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🎮 “Ranking the Best & Worst Video Game Mascots – Most Extreme Ranking Challenge (Season 1 Revisited)” 🎮

In this special revisit episode of Most Extreme Ranking Challenge, Tyler and Matthew take a nostalgic trip back to Season 1 to reevaluate and rank some of the most iconic video game mascots of all time. Join us as we debate the merits and quirks of these beloved characters!

Watch the original video here: We Rank the Best and Worst Video Game Mascots of All Time!

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Welcome back to another episode of Most Extreme Making Challenge.

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Look Back. I’m joined today with Matt.

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What’s going on, Matt?

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Man, I love this time of the weather

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and it’s fucking near Halloween and yet it’s like 95 degrees out in.

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This time of the weather instead of that time of.

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Year. I’m having a. Stroke, man.

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I just ignored.

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It’s been a it’s been a hell of a year.

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Happy Halloween.

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Happy Christmas, $#@#@.

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I don’t know what time it is. Time is this allusion.

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Yeah.

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Pandemic has took up all of my thought processes and everything.

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All right, so that’s what I’m here.

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Hi, everybody.

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Hey, man. What’ve you been up to?

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Sweet death has consumed my black ass.

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I am currently

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working on a new jacket that I can’t show off yet,

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but it’s one of my favorite robots from the Sonic series.

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And that’s all. Oh, yes.

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Okay, dude, I’m so excited to see more.

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But yeah, today we’re going to go back to all the way to season one.

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What Season four coming in January.

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We did a little bit of a push back because we really want to make this special.

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We’re going to do a lot of changes and we’re actually really I’m really,

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really excited for the changes and what we’re going to be doing.

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But yeah. Seriously.

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It’s going right back in season one.

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Our last episode of season one, we ranked the best and worst video game mascots.

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Okay, I remember now because that was when

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I think that was one of the first times we have a pain Gretzky on that.

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We had

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pain Gretzky and cam cosplaying as our guests and.

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I mean this was this doing the dark times before

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Anna showed up before we had that Latino heat and shit so.

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Oh yeah I remember now.

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Well and it came in a season two but yeah.

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So on this one we,

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this is way back when, when we used to do one episode that would be the top

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five best and the three worst of something every single time.

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And then it was like.

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Very long was very, very long episodes.

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Yeah.

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Oh, and as I was learning how to do video

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editing and everything and Oh Jesus.

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But yeah, with Halloween coming on the corner, people would be dressing up

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and I want to kind of look back and just see what the hell

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we were thinking, but also what the times were like three years ago.

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Right?

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Right.

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During that time, it was it was God I was paying.

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That was like, I think first episode, one of the early episodes was like

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near the tail end of the pan, not the tail end,

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but I will say midway when the vaccinations start

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actually coming about and everything and all that stuff.

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And we started doing. These episodes with. Like, Oh.

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Is that right?

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I thought, you know, I thought I thought we started in 2019 because no more.

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Nope.

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We started the first time we did this was in the middle of the pandemic.

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This was the middle of the pandemic because we have to do something

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in the middle of it.

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And it was like right at the beginning, I think our first episode was like

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August.

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I want to say like maybe August. September was our first.

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Yeah, because a few months later, when the vaccine and everything

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started rolling out and everything, that’s when we started actually recording more.

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And that’s when I started digging deep with one of our friends,

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Benjamin the British.

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Wow. No, you are right. So it’s all you’re missing.

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They’re amazing.

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And if you watch it, we love you, right?

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So it’s only a.

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It’s only been two years.

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It’s only been like two years since we did this.

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Nah, that’s what I’m saying.

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Like, it’s

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we’ve been doing this for

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it feels like we were doing this for a while

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because the pandemic is like the whole time illusion

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to where we have no idea what time is any thing. Like right now.

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I told you, Happy Hanukkah, even though it’s like October some shit.

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I have no idea what you’re thinking.

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You said I have Hanukkah.

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Well, Miles, the top two, all my Jews niggas out there.

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Our first episode, our first episode dropped September 11th, 2020.

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So 911, 911. Now we remember.

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And. I definitely remember.

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Ooh, ooh.

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Look, this was.

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This was the early time where we like starting to fine tune

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because, like, first season was kind of rough

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and like the way we were, like, interacting with each other

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and making the longest videos, it was, I think it was actually near

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the end of season one where we started kind of getting into our oh.

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Yeah, yeah, you know.

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Yeah, there’s like some of the.

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Some of the characters we chose on the, on the

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for the judging and everything in for the actual list.

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Actually aren’t that bad. Yeah.

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I mean I think we played it safe on a lot of it. We did it.

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That was the thing. You got. Unhinged.

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Yeah, that’s true. Well, that’s true.

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I feel like at that time we didn’t really argue as much as we do,

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which is where I love where we are now, and kind of the direction of where

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we were going with like, oh yeah, I guess a teaser and a little bit more.

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If you’re if you’re watching this and hopefully

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you actually give a crap about our show.

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But like the next season we are going to lean

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so much more into the extreme part of Idol.

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I feel like

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we haven’t really been doing that and so I’m really, really, really stupid.

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Excited.

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If you all by the focus, think I’m unhinged now well into next season, great.

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So I’m going to bring the extreme.

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But like at the same time, like I said earlier,

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when we heard in season one, it was more of like ten.

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We weren’t sure our direction.

