Episode 139: Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk

It’s time to right an injustice! We’re here to finally give newly seated host Maxie her rightful birthday episode, more than a month after the date! We also have new guest Nora with us! Join us as we discuss games Maxie likes, one she hates, and a bunch of other weird garbage! YOUR GAMES THIS TIME ARE: Dark Souls III, for Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC; Tunic, for Xbox One and Series, and PC; Hollow Knight, for Nintendo Switch and PC; Slay The Spire, for Xbox One, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC and Mobile; and Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk, for Playstation 3. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 138: GOTY 2021

Wonderful, excellent, patient listeners, we have heard your pleas, and we are here to answer you, with a brand new episode! New host Maxie is back of course, and she brought along her boyfriend Zach. Together we try to figure out the answer to the question, what was the best game of 2021? YOUR GAMES THIS…TIME ARE: Touhou Kouryudon: Unconnected Marketeers, for PC; The Caligula Effect 2, for Nintendo Switch and Playstation 4; Psychonauts 2, for Xbox One and Series S/X, Playstation 4, and PC; Chicory: A Colorful Tale, for Nintendo Switch, Playstations 4 and 5, and PC; and Unsighted, for Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Xbox One and Series S/X, and PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 137: Cube Escape

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We’re back again!? So soon!? Yes!! Today we of course have our three usual hosts, and also, NEW host Maxie!? Yeah! Maybe! It was kind of unclear where she stood by the end of the episode…And we have new guest Jackson! To help us discuss, YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK, which ARE: Darkest Dungeon, for Xbox One, Playstation 4 and Vita, Nintendo Switch and PC; Cube Escape, for PC; Neopets Puzzle Adventure, for Wii and PC; XCOM 2, for Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC; and Windowframe, for PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 136: Putt-Putt Joins the Parade

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WE’RE ALIVE! Welcome back to the greatest show….God, I cannot even pretend today. Drop the bit, this show is garbage, but IT IS ALSO RETURNING! AT LONG LAST! Maxie and Fabby are here to help make it worth the long wait, We reveal deep secrets about ourselves and as usual, we nearly lose our minds in the process. YOUR GAMES THIS EPISODE ARE: White Nose 2, for Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC; Putt-Putt Joins the Parade, for PC and mobile devices; DeathKeep, for PC; Travel Adventures with Hello Kitty, for Nintendo 3DS; and Mary-Kate and Ashley: Sweet 16 - License to Drive, for Gamecube and Playstation 2. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 134+135: The Letter

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Well, it seems like this is a quarterly podcast now! But not if Chelsea can help it. But anyway, since it’s been a while, it’s a good thing we kinda just sortaaaaa did two! ‘Cause why not? Join our intrepid trio, and their guests, Dustin and Greg, as place THIS WEEK’S GAMES: Sky Aces, for PC; Final Fight, for Arcade; Worm, for PC; A Rose in the Twilight, for PS Vita and PC; Keio Flying Squadron 2, for SEGA Saturn; The Letter, for Wii U; Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival, for Wii U; Judgment, for Playstation 4; Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, for Xbox One, Playstation 4, Stadia, and PC; and Hades, for Nintendo Switch and PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 133: GOTY 2020

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Let’s Place rises from the grave, to finally bring you the final episode of this past garbage year. Maxie and Dan are back to help us uncover the age old mystery: what was the best game of 2020? Let’s find out and end this year with exactly what it deserves: Waffle Poots. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Yakuza: Like A Dragon, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and up, and PC; Suzerain, for PC; Crusader Kings III, for PC; Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition, for PC; and Spiritfarer, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 132: Namco High

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This time on let’s place: We have new guest Dan, and returning favorite Graham! Luke makes us listen to a bunch of really bad Come On Eileen parodies and rank them against each other, Chelsea makes poor decisions about mid-recording multitasking, and YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Persona 4: Dancing All Night, for the Playstation 4 and PS Vita; Sid Meier’s Civilization II, for Playstation and PC; Blade Force, for 3DO; The Seven Spirits of Ra, for PC; and Namco High, for PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Here are links to all of the Covid-19 Come On Eileen parodies Luke made us rank: Piano Man, Tipsy n Tonedef, The Taylors, Singaporean Couple, and Fun Mom.

Episode 131: Stephan's Sausage Roll

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Once again, we return, to the land of placing games. This week, we’re joined by returning guests, Ava and Nick, to serve up a whole bunch of different games! We get into some old Twitter discourse, Mobygames goes into a brief coma, and Chelsea tempts fate by trying to get snacks between voting rounds! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Pyramid, for NES and Supervison; Street Fighter IV, for iPhone; Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, for Xbox 360; Stephan’s Sausage Roll, for PC; and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D, for Nintendo 3DS. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 130: Sneak King

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We are back! Again! For another week of this garbage! We got returning guests Daisy and Maxie, and together we take another crack at shortening the listener suggestion list! We talk about cuss words, laugh at our own dumb jokes, Crystal comes up with the greatest arcade game of all time, and we argue about fast food joints for way too long. YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Die Hard trilogy Two: Viva Las Vegas, for Playstation and PC; Rooms: The Main Building, for Nintendo DS and Wii, iOS and PC; Blade Kitten, for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC; Easy Bake Kitchen, for PC; and Sneak King, for Xbox and Xbox 360.

