Kinda Funny Gamescast: Video Game Podcast - Gary Whitta’s British Game Trivia! - Game Showdown

Episode Date: January 31, 2025

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Today, a guest host joins to spice things up. Get ready for Game Showdown. Yo, what's up? Welcome to Game Showdown. I'm your host, Blessing, Adioge, Jr. And I'm joined by three contestants representing three teams. We got Tim Geddes, representing Team Orange. I was about to say things are so much calmer, and I'm just so much happier because Greg's not here.

But why is Nick here? Why are you staying? Are you the guest host? A great question, Tim. I'm here to ask a question. Andy? Did you know that if you have Amazon Prime, you have Twitch Prime? Of course. I just want to let people know that, you know.

That's Andy Cortez representing Team Purple. Better to win. Just like last week. And since Greg, you didn't win last week. But I'm ready, too. Fair enough. Since Greg Miller is out today, we have the one and only snow bike mic representing season one and two champion team team blue

team blue baby give it to me come on now hoax you're looking good today you're looking real good today i don't like weird i don't like you buttering you know i'm like kick ass start to the day i love being here fraud we see right i'm excited to the day kick ass start to the day big blasts the man that started the day with chaos of not being able to figure out if you wanted to be on k-hgd or not i'm on a lot of things i'm moving and shaking baby oh my goodness a lot of things of course A mood. That's in a mood.

We're going to start off the show with a trivia question worth 10 points and the chance to start off strong. Contestants buzz in to answer. Which of the following is not a Cabella franchise game? I'm good at these games. Which of the following is not a Cabella? Cabela. Camilla Cabela franchise game.

Is it A. Cabela's big game hunter. B, Cabela's four by four off-road adventure. C. Cabela's Bucks in the wild. D. Cabela's ultimate deer hunt. That is Tim Gettys. B. Tim Gettys says B. Cabela's four by four off-road adventure. That is incorrect.

Andy Cortez. Whatever C. Whatever C was, bucks in the wild. Andy says C, bucks in the wild. Cabela's bucks in the wild is the correct answer. That is 10 points for Andy Cortez. I've never seen one of those at a dive bar, you know. You have bucks in the one? Listen, it depends on the kind of bar that you're at.

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when I got myself. Ah, yes. Ah, yeah. The rules are simple. A handful of games are going to be listed. It is your job to write down which category you think the game belongs in. We're going to go one game at a time through a list of 10 games and you get 20 points for each correct guess. Now, usually, I host Mad Categories. But today, I don't to bring on a special guest. Welcome to the stage, Gary Witta. Gary, for some reason, wasn't expected. His name we called on.

And Roger had no idea he was behind him. Roger said, oh shit. Gary, welcome to the show for the first time. Thank you for having me. Of course. Now, do you want to explain what you're doing today? What are the categories we're talking about? This is an idea that I pitched Greg and he said, oh, you should pitch that to

blessing. This would be perfect for Game Showdown. So I have taken some stick in the past for referencing, you know, I obviously grew up in the UK. You guys like Nintendo and Sega. We were more like Commodore 64 in Spectrum and stuff like that. And so lots of weird British computer games were made for the 8-bit market in the UK in the 1980s. And some of them have very silly names.

And occasionally when I've referenced the game, and Greg's gone, what, that's not a real game. So what I've done is I've come up with the names of 10 games that were British computer games that were made in the 1980s. I'm going to read them out to you. and your task is to tell me if that's the name of a real game or if I have made it up. Welcome. And we have 10 of them. And also I brought a special prize.

The winner of this round will win a packet of McViddy's chocolate hobnobs, which as any British people in the chat will tell you is absolutely the god emperor of a malted oat-based chocolate biscuits. I love that. Now it says in big letters, Ho-ho-ho's. Well, because this is for this, I got these over the Christmas holiday. Oh, so they're regular.

