The Main Menu Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Main Menu Podcast
Welcome back to the Main Menu! The college trio discusses anything nerdom related, delivering nostalgia and news with each episode as well as World Wide Weird News from the strange corners of the planet. Also the home of Z&D: the virtual tabletop zombie game. Recommended listeners ages 18+
Back in the Mothership Saga, Joe takes the role of Game Warden to embark a small crew from the USS Hiroshima before its outbreak, to respond to a distress call from the Artemis 7 research base which has gone completely dark. The party enters unarmed with a simple mission of resparking the power, but comes across the strange beginnings of the power of the marker and encounter the alien scourge has already taken the base. Will they survive?
The guys talk about weird recipes, apocalypse alcohol, fromunda cheese, squid ink, Trump on the Impaulsive podcast, and THE most important presidential candidate to ever run in any election: Vermin Supreme.
In this installment of Sorcerer's Edge, our new party is sent on in important mission after just completing a tiresome journey, leaving them exhausted. They're sent into a deep dark cavern to find the Adventurer's Guild's cartographer, but finds the cave holds more secrets than their whereabouts.
The guys talk about last week's episode, work disallowing earbuds and podcasts, sigh more "gooning", a Frenchman surviving in prison in an unconventional way, the characters for tonight's episode, and more!
On this episode of Z&D Anthologies, a group of strangers meet to embark into the haunted Japanese forest known as, Aokigahara, where spirits are notorious for persuading hundreds and hundreds of its visitors to commit suicide.
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The guys talk about "gooning" and strange kinks, Cheddar dogging on his sister's graduation quiz, more fart talk, the characters for the upcoming one-shot, memes on the "farting on my roommate's door" animation video (caution: brain rot ahead), and Alex's burrito.
The guys talk about cats in car engines, how often to change your oil, setting up and planning for the new Zulu Delta game that Joe and Cheddar are cooking up, their most iconic characters, play Am I the A-Hole and A Million Dollar's But
The guys take a week off of Z&D to talk all night about the Met Gala, coffee, wrestling, the upcoming Z&D game called "Zulu Delta" where all the Z&D factions can fight each other all at once, MORE food sins, and more!
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The guys talk about Sam's prophecy in 4th grade to see how people die, Danny's move, photoshopping pictures of Joe and Dan into historic events, how to win an eSports bet, and more!
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The guys talk about the newest top steam "games", their new discord soundboard (and this time you can hear a few of them), kidney stones, revisiting their special calendar, and more!
While we edit this episode, check out the unedited version with all our technical difficulties and jokes that don't make it into final production! When the episode's edited version is released, it'll replace this one
The guys talk about Kewpie Mayo, tomato sandwiches, penis tech support, mix drinks, Alex's pipe, and more!
Avast ye scallywags! As a battle with the commadore takes place on the high seas, the crew encounter a large foe on their way to finding a way to stop the impending doom that threatens the entire Caribbean and beyond.
CAST:
DM: Dan
Cian: Joe
Butcher: Xander
Jack: Bob
Eddie: Derek "Cheddar"
Miss Fortune: Sam
The guys talk about some stuff from Joe's other podcast, a lot of discussion on farts and if they should be included in an Olympic event, their production on "tasteful" calendar of each of them, and more!
Rewind years back to a time BEFORE the table, where the guys talk about a news story where a man, defending the inside of his home, shot a naked woman 39 times and missed only for his son to kill the intruder by stabbing her in the neck with a socket wrench.
Ahoy ye bilge rats! The crew comes across more oddities at sea, having a member on deck stolen. Their ship gives chase and finds a ritual that must be stopped before it's too late for one of the crew!
CAST:
DM: Dan
Cian: Joe
Butcher: Xander
Jack: Bob
Eddie: Derek "Cheddar"
The guys talk about Eddy shenanigans, Rey Ripley, Alex having kids for the tax moneys, getting Ronda Rousey to make an appearance to kick our butts, what classifies a movie as a "western", and more!
Aye ye landlubbers! This week, the crew prepares for their first voyage as official pirates and scallywags, venturing to islands unknown, battling hostile tribes and searching deep dark caves to unearth treasures before meeting up with Richard to see what next adventures are in store there.
CAST;
DM: Dan
Cian: Joe
Butcher: Xander
Jack: Bob
Eddie: Derek "Cheddar"
Miss Fortune: Sam
the guys discuss Joe's woes in Baldur's Gate, some more people caught in 4K, someone uses the bathroom on the podcast, Alex's half-buttoned shirt, and more!
Rewind years back to a time BEFORE the table where the guys sat around talking about the worst beverage concoctions ever devised
Ahoy ye pyrates, it's time to set sail! On the first episode of Sea Dogs and Sorcery, a feeble group of misfits shares a catastrophe while en route to Havana when they come upon a dark mysterious entity. After the battle, the group is cast into prison and have to rely on friends to break them out and find a ship to meet the one who sent the men to help them.
CAST;
DM: Dan
Cian: Joe
Butcher: Xander
Jack: Bob
Eddie: Derek "Cheddar"
In this episode the guys get political, government regulations on adult websites, someone getting caught in 4k with Judy Hopps, the new "top" steam game, military theocracy, and more!
The Purgers battle with the most fearsome enemy they've faced yet after searching the area and making preparations for an epic battle. The group escorts Dr. Haggis back to the homestead, but something strange happens as a mystery unfolds that will shape the future.
CAST:
DM: Derek "Cheddar"
Svetlana Molotov: Joe
Crystal Fox: Sam
Father Love: Dan
Day Mike: Bob
Caleb "Big Wheel"- Alex
Music by Jacob Lizotte all rights reserved
The guys talk about Joe getting BG3, Cheddar's bald head and how much he charges for his services, feet pics, Alex's camera constantly flipping in discord, an avatar Z&D season, and more!
With a few of the guys missing, the rest of the crew talk about not making gay comments, the basis of the character "Day Mike", Root Beer, upcoming Mothership 3, what a Victor Reader is, old cougars, Baldur's Gate nerd stuff, and more!
As the team of purgers continue their mission to find the doctor out in the wastelands, they must battle through a neighborhood with fearsome guardian mutated enemy, and move through the previously busy highway, but having to make a lot of noise
CAST:
DM: Derek "Cheddar"
Svetlana Molotov: Joe
Crystal Fox: Sam
Father Love: Dan
Day Mike: Bob
Caleb "Big Wheel"- Alex
Music by Jacob Lizotte all rights reserved
The guys talk about uhs and ums, update on one of their family members health condition, the upcoming Pirate Z&D season, self mutilation laws, and more
Purgers exist in post apocalyptic Pennsylvania as those who kill creatures known simply as the "ridden". It's been years since civilization was destroyed, but a conglomerate of society lives on in segments of strongholds banning together. One important scientist has vital research and must be escorted back to safety alive. Will our team of Purgers be able to reach him or recover his research?
CAST:
DM: Derek "Cheddar"
Svetlana Molotov: Joe
Crystal Fox: Sam
Father Love: Dan
Day Mike: Bob
Caleb "Big Wheel"- Alex
Music by Jacob Lizotte all rights reserved
The guys talk about the game of the week this time being: Helldivers 2, the newest top Steam games, Tomb Raider Remastered, more Overwatch 2 backlash, Sam's ai generated backstory and more!
Our group therapy session discusses the state of the gaming industry and what it's become, and how we deal with it as we get older. Is it just as easy to enjoy a good game now? Joe discusses his upcoming ideas to make a Z&D RPG game and list it on Steam, as well as the upcoming curriculum for seasons we'll be playing soon on air!
