At last! We reach the final entry of our Games of The Decades mini series! Which game will come out on top? Maxie and Cassandra are here to help us decide! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling, for PC and coming to Nintendo Switch; Xenoblade Chronicles X, for Wii U; Dragon Age: Inquisition, for Playstations 3 and 4, Xboxes 360 and One, and PC; Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360; and Outer Wilds, for Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.
Episode 124: Game of The 2000s
We did it, everyone, we survived Y2K and we're gonna live to game on! We enter the new millennium with our guests, Fabby and Nick, to find a gaming renaissance! Video games had never been so good! I mean, probably at least! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Metroid Prime, for Gamecube; Mighty Jill Off, for PC; Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, for Gamecube; Pathologic, for PC; and Rock Band 2, for Playstations 2 and 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.
Episode 122: Game of The 80s
This episode is coming out on the Thursday of the last full week of November, so you know what that means! It’s time for us to find the best game from the 1980s! After last week’s drought, the 80s are gushing forth with all the classics you recognize! And Crystal brings some obscure game to the table, and that’s absolutely valid. You already know how much we ❤ the 80s, so let’s get on with the Donkey Kong! (Disclaimer: We do not Place Donkey Kong on this episode.) YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE, LIKE, TOTALLY: Burger Time, for Arcade, NES, PC and Wii; Street Fighter, for Arcade, PC and Wii; Frogger, for just about everything; Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken, for NES and PC; and Super Mario Bros. 3, for NES, Arcade, and several other Nintendo consoles. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.
Episode 121: Game of The 70s
We’re closing in on the end of a decade, so we’re going to be looking back at the last half century to find the best game in each of the last five decades! We’re starting with the 70s, where the pants had bell bottoms and the video game selections were few. We grabbed previous guests Dan or Jordan and we did…kind of our best, to decide the five best games of the 70s and put them all head to head! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Oregon Trail, for PC; Breakout, for Arcade, PC and Xbox 360; Hunt The Wumpus, for PC; Colossal Cave Adventure, for PC; And Space Invaders, for Arcade, PC, iOS, NES. Game Boy and Wii. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.
Episode 120: Garfield
After a brief hiatus, we’re back! Luke and Chelsea are joined by Crystal calling in from the Beetlejuice after life in order to munch some aliens, argue about the definition of “video game” some more, be disappointed by a cruise director, half-remember a JRPG from last year, and join the yakuza! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: The Munchables, for Wii; Garfield, for Playstation 2; Vacation Adventures: Cruise Director 2, for PC; Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom, for Playstation 4 and PC; and Yakuza 0, for Playstation 3 and Playstation 4. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.
Read MoreEpisode 119: Hotel Mario
Let’s Place is back home in the studio once again! We’ve got returning, introduced guest Alexa, and all-time favorite guest Frankie back! We’re back on our bullshit, and Chelsea has a hard time staying awake because almost none of the games this episode are interesting, and also she can’t really remember what happens so that’s the end of the description! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, for Playstations 3 and 4, Xbox One and PC; Zeus, for PC; Ennuigi, for PC; Quest For The Golden Eggcup, for PC; and Hotel Mario, for CD-i. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.
Episode 118: Cookie's Bustle, Live From PAX West!
We went to PAX West again! Crystal unfortunately couldn't make it out this time, but we were rejoined by Ashley and Molly to talk about childhood mysteries, misbegotten sequels, espionage, ROCK 'N ROLLLLL, and... whatever the hell Cookie's Bustle is?? YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Iggy's Reckin' Balls, for Nintendo 64; Deus Ex Machina 2, for PC; Totally Spies! Totally Party, for Playstation 2 and Nintendo Wii; KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child, for Sega Dreamcast and PC; and Cookie's Bustle, for PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace
Episode 117: Halo: Combat Evolved
Let’s Place is taking to the stars to place five games that take place in spaaaaace! Specifically, five games from the Halo series! And we have guests! Once again we have Jordan! And finally making her return, Julie is back! As we place, we talk about Tetris houses, the upsetting number of games on the list, heartfelt gifts and first jobs, and disappointing sequels. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Halo: Combat Evolved, for PC, Xbox and Xbox 360; Halo 2, for Windows and Xbox; Halo 3, for Xbox 360; Halo 4, for Xbox 360; and Halo 5: Guardians, for Xbox One. That was the easiest games this week I’ve ever written. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace
Epsiode 116: Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of a New World
It’s another Let’s Place Birthday party! This time we have Dylan, who has NOT provided us with a themed list of games, but that’s totally reasonable. Let’s get this party started! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Legends of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel, for Playstation 3, PS Vita and PC; Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, for Nintendo Gamecube; Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic, for Xbox, mobile devices and PC; Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of a New World, for Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii; and Dying Light, for Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.
Episode 115: Winter Sports 2: The Next Challenge
Once again we return to place five new games! And we also come with an announcement: Let’s Place well be back at PAX West this year to do another panel! But in the meantime, returning guests Ava and Lambda join us to place games about harmless wolves, women’s rights, pie stats, digital curling, and feeding crab meat to seagulls. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Under Zero, for PC; Viking Sisters, for PC; Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls, for PC; Winter Sports 2: The Next Challenge, for Nintendo DS; and Forbidden Fruit, for PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.
Episode 113: E3 2019 Edition
Merry E3, Gamers! It’s just the three of us this time, bringing you a totally epic prediction of who’s going to WIN at E3 this year! So grab your Doritos and ‘Dew and buckle up tight for a ride that’ll change your LIFE!
