This week on Brain Lords we solve the equation for what makes a game worth it. That it has to cost you $1 for every hour of fun, right? Special guest Keifer from the Select & Start Podcast helps us in this crossover episode where we break down what people actually mean when they say a game is "Worth It"?

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Kyle - Cute Monster Props

Jorge - JMV

Keifer - Select & Start Podcast

THINGS DISCUSSED

Final Fantasy XV, Kingsglaive, Final Fantasy Advent Children, Garfield and Friends, Brandish, Rumble Roses 2, Dead or Alive Extreme Beach Volleyball, Street Fighter 3rd Strike

How does playtime factor into a game's worth? (0:12:30)

Death Stranding, Breath of the Wild, Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Balatro, Silent Hill F, Bayonetta, Resident Evil 4, Heat (1995), Nier Replicant

Does price or accessibility matter in measuring a game's worth? (0:26:17)

Gran Theft Auto 6, Shiren the Wanderer, Boku no Natsuyasumi 2, Ys III, Castlevania Rondo of Blood, Fallout New Vegas

Game Ratings: Video Game Fandoms (0:44:06)

Armored Core, Animal Crossing, Deltarune, F-Zero, Bit Brigade, Star Fox 64, Star Fox Command, Lisa The Painful, Look Outside, Lisa the Hopeful, Lisa the Pointless, Mother franchise, Earthbound, Deep Rock Galactic, Hitman series, Final Fantasy XIV, Tom, Final Fantasy XI

How worthy are the recommendations or opinions of strangers for games? (1:15:42)

Brandish, Red Dead Redemption 2, Dear Passengers, The Matrix Path of Neo

How does a game stand out from a wide breadth of options? (1:27:23)

Ocarina of Time, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Resident Evil 2 Remake. Live A Live, Lies of P, Hollow Knight

So, what then do people mean when they ask if a game is "worth it"? (1:38:30)

Bioshock, Super Mario 64, 1000xResist

The Question Zone (1:48:42)

Mewd says: With any piece of art, I want to walk away from the work carrying something with me. I want to be affected. I want to be able to reflect back on that experience and relate it to life.

Idle escapism can be enjoyable too, but the games that are most 'worth it' for me are the ones where I'm still thinking and feeling after the game ends.

The Rec Room (1:51:26)

Games Done Quick runs for: Resident Evil 9, Mario 64 120 Star TAS, Memoirs of Magic, Snoopy (Commadore 64), Elden Ring All Bosses Coop, Total Nuclear Annihilation, Hey You Pikachu, The House that Dragons Made, Pluribus, Toree Series, In the Mouth of Madness, Alan Wake 2, Hitman World of Assassination, MGSV The Phantom Pain