They are just regular. If you never had a chocolate hobnob, my goodness, you're in for a treat. They celebrate Christmas in September. Wow. Wow. It's because they're further in the future or in the past. Or it's next September is the thing. So.

Now, do you want me to, as they predict these true or false, do you want me to tell you if they're real or fake as we go or do them all? No, we're going to do it as we go. Okay. As we go. And what they're going to do is they're going to write down the answers and then we'll reveal and then you'll tell us what the right answer is. Correct.

So again, you can write. I guess you're going to say real or fake. Yes. So I'm going to say write down, real or fake. Contestants. Are you ready? Ready. Gary, what's number one?

I'm just going to read it. Oh, you can read on my right there. Okay, number one, fat worm blows a sparky. Fat worm blows a sparky. Is that a real game or have I made that up? That's a crazy thing. It has to be real, you know? I love this because I don't know the answers.

I have no idea. Fat worm blows a sparky. Contestants have their answers written down. Tim, what you got? I'm going real, baby. Tim says real. Andy. Fake. Andy says fake, Mike.

I've spent a lot of time with Gary Witta, and I know that this game is real. Oh, damn. It's a real game. What the hell is the game? I've seen it. I don't know if they're going to put it on the screen, but I actually provided box art

for all of the real games to prove that they are in fact real. Oh, my God. There you go. There's fat worm blows a sparky. I love that. Of course, Mike. It sounds like a cook.

thing in the military. For the Sinclair's X spectra. Mike and Tim, you're like broken arrow. Mike and Tim both get 20 points there. Again, correct answers in this round get you 20 points. Fat worm just blew a sparky over.

Control, fat worm has blown a sparky. Repeat, flat worm has blown a sparky. All right, ready for number two? Sacred armor of anteriorad. Sacred armor of anterior. I like that. Again, contestants are writing down real or fake? Or fake.

For each correct answer. They will get 20 points. Unless you don't have the chat available, so they can't cheat off the chat. Exactly. Yeah, we keep that careful. That's how it should be. All right, let's start with Mike this time. Gary Wither, that's too many words.

That's fake. Mike says fake. Andy. Sacred armor of Antirian. Fat worm blows a sparky. Bless words in the first one. Too many words. Fake.

Andy says fake. Everyone said fake. Everybody said fake. That's a real game. Fuck. That is a real game. Nobody gets points for that round. Sacred armor of Antibank.

Here is the box art. What was this on? It was on, I believe it was on all, it was on Commodore 64, Spectrum, and Amstrad, I believe, all three major platforms at the time. I love that anthrax font for anterior. Isn't that cool? This was a very metal game. Now, were you playing these games

back in the day? I've played most of these, not all of them. Wow. Obviously, the fake ones I haven't played. Yeah. All right. I wish I could. Are you ready for number three? Horace goes skiing First Horace goes skiing Again I love this because now I can comment

since I don't know the answers Horace does sound like a British name They would be naming their kids that only there He'd be skiing He also heard of who He did hear a who Yeah Horace heard a who Let's start off with Andy Cortez this time

Fake Andy says fake Mike I'm gonna go with fake as well Tim Spicing it up real baby That's a real game. That's a fucking

20 points for Tim right there. And there's the box art For the ZX Spectrum. Who is that? That's Horace. And he's skiing. But what's happening on his chest? This is actually the sequel.

That's his face. He's just a face and a pair of legs. This was the sequel to a game called Hungry Horace. Horace goes skiing was the follow-up. That's sick. This is what happens when you don't see the sun. This is the kind of argument. Are you ready for number four?

Yeah, let's get was number four. Number four. Everyone's a Wally. Everyone's a Wally. Is that a real British game or is it fake? Andy's having second thoughts on. We're going to start off with Tim Getty's. Real.

Tim is saying real. Andy. Really. Andy saying real. Mike. I will say that is fake. Mike is saying fake. It's a real game.

