Shock Betrayals and Other Gaming Tropes

Getting screwed over is just part of the deal as a video game protagonist.

Tom’s back by popular demand, but also to answer for his crimes against a previous guest: James Batchelor, author of The Best Non-Violent Video Games . For weeks following James’ deserved win, Tom and Conner said some Very Mean things about him and his book, and even implied that virtuous host Jim Trinca (who is fair and kind) would let anyone win if they were on to plug some coffee table book that you can already read as tweets.

Did Tom back down, or double down? And how did Connor manage to escape justice? Find out in this week’s delectable installment of The Best Games Ever Podcast, the least embarassing podcast to blare out on the bus when your headphone jack gets ripped out. Of your “MP3 player”. In 2006.

Special thanks to David Bulmer for performing “Jim’s Theme”.

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Come back in a week for another exciting instalment of the Best Games Ever Show.