Episode 129: Power Stone

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Chelsea has finally dragged Luke and Crystal away from Eidolon Playtest long enough to record a new episode of this show again! Who knows when we’ll get this chance again, so let’s try to make the most of it! By which I mean we did a very run-of-the-mill episode. Hope you like it! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Dead Island, for OnLive, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC; Ruckus Roulette, for PC; I Am Alive, for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC; TRAUMA (Special Edition), for PC; and Power Stone, for Arcade and Dreamcast. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace

Episode 128: Pig Mock

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Hello lovely listeners, this episode was entirely, 100% cursed to produce, with seemingly benign technical difficulties during recording, which ended up being a nightmare to edit. But! We persevered, and now the newest episode of Let’s Place is available for your ears. Dan and Dylan are guesting, and bringing along their own recording quirks and hiccups for Luke and I to edit around. We hope this one was worth the wait! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Thunderbirds, for the NES; Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Colonel, for GBA and Wii U; Pig Mock, for PC; Asphalt, for PC; and The Longest 5 Minutes, for Nintendo Switch, PS Vita and PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace

Episode 127: Golf Adventure Galaxy

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We’re finally back! Things have been busy, and Chelsea is very sorry that this episode took so long to get out, but it’s finally here! The brand new episode of your favorite podcast, Let’s Place! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Pudge, for PC; Maze War, for PC; Golf Adventure Galaxy, for PC; Hard Reset, for PC; and Brain Age: Train Your Brain In Minutes a Day!, for Nintendo DS and Wii U. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace

Episode 125: Game of The 2010s

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At last! We reach the final entry of our Games of The Decades mini series! Which game will come out on top? Maxie and Cassandra are here to help us decide! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling, for PC and coming to Nintendo Switch; Xenoblade Chronicles X, for Wii U; Dragon Age: Inquisition, for Playstations 3 and 4, Xboxes 360 and One, and PC; Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360; and Outer Wilds, for Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 124: Game of The 2000s

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We did it, everyone, we survived Y2K and we're gonna live to game on! We enter the new millennium with our guests, Fabby and Nick, to find a gaming renaissance! Video games had never been so good! I mean, probably at least! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Metroid Prime, for Gamecube; Mighty Jill Off, for PC; Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, for Gamecube; Pathologic, for PC; and Rock Band 2, for Playstations 2 and 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 123: Game of The 90s

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Oh snap! Let's place is here to find the very best game of the 90s! We've got Ava and Heaven guesting, and they're gonna help us give you the 411! And if you don't like the games we picked, you can talk to the hand! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Banjo-Kazooie, for Nintendo 64 and Xbox 360; Metal Ger 2: Solid Snake, for PC and Nintendo Wii; Emergency Call Ambulance, for arcade; Starcraft, for PC; and Metal Gear Solid, for Playstation, Playstation 3, PSP and PS Vita. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 122: Game of The 80s

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This episode is coming out on the Thursday of the last full week of November, so you know what that means! It’s time for us to find the best game from the 1980s! After last week’s drought, the 80s are gushing forth with all the classics you recognize! And Crystal brings some obscure game to the table, and that’s absolutely valid. You already know how much we ❤ the 80s, so let’s get on with the Donkey Kong! (Disclaimer: We do not Place Donkey Kong on this episode.) YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE, LIKE, TOTALLY: Burger Time, for Arcade, NES, PC and Wii; Street Fighter, for Arcade, PC and Wii; Frogger, for just about everything; Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken, for NES and PC; and Super Mario Bros. 3, for NES, Arcade, and several other Nintendo consoles. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 121: Game of The 70s

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We’re closing in on the end of a decade, so we’re going to be looking back at the last half century to find the best game in each of the last five decades! We’re starting with the 70s, where the pants had bell bottoms and the video game selections were few. We grabbed previous guests Dan or Jordan and we did…kind of our best, to decide the five best games of the 70s and put them all head to head! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Oregon Trail, for PC; Breakout, for Arcade, PC and Xbox 360; Hunt The Wumpus, for PC; Colossal Cave Adventure, for PC; And Space Invaders, for Arcade, PC, iOS, NES. Game Boy and Wii. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

Episode 120: Garfield

After a brief hiatus, we’re back! Luke and Chelsea are joined by Crystal calling in from the Beetlejuice after life in order to munch some aliens, argue about the definition of “video game” some more, be disappointed by a cruise director, half-remember a JRPG from last year, and join the yakuza! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: The Munchables, for Wii; Garfield, for Playstation 2; Vacation Adventures: Cruise Director 2, for PC; Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom, for Playstation 4 and PC; and Yakuza 0, for Playstation 3 and Playstation 4. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.

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Episode 119: Hotel Mario

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Let’s Place is back home in the studio once again! We’ve got returning, introduced guest Alexa, and all-time favorite guest Frankie back! We’re back on our bullshit, and Chelsea has a hard time staying awake because almost none of the games this episode are interesting, and also she can’t really remember what happens so that’s the end of the description! YOUR GAMES THIS WEEK ARE: Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, for Playstations 3 and 4, Xbox One and PC; Zeus, for PC; Ennuigi, for PC; Quest For The Golden Eggcup, for PC; and Hotel Mario, for CD-i. You can find the complete list of ranked games at bit.ly/letsplace.