U; and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, for Nintendo DS and Wii U. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 85: Deus Ex Machina, Live From PAX West 2018!

We were allowed to do another live show! This time, Luke, Crystal and Chelsea are joined by Ashley and Molly to place 5 new games at PAX West in Seattle! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Germ Crazy, for the Atari ST and Amiga; Beethoven's 2nd, for the Super Nintendo; Deus Ex Machina, for the ZX Spectrum, MSX, and Commodore 64; Bionicle: Mata Nui Adventure, for web browsers; and Neon Genesis Evangelion, for the Nintendo 64. Apologies for the poor audio quality but we're lucky we were able to record anything at all!

Episode 84: Locoland

Last episode was a lot, so we we got a nice little three-fer for you, and by the end you'll be seeing green. Or smoke. Or both. Y'know, from all the weed? Crystal is still using her sound board and Chelsea is?? Very Tired. And Luke tries his best to rein them both in to get through this one. Chelsea is also Very Tired as she writes this, so let's just wrap this up. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Pong, for...itself I guess; Locoland, for PC; Critical Mass (AKA Power), for PC; Roommania #203, for Dreamcast and Playstation 2; Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008, for Xbox 360 and PC; and Tom and Jerry World, for PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 83: Neocron

Iiiiit's a long one this time! We have 4 guests joining us to cover seven, no, wait, eight games! Luke, Chelsea, Crystal, Kay, Dustin, Emily and Cassandra all collectively lose their minds. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Eggs of Steel, for Playstation; Neocron, for PC; Astyanax, for the NES; Trivial Pursuit, for Mobile; LittleBigPlanet 2, for PS3; Sunset Overdrive, for Xbox One; and Score 3020, for PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 82: Sail Simulator 4

Hey look, another episode! Woooooooo!!! This time, we get out the big scissors and make some cuts; we reveal unknown facts about questionable cartoonists; and we find the best gaming rig of all time! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Persona 5, for Playstaion 3 and Playstation 4; Sail Simulator 4, for PC; Megamind: The Blue Defender, for Nintendo DS and PSP; Nicktoons Unite!, for Gamecube and Playstation 2; and Find The Invisible Cow, for PC and Mobile platforms. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 81: Company of Heroes

It's a quick one this time, as our three hosts convene to correctly place the games Crystal attempted to add to the list with her wretched hell machine. We also discuss the fact apparently this podcast actually does reflect the opinions of other people??? YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Company of Heroes, for PC; Hot Wheels: Velocity X, for PC, Gamecube, and Playstation 2; Wonderland Adventures, for PC; Pathfinder, for Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum; and Sea Hunt, for DOS. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.