On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, SlowBurne welcomes another new guest, Chase Dillard, to continue the show's top 25 video game series with Chase's picks. Chase is definitely the guest I know the least out of everyone I've had on, so it is exciting to dig in and listen to his picks. As a bonus, we also catch up on the biggest announcements of The Game Awards and discuss our criticisms of the show as a whole.

Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comments or questions read on-air, you can write in to the podcast at ControlledBurnes@gmail.com.

Timestamps
1:59: The Game Awards Wrap-Up
12:49: Chase's Top 25
13:01: Mouthwashing
16:33: Devil May Cry
21:47: Titanfall 2
28:19: Civilization VI
37:40: Sifu
42:34: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
1:02:49: The Walking Dead Season One
1:08:42: Ghost of Tsushima
1:16:50: Mass Effect
1:21:34: Dying Light
1:29:29: Call of Duty: Ghosts
1:36:47: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
1:43:34: Life is Strange
1:47:05: Darkest Dungeon
1:50:43: This War of Mine
1:55:17: Project Zomboid
2:00:36: Red Dead Redemption II
2:10:30: Baldur's Gate III
2:15:16: Final Fantasy XV
2:23:36: The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
2:27:55: Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
2:32:26: The Last of Us Part 1
2:45:18: Cyberpunk 2077
2:50:57: Death Stranding
2:55:18: Disco Elysium

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, host SlowBurne breaks down his year in gaming in 2024 including all of the games he started and finished over the course of the year, his Xbox and PlayStation year-end stats, his platinum trophies, and his ranking of all of the games he finished in terms of quality. While SlowBurne didn't play a lot of games that actually released in 2024, it's still a great time to look back on the year and the experiences that were had in our favorite medium.

Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comments or questions read on-air, you can write in to the podcast at ControlledBurnes@gmail.com.

Timestamps

2:08: Games I started in 2024

34:10: Games I finished in 2024

47:28: Xbox Wrap Up

50:22: PlayStation Wrap Up

56:45: Games I Platinumed in 2024

1:01:57: Back to PlayStation Wrap Up

1:04:30: Ranking All of the Games I Played in 2024

On this week's episode of Controlled Burnes, host SlowBurne ranks and discusses the greatest video game launch titles of all time in a wide-ranging that look that extends all the way back to the launch of the original NES in 1985. SlowBurne creates three different lists ranking key launch titles in terms of importance and success, quality, and a special third list that looks at the 10 most important launch titles that really sold SlowBurne himself on new hardware over the years.

Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular focus on lists and topics related to video games, music, TV/film as well as other hobbies and aspects of pop culture. If you're interested in writing into the podcast and having your comments or questions read on-air, you can write in to the podcast at ControlledBurnes@gmail.com.

Timestamps
2:13: Ranking the most important launch titles of all time
32:10: Ranking the top 10 launch titles that sold me on new hardware
57:53: Ranking my picks for the greatest launch titles of all time