Joe and Cheddar get together to run a battle test of Cheddar's upcoming Chasm Inferno series where "purgers" enlist in the world's few safe havens to go out and combat the dead.
A new cast of characters adorn the quest of the local city Eldarthia to investigate the disappearance of their Duke Leon Hart Astorian, and the bizarre circumstances surrounding it, only to uncover a greater threat than they can imagine.
CAST:
DM: Sam
Bethana: Joe
Peter Petrol: Dan
Juke Gremmer: Derek (Cheddar)
Thirsty Howler IV: Bob
Chronos Astrius: Alex
The guys talk about setting up for tonight as usual, the power that skipping has on the mind AND body, how to spruce up a bowl of ramen noodles, some character banter, and more!
In a similar parallel world, the hosts of this very podcast host a ghost hunting web series where they choose to investigate an infamous haunted psychiatric hospital where bad things turn worse. Their hopes for getting the paranormal are stomped and overly exceeded.
CAST:
DM: Joe
Dan, Bob, Cheddar, and Sam as themselves.
Bob "cusses", the polygons in 2B's butt, some unused characters to maybe show up in upcoming seasons, more unsetting and unhinged memes posted in our discord, new season ideas already in the works, and more!
In the sequel episode to the 3-part "Mall Rats" series, the gang from the Milwaukee Mall find themselves in senior year of high school, putting memories behind them to focus on tonight at Higgins Lake Summer Camp where nothing can go wrong.
CAST:
DM: Dan
Sven: Joe
Zelda: Sam
DJ Stone: Bob
Lionel Retton: Derek ("Cheddar")
Dude: Alex
Sam shows his feet as we prepare for Summer Camp 1989, the sequel episode in Anthologies to Mall Rats. The guys talk about if you can you "Life Straw" urine, what you'd eat if you had to eat your poop, who's oldest and youngest amongst our group, how you'd rank how good of a gamer you are, and more.
The guys talked about the upcoming Chasm Inferno, old man Haggis, and other stuff that just went off the rails... and I don't know it got unchained, it's up to you to decipher our madness.
The dregs of the Kingdom of Tywyllych consisting of it's castle's servants, are troubled with a mission they can barely comprehend to save the kingdom. They weren't plan A or B, but since they don't even know how to read, they're simply known as Plan Last Letter.
CAST:
DM: Alex
Splish: Dan
Tetch: Joe
Constance: Bob
Itsy: Sam
Pillsberry: Derek (Cheddar)
Cheddar catches us up on his votes for the Zeedees he had to miss last week, other characters, his funniest moments from 2023, and more!
The final confrontation meets the group as they quest to save the world from the secrets within the Necropolis
CAST:
GM: Sam
Syvass: Dan
Cardinal Dengrif: Joe
Tailor Cottonpeter: Bob
Bychen Stone: Xander
Tarint tino: Derek (Cheddar)
the guys get together to talk about what theyre doing while cheddar is absent and come up with a great solution. Baldur's Gate 3 is on their minds as they discuss some of the ins and outs, Sams played it over 1000 hours, some future character ideas, some talk about the Finals, and more!
The party unites for a fantastic night to go over their first year back after the 2021-22 hiatus. Their favorite characters, memorable moments, and an original Z&D Mandella Effect are all on topics tonight. May we have another great year of Z&D!
The exploration of the necropolis continues as the group ventures further into darkness, solving puzzles and surviving traps to uncover a creature lurking beneath them.
CAST:
GM: Sam
Syvass: Dan
Cardinal Dengrif: Joe
Tailor Cottonpeter: Bob
Bychen Stone: Xander
Tarint tino: Derek (Cheddar)
After 5 years, the Z&D crew finally pull up their chairs for a proper D&D 5e well known mini campaign where our group enters an old forgotten necropolis to uncover its secrets, narrowly battling their way in.
CAST:
GM: Sam
Syvass: Dan
Cardinal Dengrif: Joe
Tailor Cottonpeter: Bob
Bychen Stone: Xander
Tarint tino: Derek (Cheddar)
The guys talk about Big Jiggly Panda, Resident Evil 4 and cheesing VR games, and ankle replacement.
The guys get ready for their 5e D&D session. the guys make prediction bets about Alex's character, eating raw food, and have a heated debate on "food hot takes"
When Montgomery Wrangler invites a group of his dearest friends to his ranger station in the woods, it's just before the zombie outbreak begins to unfold. Each day they'll spend the hours preparing for the night when zombies attack their domicile until they can come up with a better plan.
Cast:
Doomsday Master: Joe
Donald Fitzgerald: Dan
Wushing Iwas Dade: Xander
Michael Scarn: Bob
Gavin Sprockett: Derek (Cheddar)
Hiro Nakumora: Sam
The guys talk about ramen noodles, Peter Griffin in Fortnite, Danny's mic, and getting mad at video games.
A seemingly normal geriatrics nursing home facility becomes ground zero for a zombie infestation while our elderly players try to hobble around and fight for their lives for a way out! What more will they find lurking on the property under the authority of the unsavory Dr. Hans?
On tonight's Z&D Anthologies, a zombie outbreak begins at a small factory in a small Iowan town where its workers must band together, arm themselves, and help contain the spread before it overruns all of them.Cast:Doomsday Master: BobLenny: DanMatt: JoeRaychel: XanderCody: Derek (Cheddar)John: Sam
The guys get together while Joe’s away to talk about Baldur’s Gate 3 builds, childhood and adulthood injuries, live action Once Piece, and their favorite Z&D character Ezneer.
The guys gather to discuss their gaming "hot takes" while some of the players are out of town. Their unpopular opinions include being for console exclusives, Nintendo's inability to keep up technologically, and unpopular games that need remakes or remasters.
The guys talk about Project Zomboid, getting ready for the upcoming Anthology Season, their new recording software, and the upcoming live episode!
The guys talk about Derek's diet, upcoming characters and episodes for our anthology, reactions to our last Zombies at Work episode, memes, Hardee's AI drive thru voice, new shows on Netflix, and the Last Airbender Netflix trailer.
The guys talk about "rocks fall, party dies" in d&d, emulation of classic and newer games alike, the downfall of live service games, the cost of arms and legs for useless character skins, toxic games and communities, and the biggest and baddest latest game that fits into our podcast like a glove: Baldur's Gate 3
The party is flung forward into the future via Serif's opened rift. They must pick up the pieces, regroup with old friends, and head up to the palace one last time for a chance at redemption.
Cast:
DM: Joe
Swo Johnson: Bob
Henry McCoy: Derek ("Cheddar")
Chadwick: Dan
Maggie Haggis: Sam
Ividian: Alex
Their adversary is dead only for a new one to rise, but giving them a clear motivation to move forward out of new captivity to pursue vengeance yet again. Serif leaves to pursue his new goals, leaving our players trapped behind him armed with a powerful key to the aether
Cast:
DM: Joe
Swo Johnson: Bob
Henry McCoy: Derek ("Cheddar")
Chadwick: Dan
Maggie Haggis: Sam
Ividian: Alex
Having escaped Grimwall Prison from the help of a mysterious friend named Serif, it seems as though everyone's goals align to take vengeance upon the man responsible for their imprisonment. The streets are in an uproar over the recent assassination of the High Priest, the King essentially, while people riot against each other over use of dark magic. With the High Priest dead, the heir to the throne missing, and the leader of the Zealot militant forces now being hunted, who will be left to take over Grimwall?