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We wasn’t sure we’re going to do because I got look at this list.

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I see all my choices, and all my choices are choices that I truly do believe in,

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but I can also add way more chaotic characters.

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Oh yeah. I think so. So I think we can characters.

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I think we’ve also had so much better characters come out

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like since then and get the spotlight and everything.

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Isn’t even the fact that,

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like they’re two characters coming out since then, it’s more of like,

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you know, when you’re in the heat of the moment, you’re thinking of stuff.

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You think I’m way better.

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I don’t remember that song.

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I don’t remember fucking lyrics. That song.

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But there are other characters because I don’t I.

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Don’t know that Caucasian is.

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Not going to what I feel like.

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I’ll send you that. I’ll send you the Cartman version of it.

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Oh, that one. I only know that one. I just don’t know the lyrics.

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I know only that when he’s singing amongst like the assembly people in Congress.

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Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

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I mean, I also know because the four year old virgin is like when like the end song

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when he’s like, going to go

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get his love that he’s like on the bike and she’s in the car.

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I Yeah, it’s a good song though.

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I mean, I don’t know. Oh, you know, I’m sure it’s a great song. It’s a good song.

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No clue.

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But yeah, going back to I was saying was, like I said, these moments, these are

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these characters are hella tame compared to what I would actually choose now.

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Okay, so let’s go through the lesser of Israel.

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These are the one or two

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we’ll go through the best of first with a number five crash.

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Ah, good ol boy Crash Bandicoot, which I think is pretty, pretty accurate.

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Review from Street Fighter number four, Kirby and the three

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Mario in number two with Pikachu at number one.

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I agree with those lists.

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Except for I don’t really agree. With Kirby.

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So I.

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See I don’t, I don’t agree with Kirby and Mario.

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And I chose Kirby for some reason.

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I don’t even know why I think I was playing it safe.

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You were?

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Yeah. So let’s go through each round, I guess. Like what?

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The first. Thing around with.

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That one versus Spyro Sackboy and Ryu.

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So I get it. I get it.

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I get it.

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But like, this was one of those we could have been a little bit

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unhinged and played like a better mascot because what was the condition?

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I think the condition was

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they had the been a representative of a company at one point.

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Right.

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I don’t even think I think the company I think it was is a franchise like they.

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Now see. That franchise like.

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Then that makes.

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An entity or even the warrior boy and guy from Resident Evil would have been good.

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I want to put oh, what the fuck is his name?

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I want to be like Wesker.

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Like the merchant merchant is more rugged, like, Yeah, yeah.

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Wesker is like fucking top tier as well too.

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You know what I mean?

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Like Wesker or Leon or even Chris Redfield.

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Like the whole thing or all of that.

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Like none of us thought of that or anything. Help health.

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Sir. What’s your name?

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Ada. Ada. Ada, Ada Wolff.

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As a staff to you.

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But like I would also put a different like.

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Like I chose you for Streetfighter.

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Re you cool.

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I love you, but there are more, like, iconic characters in Streetfighter now.

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I chose Guile because everyone knows his theme song is shit

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and is well known and stuff.

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I could also chose Chun-Li because of her thighs and shit, you know what I mean?

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I would say.

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I would say Chun-Li is definitely a better

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yeah plantation of Street Fighter than Ryu.

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I would say.

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I would say one coming from somebody who knows jack shit

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about Street Fighter first when I think of Chun-Li.

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So yeah. So that’s understandable.

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Now, like Pancho Sackboy, which I’m like during a certain era. Yes.

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I think he was so a little bit prevalent right at the beginning of the piece.

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I don’t know.

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I don’t, I don’t like Sony, but like. In as.

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Many of those games

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come out for Ps5 at all because I know they have like the little.

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White, the all white weird.

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Creature things now.

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Yeah, I don’t think they did,

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but I do know during a piece for doing a piece for Arrow that’s one

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little big planet three drop I think I believe

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that’s when three dropped was like in the middle of it.

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And that kind of brought back the hype of say, Well, no. Also

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Playstation’s version of Smash Brothers.

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They have sackboy in it as well too, which brought that back a little bit.

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But besides that, none of those shit for the PlayStation.

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Okay, you know what? You know who should have been.

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But I feel like that they really weren’t like a powerhouse.

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Like they were this moment compared.

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To two years. Like who?

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By who you mean?

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Yeah, because, I mean, like, Crash is,

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like, known and loved, but I would have titles like.

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I would say, You know what?

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I’ll say that I think Crash belongs at five 1,000%,

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especially with Crash with Crash having a new game come out.

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Also more than racing like crashes

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today, way more prevalent than the other guys I think right now.

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Yeah.

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Yeah. Crash has made a huge comeback.

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Spyro had a remaster that was fine, but like, Crash, it had like what?

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One remaster a new game and also CCR came back, so it’s like.

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Damn, that’s valid. That that’s understandable.

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That Sackboy is gone.

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He’s just, he’s living in Wikipedia.

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He’s like, he’s like living on Wikipedia now.

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He’s, he’s, he’s out of the conversation.

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But this one for five, I would love it if I could go back,

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I would put one of the resident evil characters, any one of them.

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Anyone, even.

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Even like the awful ones like Silent Hill or like,

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oh, like Pyramid Head or something.

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Because those are also iconic. Yeah, you know what I mean?

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And he’s not even in most of the games, but yeah, not at all.