Yes. There are points for Andy. And there is everyone's a Wally. Till, man. Look at the box art we had back then. God. And on the other side of the tape, you actually could play a musical single that was released that was also called Everyone's a Wally. And you had the subtitle there.

A Day in the Life of Wally. Yeah. There was actually a whole series of these games. Yeah. Did you play this one? I did play Everyone's a Wally, yes. What is this game? Yeah, is this your version of like Ernest goes to camp?

I mean, it's, you kind of play these different members of this family and it's like a little platform game and you go around and I don't know. It was an 8-bit game. You can find YouTube videos of all of these. If you decide you want to, you know, investigate them. Honestly, it's not worth it. But, you feel, okay. So how are we doing after four rounds? I don't know.

Do we want to check in on the scores? I mean, yeah, Baird, do you want to give the scores after four rounds? What do we go after five? Right now, the score is. We're already there. Okay, all right, all right. Oh, that didn't turn on for some reason. Let's go here.

Right now in the last place, it is. So, like Mike Howard, uh, playing for Team Blue with. 20 points Just a little bit ahead of him It is one Nitro Rifle Andy Cortez With 30 points And running away with it right now

Can he keep it up? It is one Tim motherfucking Gettys For Team Orange with 60 points But it's still Anybody's game So far this is confirming my theory That Tim just has it

Thank you Because every now and then people Hit me up and be like Bless you're giving too many Nintendo Questions to Tim bless you're letting Tim lay this up We're doing British video games Tim is somehow finding himself in the lead once again. 20 points is a lot of points for hands.

20 points is a lot of points for games. He does. Ready for number five? Oh, yes, I am. Give it to us. Rockstar ate my hamster. Rockstar ate my hamster. Is that a real game or a fake British game?

Testants are writing down. You know, you're kind of thinking about the theme is like, are these all just going to be real? There's the matter game going on. Andy. I'm right there with you. All right. Let's start with Mike. I wrote down fake because I'm hoping that they're not all real. Andy, I wrote down fake as well, because we got to put a line somewhere.

Tim. I don't think the lines here yet, guys. I'm going real. Gary. That's a real game. Tim. Gettys gets 20 more points. Is that Michael Jackson? Yeah, I was just saying, is that Michael Jackson?

Yes, I think it's supposed to be. Codemasters. Codessie of Codemasters, who of course went on to do the, um, the Colin McCray rally games and a whole bunch of yeah, code masters, I think, still going strong. That's where they cut their teeth. How come hamster has a pee sometimes and a dozen other times? Is that a British thing?

Hamster's never had a pee. Really? Do you want to know the story behind that? So that was actually a real news headline. There was a British comedian back in the day called Freddie Star and the headline on the front page of the newspaper was Freddy Star ate my hamster. And we never got to the bottom of whether or not

Freddy Star actually did someone's hamster. And then there was a game called Rockstar 8-8 majorista was kind of based on that. So yeah, they've actually, yeah, they have all been real so far. So the question is, am I pulling some kind of meta-trick on you and they're all real? Or are there, in fact, some fake ones in here? Well, let's see. I guess we'll find out. Are you ready for number six?

Yes. Oh, sorry, number six, yes. Collins Wiggly Day Out. Oh, Jesus, man. Collins Wiggly Day Out. I don't know this one's causing Tim so much consternation. It's just so much, man. This boy just be wiggily.

I love this because I really don't know. Because I'm with you guys. Is he pulling a fast one on us? On you guys. We'll have to see, starting with Andy Cortez. Fake. Andy says fake, Tim. I'm going real, dude.

Tim is going real. Mike. I hate that I wrote down fake because it's going to be real. That one is fake. There you go. That is 20 points for like Mike with team blue and Andy with team purple, allowing them.

to catch up a little bit. Hit him. Mother fucking Gettys. Round number seven. Are you ready for number seven? Mm-hmm. So Tim, if he bleeds,

you can kill it. Mm-hmm. There you go. All right, number seven, chubby gristle. Chubby gristle. I love this.