Cast:
DM: Joe
Swo Johnson: Bob
Henry McCoy: Derek ("Cheddar")
Chadwick: Dan
Maggie Haggis: Sam
Ividian: Alex
Being framed for the High Priest's murder, the party is cast into the depths of Grimwall Prison to await their execution. When a "friend" sends them a way of escape, they throw together a flimsy plan and meet the man who saved them in a cell of his own who claims to have the bigger picture for them.
Cast:
DM: Joe
Swo Johnson: Bob
Henry McCoy: Derek ("Cheddar")
Chadwick: Dan
Maggie Haggis: Sam
Ividian: Alex
The party is on track to reach Grimwall via steam engine passenger train, but the journey there only worsens when an unexpected heist takes place. The players find a way to overcome the thieves and stop the train and save an old lady who helps them obtain employment in Grimwall working for the High Priest of the city. While on guard duty, the unthinkable happens...
Cast:
DM: Joe
Swo Johnson: Bob
Henry McCoy: Derek ("Cheddar")
Chadwick: Dan
Maggie Haggis: Sam
Ividian: Alex
In an alternate Victorian Era Steampunk-esk world, the aether dimension is found to have a great power able to be harnessed, but at the cost of letting in evil from its dimension. Humanity learns to live with this drawback, and live in walled cities, trying to live normal lives with the evil they let into the world.
A new group of misfits collect on the streets of Aldenshire to witness a strange spectacle in the town square. After seeing the show as a farce to control the aether creatures, the party gathers together to escape the town as it quickly becomes overrun. They're now aboard a train set for Grimwall, the world's capital, where it may be the last safe place on earth.
Cast:
DM: Joe
Swo Johnson: Bob
Henry McCoy: Derek ("Cheddar")
Chadwick: Dan
Maggie Haggis: Sam
Ividian: Alex
Joe Dan and Bob talk about the upcoming curriculum for the Anthology Season, George the Animal Steele, Dead Reign's growing popularity, and other Z&D goodness!
The gang discusses how drunk Cheddar was during last week's episode, create new discord profile pictures in honor of our biggest fan Lenny, and about how his followers must be called "lentils"
Welcome back to Season 2, where z&d truly took form. Enjoy the whole season with emphasis on the story and the crazy antics of our players without the background noise, dead air, or popping mics we had back in our early days of recording. Enjoy the season always ad-free as a thanks for sticking with us or even being a new listener!
You can always go back to hear the unedited uncut version of the season, but if you enjoy a more stream-lined easy-listen podcast, be sure to check out all 8 episodes of the remaster.
Thanks for listening Space Cowboys
Welcome back to Season 2, where z&d truly took form. Enjoy the whole season with emphasis on the story and the crazy antics of our players without the background noise, dead air, or popping mics we had back in our early days of recording. Enjoy the season always ad-free as a thanks for sticking with us or even being a new listener!
You can always go back to hear the unedited uncut version of the season, but if you enjoy a more stream-lined easy-listen podcast, be sure to check out all 8 episodes of the remaster.
Thanks for listening Space Cowboys
Welcome back to Season 2, where z&d truly took form. Enjoy the whole season with emphasis on the story and the crazy antics of our players without the background noise, dead air, or popping mics we had back in our early days of recording. Enjoy the season always ad-free as a thanks for sticking with us or even being a new listener!
You can always go back to hear the unedited uncut version of the season, but if you enjoy a more stream-lined easy-listen podcast, be sure to check out all 8 episodes of the remaster.
Thanks for listening Space Cowboys
Welcome back to Season 2, where z&d truly took form. Enjoy the whole season with emphasis on the story and the crazy antics of our players without the background noise, dead air, or popping mics we had back in our early days of recording. Enjoy the season always ad-free as a thanks for sticking with us or even being a new listener!
You can always go back to hear the unedited uncut version of the season, but if you enjoy a more stream-lined easy-listen podcast, be sure to check out all 8 episodes of the remaster.
Thanks for listening Space Cowboys
Welcome back to Season 2, where z&d truly took form. Enjoy the whole season with emphasis on the story and the crazy antics of our players without the background noise, dead air, or popping mics we had back in our early days of recording. Enjoy the season always ad-free as a thanks for sticking with us or even being a new listener!
You can always go back to hear the unedited uncut version of the season, but if you enjoy a more stream-lined easy-listen podcast, be sure to check out all 8 episodes of the remaster.
Thanks for listening Space Cowboys
Welcome back to Season 2, where z&d truly took form. Enjoy the whole season with emphasis on the story and the crazy antics of our players without the background noise, dead air, or popping mics we had back in our early days of recording. Enjoy the season always ad-free as a thanks for sticking with us or even being a new listener!
You can always go back to hear the unedited uncut version of the season, but if you enjoy a more stream-lined easy-listen podcast, be sure to check out all 8 episodes of the remaster.
Thanks for listening Space Cowboys
Welcome back to Season 2, where z&d truly took form. Enjoy the whole season with emphasis on the story and the crazy antics of our players without the background noise, dead air, or popping mics we had back in our early days of recording. Enjoy the season always ad-free as a thanks for sticking with us or even being a new listener!
You can always go back to hear the unedited uncut version of the season, but if you enjoy a more stream-lined easy-listen podcast, be sure to check out all 8 episodes of the remaster.
Thanks for listening Space Cowboys
Welcome back to Season 2, where z&d truly took form. Enjoy the whole season with emphasis on the story and the crazy antics of our players without the background noise, dead air, or popping mics we had back in our early days of recording. Enjoy the season always ad-free as a thanks for sticking with us or even being a new listener!
You can always go back to hear the unedited uncut version of the season, but if you enjoy a more stream-lined easy-listen podcast, be sure to check out all 8 episodes of the remaster.
Thanks for listening Space Cowboys
The guys talk about gamertags, medieval garages, Sam's Smash Bros techniques, being inside Alex's typewriter, and getting an NPC to defeat themselves
The guys record while Danny's out battling covid, talking about body insecurities, Sam's new upcoming season, revitalizing the discord soundboard, revisiting Overwatch and Valorant, the upcoming Zombies at Work one-shot session, and they play another round of Biting the Onion via Reddit!
the guys talk about smoothies, more Baldur's Gate, Sorcerer's Edge Season 1, D&D Star Wars 5e, the act of "doin' it for Lenny", and our twisted rich Youtube Channel concept!
The guys get together before recording to talk about Sam’s mouse training skills. They also talk about buttered sausage and Alex's electric typewriter
The guys get together for a special event as they prepare for the upcoming Anthology season dropping after our upcoming Biorift season!
