Mina the Hollower Is GOTY Quality
5/29/20261 hr 20 min
Mina the Hollower is a delicious 7-layer dip of beloved video games. It looks and feels like a gothic Zelda, but its influences stretch far beyond Nintendo’s action-adventure series. The Besties are joined by Jason Schreier (from Bloomberg and Triple Click) to burrow through one layer after another to uncover its many secrets. In the back half, we talk about the big news of the week: Dragon Quest 12’s development reboot and the end of Destiny 2.
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First 90 secondsGriffin McElroy· Host0:00
Fresh, you said you had a story you wanted to tell me because you're gonna try to shame me publicly on our podcast.
Russ Frushtick· Host0:05
Oh, no, no, no. I'm gonna save it for later.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:07
Oh, great. Cool.
Russ Frushtick· Host0:07
Oh, good.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:08
Something, something for me to look forward to.
Russ Frushtick· Host0:09
We're gonna save it for later. That's gonna be a nice little moment that we're gonna have, but thank you for the reminder. I appreciate it.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:14
No, no, no. That's great. Is there any, any other ways that you could maybe publicly shame and disown me on our podcast?
Russ Frushtick· Host0:20
Hmm. I mean, you have that thing.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:22
That I'm not feeling well? That thing.
Russ Frushtick· Host0:25
No, no. The... Oh, you know the other thing, you know.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:28
[laughs] Which one's this?
Russ Frushtick· Host0:30
You know.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:30
I have so many embarrassing things.
Russ Frushtick· Host0:31
I, I don't wanna... Uh, it seems- Is it my skin tags? [laughs] It seems... I mean, I'm just... I'm not gonna, like, fill in the blanks for people.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:39
It's like this every week, Jason. [laughs] It's like this every week. And it's like this will they, won't they sort of energy. [laughs] Uh, and the will and want, I just, uh, in reference to the shame kink that they ha-... Like this weird symbiotic shame kink that they both have, uh, pitching and receiving it, and I have to be a part of it, and there is no HR person on The Besties.
Russ Frushtick· Host1:03
Well, it was Justin- Um- ... but now he's gone.
Griffin McElroy· Host1:05
[laughs] It was Justin. Justin was really the mediator for it. Justin was my rip cord, where I could be like, "Come on, Juice, let's, let's rip it." Um, and now I don't even have that anymore, and it's just, like, nonstop, like, "Tell him about your weird butt." [laughs] "Tell, tell him about your silly balls." And it's like, "Guys, I'm fricking your coworker."
Russ Frushtick· Host1:25
Yeah. I wouldn't say silly.
Unknown speaker1:26
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