This show has everything you expect from a video game podcast. We deep-dive the romantic comedy genre and identify those responsible for the rom-com crash (Kate Hudson and Dane Cook). We discuss the phenomenon of shipping real people (including ourselves). Rocky reveals a conspiracy theory to Brian which he doesn't have the strength for. Tegan doesn't have the strength for much. By trying to show us they're good Sony may have proven they're bad. Video games y'all.
Come with me into the ketchup filled ball pit as the crew savors the new Star Wars trailer. Video game companies are still very bad. Labo VR is for more than looking up a chicken's butt. I guess the FTC is putting on LootBoxCon 2019. Can't wait to see the cosplay contest. Hopefully someone wears a copper banana hammock.
Gather round friends! You are invited to the cookout. It's a different kind of cookout. It's one earned by defeating the Aztec Deadmaus with the best grandma ever. Rocky, Tegan and Brian present a cautionary tale of ever pretending to be somebody's boyfriend.
First off, we're not sponsored by The Cubicle Company. If we are they need to stop paying us in beached Garfield phones. We talk about old and incomplete freeways, game industry layoffs, Apple Arcade, the odious people of Philly and a bathroom crime scene. This is a video game podcast. Really.
Baba Is You is a very hard video game. Tegan is uninterested in it. There is some question as to whether Bob Ross is alive or dead. Rocky tries to convince Brian that collecting Noodleberries is fun. Rocky does not persuade Brian. Google tries to convince us that streaming video games is fun. Google has yet to persuade the gang. Necrodancer and Zelda had a baby and the gang is peak excited. Pour yourself a glass of bull milk. It's time for video games.
Big Sach stops by for the mix-up! Fools, WE LEAVE YOU GUESSIN'! The team speculates about Google's gaming plans. Tegan tells about Labo VR. Brian worries that too many of the toys in Labo VR could be used to build Human Labo-pede. There's talk about a bird's butt. Brian legally owns the sex cats. Dwarf Fortress made us sad and Discord is classing up the joint.
Brian got stuck in an elevator AND ALMOST DIED. The nightmare idea of a "quality gamer rum" is invoked. His name isn't Fox McCloud anymore but you can smoke drugs with him and layoffs layoffs layoffs. In a world where Valve disappoints and The Pokemon Company delights this can only be a cast iron podded cast.
Friends it is time for another watchalong! This time the crew revisits a personal favorite for every host, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. We all still love it and lots of the characters are great but we definitely have to reckon with Scott himself being kind of awful. Come along for a watchalong that is indirectly gaming related!
The crew says goodbye to Reggie "Big Reggie" Fils Aime. Serious discussion is had about the nature of trespassing. Big labor comes after bigger video games. Rocky tells Brian to calm down and a Tegan is ready for a speaking tour.
Rocky has a quarrel with ice cream. (what) The team wishes a video game corporate figurehead has a plastic water gun and a sheriff's badge. (who) Video games get Brian big mad and he wishes they were a barn so he could burn them down. (why) Activision Blizzard picks the worst possible time to announce layoffs (when) and in the process discard the humanity of the people who made that decision and disregard the dignity of those effected. (why) LISTEN FOR THE ALL CAPS ANSWERS. Oh, and a Nintendo Direct happened you nerds.
It's our anniversary! The show is now two. So I guess the show is now old enough to act out at a restaurant while Rocky, Tegan and Brian do nothing. YOU CAN GLARE AT US. Various topics are addresses on this #specialepisode. We hit the faking of deaths, wishing a guy who makes cheats well and then calling him a dirtbag, the various kinds of dungeons and we meet business executive Bob Activision. Bob Activision is very busy.
We talk about Randy Pitchford. A lot. And I mean, who wouldn't? This story is insane and has EVERYTHING. Six pack abs, gun clubs, 12 million stolen dollars, squirting, theme restaurants and MAGIC SHOWS. We also find the time to talk about Pokemon, Wargroove, Kingdom Hearts III and the Royal Rumble. Also Tegan and Rocky feast on Brian's shame as he eats crows. We feasting y'all. We feasting.
Here it is folks. Five weeks of deliberations end. Tegan, Rocky and Brian have all won some battles. They've all lost some battles and going into building this ranked list of the ten best games of 2018 they all have darlings to defend and feelings on where each game should be. Join us as see if Rocky pays the blood price.