I love this. I don't know. Chubby gristle. Chubby gristle. Andy's thinking real hard. Yeah, I don't know. All right. Let's start with Tim.

Sticking of the guns. We're going real. Tim says real. Andy. I also wrote real. Andy says real. Mike. I went real. You're all correct. It's a real game.

And there was a chubby gristle too, also. Oh my God. Is gristle like a slang for... It's for fucking cops. It's bacon. Oh, yeah. He was basically an overweight parking... A parking guy.

Your job was to go around giving people parking tickets. Yeah. Again, this is what happens when you don't see the sun. It's just cloudy and cold and they're like, oh, no, man, make a game where you give out parking tickets. That's crazy. Are you ready? Who ate a hamster?

All right, number eight. Man, Greg would have loved being on this episode. I know, right? I mean, trust me, I can go all day. We can do another one. Okay, number eight. My name is Uncle Groucho. You win a fat cigar.

I love that because I thought, for a second, I thought I forgot a line break there. name is Uncle Groucho, you win a fat cigar. There is a comma after Groucho. Just for, is that gives more context. My name is Uncle Groucho, comma, you win a fat cigar. I would have loved to have heard of one of these, you know? Like Mike had the first one, and I was like, oh.

I've been plumbing the depths for some of these, for sure. All right, let's start off with Snowmack, Mike. I wrote fake. Mike is saying fake. Andy. Against my best judgment, I wrote real. Andy says real, Tim. Real train, chew, chew, chew.

Gary. It's a real game. Yes. That is 20 points for Indian tips. Sometimes you question everything. What is it? Who is the friend with it? I don't like this. He's got Frankenstein at the bottom.

Also, who's this lady at the bottom? What's going on here? I couldn't tell you. There's something sleazy about the pink thing that just reminded. This is one that I never play. Yeah, that's Pie Man. So Pie Man was actually a pretty popular game mascot in the 80s. This is what I grew up on.

I don't believe you. Everybody loves Pine Man. But like. was he like could anybody use pine man put them in their properties like no no no he didn't have to license he was like you know fully uh proprietary that was a piece of IP all right number nine number nine Eric and the floaters Eric and the floaters there's a part of me it's like it's not weird enough is the thing of I go down the rabbit hole of like British slang and like do they be saying that over there

Like, what is a floater? Poop. Because, like, I think poop or I think, like, you know, like a jump shot. People named Eric over there. Dead body. Oh, they for sure got Eric's over there. Are you kidding me? Hey, Eric Idol.

Yeah. Of course, everybody knows Eric Idle. I'm not there. Eric's Tim. See, yeah, you know, you know Eric Clapton. I forget that I'm often here in a fucking crush with babies. Children. We ready for this?

Let's start off with Andy. Fake. Andy says fake. Mike. Real. Tim. going down with it, real. It's a real game.

Yes. 40 points for Mike and for Tim. Eric and the floaters. Oh. Wait, I was like the Doom cover. I still don't know what a floater is looking at this. This looks like the Choose Your Own Adventure book.

Look at that artwork. Man, they really just let anybody draw back then. Best box art back in the day. Also, is Kuma MSX, the developer? Kuma is the, um, is the publisher. And MSX is the format. It was on the MSX was a... I like that they have

like their names right and center more than the title of the game on the box art. Good for them. It's like what I always thought about books back in the day when I was a kid. I was like, man,

there's a lot of books named Craigney. They may have been called Kuma MSS. It was just like the author putting their name really large on it, you know? All right. The first Metal Gear game, MSX. Yeah.