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Yeah, but I mean, but again, he’s iconic

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as fuck now, so I number four.

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Though, I was a judge. Yeah, I remember.

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I remember my thought process of thinking this right now.

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I remember. Exactly.

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And like I said, I,

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I feel like it’s insane that this person was even brought up at all

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during the entire episode, but I think for would probably be his best spot.

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Kratos I, you know,

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it doesn’t matter.

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It’s Kratos because it’s so it is still one franchise.

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What I’m saying is right.

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Remember, only God of War was out at this time.

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I think we didn’t even have the new one.

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So like, no, he wasn’t exactly a powerhouse AT No.

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He wasn’t, because it was like to do it. Now.

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Now, if it was now, creators would definitely be on this list.

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That’s what I’m saying.

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So that’s what I’m saying was like in 2023.

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In 2023.

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Yeah. Cradles, I think is the fourth best mascot.

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When wouldn’t you say this episode came out.

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This is 2020.

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So what?

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March 20, 21, 2021 21.

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Okay, this was 2021.

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So this was when God of War actually started getting the

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hype that it deserved and everything they announced process for Ragnarok.

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Yeah. Okay.

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So in that time.

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An entire year, like a year and like six months

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later, like the year and four months later. Yup.

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So that makes sense.

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But like I was just at the time in my thing, in my thought process was.

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But he’s just. Saying it’s. Insane.

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It’s like he at least should have been said is what I was saying.

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Like he was in it all the entire episode.

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But don’t forget we were playing it.

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Tell us safe at this point.

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Yes, this was hell.

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It’s safe to the point where, like I have, we’re going to try and get wins,

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you know, because before we’re actually trying to win shit and try and do.

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Yeah. Now we don’t give a fuck no more.

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No. Yeah, not at all.

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Whatever. Whatever pisses off the audience.

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No, 100%.

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Whatever pisses off Anna. That’s no for me.

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I always say my legit things and it just.

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And nobody ever agrees with my opinion. Like octo.

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No, because you say.

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Outlandish things like octo dad, which I. Don’t understand.

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That’s how that’s my opinion.

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Wow. Now, okay, Like, for example, your your your opinion.

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Opinion in your opinion for this one, Tyler,

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you chose Phenix, right, as number four, which.

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I get it because I love. Things, right?

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I love the ace attorney. See, I think. No one.

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Gives a fuck about his. Attorney.

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And that’s one that’s what I’m saying is I don’t think I was really for this one.

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I was not going for recognition.

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I was playing for, I think, best design and also somebody who is already meme

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worthy, somebody who was already known for being a meme already.

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And that’s why I think it wasn’t really about

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people doing poorly is it was just like how he represents the game.

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And that’s I think he does it really well.

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I think that I think that was my mind process

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because I always knew that nobody ever would know who Phenix right.

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Is if I were to say Phenix right to like

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I would say, even if I go to anime convention

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and I even just say, Hey, who’s do you know who? Phenix, Right?

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I would say maybe four out of ten people would know

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because they all know,

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you know, because a lot of people think that he’s ace attorney

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not being.

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Yeah, that’s. Not that That makes sense.

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Yeah I get what you mean.

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They know of the character.

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They don’t know the exact name of the character.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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Now that makes sense.

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I get. The so I’m saying I am. Wrong.

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I know, but I think like meme meme status and also

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design and also, like, how he carries the franchise.

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That makes sense.

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But also at that time there wasn’t anything going on.

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Like when Lamar chose Vault Boy.

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Excuse me, I was really confused at the time.

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At the time.

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I think there’s like an ace attorney game every year.

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And also I think around

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that time was still around the time that the Sherlock Holmes one came out.

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Yeah, no, that was I was like, I think you’re right.

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I have to check that. But either way, at that time, it wasn’t like

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not here, it was still like here, but like now I feel.

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Like he’s never I feel like he’s never been here.

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He’s always.

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Had when he was him.

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And professionally has been right here.

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There was a point where he was like, when Marv was a captain, three

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Ultimate came out and he was able to actually be usable

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in the game that they use this shit out of action.

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Oh, yeah, he’s, he’s, he’s.

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He was broken at one point. Seriously.

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But I made him Deadpool and frickin

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Oh, my guy going Rocket Raccoon.

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Yeah. Yeah, right.

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Character was broken as fuck with the long trap. Ah.

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Anyway, I was just for that one and I was thinking someone said, Where are you?

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And I know, right? He’s not going to get any higher on this list.

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I’m choosing right you.

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Because I was like,

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She Spider needs to be on this list at a point, you know, because they are

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she party is iconic.

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You know.

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There’s another one and we’ll get to that in a second.

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But yeah, yeah, it’s insane that like that one got on there

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where I feel like Street Fighter, of course, is a monster, but I really

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don’t think it’s as big of a deal as a couple of other franchises.

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But it is.

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Oh, it is. But they. Once again it.

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All thing in the fighting community but I think in like.

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Normal community. Yeah.

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It’s a coin flip.

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That’s what I’m saying.

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Like it’s a coin flip because to like Mortal Kombat, like Mortal Kombat is a.

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Household name too.

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Yeah. Yeah, I know.

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Yeah. 100%.

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No, At one point Mortal Kombat was a household name.

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But now even Street Fighter is a household name.

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Like, it’s because of the, like the the

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the shift that Mortal Kombat has been doing a few times.

