Button Boys

Hate to Love: The Games that Converted Us

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 [https://www.pierrenovellie.com/] If you can't get enough Button Boys content, head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [patreon.com/ButtonBoys], 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 [https://www.instagram.com/buttonboyspod/] or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.tiktok.com/@buttonboyspod] 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 [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

CEX Appeal: The Gift Game

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 [https://www.pierrenovellie.com/] If you can't get enough Button Boys content, head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [patreon.com/ButtonBoys], 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 [https://www.instagram.com/buttonboyspod/] or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.tiktok.com/@buttonboyspod] 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 [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Guns, Worms and Steel: Gaming’s Best Weapons

Slap on your scabbards and cock your pistols, it's another episode of Button Boys. This week we're rummaging around the gaming arsenal to find our most beloved weapons. From battle axes to bazookas, howitzers to holy hand grenades, we've got it covered. As always, we catch up on what the Boys have been playing, with Pierre beguiled by kingly fortunes, Sarah borrowing a stone-cold classic puzzle-platformer and Glenn splitting his time between a handsome roguelite and gas station customers in gastric distress. Stay tuned to the end as we reveal the winner of last week's game pitch competition. Will Glenn's bartender, Pierre's Benedictine monk or Sarah's brain-starved zombies win out? To follow along with the Button Boys outside the podcast: Pierre - ⁠You Sit There, I'll Stand Here⁠ [https://www.pierrenovellie.com/] If you can't get enough Button Boys content, head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [patreon.com/ButtonBoys], 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 [https://www.instagram.com/buttonboyspod/] or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.tiktok.com/@buttonboyspod] for highlights, behind-the-scenes content and future podcast announcements. Games Mentioned in this week's episode: * Hell Let Loose: Vietnam * 9 Kings * Spelunky * Hades * Dead Cells * Dorfromantik * Slay the Spire * Balatro * Terra Nil * Heroes of Might and Magic V * Inside * Uncharted 4: A Thief's End * Little Nightmares * Saros * Returnal * Pragmata * InKONBINI * Promise Mascot Agency * Lake * Discounty * Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth * Hell Let Loose * Call of Duty: Warzone * Medal of Honor * Wolfenstein II * Doom: The Dark Ages * Children of the Sun * Turok * Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 * Dark Souls * Team Fortress 2 * Horizon Zero Dawn * PowerWash Simulator * TimeSplitters 2 * Death Stranding * Jedi: Survivor * Jedi Power Battles * Final Fantasy XII * Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree * Gears of War Produced and edited by Ben Drayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

O Captain! My Captain Price: What We've Learned from Gaming

Take out your textbooks and turn to Button Boys. It's officially the Winnie-the-Pooh episode (because of the bingo call, not because the Boys have no clothes on from the waist down). This week, it's time for a spot of revision as Glenn, Pierre and Sarah look back at what they've learned from video games. From the Byzantines to sashimi, the Boys discover that their countless hours of gaming haven't all been for nothing. But before that, we catch up on what they've been playing. Pierre's come to the end of an epic journey, Sarah's been sharing their horrifying experiences and Glenn's come to grips with the state of humanity in a post-apocalyptic world. To follow along with the Button Boys outside the podcast: Pierre - ⁠You Sit There, I'll Stand Here⁠ [https://www.pierrenovellie.com/] ⁠Sarah's New York show [https://ci.ovationtix.com/35583/production/1272463?utm_source=ProAPIIntegration] If you can't get enough Button Boys content, head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [patreon.com/ButtonBoys], 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 [https://www.instagram.com/buttonboyspod/] or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.tiktok.com/@buttonboyspod] for highlights, behind-the-scenes content and future podcast announcements. Games Mentioned in this week's episode: * Terra Invicta * Baldur's Gate 3 * Blue Prince * Hell Let Loose * Crusader Kings III * Hearts of Iron IV * Mouse P.I. For Hire * Tides of Tomorrow * Road 96 * Dark Souls * Little Nightmares III * Reanimal * It Takes Two * Age of Empires * Europa Universalis IV * Rome: Total War * The Da Vinci Code * maimai * Medal of Honor: Allied Assault * Yakuza: Like a Dragon * Persona 5 * The Last of Us Part II * The Getaway * Assassin's Creed * Dance Dance Revolution * Grand Theft Auto IV * The Thing: Remastered * Lushfoil Photography Sim * Venba * Hades * God of War * Séance of Blake Manor * RuneScape * Kingdom Come: Deliverance * Ghost of Yōtei * Kerbal Space Program * War Thunder * The Boba Teashop Produced and edited by Ben Drayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

The Great Game Pitch-Off

Say bye-bye April and hi-hi to this week's episode of Button Boys, not to be confused with the global smash-hit podcast Bunting Boys, who claim to "put the bants in bunts". Back from the far reaches of the globe the Boys have been set the task of pitching their dream games. Each host takes it in turns to talk you through their vision and win your hearts. Head over to Discord to vote on what you think could be the Button Boys' first billion-dollar franchise. But before they go all Jordan Belfort on you, the Boys catch up on what they've been playing over the last few weeks. Sarah's found themself straddling the old and new, Pierre's got his hands on an early access code for one of his favourite franchises and Glenn's been hanging out with an underage android. Press play to find out why that's not problematic. To follow along with the Button Boys outside the podcast: Pierre - ⁠You Sit There, I'll Stand Here⁠ [https://www.pierrenovellie.com/] ⁠Sarah's New York show [https://ci.ovationtix.com/35583/production/1272463?utm_source=ProAPIIntegration] If you can't get enough Button Boys content, head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [patreon.com/ButtonBoys], 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 [https://www.instagram.com/buttonboyspod/] or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.tiktok.com/@buttonboyspod] for highlights, behind-the-scenes content and future podcast announcements. Games Mentioned in this week's episode: * Pokémon Red * Pokémon Scarlet * Stardew Valley * Pokémon: Let’s Go * A Short Hike * Hell Let Loose: Vietnam * Vampire Crawlers * Vampire Survivors * Blue Prince * Pragmata * The Last of Us * Dead Space * Mass Effect * Alan Wake * Pipe Dream * Crusader Kings III * Age of Empires * The Sims * Doki Doki Literature Club! * The Sims: Spooky Stuff * Discounty * Dave the Diver * Coffee Talk * Tavern Talk * This War of Mine * Commandos 3 * Until Dawn Produced and edited by Ben Drayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]