Vampire Crawlers and a Big Besties Update
5/1/202658 min
This is a big week of change at The Besties. But before we get to the news, we all want to chat about one of the strangest spinoffs in indie games. Vampire Crawlers adapts the iconic Vampire Survivors into a dungeon crawling, roguelike deckbuilder. And... it mostly works? Stick around until the end of the show, when we chat about a big change for the future of The Besties.
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First 90 secondsGriffin McElroy· Host0:00
I'll tell, I'll tell a true story for a cold open.
Ross Frushtick· Host0:02
Oh, I'd love it.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:03
Yeah?
Justin McElroy· Host0:03
Yeah, it's a true story. Yesterday we did the fundraiser for the Max Fun Drive, and the more people donated to the drive, the longer my brother Travis would recap Season Two of Yellowstone, Season Two, and it was three hours.
Ross Frushtick· Host0:23
How did- So- ... only as, logistically speaking- Yeah.
Justin McElroy· Host0:26
Sure ...
Ross Frushtick· Host0:26
if you, if it starts at, let's say, 10 minutes- Yeah ... and he's, like, already at Episode Eight.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:31
Yeah.
Justin McElroy· Host0:32
Well, people can go watch the stream if they wanna see the entire thing.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:35
Yeah, it, it timed out perfectly.
Ross Frushtick· Host0:35
It's not really that kismets.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:36
Yeah.
Justin McElroy· Host0:36
Yeah.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:37
Yeah.
Justin McElroy· Host0:37
But anyway, um, yesterday, uh, a patient escaped from, uh, the, uh, psychiatric hospital here, uh, who was armed and dangerous, and there was a citywide manhunt for this guy. And eventually he turned up, uh, at a, a Harmony House, and he was recognized by my wife, who then alerted the authorities and brought the manhunt to a close. That happened while I was listening to my brother describe Season Two of Yellowstone.
Griffin McElroy· Host1:11
[laughs] [laughs] These two events is what I'm saying to you.
Ross Frushtick· Host1:14
Yeah. The contrast could not be- They happened at the same time.
Griffin McElroy· Host1:19
They were in, they were, they happened at the same time, you know?
Ross Frushtick· Host1:22
Yeah.
Justin McElroy· Host1:22
Yeah.
Griffin McElroy· Host1:23
We, we come home from our day- [laughs] ... and we look at each other and we're like, "So what happened in your..." I have to