Welcome back to our lost season 9! This was the last episode left until the season came to an abrupt end, but don't worry, the story still wraps up nice and our players were gracious enough to reprise their characters one last time to record an official ending of No Man's Land.After receiving supplies from Homeless Jim and the gang, the group continues on towards a big city unwittingly coming into a battleground. Bandits attack and the party must survive and press through. They find lying nearly dead in the roadway Professor Pine, Ashe's old mentor, who makes a plea to Ashe with a dying breath. After more countless days traveling, they reach Seattle and come to a big final decision regarding the condition of the entire human existence.Cast:Doomsday Master: JoeAshe the Iguana Tamer: SamBlake the News Reporter: DannyAxel the Whisperer: BobDustin the Pyro: Derek (Cheddar)
Welcome back to our lost season 9! The group meets a strange and familiar trio of survivors that helps them with giving them transportation, but needs a scavenging run on their behalf first.Cast:Doomsday Master: JoeAshe the Iguana Tamer: SamBlake the News Reporter: DannyAxel the Whisperer: BobDustin the Pyro: Derek (Cheddar)
Welcome back to our lost season 9! The party takes on Naomi and her child in beliefs that the kid is immune to the deadflies. Due to this, the Surge organization has recruited the group to transfer the woman and child to their headquarters in Seattle to create a vaccine. They soon discover a journey this long won't be easy.Cast:Doomsday Master: JoeAshe the Iguana Tamer: SamBlake the News Reporter: DannyAxel the Whisperer: BobDustin the Pyro: Derek (Cheddar)
Welcome back to our lost season 9! On their way to the mall to follow a strange rumor, the group carries on through the abandoned city of Detroit. Upon reaching their destination, their mission evolves into a vastly different undertaking.Cast:Doomsday Master: JoeAshe the Iguana Tamer: SamBlake the News Reporter: DannyAxel the Whisperer: BobDustin the Pyro: Derek (Cheddar)
Welcome back to our lost season 9! After the only previously released episode, we find our characters 15 years later settled into the Detroit Quarantine Zone. One day before their mandatory work duty, the group is faced with a strange proposition.Cast:Doomsday Master: JoeAshe the Iguana Tamer: SamBlake the News Reporter: DannyAxel the Whisperer: BobDustin the Pyro: Derek (Cheddar)
The guys talk about Nintendo's lack of coming up with anything new along with what makes a good Horror game along with playing another intense rounds of Biting the Onion where our guys guess whether or not news stories are real or just an onion article
A mysterious virus suddenly takes the world by storm. Our four characters think back to simpler times before the chaos begins, thinking back to childhood domestic disputes or lifelong rivalries. Suddenly, their lives crash into each other as the undead begin to rise.
After a journey of humble beginings from the shackels of prison to saving towns and seeking legendary treasure, the fate of the continent rests on our heroes' shoulders in the final battle with the Dark Queen. Witness the epic saga coming to a close in the season finale to see which side possesses the true power of the Sorcerer's Edge.
Music for most battles and interludes presented by the Great Kow Otani. To him, thank you for your orchestraic masterpieces. These works of music are owned by Kow Otani and the respective studio works.
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Utilizing their new legendary arsenal, our warriors find themselves nearing the end of their journey. Errenstar, the capital city where the dark queen resides, draws near on the horizon when a strange abyssal gateway stands in their way. Before they know it, our heroes are forced into conflict unable to help one another. It's a fight for their lives.
Music by: Kow Otani
Marcin Pryzblyowicz
Ambience and other sounds by: Fantasy Ambience
The party leaves the City of Fernwood still mostly standing from the intense battle, with a small reward and a map to legendary weapons. Fighting through the bandits of the dark forest and dire wolves, their reward from their newfound treasure will aid them in taking on the dark queen to reclaim the continent.
Music by: Kow Otani
Marcin Pryzblyowicz
Ambience and other sounds by: Fantasy Ambience
As the party begins to tie up loose ends and grab their gear before moving on to continue their journey, a mysterious woman appears claiming she knows one of our players. Just at that moment, a vampiric overlord quickly begins attacking the City of Fernwood, and it's up to our faithful characters to put a stop to the siege before it's too late.
Music by: Kow Otani
Ambience and other sounds by: Fantasy Ambience
Paduth, Venestus, and Varlo fight their way through traps and trials to get to the big city to search for supplies when something much more personal to each of them comes up instead.
Music by:
Kow Otani
Tweex www.tweexmusic.com
Sound Effects by:
Fantasy Ambience
As our heroes conquered back the small village of Purity's Reach, a mysterious Priestess calls them to a much greater mission. After gathering supplies through Stormfell on the way, the party meets confrontation before the King calls upon them to save the Kingdom from darkness.
music by: Kow Otani
Ambience and other sounds by: Fantasy Ambience
In a new era of Z&D, the party travels back to the medieval age of spells and dragons! Venestus, Varlo, and Paduth awaken in jail cells amid the village's dingy dungeon. When an outbreak of dark mythical creatures ensues, they must escape their shackles and into the rest of the town where more friends and foes await them...
Music by: Kow Otani
Bethesda Softworks
Ambience and other sounds by: Fantasy Ambience
In this fateful end of Mothership Chapter 2, our heroes' second journey into the darkness of space concludes with the unraveling of High Priest Dagmar's final plan in motion and its up to our characters to put an end to it and save humanity once again.
The crew finally gets a chance to explore the moon mines to unravel sinister Necromorph evolutionary experiments. New tools are given to help aid their exploration and the nuclear warhead is delivered to the Resistance before sent on a new mission to the New Houston Moon Colony.
From deep within the mines in the moon, our party dusts themselves off from a gigantic explosion and continues their mission given to them from the Resistance. Their search for the secret nuclear warhead comes up short but an even darker secret unfolds as a mysterious portal throws them down a new path. Sergeant Virgil takes on a new persona, Hiller becomes jealous, and Hiro slices someone completely in half all on this episode of Z&D!
Our heroes already trapped on the moon colony of New Houston, find themselves venturing further into the dark facility, finding deeper secrets on their descent including a strange lab operation. They search for the Resistance and its leader, Homeless Jim, to secure a better plan to defeat the higher powers looking to weaponize the Monolith. Will they find the Resistance, or be further trapped in the mines?
The day had finally come. After one of our first episodes speculating The Last of Us Part 2, the release came and went and... we had to gather our thoughts. Now the podcast gathers in person to present a live episode breaking down and apart the game and what makes it good and what makes it... not so good?
From deep within the reaches of outer space came the necomorph virus, its origins unknown exactly, but its threat wasn't over. After season 5, our heroes were within reach of earth, and now the pieces are picked up and scattered once again as our players awaken institutionalized. Bound and barely mobile, their little mental hospital has been stricken with the familiar alien zombie virus, and it's up to them to make it out alive to try to save earth once again
In this 7hr mega episode, witness the incredible 5-part episode series of the 5th season of Z&D. The season kicks off with a motley crew of survivors awakening from cryo sleep on the massive SS Hiroshima space station that's been rocked from a horrific alien virus. The epic saga twists and turns with each episode with a perfect balance of horror and classic Z&D comedy as our heroes traverse the military barracks, dark corridors, cargo bay, and the vast void of outer space.
If you haven't heard this one yet, take your time and make your way through this epic season previously only released on the separate Z&D Podcast! You can now listen to this season's exciting follow up (Season 7) now!
In the final chapter of the mini Ascension series of Z&D, our players begin to encounter the deep dark fate of the world and face the terrifying mystic horrors that could've birthed the zombie outbreak. They face a new threat as they face the final floor before landing on the roof. Will they survive to get to the helicopter evac? Or will the strengthening threats consume them just before?
This series ties in with Z&D Season 5. To continue where this series left off, listen to Episode 501 on the Z&D podcast here on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10onLIMpbcqhrZcOrmZBrv
The small zombie-killing series continues with Danny, Sam, and Bob ascending the apartment building with spooky scenes and scares in each room and around every corner. Sam continues to collect knives from each apartment to craft unique defensive and offensive weapons. Bob finds a new shotgun and tries to tape crowbars to his arms, but everyone makes fun of him for it. Danny kicks a weapon from the air into a zombie's eye socket in an amazing stroke of luck. What new challenges will they face scavenging the second floor for answers and supplies? Find out in the middle of this gripping and hilarious journey!