Before it was even on NES. All right, round 10. This is our final one. Real or fake? Grumpy Gumphrey, Super Slooth. Grumpy Gumfrey Super Slooth

I always like Tim has like a visceral reaction You upset me Gary Because here's the thing It's either real and someone else came up with it Or it's fake and you came up with it Somebody came up with it Grumpy Gumfrey Super Slooth

If this is real I gotta play this game I gotta play this This sounds fun It sounds too good All right Let's start with Tim Just ride it Tim

I'm riding it We're going real You know. Riding the lightning. Andy. I wrote fake. Andy says fake. Mike.

Hopefully this one's fake. Herey. It's real. Yes. It sounded too good. Of all 10, only one was fake. Yeah. Because the real ones were just so good.

I couldn't not use them. They're so good. Collins, Collin's Wiggly Day Out was the only one I made up. This one, this is because I would have loved to see the box art for that one. The thing is, this is the only. I could probably draw it for you in five seconds. It'd be as good as any of these. Of all 10 of them,

one sounds the most convincing to be like one that you like a store detective. He was like a loss prevention guy. But then what's the game and your job was to go around and basically catch shoplifters? There's two of them in there you see. Yeah, but he's not catching that one. Yeah, he's bad because he's like Mr. Magoose. He's got a bad eyesight.

Oh my goodness. Yeah. Well, Barrett. Now that we're at the end of the round. I don't know Tim crushed it that round, right? I know Tim crushed it. Very happy about this. Bear, what's the score? Just a second. We put a new thing in the computer. Right now, at the end of our first game for today,

the scores are one Snowbike, Mike Howard, playing for Team Blue in the stead of one Greg Miller with 80 points. Did Greg choose the wrong person to take his place this week? We'll have to wait and see. In second place, still just 10 points ahead, is Andy the Nighter Rifle Cortez for Team Purple with 90 points. And still in the lead, is he secretly British? It's Tim Getty's for Team Orange with 160 points. but it's still anybody's game.

I own the Cometador 64. You pass these hob knobs down to Tim. You get the hobnob. Yes, dude. Oh, I'm so excited about this. I'm going to hobnob right now. I'm telling you. Have you never had a hobnob, Tim?

I think you've given me one before in like 2015. Yeah, maybe so. I don't remember it. There's no way that I've known to this long and never offered you a hop-nob. Yeah. Wow. That would be very un-British of me. Well, Gary, thank you so much for this.

I appreciate you joining me here. Thanks for having me. I'm glad we found a place for this, for this, idea. And like I said, there's no shortage of these. So if we ever want to do another British 80s video game, real or fake round, this might have to be a steeply come up. Yeah, we might have to do this once every season. And so I'll keep you in mind, of course, if you want to continue to support. Not a fan, Mike? No. Oh, it's very good. It's like very good. I'm going to eat one of these during the break. Just enjoy a home on me. Oh, of course, patreon.com

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Thumbs up. It's good. Thumbs up. I think it's the Milano is the name of the cookie in the Pepper's Farm. Like a Lusca. I think it's those. I'm going to shove a lot of hob knobs in my mouth today. I'm sure you are.

Give me more of those. I want some more, too. Pop it up. Yeah. I'm going to have some of those after the show, though, not right now because they have a host. Because, of course, we're on to our next game. Let's play Critical Hit. Fuck.

Critical Hit, the rules are simple. This is a game about video game reviews. I'm going to read to you review blurbs about a game, and it is up to you to buzz in and guess the game based on the review. Each round has three different. different blurbs for the same game. The earlier you guess the game, the more points you'll receive with a max of 30 points per round. Bless you.

Shut up. It sounded like you screamed. The hobnop crumb knob. But you only have one guess per blurb. So let me say that again. You can get a max of 30 points per round, but you only have one guess per blurb. The add on here is that if you get the game right, you have the chance to guess the exact metacritic score of the game for a critical hit.

to double your points for the round. Contestants, are you ready? Yes. We're going to assume that means I'm very ready here. We're ready. Let's start off with round one. Remember, we have three blurbs per game. The earlier you guessed, the more points you receive.

