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The Besties
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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Chris Plante
Chris Plante co-founded Polygon in 2012 as its editor-at-large. He previously served as Culture Editor at The Verge. Chris’ writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Vulture, and Vox.com. With 15 years of industry experience, he created and occasionally teaches NYU's Intro to Games Journalism. Outside of the media business, Plante co-authored the original story for Limetown, a podcast that has since been adapted for books and television. He is the editor of Quest, a tabletop role-playing game. He serves on the board of the Frida Cinema in Santa Ana. And each week, Plante co-hosts The Besties, a video game podcast in which the world’s best friends pick the world’s best games.
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Griffin Mcelroy
Griffin Andrew McElroy is an American podcaster, actor, writer, composer, and former video game journalist. He is known for his work on podcasts such as My Brother, My Brother and Me and The Adventure Zone, as well as for co-founding the video game journalism website Polygon.
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Justin McElroy
Justin Tyler McElroy is an American podcaster, comedian, and former video game journalist. He is known for his work on podcasts (such as My Brother, My Brother and Me, The Adventure Zone, and Sawbones) and as the co-founder of video game journalism website Polygon.
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Russ Frushtick
Russ Frushtick is the director of special projects and is the co-founder of Polygon. He is the author of The Book of Fun and co-hosts The Besties Podcast.
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