{"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":"Scott Pilgrim vs. Millennial Nostalgia","slug":"scott-pilgrim-vs-millennial-nostalgia","published_at":"2026-03-06T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-besties-745210/scott-pilgrim-vs-millennial-nostalgia","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/c3e3fb4e-0e5a-4a72-9f02-0639cb3e39da/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=c707e48c-0e5b-4dcd-a183-3a248de67b6e&awEpisodeId=c3e3fb4e-0e5a-4a72-9f02-0639cb3e39da&feed=Urk3897_","summary":"Scott Pilgrim EX is a spiritual sequel to a Netflix animated series from 2024, a Scott Pilgrim movie tie-in game from 15 years ago, and an underrated beat ‘em up series that debuted on the NES. Or to put it another way: Scott Pilgrim EX is deeply nostalgic, not for one moment, but for the breadth of the millennial gamer experience. Is that… fun? It will depend on your love of Scott Pilgrim, Rivert City Ransom, and the ongoing renaissance of a long-dormant genre.","meta_description":"Scott Pilgrim EX is a spiritual sequel to a Netflix animated series from 2024, a Scott Pilgrim movie tie-in game from 15 years ago, and an underrated beat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3218,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-besties-745210/episodes/scott-pilgrim-vs-millennial-nostalgia/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/scott-pilgrim-vs-millennial-nostalgia.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}