Round one, first blurb comes from Game Informer, who gave this game a sixth out of ten and said, in the five hours it took to complete this game, I experienced a whirlwind of excitement and disgust. I love the sights, sounds, and basic combat, and loathe the finishers in gameplay deviations. Andy Cortez. Scorn. Scorn is incorrect.

If Mike and Tim don't have a buzz, I'm going to move on to blurb. Tim. Mortal Kombat mythology, age of sub-zero. Tim says moral combat mythology is age of sub-zero. That is incorrect. I like that guess, though. I shall pass. We're going to move on then.

to the second blurb. This one comes from GameSpot who gave this game a 5 out of 10 and says this game is a repetitive and tedious homage to the gruesome battle

showcased in the film 300. This game is a repetitive and tedious homage to the gruesome battle showcased in the film 300. Tim Gettys. Rise. Tim Getty says rise.

Rise. Son of Rome is the correct answer. That is 20 points of this round for Tim. Tim, you can double that if you can tell me the exact Metacritic of Rye's son of Rome. I'm shocked. It's like we're talking

fives. Like I didn't realize it was down bad like that. I'm going to go 55. Tim says 55. The Xbox 1 Metacritic of Rize son of Rome is 60. Damn. 60.

Not too far off, but not close enough. Let's move on to round number two. The first blurb is from official Xbox magazine, who gave this game an 8 out of 10 and says, it's a savage game. The only thing more violent than the damage inflicted on the main character is the rapid and nonchalant dismemberment. Who's that?

Mike. Tomb Raider. Tomb Raider is incorrect. Is the rapid and nonchalant dismemberment of everyone he comes into contact with. again to repeat that it's a savage game the only thing more violent than the damage inflicted on the main character tim um metal gear rising revengents metal gear rising revengents is incorrect the only thing more violent than the damage inflicted on the main character is the rapid and nonchalant disembemberment of everyone he comes into contact with and you're the only one left with a possible buzz in here oh pass he's gonna pass our next blurb game spot gave this game a

seven out of ten and says it may be derivative a cakewalk and a times buggy but the sheer visceral impact of the over-the-top violence in this game is enough to make it a fun action game as well as one of the better movie tie-ins released recently contestants are thinking real hard i can see like the steam radiating i just don't know how recently you know uh if nobody has a guess i'll move on to the third and final blur for this game andy Uh, X-Men Origins Wolverine. X-Men Origins Wolverine is the correct answer. Good job.

Good job. Yeah. Now, Andy, that'll get you 20 points, but you can double that. If you can tell me the exact Xbox 360 meta-critic of this game. 72. Andy says 72. The metacritic for X-Men Origins Wolverine on Xbox 360 is 75. 75.

Only three points off there. Let's move on to round number three. The first blurb is from US Gamer, who gave this game a 9 out of 10 and says, while the game's roots as a DLC are still showing, this studio has put together an amazing game from a wide variety of sources. If you're on the same mental wavelength,

this game is a class act. While this game's roots as a DLC are still showing, this studio has put together an amazing, game from a wide variety of sources. If you're on the same mental wavelength, this game is a class act. What could that possibly be? If nobody has a guess, we'll move on

to the second blurb from Games Radar who gave this game an 8 out of 10 and says, unsurprisingly goofy, but it also just happens to be one of the greatest superhero games ever made. Unsurprisingly goofy, but it also just happens to be one of the greatest superhero games

ever made. Oh my God. Hit it with him. I mean, I'll just start throwing things out. Mike. Batman Arkham Origins? Mike says Batman Arkham Origins. That is incorrect.

Andy or Tim don't have a guess. I'll move on to the third and final blurb for this game. Which comes from IGN, who gave this game a 7.3 out of 10 and says, with its recycled map and wildly overpowered abilities, playing this game feels a lot

enabling godlike cheat codes in the previous game and going nuts. It's ridiculous story, goofy characters, self-aware humor, Andy. Um, crackdown. Crackdown is incorrect. Mike. Saints Row got out of hell. Saints Row got out of hell is incorrect. Fuck you. Fuck you.