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Some of the times it’s been a hit or miss, you know?

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Yeah.

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Like I love Mortal Kombat and like the games are fun, but

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some of the newer games are like, yeah, it doesn’t catch your attention.

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Apparently. On video game sales wiki,

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Mortal Kombat has sold 80 million copies

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or Street Fighter altogether has only sold 51 million.

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That’s understandable, no doubt.

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Because what you mean total or you mean just for a new game that came out?

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That’s the. Question. No, this is historical. This is. Total.

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If it’s historical, then it makes sense

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because Mortal Kombat has more games than Street Fighter.

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What if you really think about it?

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I mean, really think about it.

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We’re talking about made series.

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Talk about main series.

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There’s only talk about main series.

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I’m not talking about the here.

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We’re not talking about like three.

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Are we talking are we also talk are any consider like now three

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had like three ultimate three trilogy or trilogy are you considering those.

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Honestly I don’t say yes.

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Because that ultimate Mortal Kombat three and multicast Mortal Kombat

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ultimate for the 64 were two completely different games.

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Completely fucking.

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Different and so was Trinity was.

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That’s been Trinity.

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Then like you might be worried then you know what I mean?

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So it. Makes sense.

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You also have Shaolin monks. Yep.

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Yeah. A month.

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You have Mortal Kombat, the Mortal Kombat X The Mortal Kombat.

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SL The Mortal Kombat 11, the Mortal Kombat 11, I think Exile or something.

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They they did a lot of shit.

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I mean, it’s only like. The DLC, but it is a right.

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Yeah, it’s weird. Yeah, but. Okay.

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So at least with DLC they had to make their money back

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because they had outside elements. Streetfighter

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To my knowledge, I’m going through my head right now, have never had

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like an outside element in the game itself, you know what I mean?

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Like Smash, Smash Bros has got other people, Mortal Kombat back, other people,

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you know.

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But Mortal Kombat is now more combat street fighters.

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Always kept that kind of in-house DLC’s always within their own characters.

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The only time they had one DLC that was outside was

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Street Fighter five.

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I think it was season four. It was

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what is her name?

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She’s from

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another Capcom game, Rival schools.

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It was

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Akira.

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Akira, I think her name is Akira.

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That’s the only character I can think of.

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That was like an outside element.

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Besides that, everyone’s is all in-house, so and even then, that’s

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a Capcom game too. So still count.

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You know what I mean? Yeah.

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We can’t forget the masterpiece of Mortal Kombat versus DC Universe.

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The angle

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I became so bad, but that game was not that bad.

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Nah, that game was bad, but it wasn’t that bad.

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I played worse fighting games now because.

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That was also early.

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Yes, that is still. Early.

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The engine that they were using to develop that game was, I believe.

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After nine and which.

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Is like it was after nine, but it was before injustice.

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So that was the.

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System that they used to was making justice.

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Yeah, yeah.

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This was like, oh, towards that.

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I think they’re fine tuning it.

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I get it, you know, I mean, if they remade that game, it would be solid now.

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You know? Yeah. Yeah, it sucked.

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It sucked that I bought the deluxe edition for like, Oh yeah, V-Bucks.

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But you know, now you up, you fucked up at that time.

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I’m just like, I don’t know what the fuck I was saying.

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You fucked up.

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I mean, the trailers and stuff and the everything leading up to it was so cool.

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I just to my faith and Boone.

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Mm hmm.

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And then you play the game and you realize, Man, this game sucks.

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And so it was the worst.

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But okay, so let’s go back to this list, number three

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and number four.

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Nice.

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You know, I going to go for it, cause I just saw the number three.

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And number three. The number three was a rough.

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Number three was. A rough number.

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And I was the judge on this.

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And I have no idea why I picked Kirby because I hate Kirby.

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Game night. I’ve played,

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I’ve tried playing Kirby games on multiple occasions and I hate them.

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I hate. Smash.

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I fucked up. On this one.

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I think I caved in because I didn’t want to pick Pikachu because,

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of course, number one, and I didn’t want to give it to Megaman because.

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Why the cap?

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And you know, why did you give it to make my.

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That’s for you fucked up and you should have given it to Megaman.

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I don’t even think man, I don’t even.

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Think Megaman deserved on this one. I think Nathan Drake.

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Big man, Spot Mega.

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No. Fuck no.

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I’m fucking the dude from Uncharted.

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Or. Or or Felix. From Gears.

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See, I don’t.

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Those are.

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Those are iconic characters or both of them, man.

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Okay, then. In this case, yeah.

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I think it was very possible. Yeah. Okay.

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I was like magic.

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But Megaman is an iconic character, and people know that.

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Even don’t even know Megaman. No, What?

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Make them. Yeah, I think, I think Magnum.

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I think they know I go.

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Back, go by the boomers, go by the fucking boomers. Anyone.

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Hold it.

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Yeah, exactly.

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So that shows I kind of miss.

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Yeah, but that’s what I’m saying.

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I think though.

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I know.

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They don’t know like classic Megaman.

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They know, they don’t know classic.

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They know like Battle Network, Mega man, the newer ones that are coming.

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My God, no, no shit. You know, you.

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Should have been number three 1,000%.

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Sonic the Hedgehog.

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I personally believe you should be number one or two.

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But here’s the thing.

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I don’t think either movie will come out at this point yet, because I think No,

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because I think the first one came out.

