{"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":"Resident Evil: Requiem is Two Games in One!","slug":"resident-evil-requiem-is-two-games-in-one","published_at":"2026-02-27T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-besties-745210/resident-evil-requiem-is-two-games-in-one","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/d89683d4-c6ac-4363-aa21-f64db398becd/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=c707e48c-0e5b-4dcd-a183-3a248de67b6e&awEpisodeId=d89683d4-c6ac-4363-aa21-f64db398becd&feed=Urk3897_","summary":"Resident Evil Requiem has the misfortune of following Resident Evil: Village, one of our favorite games of all time. How does a game live up to that high bar? It becomes more than just one game. This week, to avoid major spoilers, we talk about the first act of Requiem, roughly the first 5-7 hours set in a classic Resident Evil-style location. We also chat about the top-level shifts in tone and pacing. In the coming weeks, we’ll do a “full spoilers” segment digging into the unusual, lore-soaked places the game goes in its second and third acts. I suppose you could say it’s like a book club, but for video games.","meta_description":"Resident Evil Requiem has the misfortune of following Resident Evil: Village, one of our favorite games of all time. How does a game live up to that high…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3304,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-besties-745210/episodes/resident-evil-requiem-is-two-games-in-one/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/resident-evil-requiem-is-two-games-in-one.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}