Button Boys

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
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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
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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
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This week's topic is all about the maggot in the apple, the flaw in the diamond, the suspicious stain on the clean-smelling underwear. That's right, it's the parts of otherwise great games that we hate. Disgusting sound effects, tedious intros, impossible tasks and unfamiliar mechanics have all weaselled their way in to the Boys' all-time favourites.

But before that, they catch up on what they've been up to this week. Sarah's been developing a nepotistic empire, Glenn's teamed up for a puzzling hike and Pierre's losing himself to one of the most satisfying games he's ever played.

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:

Kynseed

Stardew Valley

Crusader Kings

Mewgenics

The Occultist

Darkwood

Split Fiction

Big Walk

Untitled Goose Game

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Heavy Rain

Sandustry

Dorfromantik

Factorio

A Game About Digging A Hole

Star Fox

007 First Light

Marvel's Wolverine

Princess Peach: Showtime!

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

It Takes Two

Blue Prince

Red Dead Redemption 2

The Simpsons: Hit & Run

Grand Theft Auto III

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

The Blood of Dawnwalker

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Alien: Isolation

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead

Fortnite

Total War: Warhammer

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Produced and edited by Ben Drayton
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If you missed out on the first ever Button Boys LIVE, don't worry, we remembered to record it! This week, the Boys had to pitch their worst-ever game ideas to an audience at Leicester Square Theatre. After a few minor technical hitches, Sarah came straight out of the gates with an avian-themed game for the gerontophiles among us, Pierre set out his vision for a drone-controlled dating sim and Glenn's idea... well, I think you need to hear it for yourself.

But before all that, they catch up on what they've been up to, with Glenn playing a nephew game, Sarah trying to lower expectations with the latest Marvel game and Pierre returning 18th-century warfare with the Swedes in his sights.

To follow along with the Button Boys outside the podcast:

⁠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:

Heavy Rain

Master of Command

Empire: Total War

Marvel's Wolverine

Dynasty Warriors

The Blood of Dawnwalker

CONTROL Resonant

Crimson Desert

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Inside

LittleBigPlanet

Octodad

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

QWOP

Streets of Rage

Metal Gear Solid

Half-Life: Alyx

Planet Coaster

RollerCoaster Tycoon

GoldenEye 007

Gran Turismo

Dark Souls

Assassin's Creed II

Resident Evil 2

Until Dawn

Produced and edited by Ben Drayton
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