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And let me see, actually.

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When did the first one Oh, thought that the.

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First one came out right before the the pandemic.

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Yeah, came out right before pandemic.

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But everyone was actually thinking about life and shit, so they didn’t remember it.

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Yeah, no, the first one came out right before the pandemic

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because I watched I did a double feature of that and

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and Birds of Prey.

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And then and then we then we went into lockdown.

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I mean, February 14th.

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I love I love bird depression. Yeah, Yeah.

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Because it was a whole

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it was a it was a Valentine’s movie because I tried

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to convince my significant other to go see Sonic for Valentine’s Day.

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So she looked at me like I was fucking crazy.

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And I was like, okay.

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And you missed out because I was so good.

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But I watched. It.

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I still remember I didn’t watch it on Valentine’s Day. That’s.

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Yeah. Yeah. No, I hate like that. Was that.

00:21:46:24 – 00:21:49:05
I know how much you hate Megaman for Megaman.

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Mega fucking. Iconic. I don’t know. Marrying me.

00:21:51:10 – 00:21:55:07
I have no real I have really no opinions because I’ve never played a megaman game.

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That’s always looked so boring to me. Nope.

00:21:58:00 – 00:21:59:09
You’re amazing. Fuck you.

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But also, I do understand Sonic should have been at least

00:22:02:08 – 00:22:05:20
number three because Sonic is very iconic as well too.

00:22:05:20 – 00:22:08:06
But that’s where that’s where the chaos comes.

00:22:08:06 – 00:22:12:09
Because yeah, we have two people who are absolutely obsessed with sonic

00:22:12:11 – 00:22:16:13
versus two other monsters and we had no idea what a fucking place

00:22:16:13 – 00:22:17:05
they’re going to be at.

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And that’s the thing was we’re like, I actually think, you know what?

00:22:19:27 – 00:22:20:24
Now I think about it,

00:22:20:24 – 00:22:24:27
even though I even though we’ve said this a lot in a lot of a lot of the episodes

00:22:24:27 – 00:22:28:03
and a lot of the stuff, I have never played a sonic game in my entire life.

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More than 5 minutes I have. Are you ready, man?

00:22:30:21 – 00:22:34:22
I would put Mario at number three, Sonic and number two in Pikachu.

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Number one.

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Yeah, the Mario movie did great.

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Yeah, everybody knows Mario, but he’s so boring.

00:22:39:17 – 00:22:43:09
It doesn’t have the the greatest lore or Sonic Action has comic books

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and a ton of law in light of.

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Stop, stop. Tyler, stop.

00:22:47:11 – 00:22:51:09
As a resident sonic expert here, I understand what you’re saying in

00:22:51:09 – 00:22:54:21
you’re not wrong, but at the same time I’m wrong to bullshit with Sonic

00:22:54:21 – 00:22:57:28
to because a lot of bullshit with Sonic that you that.

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You get that I think you might polarizing.

00:23:01:05 – 00:23:02:26
And I think that’s the thing adds to it.

00:23:02:26 – 00:23:06:17
At least people like Mario, people like Mario.

00:23:06:17 – 00:23:07:01
There’s not a lot.

00:23:07:01 – 00:23:10:01
People just hate Mario because of his character and all that stuff.

00:23:10:03 – 00:23:13:06
No, but people hate Sonic for how he acts

00:23:13:06 – 00:23:16:06
and how he was because he is the edgy nineties kid.

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You know?

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I mean, it’s time to come back mostly.

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I hate Sonic, mostly because of the fans, not you.

00:23:22:03 – 00:23:24:09
Oh yeah, 100%. No, no, no. Fuck us, man.

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There’s a fuck the fandom.

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Fuck yeah.

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If you’re a part.

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Of sonic fandom,

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fuck the fandom because I’m part of fandom to block the fandom and that on to it.

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Oh, Sonic mania, I think didn’t come out yet.

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So yeah.

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I don’t think so either.

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I think that wouldn’t have been if it was Sonic maybe already came out,

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all that motherfucker would have been number one.

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Me and Kim would have said this shit all day, but that wasn’t many.

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It didn’t come out yet.

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So that’s got y’all got bless.

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Yeah.

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I mean, and then now we have like nothing special or insane

00:23:54:09 – 00:23:57:15
has come out about Mario, I would say for a while.

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And I think even now upcoming, Mario hasn’t come out since we recorded yet.

00:24:02:03 – 00:24:03:03
Mario Wonder.

00:24:03:03 – 00:24:03:15
You know,

00:24:03:15 – 00:24:07:27
I think that’s like the biggest thing since Odyssey and Odyssey was 2017, 2016.

00:24:07:27 – 00:24:11:20
So it’s like, yep, you know, Point Mario, I mean, it was just

00:24:11:20 – 00:24:14:20
the same regurgitated shit from Mario and we didn’t even have the money.

00:24:14:20 – 00:24:15:13
Or we, no.

00:24:15:13 – 00:24:19:00
We didn’t have any information about the movie either at this time too.

00:24:19:03 – 00:24:22:24
So like Mario was just kind of regurgitating like basically

00:24:22:24 – 00:24:28:00
just living on the coattails of Smash for like our interest.

00:24:28:00 – 00:24:31:01
For, like our interest. Understandably.

00:24:31:02 – 00:24:33:00
Yeah, it makes total fucking sense, but I.

