All kinds of business pops off in this episode. Joe Spiro stops by to attempt to fill the Tegan shaped hole in our hearts. Instead he and Brian carry on about old games. There is grim discussion about the Xbox Game Pass service. Various hirings are discussed and we pour one for that one guy who liked Paragon. We hope he likes Smite. Brian discovers that he is an asshole, we get a whole kiwi into a glass and Hoyt Axton stars in a forgotten GBA classic. And the god damn pandas are back.
Look, this episode is a day late but it should be noted that even with the episode being a day late that no member of Impossible Coin is worse than or equal to a panda in awfulness. What we are saying is that pandas are garbage. The team digs into Nintendo Labo and the Q1 shuffle at various studios and David Cage knows Ellen Page. For realsies. Tegan has difficulty planning a diet and the crew pines for sponsorship.
This episode may have everything; motivated shepherd dogs, ASMR NPR, Tegan's hacked washing machine, a plethora of accidental romances, some discussion of Princess Zelda's mom butt in the Hyrule Warriors re-release, a Nintendo mini Direct and the hottest fighting game based on Mad Men. Buckle up kids.
Tegan shares a personal revelation regarding her perceived weakness for gambling. There is talk of a Splatfest or clam bake or whatever those Splatoon 2 things are called. Brian got real close to buying Panzer Dragoon Saga and was able to barely avoid it. Rocky is digging on Good Place theories and the team discusses Smug Fuck Castles in Los Angeles.
So Tegan may be dying. There's that. But our game master, Rocky is hunting for nat twenties to save her. Brian and Rocky talk Monster Hunter World, Tegan tempts Brian with stories of how profoundly busted Elex is and we find out what is mixed in with Rocky's regular porn. We also meet two unscrupulous charlatans, Jimmy Gamestop and Michael Transaction. At least they don't like clopping.