2017's biggest knife fight returns as 2018's biggest knife fight. Now with cosmetic DLC for better knives. Rocky, Tegan and Brian dig into an argument that took them three hours to hash out last year. Best Moment. So they sensibly broke it out into its own episode this year. That did not temper their passion for any of the games broached. Come with us on this journey. We've reached the point where the hosts tell each other to fuck off. It's gonna be famous. At least there's no Fortnite this week.
Our heroes are still waist deep in 2018's best games. (They take a detour for the biggest disappointment and THEY GOT A PLAN.) Captain Spirit and anime tiddies find time to shine and Tetris is so legendary it isn't even allowed to participate in one category. Put on your finest tuxedo; it is GOTY season.
We're starting to get into vicious knife fights. Tegan wants to protect her boy. HER SON. (Apparently he's an android.) Rocky is out here to fight for Octopath Traveler and Brian is ready to enforce THE BLOOD PRICE. It's GOTY season y'all.
Friends, it is that time of year. Tegan turns on Rocky. Rocky turns on Brian. Brian turns on Tegan. Festival Hardbody turns on them all. And Rocky pays THE BLOOD PRICE. It's GOTY season.
It's the holidays, OK? You know what doesn't happen during the holidays? News. Well, maybe it does but it doesn't happen here. The gang (plus Joe) are too busy with unexpected additions to the Smash roster, Asian mom apologies, titties for the culture and totally wild Hearthstone battlecries. (This episode contains 40 minutes of Smash talk, 20 minutes HAHNIME and 20 minutes wrasslin') By warning you I have totally alienated you. Please download this anyway.
The gang discuss the myriad inefficiencies of the New York Police Department. Tegan talks about the prospect of drinking a bunch of energy drinks and flipping out in an airport. Brian is knee-deep in that Hearthstone. (He has a sickness and the only cure is discard Warlock.) Meme level tactics are alive DAY ONE. A key discussion topic on this video game podcast is controversial canvas bags and a company that creates its own security vulnerabilities. Epic has a store, Steam is still garbage and Rocky and Tegan have the mix-up. And remember, ultra friends can battle remotely.
Rocky is harassed by police and they tell him that he is a dreaded man in New York. Some kinda weird Instagram bread fetish is explored. Rocky and Tegan explain, at length, Full Metal Alchemist and more anime. Brian looks deep inside himself and finds doubt. WHAT ELSE IS NEW AMIRITE? Hitman, Hearthstone, FFXIV and the Pokemans all come up organically. It was organic man. Also, the man, Becky Lynch is hailed as champ and greatest.
What's up fam? We hope you all had a good Thanksgiving and got whatever you wanted on Black Friday. We know there is one thing you wanted that you want that you haven't gotten yet, our Fast Five watch-along. To that end fam, here it is. See you at the cookout.
City sidewalks. Something sidewalks. Tegan, Rocky and Brian assemble on Thanksgiving FOR YOU and this is your fault. Learn where to get stuff for 200% anime fans, safe stuff for wrasslin fans and all the best gift ideas for video games. There might even be some hawt clothing tipz and board game tips. The Rock ate two pizzas and the holidays are here. CITY SIDEWALKS.
Yo, we got it all. The hawtest Red Dead takes are here. Brian is knee-deep in Hitman 2. (He likes it. A lot.) Rocky attempts to convince us that Death Stranding is coming out next year. HA! They're releasing boneless Xboxes next year. The Pokemon trailer makes us feel alive. Swatting is stupid but at least there are consequences. Advertisers run wild without consequences and Becky Lynch will own your heart.
Rocky is comfortable telling Ted Cruz he looks wet all the time. John Kennedy did not own a bulletproof bowler hat. Britney Spears bald head was a sign of independence and self-determination not the spastic action of a privileged elite. The spastic action of a privileged elite was when she put puke in her pocket and claimed it was peanut butter. Red Dead Redemption II is a video game and Brian and Tegan have thoughts. Brian is playing Hitman 2 and is life is better for it. There is a fire truck full of SUPER COCAINE!!! And for god's sake, TAKE A BATH.
Tegan dives into the cowboy game. Rocky plays ULTIMATE ROCKY. (It's a multiplayer game but the second player can only be found between 11-12 in line.) Brian experiences unsettling Bowsette thirst caused by a rassler and feels bad about it and Tegan doesn't care about the PS Classic line-up. Brian's positivity about it can only be characterized as positive because so much else is garbage that he is willing to let the world burn. As usual, there are video games. Regardless of what you know about us please know that we want to fuck around and make a billion dollar tequila.