00:24:33:00 – 00:24:36:09
Feel like none of us are big Mario fans or anything like I used to be

00:24:36:09 – 00:24:38:09
with Mario paper with paper Mario, But that was it.

00:24:38:09 – 00:24:42:13
Now I would say at this moment more it’s more exciting to be a mario fan

00:24:42:13 – 00:24:46:09
than Sonic when we have Mario RPG remaster that looks really fun.

00:24:46:16 – 00:24:50:14
You have Mario wonder like they’re actually trying some new things

00:24:50:14 – 00:24:51:25
with Mario again now.

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I would say he’s a little bit more interesting today than Sonic.

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I think at the time, though,

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I think Mario should have been three, Sonic, two Pikachu at number one.

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But I think now I would probably put Sonic and three.

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I don’t know about your number one.

00:25:07:00 – 00:25:09:26
I get it. But really, how do you.

00:25:09:26 – 00:25:11:04
Hold. On.

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Now, don’t get me wrong,

00:25:12:08 – 00:25:17:02
my answer was dumb as hell and that was one of those just to see you.

00:25:17:02 – 00:25:17:14
Did that.

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Because you.

00:25:18:04 – 00:25:20:16
Wanted to be Pikachu versus Sonic Youth.

00:25:20:16 – 00:25:21:29
Yeah, I didn’t want in.

00:25:21:29 – 00:25:24:28
I let off a little bit and I did something different.

00:25:24:28 – 00:25:28:02
I said I wanted Lamar to say something else.

00:25:28:02 – 00:25:31:29
I really thought it was going to be like a legit like, like nail biter.

00:25:31:29 – 00:25:36:21
Like I thought he was to say, like Snake from Metal Gear Solid or some shit.

00:25:36:24 – 00:25:39:24
Um. During this time, this, this is doing

00:25:39:25 – 00:25:42:27
during that time there are certain things that were going on.

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Games aren’t but like compared to now, I’m surprised

00:25:45:08 – 00:25:47:12
no one is saying that about kitchen Impact.

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I’m surprised no one didn’t say that.

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I don’t. Think Gibson impacts.

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On a or nothing because

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you know what I mean?

00:25:54:20 – 00:25:55:26
Think of you know what I mean?

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The mascots for persona are either absolutely obnoxious

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or they don’t say fucking thing I thing so like the mascots of them.

00:26:03:06 – 00:26:04:28
So Teddy now you could have said Teddy.

00:26:04:28 – 00:26:06:17
Teddy would have been a fine mascot.

00:26:06:17 – 00:26:08:16
I am on the camp.

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I prefer Teddy over Morgana.

00:26:11:12 – 00:26:14:03
Of course. All day. Oh, all. Day.

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There’s so many people who hate Teddy more than Morgana.

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And I like.

00:26:17:13 – 00:26:20:07
Because Morgan is a cat and people are sims for cats.

00:26:20:07 – 00:26:22:19
That’s the only reason. Why, you know, we only talking.

00:26:22:19 – 00:26:24:07
Teddy never told me to go to bed.

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Okay. Yeah.

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Fighting is a great character. I loved.

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I love Teddy. He’s great.

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But I don’t know. I don’t understand.

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Whatever I.

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I, I get Pikachu.

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I get peek.

00:26:35:18 – 00:26:38:25
You, but I also feel like we could have chosen a different

00:26:38:25 – 00:26:42:20
fucking character or so because this is also actual SpongeBob.

00:26:42:20 – 00:26:43:06
Right?

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But the condition was they have to be in a video game now.

00:26:46:14 – 00:26:48:27
I could have fucking chose. Luffy from one piece.

00:26:48:27 – 00:26:50:15
I couldn’t chose his ass.

00:26:50:15 – 00:26:53:00
I’m sorry I didn’t choose. Link or Zelda.

00:26:53:00 – 00:26:55:00
I didn’t choose Link. Or that I didn’t. I didn’t think.

00:26:55:00 – 00:26:56:20
I honestly didn’t think of it honestly.

00:26:56:20 – 00:26:59:21
But now I play like breath and Wild and Tears of the kingdom.

00:26:59:28 – 00:27:02:12
Oh definitely shows fucking. Oh just Gandalf it.

00:27:02:12 – 00:27:03:10
I want to just get a dwarf

00:27:03:10 – 00:27:06:29
as a fucking iconic mascot of this year because he’s a great mascot.

00:27:07:06 – 00:27:08:10
And I think it’s time.

00:27:08:10 – 00:27:10:24
I think at this time there was so much talk about Gandalf

00:27:10:24 – 00:27:15:18
because of the post-credit thing from the what’s it called Breath of the Wild.

00:27:15:18 – 00:27:20:04
And it’s still like, Yeah, Oh man. So

00:27:20:06 – 00:27:23:15
we played it really safe, but we did pictures the best.

00:27:23:15 – 00:27:27:03
So you have all like the videos, like the YouTube,

00:27:27:05 – 00:27:30:15
all the YouTube videos, all the marketing that they do with the

00:27:30:17 – 00:27:33:24
what the what, the big pictures, dancing and stuff like that and doing doing

00:27:33:24 – 00:27:34:24
pranks and stuff.

00:27:34:24 – 00:27:35:21
Fucking people.

00:27:35:21 – 00:27:36:25
Music is shit.

00:27:36:25 – 00:27:38:23
People are shooting love.

