Best pals John and Brendan discuss friendship in videogames. What characters feel like close buddies to them? John felt a kinship with Alistair from Dragon Age: Origins and a lesser attachment to Lydia from Skyrim. Whereas Brendan was habitually close to an undead woman in Dark Souls who sold him poisonous arrows.

John also enthuses about animated adventure Chuchel and recommends Ion Maiden, a new retro shooter from 3D Realms. Brendan, on the other hand, comes up with some fictional scenarios between iconic videogame characters. Would J C Denton get along with Adam Jenson? Listen to find out.

Links:

The Ridealongs: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/ridealong/

Agony aunt Anna Rayburn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Raeburn

Alistair from Dragon Age: http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Alistair

Lydia vs a Gate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTMwjYgJsFQ

The life and death of Lydia in Skrim: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/11/21/skyrim-lydia-death/

Stardew Valley review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/03/04/stardew-valley-review/

Barbas was a dog in Skyrim, and so was Meeko: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/22/skyrim-survival-diary/

John hates Fallout 4’s “stupid dog” : https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/11/30/why-i-hate-fallout-4s-stupid-dog/

Oxenfree review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/01/20/oxenfree-review/

You’re not the hero of Pyre’s revolution (and that’s the point): https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/08/18/youre-not-the-hero-of-pyres-revolution-and-thats-the-point/

Night in the Woods review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/02/27/night-in-the-woods-review/


Have you played… Else Heart.Break()? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/02/20/have-you-played-else-heart-break/

The Witcher developer hints that Geralt will guest appear in a different game: https://twitter.com/Marcin360/status/970994926677872640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Ion Maiden review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/05/ion-maiden-review/

Chuchel review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/06/chuchel-review/

Who is Garrus? http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Garrus_Vakarian