About this podcast
Friends, comedians and avid gamers Glenn Moore, Sarah Keyworth and Pierre Novellie sit down each week to discuss gaming.
Button Boys offers unheard of recommendations, their worst gripes, nostalgia and much more in each episode plus bonus content for their dedicated Patreon supporters. If you love gaming and comedy you've come to the right place.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 69 episodes
- Halloween Spooktacula Special · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 67It was a dark and stormy night, the wind howled against the rain-speckled windows of Pierre's shed. Inside, three hooded figures gathered around a tea-stained table, pushed aside…
- Terrible Times: Who’s Got it the Worst? · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 66We've all had one of those days: just missing the bus, stepping in a deep puddle, pissing ourselves a little bit. But none of us have had the kinds of days that gaming…
- Side Quests Vol. 1 · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 65Much like side streets, side arms, side tables, side dishes and sidemen, can provoke surprisingly strong feelings. This week we're going off the beaten track, ignoring the main…
- The Eras Tour: Best Historical or Futuristic Setting · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 64This week the Boys try to settle the debate raging across the country: which historical or futuristic period makes the best setting for a game? From early symbolic thought…
- Non-Fatal Flaws: Bad Bits in Good Games · 60 min · Season 1 Episode 63This week's topic is all about the maggot in the apple, the flaw in the diamond, the suspicious stain on the clean-smelling underwear. That's right, it's the parts of otherwise…
- The Worst Game Pitch-Off · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 62If you missed out on the first ever Button Boys LIVE, don't worry, we remembered to record it! This week, the Boys had to pitch their worst-ever game ideas to an audience at…
- August Annals: What We've Been Playing · 56 min · Season 1 Episode 61I'll let you into a secret. We've been lying to you all this time. Every week, when you think you're listening to the latest video game content your podcast app of choice has to…
- First Impressions: Tutorials and Intros that Stick · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 60This week we're getting to grips with the age-old tutorial. Whether it's boot camp, prison or simply being born every game takes its time to show you the ropes. The Boys look at…
- Getting the Ick: How to Ruin a Game · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 59Have you ever found yourself enjoying a game and then BAM... you hit an ick? Something so minor but so off-putting that you just have to put the controller down and walk away…
- You've Got to Be F***ing Kidding Me · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 58We've all had those moments. You put down the controller, take a long, measured breath and express your absolute shock/consternation/contempt/awe (delete as applicable) with the…
- Button Boys Presents: Hell Let Loose Vietnam (Sponsored) · 52 min*Cues Fortunate Son* Bone spurs will not save you from this very special episode of Button Boys, brought to you by Hell Let Loose: Vietnam. So don your warpaint and load up the…
- One and Done: Games We’d Never Play Again · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 57The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there. And we don't like different. Or too much of the same. And that's why this week's episode is all about the games…
- Food, Glorious Food (and Drink) · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 56Pop on a bib and bring out your best dinnerware, as this week's theme is food and drinks. From phone booth chicken to liquid burgers for two, the Boys discuss the entire range of…
- The Future is Now: Times When Our Minds Were Blown · 1 h 0 min · Season 1 Episode 55Every person who plays video games has had a moment when their jaw drops, their eyes widen and they find themselves dribbling onto their laps the sheer effort of comprehending…
- From Rags to Rupees: Money in Games · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 54Unzip your wallets and loosen your coin pouches because this episode's all about the most filthy of lucre: money. From septims to souls, in-game currency has been integral to…
- Good Boss, Bad Boss · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 53This week's episode is all about bosses, from the good ones to the bad ones to the really, really old ones. The Boys recount the most annoying boss mechanics, challenging fights…
- Heartbreak · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 52The rage, the desperation, the cries of "Why, God, why did you do this to my beautiful boy?" This week's episode is all about gaming heartbreak. Hundreds of thousands of hours…
- Time Enough at Last: Games to Play When the World Stops · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 51There is never, ever enough time to game. This week's episode dares to dream of a world in which we have nothing to do: no obligations, no commuting, no structure. Basically…
- Slop Til You Drop: Shovelware, Clones and Cash Grabs · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 50In this week's episode, the Boys scrape up the fetid sludge from the bottom of the barrel to see what absolute slop they can find. From clones to cash grabs, smut to even…
- The Prediction Game: Half-Time Report · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 49Cast your minds back to the start of the year, in the dank, dark depths of winter, when our intrepid hosts, full of hope and joy, set out their stalls with their most hotly…
