It's Luke's birthday! And what better way to celebrate than by letting him pick out some of his favorite games for us to place? YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Puyo Puyo Tetris, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, 3DS, Wii U, PS Vita, and PlayStation 3; Super Mario Galaxy, 2 for Wii and Wii U; DEVICE 6, for iOS; Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, for Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Wii, Game Boy Advance, Android, iOS, and Microsoft Windows; and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, for Nintendo 64. You can find the current list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace
Episode 54: Hajwala (Drift)
This episode of Let's Place we get a little fancy, then we completely lose it and talk about hot dogs for a little while! Listen, we're all a little tired. Maybe not Crystal, but it's hard to tell, judging by how relaxed and quiet she sounds all the time. Anyway, YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: World of Chaos, for Windows; Super Dueling Minivans, for PC; Legacy of the Necromancer: Part III - The Dark Tower, for PC; Hajwala (Drift), for Android and iOS; and Fire Emblem Heroes, for Android and iOS. You can find the current list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace
Episode 53: Costume Quest
Greetings ghosts and goblins, and welcome to our spooky game Halloween-type special! We're getting in the spirit by ranking some horror games, a sad/hilarious movie tie-in, and the best trick-or-treating RPG ever (to our knowledge)! YOUR GAMES THIS ALMOST-HALLOW'S-EVE ARE: Halloween, for Atari 2600; Five Nights at Freddy's, for PC; Penumbra Overture, for PC; Resident Evil 4, for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Windows; And Costume Quest, for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. You can find the current list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace
Episode 52: Galshell
Spurned by her exclusion from last week's episode, Crystal seeks justice by hosting a ROGUE EPISODE of Let's Place with Ryan and Shane. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Klomanager: Spül mir das Lied vom Kot, for Atari ST; Prügel Star: Lande den Volltreffer!, for PC; Steel Legions, for PC; NHL 2K6, for Playstation 2, Xbox, and Xbox 360; and Galshell: Blood Red Skies, for PC. You can find the current list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace
Episode 51: Bubsy 3D
We're back at it again, wonderful listeners! On this episode, we try to shorten the listener-suggestion list by taking five games out of it and ranking them! And uh. Yeah, we got some special games for you this week by doing so. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: The ClueFinders 6th Grade Adventures, for PC; Blinx: The Time Sweeper, for Xbox; LOST: Via Domus, for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC; Fight Club, for Playstation 2 and Xbox; and Bubsy 3D, for Playstation and PC. You can find the current list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace
Peer Review #1
Take a magical journey with all nine of us as we each take a game out of the list and re-place them like they're new out of the box, and bring justice to the world by doing so. Sonic shuffle is taken out of the bottom ten--but will it end up back where it started? Undertale has been given a second chance--how high will it go? And can Final Fantasy X-2 make it to the X-2nd spot on the list? Let's all find out, together. You can find the current list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace
Episode 50: Shrek 2
Do you remember the scene from Shrek 2...
YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: F1 World Grand Prix, for Dreamcast; Retourtje Mali, for CD-i; Carmageddon, for PC; Shrek 2, for Gamecube, Playstation 2 and Xbox; and Project Neptune, for PC. You can find the current list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace
Episode 49: To Heart 2
We're trying out a new bi-weekly schedule here at Let's Place! Yeah, That's it! This time It's a modest gathering of three with Chelsea and Crystal joining Luke, but that means there's plenty of room left for heated debates and hot takes to spice things up! THIS WEEKS GAMES ARE: MySims SkyHeros, for Nintendo DS; Rocksmith: All-new 2014 Edition - Remastered, for PC, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One; To Heart 2, for Playstation 2 and PSP; Europa Universalis IV, for PC; and Titanfall, for PC, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. You can find the current list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace
Episode 48: Darkened Skye
Let's Place is back from vacation! We didn't bring you back any souvenirs, but we did bring you some candy? Luke is joined again by Chelsea, Crystal and Emily, as well as returning champion Marl, to bring you THIS WEEK'S GAMES: Zone of the Enders, for Playstation 2; Euchre, for PC; Toffifee: Fantasy Forest, for PC; Ancients 1: Death Watch, for PC; The ClueFinders 4th Grade Adventures: Puzzle of the Pyramid, for PC; and Darkened Skye, for PC and Gamecube. You can find the current list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace
