Empty Calorie Gaming

About this episode

The episode discusses the appeal of empty-calorie games and features updates from the hosts.

This week's topic, as kindly suggested by BirdsNest on the Discord, is the vacuous, time-wasting, mind-numbing empty-calorie games that we just can't get enough of. As always, we catch up with what the Boys have been up to. Pierre's headed into training against the hard-as-nails CPU in a quarter-of-a-century old game, and Glenn, Sarah and Producer Ben have been off to a very swanky event for a little sneak peek (and sausages). 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 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 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 or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for highlights, behind-the-scenes content and future podcast announcements. Games Mentioned in this week's episode: Age of Empires 2 Resident Evil 2 007 First Light Counter-Strike Dark Souls III Cronos: The New…

People in this episode

Hosts: Glenn Moore, Sarah Keyworth, Pierre Novellie

Topics covered

• empty-calorie games
• gaming culture
• video game recommendations
• comedy
• podcast updates

Keywords

• empty-calorie games
• video games
• gaming culture
• podcast
• comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BirdsNest

Products: Age of Empires 2, Resident Evil 2, 007 First Light, Counter-Strike, Dark Souls III, Cronos: The New Dawn, Silent Hill 2, Dark Souls, Vampire Crawlers, Watchdogs: Legion

Books & works: You Sit There, I'll Stand Here

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