Welcome back to Z&D! This time the guys enter Joe's mini series with a life or death mission to reach the top of an apartment building amid an unfolding zombie apocalypse! They become trapped after a car wreck and try to find their way up for a helicopter evacuation while the whole place suffers a power outage. Zombies lurk behind each door and around every corner! Witness the first half of this mini adventure until next time for Part 2!
In the finale of the first installment of Z&D Dead Reign, the party reaches the end of their road trip to the Latter Day Saints to seek answers about the apocalypse. Of course, there's obstacles before and during, but at least they can rest easy in some heavy questions being answered... at least until next time.
On this episode of Z&D Dead Reign, the group of survivors come across a suspicious colony of European settlers that seemed to have organized a place of normality amid the zombie apocalypse. Of course, our survivors are always overwhelmingly cautious which leads to a hilarious conflict until something is resolved
The guys meet up with Bob, the Dead Reign DM, and talk about the revolutionary new VR games out reviewing and relating to Walking Dead: Sinners and Saints and the Iron Man VR demo. They also cover the Last of Us Part II leak disappointment and what it means for buyers, the sad death of Shad Gaspard (the wrestler and mocap actor for the most recent Kratos), and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 coming in September, as well as play a round of "Drunk or a Kid" from Reddit.
The players continue to modify their Jeep overnight in the autoshop, getting ready to leave in the morning for their main quest: to find the Mecca of the Mormon Organization to seek answers on how they were so prepared for the zombie outbreak. On the outskirts of a small town on the way, they encounter a WW2 era plane being shot down and witness the passengers being held hostage and kept somewhere, only to find a small farm a little ways away to investigate if the group there is held responsible for shooting down the plane.
After deciding to help the stranded survivors, our group figures out a way onto the abandoned island in the midst of the forgotten city as a means of escape. The group is under the influence of... something, and offer little other than assistance getting into their stolen truck in the water. The contents inside are so incredible, it seems out of this world. Our heroes part ways in some manner and cross the border to Iowa to investigate the aftermaths of a battle at an isolated retirement community
Joe and Dan talk about the surprise success of the sonic movie and some of there favorite flash games and play a round of Will you bite the onion.
The party continues their journey to Salt Lake City to find some answers on the origins of the apocalypse. Their met with a new type of zombies which Cletus has troubles dispatching, making him swear off killing. They must find a place to stay the night amid a large city and stumble across a trapped group of survivors and debate helping them.
The Main Menu talks about the CORONA VIRUS OUTBREAK and mostly about how bad people are freaking out about it, the Walking Dead Saints & Sinners VR game getting good reviews, how VR games still aren't as advanced as we want with motion sickness, Mojo Vision manufacturing a contact lens implemented with AR technology, displaying a HUD for your real eyes, the future of driving, self driving, and fast transportation, the r/TIFU subreddit or "Today I F'd Up" is visited in a few cases to see how bad some people have it, the best of their college memories are remembered and more!
The trio, including our beloved Xander, reunites in 2020 to reflect back on the past decade of games we've seen come and go to talk about the top twenty best and worst, mingled also with Sony announcing they won't be at E3 again this year, their unveiling of the PS5 logo and it's just as boring as you'd suspect, the hopes and dreams of the PS5 being the virtual console to run all past Sony consoles, Nintendo announcing two new mini-consoles coming this year, Take Two Interactive suing a modder who made mods for Red Dead 1 when running on an emulator on a PC, other fan mods, of course the top twenty list of best and worst games of the decade, Billie Eilish being asked to make the intro song for the new James Bond movie and more!
The party discovers the manly Brad Ashley’s real identity and he gives them reason to believe the source of the zombie apocalypse can be traced back to certain origins. He gives the quest to first investigate Salt Lake City and the known religious leaders there that’ve been preparing for years
The podcast discusses the Game of the Year awards in length and lend their thoughts on all the category nominees and winners, a new backbutton attachment for Duelshock 4 controllers announced for January, everything we know about Resident Evil 3 so far and their thoughts and speculations and predictions for the RE: Resistance, The Witcher hitting Netflix by storm and reviving popularity for the game, SPOILERS for Star Wars Rise of Skywalker and their analysis, their thoughts on the end of season 1 of the Mandalorian, and more!
Markus and Claymore find a way to break Brittany and Sloan of their affinity for the cult and plan an escape, but something gets left behind
Under the mind control of Mortimer at the First Brotherhood of Brulix, most of the party doesn't want to leave despite being unlike what they expected. Cleetus, being the only clear-headed one, plans to snap his friends into realizing they don't belong, so when out on a scavenging mission, he brings someone along for a confrontation. Someone gets shot in the leg and nearly crippled, Cleetus gets put in a cage among hundreds of zombies, countless bodies have been sewn together very strangely, and someone comes to their senses.
The Main Menu talks about their recent Thanksgiving season, games they picked up including Outer Worlds, more news on the Mandalorian up to the fourth episode, news up the director of the upcoming Obi Wan series coming to Disney+, some leaks concerning a dead hero coming back from the dead in the upcoming Star Wars Rise of Skywalker, a dying man saw the movie already, an overview of Jedi Fallen Order including the best and worst parts of it, the Season One patch to Modern Warfare including a bunch of free maps, modes, and a battle pass, problems still with Modern Warfare, and more!
The group passes months into the outbreak settled in at the industrial park under Brad Ashley when a stranger approaches. He offers complete control of the dead and strange powers at the request of following the god Brulix. Although very suspicious, the party agrees to check it out knowing the threat they could bring and trying to get more information from the inside. Once inside, unusual "persuasive" tactics sway most of the group as they begin to see the wonder of it all, but still desiring to leave.
The Main Menu talks about uh... Death Stranding is weird. It's just weird. The guys have to tell you how to get high with Kojima and mocap Norman Reedus' poop, the reviews for the game being all over the place and the status of the game company, how to find good reviews for games, divisive games that you like that no one else likes, Disney+ getting countless millions already in their opening month let alone for years to come, the Mandalorian show being just as totally awesome as everyone hoped, all the stuff coming the Disney+ including Marvel content being mandatory to understand the upcoming MCU movies, Netflix is scared trying to prevent slowly becoming irrelevant, Jack Ryan Season 2, The Into the Spiderverse 2 movie featuring the actual squinty-eyed Japanese Spider-Man, Star Wars 9 could be either OK or totally garbage, new nerfs and content to Modern Warfare, Mark Wahlberg being Sully in the Uncharted Movie, and more!
Z&D Season 6: Dead Reign
The veteran Doomsday Master returns to rule over a new set of characters with two female players joining the game this time around. Setting the clock back to the start of the outbreak, Ultracure, the cure-all vaccine set itself to remove all poverty from getting rid of sickness and disease of all kinds worldwide. After 95% of the population was able to partake of Ultracure's pharmaceuticals, they soon began to die off. It only took days after for them to begin to rise from the dead, attacking their loved ones and causing chaos around the planet. Baltimore residents including our new set of characters are locked within a sub basement until things settle down and emerge to a world anew.
Dan Morlan- Cletus "Claymore"
Joe Golem- Markus Slate
Alexus Golem- Sloan Selice
Morgan Morlan- Brittanay "BJ"
Bob Morlan - Doomsday Master
The Main Menu offers options on all things nerd culture with special guest Sam to talk about the controversy surrounding the new Modern Warfare campaign, being the worst soldier ever, some problems with the multiplayer and the visuals being TOO good, some more failures from Bethesda with helmets being recalled, and introduce a new segment called Shotgun Reddit, where a myriad of Florida Man titles are read and the article is guessed, and more!
