{"podcast":{"title":"Button Boys","slug":"button-boys-7414993","podcast_index_feed_id":7414993,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/buttonboys","website_url":"https://www.instagram.com/buttonboyspod","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/dceddf0a-58fb-11f0-a3ff-9febf0329668/image/c1e3c33b225ca7a9660449027653e35b.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Button Boys","episode_count":53,"summary":"Friends, comedians and avid gamers Glenn Moore, Sarah Keyworth and Pierre Novellie sit down each week to discuss gaming. Button Boys offers unheard of recommendations, their worst gripes, nostalgia and much more in each episode plus bonus content for their dedicated Patreon supporters. If you love gaming and comedy you've come to the right place.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T10:20:03.450810+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/button-boys-7414993"},"episode":{"title":"Empty Calorie Gaming","slug":"empty-calorie-gaming","published_at":"2026-06-03T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/button-boys-7414993/empty-calorie-gaming","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/button-boys-7414993","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3136577112.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3136577112.mp3","summary":"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 Dawn Silent Hill 2 Dark Souls Vampire Crawlers Watchdogs: Legion Dorfromantik Nine Kings Paperclips Vampire Survivors Cossacks Candy Crush TimeSplitters 2 Red Dead Redemption Tetris Disco Elysium Mixtape Organic Engine Produced and edited by Ben Drayton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3137,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/button-boys-7414993/episodes/empty-calorie-gaming/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/button-boys-7414993/empty-calorie-gaming.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}