Episode 32: Wii Sports

Alright alright alright, that's enough with the special episodes. We have work to do here. Luke is joined by Jason, Though Criminal Zack, Lau, and new guest Greg. They talk about obnoxious tryhard comedy, some game I didn't even remember that we ranked, the early days of the Fire Emblem series, our unironic love for Wii Sports, and competitive puzzlers. Also: lots and lots and lots of breast expansion fetishism. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: The Bard's Tale, for Playstation 2, Xbox, PC, Mobile, and Ouya; Stellar 7: Draxon's Revenge, for the 3D0; Fire Emblem Gaiden, for the Famicom; Wii Sports, for the Wii; and Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, for PS3 and Xbox 360. You can find the up-to-date list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace

Episode 31: Pokemon Yellow Version

The much-hyped Pokemon episode is finally here! Luke is joined with Tal and Dina to suss out just how the various first generation Pokemon games stack up against one another. It turns out that there were so many different versions of the first Pokemon that we couldn't even cover them all in this episode! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Pokemon Red Version (Japan), for GameBoy; Pokemon Green Version, for GameBoy; Pokemon Red Version (America), for GameBoy, Pokemon Blue Version (America), for GameBoy; and Pokemon Yellow Version, for GameBoy. You can find the up-to-date list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace

Episode 30: The 2015 Game of the Year Screamathon

We're back after wayyyyy too long of a hiatus. On the other hand I published 6 months worth of episodes in about a third of that time, so I earned the break right? No? Okay. This time we deviate from our normal format a bit, as Luke gathers an all too cramped room of guests together to rank five of the most critically acclaimed games of 2015. The results may shock you! Blame Jason, Dina, Dustin, Lau, and Tal for the following crimes against video games. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Super Mario Maker, for Wii U; Rocket League, for PS4 and PC, and I think Xbox One by now?; Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, for PS4, Xbox One, PC, Xbox 360, and PS3; Undertale, for PC; and The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, for PC, Xbox One, and PS4. You can see the up to date ranked list at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 29: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Luke is rejoind with Jason and Dina, who FOR SOME REASON feels the need to point out that I've been lazy about rotating out guests lately!!! We talk about oddly named brain implants, Radio Wave Battle Network, aptly named PC games, the best-named entry in the Final Fight franchise, and my favorite game of all time. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Mega Man Starforce 2: Zerker X Ninja, for Nintendo 3DS; Mountains of Ket, for PC; Betty Bad, for PC; Final Fight Guy, for SNES; and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, for Playstation 2. You can find the full list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace

Episode 28: Dragon Ball Z: Super Butoden 2

Luke's rejoined by four old friends this week as Jason, Ty, Mike, and David come together for another round of ranking. Jason is determined to stop all the weird anime games dominating the top 10, so naturally we get a bunch of weird anime games this week. Luckily for him, they're all garbage. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: The Amulet, for PC; Guilty Gear 2: Overture, for Xbox 360; Dragon Ball Z: Super Butoden 2, for Super Famicom and 3DS; Vandyke, for Arcade; and E.Y.E.: Divine Cybermancy, for PC. You can find the up-to-date ranked list at bit.ly/letsplace

Episode 27: Bayonetta

In this episode, returning guests Dina and Dustin combine their powers to talk about potentially ill-thought-out ports, hyper-obscure puzzle games, sanctioned fan games, sexy witches, and Danish toothbrushing games. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: MySims Kingdom, for Wii and Nintendo DS; Kaged, for PC; Street Fighter X Mega Man, for PC; Bayonetta, for PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U; and Harald Hardtand: Kamperi om de rene taender, for PC. You can find the up-to-date list of games at bit.ly/letsplace

Episode 26: Elite Beat Agents

This week, Luke and returning guest Will drag a new guest, Jesse, from the burning pit of Tartarus to help them rank 5 new games. They discuss Telltale Games' dark period, the various semantic values of the character 'X', Wii U Real-Time Strategy, the ancient and dark origins of video game voice acting, and how much we all freakin' love Elite Beat Agents. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Back to the Future: The Game, for PC, Mobile, Wii, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One; Might and Magic X: Legacy, for PC; Swords and Soldiers II, for Wii U; Sinistar, for Arcade; and Elite Beat Agents, for Nintendo DS. You can find the up-to-date ranked list at bit.ly/letsplace

Episode 25: Discworld MUD

The Christmas episode may have driven off of a cliff and exploded into massive fireball, but we still have three survivors! Luke is joined by Dina and Jason to revisit some classic Let's Place topics: low-rent MMORPGs, badly drawn anime pornography, and Forza, the first series to have two games ranked! Cong...ratulations? YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: 4story, for PC; Odo Yusha, for PC; Discworld MUD, for PC; Forza Motorsport 3, for Xbox 360; and You Don't Know Jack, for PC. You can find the up-to-date list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace

Episode 24: The Let's Place Christmas Craptacular

Our Christmas episode is here, and before New Year's Eve! It's a post-Christmas miracle! Luke is joined by an uncomfortably packed panel of judges this week, starting off with returning guests Dina, Sam, Molly, Will, and Jason, while also picking up Dustin and Alex along the way. For the holidays, they discuss five Christmas games... well, okay, three Christmas games and two games vaguely related to Christmas. Jason is literally overcome by the holiday spirit, Sam drives us all insane by becoming the Anton Chigurh of podcasts, Alex makes a bad joke about menstruation, we talk for a while about the hit anime Everyday Life With Monster Girls, and the Joker got away, hey! Basically it's exactly what you'd expect from a Christmas episode of a trashpile of a podcast like this one. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Elf Bowling, for PC and Nintendo DS; Santa's Xmas Caper, for PC; Die Hard Trilogy, for Playstation; Batman: Arkham Origins, for PC, Wii U, PS3, and Xbox 360; and Christmas NiGHTS, for Sega Saturn. You can find the up-to-date list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace

