Critical Role
Critical Role
Leisure
The Besties
by Russ Frushtick, Chris Plante, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy
Today: #23 in Leisure on our combined chart.
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Ranking history
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| Date | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pocket Casts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | #31 | #26 | #28 |
About the show
It's Game of the Year meets King of the Hill as four of Earth's best friends – Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Chris Plante, and Russ Frushtick – rank and review their favorite video games. Because shouldn't the world's best friends pick the world's best games?
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