I don’t know if that attracted people or scared them away. Anyway, YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Gahan Wilson’s The Ultimate Haunted House, for PC; Home Alone, for the NES; Egg Monster Hero, for the Nintendo DS and mobile devices; The Political Machine, for PC; and Popeye, for…a lot of things, including Arcade, NES, PC and others. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace
Episode 112: Hello Mr. President
You know, when it’s not some kind of special episode, I don’t really know how to start writing the description. But nonetheless, we have five games, as usual, to place today! and Two wonderful guests, Ashley and Frankie! And all together, we find our missing neighbor, fight with Bill Clinton, discover French-Canadian Video Game Beef, break out of restrictive ideas of how one can vote on this show, and take a long, long bus ride through the desert. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: 007 3/4: Disappearance Time, for PC; Hello Mr. President, for PC; Têtards, for PC; ARKANOID Plus!, for Wii; and Desert Bus, for mobile devices and PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.
Episode 111: Detective Pikachu
Get your popcorn and candy ready, because let’s place is going to the movies! Returning guests Jordan and Dylan join us again for an episode that will have you on the edge of your seat and shaking in your D-Boxes! Also Chelsea get’s kind of tired and grumpy near the end, so apologies in advanced. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Movie, for PC; The Movies, for PC; Street Fighter: The Movie, for arcade; The LEGO Movie Videogame, for Xbox 360 and One, Playstations 3 and 4, Wii U and PC; and Detective Pikachu, for Nintendo 3DS. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.
Episode 110: Pro Jumper! Guilty Gear Tangent!?
We skipped a week because we were busy with stuff! Get off out backs! We have two guests, like a lot of the time! Returning is everyone’s favorite Lexi! And introducing the brand new, Lambda! On this episode, we discuss the fact that it’s Chelsea’s birthday when recording, how milk is stored in the heart, murder is bad, and then we proceed to murder Leisure Suit Larry from the list! Chelsea tries to do a thing with card suits and Luke makes it weird, we learn about the laws of equivalent exchange, Venom gets a new car, and a professional jumper goes streaking around the world. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Dear Agent; Harley Pasternak's Hollywood Workout; Portal 2; Tokyo Jungle; Yaris; and Pro Jumper! Guilty Gear Tangent!? You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.
Episode 109: Handball Manager 2007: World Edition
Another week, another five new games! Maxie is back again, and we welcome newcomer Dan to the show! We get a studio audience to come in for the minimum time we could contract them for, Maxie tries to give us some bullshit about crosswords, we follow Moonboy though a sleepy journey, we look at an H game without the H, meet the greatest Handball player of all time, and Chelsea roasts an apparent adolescent classic! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Shuffle 15, for PC; Sleepwalker’s Journey, for mobile devices and PC; Mermaid no Kisetsu, for Playstation; Handball Manager 2007: World Edition, for PC; and Bullettime Fighting, for PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.
Episode 108: Trauma Center: Second Opinion
I refuse to believe they’re the same person.
This week, we all fly in to see Emily at the hospital and record in her room. But the only way the hospital would let us do this was they made us agree to place games about hospitals and diseases. So we obliged. Also we wouldn’t have been able to fit a lot of recording junk into the room, so we recorded with OBS, in case you were wondering about this episode’s audio quality. Anyway, let’s get on some scrubs and wash our hands to place some games! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Trauma Center: Under The Knife, for Nintendo DS; Trauma Center: Second Opinion, for Nintendo Wii; Surgeon Simulator 2013, for PC; Plague, Inc, Evolved, for PC; and Two Point Hospital, for PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.
Episode 107: Bee Odyssey
And again, we return. Once again, we have assembled the finest panel of judges to rank another five games. Guesting, we have fan favorite, Matt, and newcomer Sofi, as well as a mystery guest to fill in where Crystal could not be. As we go, we’ll be discussing how maybe not everyone loves Raymond, whether of not Shrek is Dreck, how Chelsea still holds a grudge against Moby Games, and illegal video games. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Professional Lumberjack 2015, for PC; The Strangers, for PC; Make Room for Mush, for PC; Bee Odyssey for Android and iOS; and Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story, for SNES. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.
Episode 106: Lucky Charms Memory Machine
We’re finally back again! And we’ve forgotten how this show works! Somewhat sadly, we don’t have guests, and we find ourselves wondering why. But we can’t worry about it for too long, because we have a show to do! a job to do. To place another five games! And that’s exactly what we do. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Dragon Age: Origins, for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC; Narcosis, for Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC; Surfin’ Sam: Attack of the Aqualites, for Wii U; Lucky Charms Memory Machine, for PC?; and Pokémon Puzzle League, for Nintendo 64 and Wii. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.
Episode 105: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Let’s Place is back, with a new voting system! Does it work? Does it not? We haven’t really decided yet! Kinda seems like it caused people to both be too quiet and also talk over each other too much! But yeah, we got Maxie back, and a brand new friendo: Alexa! And so many tangents about Adam Sandler movies for God knows what reason! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Pocket Mirror, for PC; Tower of Doom, for Intellivision, Xbox 360 and PC; Holy Diver, for NES; The Perplexing Orb, for Wii U; and ET The Extraterrestrial, for Atari 2600. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.
Episode 104: Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
It’s that time again! It’s time to place some new games! I don’t know why I’m so excited, we do this almost every week. We got guests this week! Kasey! and Jordan! We discuss weird energies, possible Paul tribute games, three-dee-o boobs, Chelsea makes a bunch of funny jokes, Ys rises like bread, and a Sonic comparable to ‘06. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Super Street Fighter II Turbo: HD Remix, for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360; Smurf It!, for PC; Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC; Ys Seven, for PSP, PS Vita and PC; and Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, for Wii U. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.