The crew talks about Fortnite being sued by tons of angry soccer moms for being too addicting, the Fallout First subscription for Fallout 76 costing $100 a year to include things that should be free for all players, Modern Warfare possibly including loot boxes despite the developers specifically saying it won't, pushy GameStop employees and sales tactics, Ghost Recon Breakpoint having a terrible launch, Jedi Fallen Order insight and how it plays differently than you think, the next season of Z&D possibly being the biggest one yet, and more!
The crew is back with an almost-full-isode to talk about Joe's teeth getting ripped out by Dan and Alex, China's oppression on their people causing Blizzard-Activision to ban a tournament winner because he said "free Hong Kong," the Chinese President looks like Winnie the Pooh and he doesn't like it, some news on the PS5 as to what it will do with game downloads, the new controllers, and backwards compatibility. A couple of the guys saw the Joker and sort out their thoughts on it basically not being a DC movie but still really good, and an out-of-this-world story about a Russian guy who fled for 24 years for a murder he never committed and more!
SPIDERMAN is back in the MCU! The guys are excited about this as well as the announcement of the the release date for the Last of Us Part II, share their theories about the game, the lack of factions multiplayer and more details on that, the area 51 raid that happened already and people that got arrested, and more!
In this episode the guys talk about how their experiences with the Modern Warfare beta, how Ghost Recon feels more like The division and more useless superpowers and more.
This episode is the last chapter of Z&D that will be uploaded onto this podcast!. Following episodes will be uploaded to the newly separate "Z&D Podcast" on Spotify right now and coming soon to Apple Podcasts. Thanks for the support possible to make Z&D big enough to be it's own podcast. Please keep supporting us by following each episode on the new outlet!
The newest chapter in the Z&D saga enters the future on a formerly colonized space station turning infected as our players awaken from cryo sleep
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Dan, Joe, and Alex gather together again to talk about news on Last of Us Part 2's release date, a theory suggesting Kojima was working on Death Stranding way back before he left Konami, Nintendo Directs' news including Banjo/Kazooie's release for Smash and MORE DLC fighters being released AFTER the current fighter pass, Danny playing the new Plants vs Zombies game Alpha as well as Ghost Recon Breakpoint Beta and what that was like, getting hands on with Control and how the game feels, the Joker movie going over very well (pre-release) with critics and some insight into the roll and what it means for DC going forward, more news for the Spider-Man Sony/Marvel official split, people killing comedy specials, an UPDATE on a r/AITA story plus new ones, and more!
The conclusion of Season 4 approaches as the players journey to Oakland City to oppose the new threat and confront the man behind all of the chaos, as well as find other questionable motives from someone else!
The guys talk about GamesCon which showed more Dying Light 2, the Marvel's Avenger's game, Dan plays the new Modern Warfare 2v2 Alpha and loved it, the politics of the old Modern Warfare 2, big news for Star Wars Episode IX with theories and expectations, news for the Mandelorian show coming to Disney+, 2K2020 going full-gambling on their new loot box system where real money goes into a virtual slot machine, problems with Loot Boxes and them being illegal in certain states. in weird news: the first person in space commits a crime, the issue of bullets and other weapons in space are theorized in depth, and more!
The crew talks about Joe's weird McDonald's encounter, people attracted to technology, an opening of the Reddit vault to answer questions about “Am I the A-Hole?” (AITA), the downfall of horror games, what they used to be, and similar trends, a foreshadowing of the next season of Z&D, a comeback further brought to us by No Man's Sky, other games beginning to finally fix major issues, other games we wished were fixed, and more!
The group finally emerges from T's compound, knowing his true identity and respond to an urgent call from Jeremiah back at Haven to what sounds like an all-out war. They are faced combating a new enemy inside Haven's walls and look toward a new motive and begin putting the puzzle pieces together to reveal an unexpected villain.
The boys gather together again to talk about the rise of politicians saying video games cause shootings and their reasons for calling them out, a man wearing full tactical gear and carrying a rifle casually strolling through Walmart and what they'd do faced with that situation, an 89 year old man visiting Russia getting a circumcision by accident, a Russian man arrested for stealing an entire road, an update on the Biological Resource Center in Arizona getting caught selling a donated body to the military to get blown up, Joe taking Danny's leg to work in his lunch box, a woman from Taiwan cutting off her ex's manhood, what they'd rather have cut off, a trick to see free movies, and much more!
Sharing some weird news across the world these days, the boys discuss the Biological Research Center in Arizona getting caught with buckets of penises and heads sewn on bodies, a missing guy from ten years ago found behind a grocery store cooler, a piece of raw chicken that literally crawls off someones plate at a restaurant and more! plus in nerd news the future of Marvel has been revealed, an overviewing hype of the DCeased comic, a review of The Boys series on Amazon Prime, and more!
In this installment of Z&D, the party begins unraveling the mystery of the season thus far. They encounter marauders on the road and use brand new weapons found, one of the party gets shot in the head, they meet the leader of all the local marauders: T. His true identity is a surprise and a puzzling betrayal forces the players to think everything as they know it all over again and more!
The boys are back to talk about Stranger Things season 3 hitting it big among the podcast and everyone else, Spider-Man Far from Home and it's VR counterpart being fun but buggy, Marvel's plans for their next movie phase, the Nintendo Switch Lite, a crazy weird news story about a naked woman claiming to be the devil getting stabbed in the neck, a 15 kid who cut his friend's head off, and more!
The players pursue Robert, a mysterious man who tricked the group last time into thinking he had good intentions, only to find out his malicious intent and hostility towards Haven. The players get outfitted with new clothes, obtain some new armaments, and prepare for an assault on the marauder compound that Robert is known to be at. More mystery unfolds when infiltrated and the players are given more clues to pursue "T" the man behind the curtain pulling the strings to bring war on Haven.
The crew talks a lot about E3 2019 including Microsoft's new console and more of their desire to crossplay with Playstation, Watch Dogs 3 and playing any NPC, Ghost Recon Breakpoint and how different it will be than Wildlands, Jedi: Fallen Order being not as violent as people want but still looking amazing, Bethesda adding a Battle Royale to Fallout 76 even though no one asked for it, some more failures at Bethesda's E3, Rainbow 6 Quarantine and how Joe's excited for it, The Avengers game and more details that were released, how everyone reacted to Super Smash Bros two new fighter pass characters, the Google Stadia having had some hands on details, and more on E3. They also look over some crazy news stories like the deer who robbed a house and a kid who survived a knife being stabbed into his face!
After Robert's getaway, the party tries to track him down but is immediately faced with adversity when moths close in from all angles. Trying to find a way out of the situation, many moths are slain and the players begin to suffer from fatigue and new injuries. Robert's location is surprising and the party prepares for a big fight with marauders.
The Main Menu Podcast talks about their first year on the podcast and their favorite and most hilarious segments, their hopes and dreams about the upcoming 2019 E3 including Death Stranding, some sad news of Anthem's dead player base, Re: Call of Duty Modern Warfare and the franchise possibly finally coming to an end, the No Russian mission looking like "a Pixar movie" compared to news of next Call of Duty, speculation on the upcoming Ghost Recon game and more
After their first year on the air, the Main Menu crew recooks their favorite episode yet with improved audio and snappier introduction! Shout us out on social media @mainpodcast for a chance to win a free Main Menu Podcast, Larry's Leg, or Free Geek Republic T-Shirt on us! Winners will be chosen from anyone using #mainmenupodcast in any post
The now trio (with Jeremiah incapacitated) embarks back outside the walls of Haven after taking up a mission from Marv the Shopkeeper to make some better melee weapons. They meet a mysterious stranger who accompanies them for a mutual scavenging mission where things take a turn for the worst. Someone else gets bit, things explode, someone gets shot, and a lot of moths get harmed in the making of this episode of Z&D!