Episode 47: Destiny
*Phew* Made it just in time! Luke and his science partner Chelsea have rounded up Crystal, Emily and newcomer Cassandra to place four obscure titles, as well as one not-so-obscure title to balance things out! Will they be able to survive an spam onslaught of cute fight girls? Will Chelsea fail to play her cards right? And how long will we be able to keep up this weekly schedule?! YOUR GAMES FOR THIS WEEK ARE: Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh Trail, for PC; Darkest Fear 3: Nightmare, for mobile; Samurai Warriors: Chronicles 3, for PS Vita and Nintendo 3DS; Arx Fatalis, for PC; and Destiny for Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox one, and PS4. You can find the current list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace
Episode 46: Power Pro Kun Pocket 3
Let's Place, on a weekly schedule? for the past two weeks, yeah! We'll probably drop that ball immediately, but in the meantime, we have a relaxing three-person team for you, Luke, Crystal and Chelsea, in which hearts will be won and loyalties will be broken as we bring you, YOUR GAMES FOR THIS WEEK: Power Pro Kun Pocket 3 for Gameboy Advance, Endless Flight 2 for PC, Legend Of the Red Dragon for PC, Train Simulator for PC, and Dr. Mario for NES. You can find the current list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace
Episode 45: Medal of Honor: Warfighter
Well... huh. A lot of people responded positively to that E3 Let's Place. Apparently some of you like this garbage??? In that case, who am I to keep it from you. This week, I'm joined by Chelsea, Crystal, Simon and Molly to talk about cute independent adventure games, Neo Geo sports, bespoke doujin fighters, video games that committed treason against the U.S. Government, and that critical darling of 2015, Bl'db'rn'. YOUR GAMES THIS TIME ARE: Spooks, for PC; Neo Geo Cup '98 Plus Color, for the Neo Geo Pocket Color; Hinokakera Fragment: Eclipse, for PC; and Bloodborne, for PS4. You can find the current list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace
Episode 44: 2017 E3 Spectacular
You know what? Let's Place is TOO WET AND WILD for a regular update schedule. We'll be coming at you at, essentially, completely arbitrary moments, but at the bare minimum we're going to try to be here to help you celebrate all the HOT MOMENTS IN GAMING, like this year's E3! Luke is joined by Jordan and 3 new guests: Emily, Chelsea, and Lucas, to discuss 5 games from the 5 video games companies that held press events at E3 this year. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Make Your Own Murder Party, for PC; Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships, for Playstation 2 and Xbox; Kinectimals, for Xbox 360; Pet in TV, for Playstation; and Monkey Magic, for arcades. You can see the full, up-to-date list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace. And send a thanks to this week's guest Chelsea, @KnitSpecibus on Twitter, for meticulously reconstructing the list after I deleted it like a freakin' idiot!
Episode 43: Dark Souls II
WE'RE BACK. Let's Place starts its third season, after wrapping up a second season that... had a single-digit number of episodes. Whoops! Anyway, Luke is joined this week by Molly, Matt, and newcomers Kendall and Marl. After a very important sub-placing session where they rank seven Marvel Comics superheroes, they get to work discussing GBA movie tie-in games, the fact that none of them know anything about TaleSpin, the ancient precursor to Grand Theft Auto, a terrible card game, and one of the greatest action RPGs of all time. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: The Incredibles, for the Gameboy Advance; TaleSpin, for Sega Genesis; New York City: The Big Apple, for the Atari 8-Bit; Acey-Deucy, for the Apple II; and Dark Souls II, for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC. You can find current list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace. Follow @SSJSpeedRacer on Twitter for show announcements and for the chance to guest on the show!
Episode 42: Hoard
This episode starts off already off the rails as new guest Gorge calls in from... his car, while he drives around town. He's joined by returning guests Mike, Ty, and Tal to help Luke discuss Playstation 2 baseball games, decentish mobile ports, terrible virtual card games, obscenely late PSX games, and our unapologetic bias towards games where you play as a dragon. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Astral Tournament, for PC; All-Star Baseball 2002, for Playsation 2; Dynamite Jack, for PC; Dora the Explorer: Barnyard Buddies, for Playstation; and Hoard, for Playstation 3. See the full list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace, and follow @SSJSpeedRacer on Twitter to suggest games to rank and have a chance to be on the show!
Episode 40 AND 41: Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
this podcast was a mistake.
YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Armada, for Dreamcast; Monty on the Run, for PC; Scooby-Doo: Unmasked, for Playstation 2, GameCube, and Xbox; Big City Adventures: Sidney, Australia, and--
YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Sonic Adventure, for Dreamcast; Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, for GameCube; Shadow the Hedgehog, for GameCube, Playstation 2, and Xbox; Sonic Heroes, for GameCube, Playstation 2, and Xbox; and Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. You can find a complete, up-to-date list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace. Follow @SSJSpeedRacer on Twitter for show announcements, and you might have an opportunity to guest on this awful, awful show!
Episode 39: The Last of Us
Remember when this show used to have short, sort quiet three-person episodes? This episode starts off like one of those and... rapidly deteriorates into something else. Luke starts off joined by newcomers Ben and Jordan, but then their party is crashed by another newcomer, Sean. Then Ben's internet craps out, so we replace him with third newcomer Mike Blais, who gets up and goes to the convenience store in the middle of the friggin' recording! So THEN we have to bring in veteran Placer Tal, and somehow newcomer Elaro gets brought in as well. And amidst all of that, we place two of the most critically acclaimed video games of all time. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Shadoworlds for PC; F-14 Tomcat, for PC; Avatar: The Last Airbender, for PC; The Last of Us, for Playstation 3; and EarthBound, for Super Nintendo. You can find the complete, up-to-date list at bit.ly/letsplace. Be sure to follow @SSJSpeedRacer on Twitter for show announcements and you might be a guest on the next Let's Place!
Episode 38: Advance of the Megacamel
I'm joined this week by Zack, Matt, Mike and Ashley, and if they can SHUT UP long enough for me to get on with the show, we'll discuss Jeff Minter's early obsession with drug-fueled quadrapeds, the barren wasteland that was Xbox Live Indie Games, the... classic? Spy vs. Spy franchise, the power of bigoted jokes to completely destroy an otherwise entertaining product, and one of the most influential and divisive games of the last decade. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Advance of the Megacamel AKA Attack of the Mutant Camels, for Atari 8-bit and PC; Who Did I Date Last Night?, for Xbox 360; Spy Vs. Spy 3: Arctic Antics, for PC and Atari 8-bit; Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilman, for PSP; and Dark Souls, for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. You can find the up-to-date ranked list at bit.ly/letsplace. Follow @SSJSpeedRacer on Twitter for show announcements and you might be a guest on the next show!
Episode 37: Tecmo World Wrestling
Okay, look. LOOK. This episode was RIDDLED with technical problems. It might be the single most technically fraught episode of Let's Place yet, and I'm including the one where I had to re-record the audio for over half of an episode. It was just a mess. Don't use Discord to record podcasts! It does a bad job. Anyway, if you can bear with us, I'm joined this week by Dina and new friends Josh, Jules, and Matt. We talk about seminal RTS games, terrible PC shovelware, morally dubious Atari games, awesome wrestling games, and we finally decide between Final Fight and Final Fight Guy. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Command and Conquer: Red Alert, for PC; Splash, for PC; Battle of Shiloh, for PC and Atari; Tecmo World Wrestling, for NES; and Final Fight, for SNES. You can find the complete up-to-date list of games at bit.ly/letsplace. Be sure to follow @SSJSpeedRacer on twitter for show announcments. You might be a guest on the next Let's Place!
Episode 36: The Fabulous Screech
WE'RE BACK. After a break that's been long enough that we're now averaging less than one episode a week, Let's Place has returned for Season 2! We got a new website, a new method for sourcing guests, and a new logo! Also I'm gonna stop writing these descriptions in the third person so I hope that's cool. Anyway, I'm joined by longstanding guests Tal and Dina, along with previous guest Tyler and a brand new friend, Fionna! Tal's attempt to be more positive is immediately destroyed by a bad Professor Layton knock-off, we learn how to LIVE FAST and DIE WET, Fionna MOCKS ME INCESSANTLY FOR THE PERFECTLY NORMAL WAY I PRONOUNCE "CRAYON," we get into some straight up Spongebob talk, and for the encore, we return to one of our favorite topics: horrifying children's games. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Laura Jones and the Gates of Good and Evil, for PC; Dead in the Water, for Playstation; The Fabulous Screech, for PC; Nickelodeon's Spongebob Squarepants: Spongebob's Truth or Square; and Elsa Dentist Surgery Simulator. You can find the up to date list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace. Follow @SSJSpeedRacer on Twitter to suggest games for us to rank and to have a chance at guesting on the show!