It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous story. Goofy characters, self-aware humor, and amazing character editor makes it all work. Tim, you're the only one left. who can guess for this one. Oh, man. South Park, Fractured Butthole. South Park, the fractured butthole is incorrect,

meaning none of you guys get the points for this one. Mike. I know, but you'd like. Mike, St. R.O.4 is the answer. Get out of hell. It just felt like it. How did you get there? Well, this is the DLC part.

You know, because Saints R.O.4 started off as a DLC. They then spun it into a full superhero game. Now here's the thing, like, what if, imagine if we saw the questions on the screen. That's a lot of words on a screen, though. He's cooking, he's thinking about it. I don't be that many words on a screen. My eyes are going to start glazing over, you know?

Yeah, I just need to see the words, you know. And it will help. We'll help you. And you will make all the blurr helps. To be on the game show then. Saints Row 4 in case you were wondering, the PC Metacritic of that would have been in 86. Let's move on to the fourth round for critical hit.

This first blurb comes from IGN, who gave this game an 8.5 out of 10 and says, Visual variety, tons of distinct side quests, and a dense world with plenty of options, always gave me something I wanted to do. And its satisfying economy had me obsessing over completing every side quest. Mike. Baldersgate 3. Balders Gate 3 is incorrect.

Andy. World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft is incorrect. We can move on. We're going to move on to the second blur from Edge Magazine, who gave this game a 9 out of 10. and says the previous game asked for the definition of insanity, and this sequel answers it. Andy.

Far Cry 4. Far Cry 4 is the correct answer. Good job. That is 20 points for Andy with the chance to double it. Andy, can you tell me what the Metacritic is for Far Cry 4, the PS4 Metacritic? PS4 Metac critic for Far Cry 4. And for context, I'm always pulling the most popular Metacritic, the console that got the most reviews.

83. and he says 83. The exact metacritic of Far Cry 4 is 85. Two points off there, but you still get the 20 points for the round, which is going to be good because we're out of the main portion of critical hit and into the bonus round. Metascore Mayhem. I'm going to put five different games on the screen.

I provided you each with whiteboards. I want you to organize these games. from top to bottom based on what you think the meta score is. For every correct spot, you'll get a whopping 20 points. The twist, if any of you get all five games correct, the game ends and we dish out scores as is. However, if no one gets all five correct, I'll tell you each how many games you have in the right positions

and give you each one chance to change your answers. I won't tell you which games you have in the right spots, just how many. You have 60 seconds to jot down your answers. Contestants, are you ready? Ready. Barrett, if you can put the game themes on screen,

the games are until dawn, 2015, Star Wars Battlefront, 2015, the binding of Isaac, Deadpool, and this war of mine. You have 60 seconds on the clock. You guys need to put these games

in the correct order from highest to lowest metacritic. Once again, the games are until dawn, 2015. Star Wars Battlefront, 2015. The Binding of Isaac, Deadpool, and this war of mine. You guys have about 30 seconds remaining to jot down your answers. It looks like Tim is all done.

Tim has a confidence I've never seen before. This is crazy. I forget how much I like this music. I was going to say the same thing. I really like the music. Yeah. Do we know where this music came from? Did somebody make this or is this from like a sound library? Sound library. I might have to add this to my playlist. Five seconds left.

Five seconds left to finish jotting your answer. I'm done. All right. Everybody's done jotting their answers. Again, I am asking you to name these games in order of their metacritic score.

Tim, I'm going to have you go first. Starting off with this war of mine and then binding of Isaac and then until dawn, then Star Wars Battlefront and then a little DEP to end the day. Andy, what you got for me? Binding of Isaac until dawn.