00:27:38:23 – 00:27:41:12
To shit, but we’ve got to show us fucking how to make Miku.

00:27:41:12 – 00:27:42:00
Or something.

00:27:42:00 – 00:27:43:25
We could do shows we chose.

00:27:43:25 – 00:27:46:11
I’m on from digital. And I.

00:27:46:11 – 00:27:47:17
Yeah, I’m just saying.

00:27:47:17 – 00:27:50:23
No, Digimon doesn’t deserve to be on Disney, man.

00:27:50:23 – 00:27:52:17
Doesn’t deserve to be on any list.

00:27:52:17 – 00:27:53:24
And Jimi, you hear that?

00:27:53:24 – 00:27:55:12
You hear that, Jimi, you watch.

00:27:55:12 – 00:27:58:12
So you hear Jimi’s fucking talk about Digimon badly.

00:27:58:15 – 00:28:02:28
Jimi, if you watch this comment and let us know you watch this.

00:28:02:28 – 00:28:04:15
Shit, you better be not believe coming.

00:28:04:15 – 00:28:07:08
It’s describing it as well too, because I follow.

00:28:07:08 – 00:28:09:10
I know he does. Yeah I know he does. Subscribe. I saw.

00:28:09:10 – 00:28:11:03
Yeah I know. Yeah definitely. But I’m like.

00:28:11:03 – 00:28:11:27
There are other carriers.

00:28:11:27 – 00:28:14:12
Like I said, I get Pikachu, I get it.

00:28:14:12 – 00:28:18:07
I personally don’t see Pikachu as a first thing I fucking think of

00:28:18:12 – 00:28:19:24
when I play Pokemon.

00:28:19:24 – 00:28:21:02
I don’t think of you.

00:28:21:02 – 00:28:24:21
I don’t know why. I don’t think. That to think of.

00:28:24:23 – 00:28:25:24
Well, this is, this is one

00:28:25:24 – 00:28:28:24
of those biased things where you think of your favorite Pokémon first.

00:28:28:24 – 00:28:31:24
Like I think of Snorlax or I think that

00:28:31:28 – 00:28:36:19
I think of outlandish the chandelier or the ice cream cone or the Pokémon

00:28:36:19 – 00:28:40:08
that’s a butthole or the the big the rabbit Pokémon, if you could fuck.

00:28:40:08 – 00:28:40:23
You know what I mean?

00:28:40:23 – 00:28:43:23
I think of those things first before I think of Pikachu.

00:28:43:25 – 00:28:46:06
Yeah. You know, I, I think.

00:28:46:06 – 00:28:46:21
No one even.

00:28:46:21 – 00:28:50:25
Said like fucking you moto on the list as well too, because Yukio had a video

00:28:50:25 – 00:28:51:27
game as well too.

00:28:51:27 – 00:28:53:14
And I have all the card games as well too

00:28:53:14 – 00:28:56:01
that they fucking like have is video games this year

00:28:56:01 – 00:28:59:03
and that’s it blew the fuck up randomly during a pandemic.

00:28:59:03 – 00:29:00:23
So you know.

00:29:00:23 – 00:29:03:23
Well I thought they had the, the virtual card game.

00:29:03:25 – 00:29:04:29
Right. Exactly.

00:29:04:29 – 00:29:07:18
But they’ve had other games for like two or three years.

00:29:07:18 – 00:29:08:09
And, and

00:29:08:09 – 00:29:12:03
especially during the pandemic, during that time, people were modifying the 3DS.

00:29:12:06 – 00:29:16:18
So some of the old school you go one for 3DS and Diaz were being played more

00:29:16:21 – 00:29:19:11
and that cut fucking like rose up as well to it like there’s

00:29:19:11 – 00:29:23:10
so many characters and you could have chosen for mascots

00:29:23:16 – 00:29:28:24
like I wish I wish I could chose Captain Falcon from zero on this ship.

00:29:28:24 – 00:29:30:12
I would have done like five,

00:29:30:12 – 00:29:31:25
but I would have chose Captain Falcon

00:29:31:25 – 00:29:34:24
or something, you know, or we would have picked on.

00:29:34:24 – 00:29:37:00
I mean. Those smash characters, you know.

00:29:37:00 – 00:29:38:03
I would have thought solid

00:29:38:03 – 00:29:41:24
snake or solid snake would be a really, really, really good one.

00:29:41:27 – 00:29:44:27
Tim Curry from Tim Curry from Red Alert.

00:29:45:00 – 00:29:46:21
Yeah.

00:29:46:24 – 00:29:49:24
Which I guess like I.

00:29:49:24 – 00:29:51:27
Know no pajamas.

00:29:51:27 – 00:29:55:04
Sam Maybe, but not Evan No. Sam Maybe.

00:29:55:08 – 00:29:55:18
Jamma.

00:29:55:18 – 00:29:59:21
Sam But yeah, we’re all just fucking dead out of that.

00:29:59:21 – 00:30:01:21
Oh, yeah, definitely.

00:30:01:21 – 00:30:05:04
I want show that I would even chose the person I’m wearing right now.

00:30:05:06 – 00:30:06:16
Forget Stone Cold. Steve Also.

00:30:06:16 – 00:30:08:24
Because the WWE Games and every day I could’ve

00:30:08:24 – 00:30:11:13
chose him as a mascot because he was a great mascot.

