Some games bring people together. These are not those games.
This week we’re counting down the local multiplayer classics that turned best friends into sworn enemies, one couch session at a time. From NBA Jam elbows to TMNT button-mashing betrayals, and Halo we get into why same-couch gaming bred the pettiest, most personal rivalries in the hobby. Screen-watching. Phantom controller “malfunctions” right as the comeback started. That one friend who only ever picked the broken character and swore it was skill.
If you grew up handing someone the second controller and immediately regretting it, this episode is for you Watch, argue, and tell us which game ended a friendship of yours in the comments.
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► MUSIC Opening: Project X – Mega Man 2 “Project X2 – Title Screen” OC ReMix – https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00625
Closing: Project X – Mega Man 2 “Ending” Buy the album here: https://projectx.bandcamp.com/album/m…