Deadpool. This war of mine. Battlefield or Battlefront. Mike Binding of Isaac Until Dawn This War of Mind Star Wars Deadpool

Nobody got all five games Correct Tim you got three games in the correct spots Andy you have one game

in the correct spot Mike you have three games in the correct spot We're going to put 60 seconds back on the clock Barrett if you can put the games back on the screen

you can rearrange your games however you want get as many points or get as many points as possible if you want here Tim is playing the game right now I love to see this level of gameplay from Tim

Tim immediately put his board down because he realized he's the math right now it is a battle for second place unfortunately for Indian D and Mike I am done Mike is done I appreciate Andy is still like

fuck it I'm going for second place I'm going to get these answers I mean if he gets all five he wins Oh, does he? Yeah. All right, then, never mind. This is still a battle. No, maybe not. No, actually, I don't think that's true.

No, no. Per context, for audio listeners, right? Tim has 180 points. Andy has 130. Then Mike has 80. And so Tim is 50 points ahead of Andy right now. And Tim has three guaranteed right answers. You can see it.

You can see it. I don't care. I don't have nothing to lose. Okay, okay. Yeah, like even if Andy gets all five correct, I believe that'll put him 10 points behind Tim. still. Oh shit. All right. Time is up.

Tim. You didn't change it thing. I didn't change the thing. So Tim has three answers in the correct spaces, which means he does get 60 points for the round. Andy, what you got for me? I have a binding of Isaac, Battlefront, Until Dawn, Deadpool, this war of mine. Mike, what you got for me? Tim, let me see his board. So I think that helped me, actually.

Binding of Isaac, this war of mine, until dawn, Star Wars, Deadpool. So, like I mentioned earlier, Tim, got 60 points for his.

Andy, you have two games in the correct spot. And before I reveal Mike's, Barrett, can you reveal the actual answers? At the top, you have the binding of Isaac with an 84 metacritic.

followed by this war of mine with an 83 metacritic following that you have until dawn with a 79 metacritic under that Star Wars Battlefront with a 73 metacritic under that Deadpool with a 62 metacritic meaning Mike did indeed get all the right places. That's 100 points. Oh no. Yes, 100 points for Mike there. We look great today. You look great today. Barry, what's the final score?

Final score, God damn it. There we go. In last place, he was keeping up. He was 10 points ahead in second place for most of the game, but he choked at the very last minute. It was Andy, the Knights of Rifle Cortez for Team Purple with 170 points, and who came back? Honestly, probably the biggest win of the week,

even though he was only in second place for Greg Miller. It was Mike Howard for Team Blue with 180 points. He did get a star, but he has won all over hearts. Oh, second. What is celebrating? I beat you. You were talking all that trash? I beat you.

He left the doors open, beat him. Be it. And the winner once again, this week, it is the man, not the chair. It is Tim Getty's for Team Orange with 240 points. I hope you're choking those hot. talking all that shit. Barrett, if you can bring up the star standing. Just making up things.

He lives in his own world. Nobody witnesses. Coming into this episode, Team Blue, Greg Miller's Team Blue, which always makes this confusing. Came into this episode with one star. Tim's Team Orange came in with one star. Team Purple had zero stars so far.

Tim's Team Orange just earned themselves a second star, giving them the lead so far. for the season. Of course, those two stars come with an asterisk brought to you by Greg Miller. Of course, Greg Miller wants the asterisk gone there to display the fact that one of those stars

are going to be his. Could be. Yeah. Could be his. Write it down. My favorite thing about this is he doesn't just get to steal it. He needs to then beat me. He needs to beat you.

It's probably not that great act. So we'll see how this goes. Big words from Tim Geddes. But from his performance today, he might be able to back those up. So you shall see sometime during the season. if Greg can catch that in. Of course, this has been another episode of Game Showdown,

your nerdy trivia show. We'll be back next week with another episode. Until next time, it's been our pleasure to serve you.