Episode 23: Captain Planet and the Planeteers (Sega Genesis)

Luke is joined by Molly, Jason, Ty, and Thought Criminal Zack to discuss the cynicism of Grand Theft Auto, what the Number Muncher got up to after he finished munchin' all those numbers, and... okay, look. They talk about Captain Planet's dick. Like, a lot. They spend a significant portion of this episode talking about Captain Planet's dick, and that is a fact you need to be aware of. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Captain Planet and the Planeteers, for Sega Genesis; xWUNG, for PC; Trivia Munchers Deluxe, for PC; Disney Pixar Cars, for GameCube, PC, PS2, Wii, Xbox, and Xbox 360; and Grand Theft Auto V, for PS3, XBox 360, PC, PS4, and Xbox One. You can find the up-to-date ranked list at bit.ly/letsplace

Episode 22: Vitamin X: We Are Super Supriment Boys

Luke is once again joined by 2 new guests! Dina comes in to make him feel bad for supporting the latent misogyny inherent in the premise of Bionic Commando (2009), while David comes in to make him feel bad for all those borderline racist things he said about the Danish in past episodes regarding other Danish guest Lau! When they're not making him feel bad, they talk about statutory rape, Russian strategy games, bad light gun games, super old flight combat simulators, and video game cult classics. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Vitamin X: We Are Super Supriment Boys, for PS2; Sudden Strike: Resource War, for PC; Dino Stalker, for PS2; The Dam Busters, for PC; and Deadly Premonition, for Xbox 360 and PC. You can find the up-to-date list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace

Episode 21: SM Word

Luke is rejoined by Dave and Zack (the war criminal, not the thought criminal). This time around, they discuss The Price is Right, The Shining simulators, squandered horror potential, and the overwhelming power of Bob Barker's naval tactics. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: The Price is Right Decades, for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and Mobile; SM Word, for PC; Harpoon 3 Pro, for THE MILITARY AND NOT YOU; Silent Hill: Book of Memories, for PS Vita; and Metal Arms: Glitch in the System, for Xbox, GameCube, PS2, and Xbox 360. You can find the up-to-date ranked list at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 20: Chess System Tal II

Let's Place hits its first major landmark this week as we rank our 100th game! Luke is joined by returning guests Jason and Tal, to talk about pop idol RPGs, simulated Latvian chess masters who share a name with one of us, sugar-infused Japanese platformers, the decline of the Guitar Hero series, and that most loathsome children's anime franchise, Digimon. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Final Fantasy X-2, for PS2, PS3, and PS4; Pop'n Twinbee Rainbow Bell Adventures, for Super Famicom; Chess System Tal II, for PC; and Guitar Hero: Van Halen, for PS2, PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360; and Digimon World, for Playstation. You can view the up to date ranked list at bit.ly/letsplace

Episode 19: Man Enough

It's an episode of dualities this week as Luke is rejoined by former guests Alex and Ty to discuss mid-'90s interactive porn, mid-'80s interactive porn, strategy in the western theater of WWII, naval combat in the eastern theater of WWII, and a pretty good video game based on a pretty abysmal film. Along the way, they pitch their idea for Serial (Cereal?) Season 3 and discuss the prolific career of legendary actor Rushfer Berlin. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Man Enough, for PC; Swedish Erotica: Bachelor Party, for Atari; PT Boats: Knights of the Sea, for PC; Rush for Berlin Gold, for PC; and Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, for GameBoy Advance. You can find the up to date ranked list at bit.ly/letsplace

Episode 18: The I of the Dragon

Zack persists through the burning wreckage of last episode, but thankfully this time he's counterbalanced by Tal, the show's emotional and moral center. Luke is also joined by two newcomers, Jordan and Greg. They talk about how Cap'n Crunch protects us in our lowest moments, Zack tries to turn the episode into a backdoor pilot for his own game-ranking podcast, everyone buys a weird dragon RPG game out of spite for one another, and the gang talks about MIGHTY DUUUUUUUUUUUUDES. EDITOR'S NOTE: due to some technical difficulty, Greg occasionally sounds like he is podcasting from deep within the Minotaur's Labyrinth on the isle of Crete. This sort of thing is bound to happen from time to time given the show's commitment to cycling through a large number of guests, many of which don't have any previous podcasting experience. Please bear with us! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Sorcerer's Castle Adventure, for PC; Conker: Live and Reloaded for Xbox; The I of the Dragon for PC; Sunrise: The Game, for PC; and DemolishFist, for Arcade. You can find the up to date ranked list at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 17: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

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YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Brain Games, for Atari 2600; Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, for Playstation 3 and Playstation 4; The Ren and Stimpy Show: Veediots, for Nintendo Gameboy and SNES; Bicycle Casino Games, for PC; and Sonic Shuffle, for Dreamcast. You can find an up-to-date list of placed games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 16: Miss World '96

Luke is joined by returning guest Sam, as well as Tal, who is such a frequently recurring guest that he's really more of a co-host that misses some episodes. They discuss games that look like they were made in RPG Maker even though they weren't, arcade pornography, games about aliens that are not Aliens games, and Luke foreshadows his weird irrational hatred of everything Warhammer. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Fushigi no Umi no Nadia, for Famicom, Sega Genesis, and PC; Miss World '96, for Arcade; Aliens, for Atari ST; Warhammer: Mark of Chaos, for Xbox and PC; and Frozen Freefall, for Mobile. You can find the up-to-date ranked list at bit.ly/letsplace