Joe, Dan, and Xander talk with Z&D former Doomsday Master Bob about an assortment of nerd topics like the Lord of the Rings TV show in production, A Conan show coming to Amazon Prime, the Lucifer show being picked up again by Netflix and given a new season, a new show with Daniel Radcliff and Steve Bushemi and how nice he and other celebs can be, Nicolas Cage's infamous angry Purple Rain karaoke show recently, Joe going off on Gordon Ramsey again, everyone picking apart the new Batwoman trailer, and more.
The crew reunites to talk about the podcast recording for almost a year now, Anthem maybe becoming entirely free to play, Splinter Cell rumored to be coming on the horizon, Rage 2 being similar to Doom, Metro Exodus getting new content, Avengers Endgame surpassing records but still not beating out profit for certain movies when adjusted for inflation, new TV spots recently entirely spoiling Endgame, Avatar getting a bunch of sequels and how no one wants them, Thor's role in future in the MCU, Netflix's problem with getting rid of shows possibly including The Office, the new Batman actor has been chosen, and more.
The guys get together again to unravel Avengers Endgame from scene to scene with all their favorite parts things they've been wanting to point out. They also discuss some news with Sony's new State of Play, a new Spider-Man movie trailer, It Chapter 2 trailer, and some thoughts on Days Gone so far.
The guys encounter the story exploding into unexpected twists and turns. Their main quest amid the apocalypse becomes clear when our cast ventures outside the isolated City of Haven with Scavenger Leader Meyers and face a sudden threat. Our characters begin to search the surrounding landscapes and get a feel for their surroundings, kill some enemies, and one of the group gets severely wounded! The group meets the Baron of Haven along with a familiar face as the story ramps up and stakes are made.
The Main Menu crew talks about Dead or Alive 6's $1000 DLC set which is basically only a season pass, argue about prostate doctors, Alex and Joe get hacked, a couple of the guys pick up World War Z and share initial thoughts, Dan shares the dumb reason why Anthem bombed, a US state wanting to ban loot boxes in games, Assassin's Creed Unity being used to help reconstruct the destroyed Notre Dame Cathedral, Spider-Man 4 with Toby Macguire rumors, Joe's experience with Nintendo's server crash, the guys hardcore cosplaying at E3 and more!
It's been 25 years since the world fell into a worldwide zombie pandemic. Now the zombies are forgotten about. The dust has settled and a new era has begun. Our young characters have aged and have become seasoned in combat and settled into the city of Haven for 10-15 years now. Finally becoming part of the Scavengers, a division that gets to venture outside the isolated city's walls, the players get accustomed to the new world setting, newly enhanced combat system, and their unfolding mystery of what's happened to the city's previous Scavengers.
Joe: Doomsday Master/Jeremiah
Bob: Haggis
Xander: Gerry
Danny: Steve
The Main Menu gathers together again with Mr. Master to explain how the end of Z&D Season 3 has already happened last episode as Joe begins to take over Doomsday Mastership for Season 4. The gang continues to talk a range of other topics including Alex seeing Shazam in theatres before it officially was released everywhere, how James Gunn could fix the DCU, the future of virtual reality and augmented reality and what could make them mainstream, zombie virtual reality, their takes on texting and driving, exposure to adult content at early ages and the effects it causes, the terrible rumors kids think about sex, and more!
Joe and Dan talk about Joe's viewing of Captain Marvel and what he thought of the movie, Dan's impressions on the Division 2 which is mostly positive, some Ubisoft actions recently, Disney giving Star Wars games rights back to a different studio and away from EA, and some creepy stories about parallel universes that make you question your existence, and more!
While the doomsday master for Z&D recovers from illness the crew talks randomocity topics. They talk about Devil May Cry and its live action trailer, other live action game trailers, how people play and enjoy games that are reviewed as genuinely bad, the Arrow show being cancelled, and some issues The Walking Dead faces, and more!
The guys have Sam on the show to talk all about PC Gaming versus consoles in terms of popularity, ease of use, installation, gameplay experience, the financial aspect and more. The group also all discusses YouTube demonetization, the real-life light sabers being invented (sort of) and more!
The guys discuss Rockstar's problem with Red Dead Online, some guy smuggling 80 something chicken nuggets in his rectum, Danny's honest extensive review of Anthem, some problems the Division 2 is already facing, some beef people have with certain actors playing certain roles and more!
The zombie plague takes on a whole new level with a new discovery of experiments in the town while our heroes continue to learn their new abilities.
The guys talk about Joe's review of Metro Exodus, some news of the oncoming zombie plague, Some more ranting on bad games, Overkill canceling the Walking Dead game on PlayStation, some more Marvel shows cancelled and Alex upset about it.
Alex talks about his goal for becoming Disney's pick for the next Wolverine (Follow @lifting_pygmy), Danny shares the workplace injury that happened at his job, their thoughts on Anthem so far (it wasn't released at the time of recording), Apex Legends taking off, and some news on Avengers Endgame
the boys announce their imaginary band from the 80's, Joe looks forward to Metro Exodus, Dan is excited for the live action Anthem trailer directed by the guy who did District 9, Blizzard Activision CEOs going on vacation and getting big money while the company stocks fall, and a guy in Washington who is a real life superhero
The next installment of Z&D where our heroes capture and interrogate the main antagonist. The innocent middle school kids begin to transform into hardened survivalists
The guys talk about Nintendo's recent success and Alex and Joe getting back into an old Call of Duty title and how the whole player base changes overtime
The guys discuss their experience with Blackout's free weekend while Dan discusses his favor with the new Ace Combat game and get into game soundtracks and how they play a big role in video games
While the boys wait for Alex to join the Z&D party later in the episode, the rest of the crew talks about a guy in Ireland who used his own semen injected in his arm to cure his back problems and some celebrities caught in the Me Too allegations
Danny and Joe talk about their play of the Resident Evil 2 1-Shot Demo and their thoughts on the game so far. Joe gets his knickers in a twist about popular video game streamer "Ninja" and his success. The boys are already cynical of the free Black Ops 4 Blackout mode that will be free for a limited time, and someone has a fantastic idea about being a Youtuber!
The Main Menu Podcast crew talks about some "fantastic" news for PS4's Spider-Man. Could the Fantastic 4 be involved? The upcoming Anthem Demo has Danny excited and more World Wide Weird News including the Egg Smuggler story!
Steve, Gerry, and Jeremiah unlock new secrets of their power suits with the help of a new friend and embark on a mission to save one of their friends from a new menace
In the zombie apocalypse, the three young heroes unravel a new discovery that could drastically turn the tables on combating the undead.
As 2018 comes to an end, the guys discuss each of their own favorite games of the year and tell us the best parts about them as well as their least favorites. Danny got free Spider-Man DLC, Joe's mad about something in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and Alex expresses his distaste for an otherwise well-received game.
The boys talk about Alex's early access review for Aquaman as well as where it will now take the DCU. They also play a game of "Guess that Foreign Movie Translated Title"
The middle schoolers of the apocalypse continue on, while all the players seem to think they're still in episode 3, and obtain some dangerous weapons alongside a helpful ally.
