{"podcast":{"title":"The Besties","slug":"the-besties-745210","podcast_index_feed_id":745210,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/Urk3897_","website_url":"http://besties.fan/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/c707e48c-0e5b-4dcd-a183-3a248de67b6e/7d2885c6-c8b8-4219-86b2-af9baf9846e9/3000x3000/uploads-2f1591280888546-ig2f96xefmo-c923c56fc6d3137dfa2f3f8b5ffc7a49-2fbesties-art-itunes.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"The Besties","episode_count":507,"summary":"It's Game of the Year meets King of the Hill as four of Earth's best friends – Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Chris Plante, and Russ Frushtick – rank and review their favorite video games. Because shouldn't the world's best friends pick the world's best games?","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T16:20:36.781414+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-besties-745210"},"episode":{"title":"Pokopia Will Teach You to Love Pokémon Again","slug":"pokopia-will-teach-you-to-love-pok-mon-again","published_at":"2026-03-13T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-besties-745210/pokopia-will-teach-you-to-love-pok-mon-again","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-besties-745210","url":"http://besties.fan/","audio_url":"https://afp-9384.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/c707e48c-0e5b-4dcd-a183-3a248de67b6e/episodes/5cab8f2f-d8bb-4496-aaac-e5e6ca316ab3/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=c707e48c-0e5b-4dcd-a183-3a248de67b6e&awEpisodeId=5cab8f2f-d8bb-4496-aaac-e5e6ca316ab3&feed=Urk3897_","summary":"Plenty of companies have torched their fortunes trying to smelt together a collection of hit games and genres, hoping to recreate others’ success. Understandably, many folks (ourselves included) approached Pokopia with a cold skepticism. A Pokémon, Animal Crossing, Minecraft, and Viva Piñata combination? It sounded too good to be true. Friends… they did it. Pokopia isn’t just a collection of great ideas; it’s also a wholly interesting and original thing. We can’t wait to tell you about this wonderful game. Plus, we look at Nintendo’s peculiar plan for the rest of 2026.","meta_description":"Plenty of companies have torched their fortunes trying to smelt together a collection of hit games and genres, hoping to recreate others’ success. Underst…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3001,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-besties-745210/episodes/pokopia-will-teach-you-to-love-pok-mon-again/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-besties-745210/pokopia-will-teach-you-to-love-pok-mon-again.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}