Party Select

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games.

We are at the quarter century mark (big yikes) so let's take a look back at the best games to come out in the last 25 years! Rather than make a collective list like we usually do with Game of the Year, this time we're just celebrating our individual Top 25s with a countdown.

Games discusses (spoilers!)

7 Days to Di...

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games.

The state of the world and the state of the video game industry continue to be pretty dire, so let's all disassociate together and chat about some fun (and not so fun) video games! We also go deep on the ROG Xbox Ally X and what it means for the future of Xbox consoles, talk through our most anticipated games relea...

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games.

In this episode, the boys travel back in time to the era of The Two Towers, Chamber of Secrets, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, and Tom Brady's first Super Bowl win (gross). It's 2002 and there are also good video games.

Games discussed: Animal Crossing, Battlefield 1942, Crimson Sea, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Gi...

We watched all the Summer Game Fest conferences and only some of them were a waste of time! Hear our thoughts on the biggest games shown at PlayStation State of Play, Xbox Games Showcase, Future Games Show, Wholesome Direct, PC Gaming Show, Day of the Devs, and Summer Game Fest proper!

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Join our party for game reviews, retrospectives, rankings, reactions, rants, and a bunch of other random stuff.

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Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games.

Cody is back from his European honeymoon and the boys have a lot to yap about: the biggest May releases (and plenty of older games), predictions and (low) expectations for Summer Game Fest announcements, an important update on our Fantasy Critic league, the biggest gaming releases in June (we're looking at you, Nin...

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games.

In this episode, the boys travel back to 2001 when the video game chicks were thicc and the video game dudes were thicker. The attitude era of the 90s was over but some of the hardcore angsty names remained. Here are the worst video games of 2001!

Games discussed: Batman: Gotham City Racer, Batman: Vengeance, Blood...

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games.

Cody is on his honeymoon so it's a throwback to The Shea Hates Everything Podcast! Shea and Kyle catch up on some of the biggest April releases, chat about Microsoft matching Nintendo's game price increases, wax poetic about the sorry state of legacy games media, and highlight some of the big games coming out in Ma...

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games.

In this episode, the boys take a trip back to middle school in 2001 and discuss the absolute best games of the year.

Games discussed: Advance Wars, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Black & White, Burnout, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Dark Cloud, Devil May Cry, Dynasty Warriors 3, Final Fantasy X, Fusion Frenzy, Golden Su...

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games.

In this episode, Shea, Kyle, and Cody have opinions about that Nintendo Switch 2 Direct and some of the pricing info that's come out in the wake of the event. But besides shattering Nintendo fanboy dreams, the guys catch up on some of the big releases from March, take a walk down memory lane on some mediocre PS3/36...

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games.

In this episode, we're taking a look back at our favorite video games of the 90s and determining which ones go down as the all-timers. As we say in the video, every game we talk about here is amazing, so please don't hate us if we cut one of your favorites!

Games discussed (in alphabetical order): Army Men 3D, Banj...

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games.

In this episode of Party Select, Shea, Kyle, and Cody introduce a few new segments: Game Select, where the guys dive deep on a game they've all been playing each month; Playlist, where they catch up on everything else they've been playing; Critical Hits, where each of them brings a discussion topic for the rest of ...

Welcome to Party Select, where two dudes and a guy who’s their friend talk about the best thing there is: video games.

It's our first episode! Shea, Cody, and Kyle introduce themselves by talking about their earliest gaming memories, biggest gaming achievements, favorites types of games, and what you can expect from the Party Select Podcast. It's gonna be a fun time!

CHAPTERS

00:00:00 - Intro and Shea's Quick Question 00:02:53 - ...

(not clickbait) Shea and Kyle are back for one final episode of the Shea Hates Everything Podcast, but don't worry, we've got big things in the works! This isn't the end.

CHAPTERS

(00:00:10) Intro and Today I Hate

(00:01:19) Podcast Update

(00:17:16) Animal Well

(00:27:41) Dynasty Warriors Origins

(00:40:54) Sulfur

(00:44:39) Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

(00:47:57) Killzone

(00:53:11) Wanted: Weapons of Fate

(01...

Some games are good. A lot of games aren't. Shea and Kyle depart on a podcast journey through time and space (mostly time) to tell you, with an unearned level of authority, which 2024 video games do not suck.

In this episode, the brothers are pleasantly surprised to learn they played a lot of the same games for once! 

CHAPTERS

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:05:35) 7 Days to Die

(00:12:07) Alan Wake 2 Expansion Pass Content

(00:18:27...

As a lead-in to our actual Game of the Year podcast, Games That Don't Suck 2024, Kyle and Shea are breaking down their favorite games (and some of their not favorite games) in a variety of categories. This episode focuses in on the best surprise games, best astro bots, best games delayed out of 2024, and best styyyyyle.

Games discussed (in alphabetical order): Abiotic Factor, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Astro Bot, Avowed, Balatro, Cr...

As a lead-in to our actual Game of the Year podcast, Games That Don't Suck 2024, Kyle and Shea are breaking down their favorite games (and some of their not favorite games) in a variety of categories. This episode focuses in on the best old games we played in 2024, the best writing, the best music, and the worst characters of the year.

Games discussed (in alphabetical order): Alan Wake 2: The Lake House, Another Crab's Treasure, As...

As a lead-in to our actual Game of the Year podcast, Games That Don't Suck 2024, Kyle and Shea are breaking down their favorite games (and some of their not favorite games) in a variety of categories. This episode focuses in on the best moments, worst mechanics, best characters, and okayest games of the year.

Games discussed (in alphabetical order): Alan Wake 2, Anger Foot, Another Crab's Treasure, Astro Bot, Call of Duty: Black Op...

Originally launching in the U.S. in 1998, Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow have been a big part of our lives for almost our entire lives. But which ones have the best vibes?

For this list, we're ranking all of the original Kanto Pokedex based on how cool they look, their personality traits, how great they are in the video game, and whatever other criteria makes sense to us in the moment. These are all the Pokemon that matter, ranked f...

Some video games are good. A lot of them aren't. Shea and Kyle depart on a podcast journey through time and space (mostly time) to tell you, with an unearned level of authority, which 2024 video games truly suck. It's the opposite of a Game of the Year podcast.

In this episode, Shea is right, but don’t let him know.

CHAPTERS

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:05:00) Alone in the Dark

(00:13:20) A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead

(00:20:16) C...