Jeremiah, Steve, Gerry, and Haggas deal with Haggas' sister and find a way to check on Jeremiah's house where his search for his parents' love is drowned out by danger at Steve's house
the guys talk about the new upcoming Farcry title and other half made games and their thoughts on those as well as even more games that won even more awards. Dan also divulges some more world wide weird news about some redneck stories like where a guy used a bicycle as a throwing weapon
Jeremiah, Steve, and Gerry calm down Haggy after his horrific event and find his sister who comes with her set of problems that need solving. The boys enter the town where they see the zombie outbreak in full swing
The Main Menu Crew talks about Bethesda's sticky situation and the bad press they've been getting and why as well as some more Star Wars discussion this time involving the main roles throughout the series. World Wide Weird News also gets strange with Samsung's stock share accident and imaginary friends
The guys talk about how Bethesda and EA are on the rocks. Fallout 76 is trying to reconcile to their disappointed fans by sending their preorder bags made of the right material this time and EA's reputation has been put in the toilet with recent Battlefield V news. There's also another crazy round of World Wide Weird News where a guy sells meth energy drinks mixed with his urine!
Three new heroes emerge from the local Texas middle school. They're new to town and have spent the summer together but with the new coming school year comes an outbreak unlike anything they've every seen. Steve Wantanabi, Jeremiah Redson, and Gerry Yorkshire embark on a zombie survival adventure
The boys talk about Joe getting Red Dead 2 and his experience thus far along with his short review/overview of the game from an honest perspective. The crew also cracks open some more weird news stories
Dan rubs in everyone's face that he has Red Dead 2. The boys have their opinion on the pricing of games, season passes and DLC. Sony announces they will not be showing for E3 2019, and Fallout 76 is dug into for what kind of game it should be
Danjoe and the Jew talk about the unfortunate passing of Marvel legend Stan Lee and his comic universe, discussing a little with future Marvel movies without him and also go in depth about the Golden Joystick Awards
The three Z&D players Danny, Joe, Xander and Doomsday Master Bob take off their costumes and put down their dice and talk anything and everything
Alex Joe and Dan talk about the problems of remaster games, and the differences between remakes and remasters. They express their distaste of yearly games from the same game developers and Joe has a fantastic idea for Call of Duty's next game. Danny dishes out a platter of strange news emerging from the Poland area.
The three players Dan, Joe, and Alex and Doomsday Master Bob take off their costumes and put down their dice and talk anything and everything. This episode the guys find some small closure details from Season 2 and discuss the future going into Season 3 of Z&D.
The Main Menu cast discusses their favorite spooky moments and creepy games in the spirit of Halloween as well as go into some of the best scary movies out there, even the horror comedies.
The three players and doomsday master all take off their costumes and put down their dice and talk about anything and everything
This final episode of season 2 draws Jim Eugene and Isaac in for one last plan and confrontation against "Juicy" the menace that has stood in their way for so long.
The boys talk about some strange news stories going around in the world today and mostly dig into fads that have gone around different games since the invention of multiplayer gaming
The master plan begins to take shape to take out Lucius and his unholy cult. Eugene makes a priceless discovery in combating the dead and the living. One of the characters takes a near fatal beating and explosions fly.
These three stooges bring their take on Venom despite only one of them seeing it so far. We also get Joe's very critical take on the upcoming new Xmen and his girly fear of a lonely town in Iowa.
The tension between Lucius and our trio of terror heats up as we see into his compound at the prison witch is heavily guarded. Eugene and Wildcard Jim investigate a plan of attack while Isaac and DeDuck find a way to do recon. One of the characters has a personal confrontation with Lucius.
the boys find themselves dillying and dallying talking about the lawsuit concerning the Witcher novel author against CD Projeckt Red as well as the zombie-like virus infecting raccoons in central park and the debatable absurdity of chili on cinnamon rolls.
The search for Eugene's mom begins after weeks of preparing defenses at the base and heavily modifying their vehicle. A strange mystery unfolds as our heroes discover a large group of minions brainwashing survivors, a scheme set up presumably by Lucius' cult.
Dan Joe and Xander talk Sony's crossplay announcement, A good amount of Red Dead 2 news, all the things you know about outbreak day, and their favorite zombie movies of all time.
The group arrives at the local military base and devises a plan to make their entrance to secure all the supplies. They also meet a strange character and someone gets stabbed!
In the most exciting chapter yet the main characters meet a mysterious character whose strange intentions raise a red flag to the group whose response is rather unpredictable. Our fateful heroes must then escape a dire scenario and everyone blames Homeless Jim.
The boys get fired up about Henry Cavill allegedly leaving the Superman role and go into detail of Marvel's Spider-Man for PS4 and their condolences to Xbox for not getting it. Xander also details Iron Fist's new season
The fateful trio of survivors discuss bulk up with their newly granted experience points they earned from killing dozens of zombies. After meeting back up with a familiar face the boys get a chance to get some killer loot to move forward with their mission to get enough supplies to settle the countryside.
the boys discuss Joe's bad connection along with some of their old college videos the recent zombie scare and some bad graphics in video games
Eugene, Isaac, and Homeless Jim find themselves trapped on top of the local town mall surrounded by tons of zombies and impending doom. How will they survive and how do they blow up a ton of zombies? Only time and this episode will tell.
The boys talk about them violent videa games, going over the new God of War and the newest update for Farcry 5. They also dig back up the Larry Leg story and go deep into the strange law territory to see the world's weirdest laws.
Jimmy Isaac and Eugene get to the mall and face off more of the undead to get more supplies to craft make-shift weapons. We discover Isaac's character develops a bad case of narcolepsy and has a horrible case of bad luck on his rolls.
The guys discuss the list of the most dangerous foods and play another round of a Million Dollars But
The apocalyptic adventure continues as our scavengers leave Ira's restaurant and meet a suspicious zombie killer character. His skills are unmatched but his goals are simple: kill the undead. He gives our characters shelter and offers his help to raid the nearby mall.
Zombies & Decisions starts a new season with a new Doomsday Master a new more official set of rules to begin a brand new adventure. Because of some recording audio problems this episode is more of a prologue for chapter 2 where the game really begins!
After emerging from their courthouse bunker, Eugene Homeless Jim and Isaac search for supplies in the deserted city and come across Ira's restaurant
The guys talk the Playstation 4's success and talk some of the nastiest drinks out there.
Billy Joe and Tulio try to navigate the hardships of the zombie apocalypse and get the heck out of town.
The guys talk about some new trailers that dropped and Joe and Dan go on some rants covering a range of subjects
The boys talk about how much they hate Battle Royale games and Joe freaks out on Amazon Prime
The guys talk about the hard subjects like the upcoming robot apocalypse and the finer dinning of Waffle House
The boys talk about some of their biggest pet peeves when it comes to action movies and their opinions on retro games.
The boys play Z&D for the first time, roll playing as Billy Joe and Tulio to try and escape the zombie infested hospital during a zombie outbreak!
In this episode of randomocity the guys play a game of serial killer or athlete and then help the world by answering some yahoo questions.
The guys chat about their plans for the end of the world and about how much getting tased must be
The guys try something new with topics ranging from space cowboys, vampire wolverine, wild river clams, and Rocky Mountain Oysters.
Dan, Joe, and Alex talk their favorite e3 moments and what games they are looking forward to.
The boys talk a little game news and then about how much D.C. movies suck and a little bit of star wars news
The boys talk about more E3 leaks and how much they want The Last of Us part 2 to be good.