The Best Game of All Time

The Best Game of All Time

The Best Game of All Time is the one video game podcast to end all video game podcasts. It is a hunt to complete the futile mission of finally discovering what game truly ranks best above all others. Join Noah Waterman and a panel of guests as they play through the best and the worst in gamings history to categorically rank every last game known to humankind. Disclaimer: Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely our own and do not represent that of our places of work or any other organization.

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December 2, 2024 125 mins

Welcome to The Best Game of All Time podcast, where we tackle the impossible task of ranking every game ever made! In this festive showdown, we compare two games based on the iconic The Nightmare Before Christmas. First, we dive into the 2005 Game Boy Advance game The Pumpkin King, a Metroidvania that dares to tackle Halloween Town's quirky aesthetics. Then, we explore the ambitious Oogie's Revenge for the PlayStation 2, a Devil M...

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This month on the Best Game of All Time we are doing something a little different. Not quite a mobile game, not quite a console game, Balatro and Vampire Survivors took the world by storm as two games you just can't put down. With no other games like it on "THE LIST" at this time, The Boss Monster Noah Waterman and his guests dissect these two deceptively simple yet spiritually complex games and see how they hold up to some of gami...

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Back with an all new episode and this month we are talking about failed mascots! The gaming industry is littered with all sorts of "what-could-have-been's" and "never-was", whether its the criminally underrated Ty the Tasmanian Tiger or the pushed-down-our-throat attitude of Bubsy the Bobcat, the success of Mario and Sonic in the 90s meant every company needed a figure head, so we took three forgotten one-hit wonders and took a dee...

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The Mario Kart journey isn't over yet! In this exciting follow-up episode of "The Best Game of All Time," we dive into the next wave of Mario Kart games: Mario Kart DS, Mario Kart Wii, Mario Kart 7, and Mario Kart 8 and 8 Deluxe! From the handheld thrills of the DS and 3DS to the epic racing of the Wii and the enhanced Switch experience, we’ll debate the highs, lows, and everything in between, and rank them ON THE LI...

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August 12, 2024 131 mins

Buckle up for a wild ride as "The Best Game of All Time" returns!!! We're jumping headfirst into the wacky world of Mario Kart, where red shells fly, banana peels slip, and friendships are put to the ultimate test. Join us as we laugh, argue, and reminisce about the series humble beginnings in Super Mario Kart on the SNES, the the jump to (pseudo) 3D in Mario Kart 64 on the N64, the first portable entry of Mario Kart...

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Hi everyone, in light of major personal events we will be putting The Best Game of All Time on a breif hiatus - but NEVER FEAR! The podcast will return in another month or so. Just gotta change a few diapers first!

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April 3, 2023 97 mins

One of the greatest musical legends of any generation graces one of the weirdest games of any generation when we review Omikron: The Nomad Soul on The Best Game of All Time. Series regulars Tro, Lewie and Pat hop back on the podcast to dive into the twists, turns, resurrections and polygonal strip clubs in order to give this game a place on THE LIST (tm) The TOP 5 Best Games of All Time (before recording) 1. Zelda: Brath of the W...

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It's an epic battle of epic stories this month on The Best Game of All Time as we pit two of the greatest JRPGs ever made during the heyday of the Super Nintendo!  It's Final Fantasy 6 (or 3 in the US) vs Chrono Trigger.  Toriyama vs Amano, Frog vs Cyan, Kefka vs Lavos!  It's all hear and Noah Waterman is joined by the fine folks from RNG & Tea to help decipher, analyze and rank these amazing games onto THE LIST ...

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February 6, 2023 130 mins

Do you have that one game you remember so fondly and vividly from your youth, but when you bring it up to others they just stare at you blankly?  Did it truly exist upon the shelves of Blockbuster, or was it all a Sobe fueled fever dream?  We have those, and decided to do an entire podcast about them!  The Boss Monster Noah Waterman is once again joined by the crew as Michael "Tro" Petrocelli, Patrick Molloy and Lewi...

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It’s a brand new year and the Boss Monster Noah Waterman is kicking off 2023 with a bang! Joining him on the Best Game of All Time podcast this month are three amazing voice actors from Anime & Gaming: Kelly Baskin (Genshin Impact, Fire Emblem Heroes), Brent Mukai (Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Saints Row) and Heather Gonzalez (Monster Hunter Rise, Kotaro Lives Alone). Jump on in as they tackle Parks & Rec, inherent gaming knowled...
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This month the Boss Monster Noah Waterman welcomes his first special guests to the podcast as he is joined by anime & video game voice actor Kyle McCarley, comedian and D&D streamer Eric Reichert, game designer behind Thunk Board Games Dustin Hendrickson and local vagabond Erik Sanburn; collectively known as the brains behind the Board & Barrel at twitch.tv/bnbtabletop. And what better way to celebrate this fearless foursome than t...
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November 7, 2022 104 mins
This month we move into the modern era when we compare two of the greatest games in the past 5 years in a head-to-head battle. It's the Nintendo Switch masterpiece "The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild" against From Software's piece de resistance Elden Ring. Will Link's heroic effort shine through, or will the doom and gloom of the lands between overshadow the hero of time? Legend of Zelda; Breath of the WIld (Switch) Elden Ri...
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October 3, 2022 108 mins
It’s episode 3 and we are kicking off the month with our biggest episode yet. The Boss Monster Noah Waterman is once again joined by Michael “Tro” Petrocelli, Lewie Thomas and Patrick Molloy as they tackle what many already believe to be the greatest game of all time: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Is this classic as great as everyone believes, or will the wings of nostalgia fail to carry this Nintend 64 opus to the top of...
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In this month's episode, Noah Waterman is joined once again by Michael "Tro" Petrocelli, Patrick Molloy and Lewie Thomas to answer the age old question: which version of Disney's Aladdin is better? Furthermore, where will they end up on THE LIST(tm) in the first ever Battle of the Ports. It's Sega Genesis vs Super Nintendo on The Best Game of All Time! Disney’s Aladdin for Super Nintendo (Capcom) Disney’s Aladdin for Sega Genesis ...
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August 1, 2022 112 mins
In the first episode of The Best Game of all Time, your Boss Monster Noah Waterman is joined by his good friends and former College roomates Patrick Molloy, Lewie Thomas and Michael "Tro" Petrocelli to create the foundation of THE LIST (tm) by discussing and ranking 10 games from 10 different systems: E.T. for Atari 2600 Duck Hunt for the NES Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo Sonic for the Sega Genesis Goldeneye 007 for Nin...
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