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The Besties Podcast Transcripts

Russ Frushtick, Chris Plante, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy · 517 episodes with transcripts

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?

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The Star Wars Game Renaissance Is Here!

October 9, 2026

Griffin McElroy (0:00)

I think it's Bologna, I think it's outer space Bologna that they don't let you name your guy in this one. Your guy in this one's gotta be called Shade, which is top 10 most boring Star Wars names. They had an opportunity to let me carve my legend throughout the galaxy as Jizz Bumpstow or Snizz Blasto.

Russ Frushtick (0:24)

His last name, they don't really cover it, but his last name is Shade Bazorks.

Griffin McElroy (0:29)

Yeah, they only say it was. There's a single line where Subalba's like, Bazorks, blah blah blah, and then he says alien shit.

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