00:30:11:13 – 00:30:14:13
I for WWE versus Smackdown. Oh hell yeah.

00:30:14:14 – 00:30:17:01
That was a great one. Fuck yeah.

00:30:17:01 – 00:30:20:03
Just say there’s so many options we could have chosen, but we played it

00:30:20:03 – 00:30:21:04
a hell of save on this, which.

00:30:21:04 – 00:30:24:16
Is I mean, there’s Cuphead and he has his own show on Netflix and.

00:30:24:16 – 00:30:27:02
It’s not like it was cuphead out at that time.

00:30:27:02 – 00:30:31:05
It was out, but it wasn’t like, why wasn’t. It?

00:30:31:07 – 00:30:32:12
I’m not like.

00:30:32:12 – 00:30:35:04
I think Cuphead is pretty old.

00:30:35:04 – 00:30:35:21
No, but.

00:30:35:21 – 00:30:38:15
Like, the following didn’t start until later.

00:30:38:15 – 00:30:40:08
2017. Yeah.

00:30:40:08 – 00:30:42:28
So it’s been out, but like the, the, the semi cult

00:30:42:28 – 00:30:45:13
following the cuphead didn’t happen until way a fuck later.

00:30:45:13 – 00:30:46:06
What are you talking about?

00:30:46:06 – 00:30:49:06
It was initial because that thing had the best guy in the world

00:30:49:10 – 00:30:53:20
do that thing that best they I don’t I highly doubt they

00:30:53:22 – 00:30:57:06
they spent a lot of marketing because they were getting so much

00:30:57:09 – 00:31:00:21
attention because it was being hand-drawn and everything.

00:31:00:23 – 00:31:03:08
Yeah it was all over the news.

00:31:03:08 – 00:31:05:03
It was all over all the websites.

00:31:05:03 – 00:31:06:21
Any update about Cuphead?

00:31:06:21 – 00:31:10:24
And the trailer was just like it was like no man’s Sky except for not online.

00:31:10:24 – 00:31:12:22
Yeah, essentially like dude Cuphead.

00:31:12:22 – 00:31:13:19
Yeah, that makes sense.

00:31:13:19 – 00:31:16:01
Huge when it came out for sure.

00:31:16:01 – 00:31:19:12
Like I say this, we played it safe because I also remember the other day

00:31:19:14 – 00:31:24:15
and it not a single Final Fantasy character was mentioned by Fandango.

00:31:24:18 – 00:31:25:21
I like Final Fantasy.

00:31:25:21 – 00:31:27:11
Well, I used to like Final Fantasy,

00:31:27:11 – 00:31:30:26
but mostly like besides Cloud and Saphira, like.

00:31:30:28 – 00:31:34:10
Who really beautiful T for people along.

00:31:34:14 – 00:31:35:06
T was hot.

00:31:35:06 – 00:31:38:03
T was awesome. But when I think of Final Fantasy, I.

00:31:38:03 – 00:31:40:00
Don’t think of the bit. On this goddamn.

00:31:40:00 – 00:31:42:21
List. It’s. It’s the jumbo. It’s funny with Tifa.

00:31:42:21 – 00:31:45:07
Well, if I think of all fancy characters, I don’t think of Tifa.

00:31:45:07 – 00:31:49:01
If I think of video game characters, Tifa is like, the first is like the first one.

00:31:49:01 – 00:31:51:24
The top of my head. It’s the weirdest thing.

00:31:51:24 – 00:31:54:12
But we’re also, like, not thinking of

00:31:54:12 – 00:31:57:06
because this list is semi biased to what we enjoy.

00:31:57:06 – 00:31:59:12
Well, yeah, and that’s the whole point of the show is to.

00:31:59:12 – 00:32:01:27
Yeah, but it’s also so many other characters

00:32:01:27 – 00:32:05:29
that could have been mentioned like anyone, any of them for like final was.

00:32:06:01 – 00:32:08:02
I think Louise Lane on the list.

00:32:08:02 – 00:32:09:13
And not Fire Fire Emblem.

00:32:09:13 – 00:32:11:21
There we go. Fire Emblem that name.

00:32:11:21 – 00:32:12:20
We know what name.

00:32:12:20 – 00:32:14:27
Three characters from Fire Emblem, Real.

00:32:14:27 – 00:32:18:27
Marth, Marth Roy and okay.

00:32:18:29 – 00:32:22:22
So ones that are not ones, none of the 18 that are in Smash.

00:32:22:22 – 00:32:24:02
I’m just kidding.

00:32:24:04 – 00:32:24:27
That’s all of them.

00:32:24:27 – 00:32:27:24
And I’m sorry that I can’t argue that.

00:32:27:24 – 00:32:29:19
I only know about them because a smash.

00:32:29:19 – 00:32:31:16
So if anything, they’re a testament of smash.

00:32:31:16 – 00:32:36:12
They’re a they’re, they’re a mascot for Smash, not for their own fucking.

00:32:36:14 – 00:32:37:08
No. Because

00:32:37:08 – 00:32:41:01
like, once again, we’re thinking of here where we live and everything, but in Japan

00:32:41:08 – 00:32:44:02
or in like, Europe and everything, it’s a whole different ballgame.

00:32:44:02 – 00:32:46:09
You know Shaq from Shaq Fu.

00:32:46:09 – 00:32:47:29
I honestly wish I could have said that.

00:32:47:29 – 00:32:49:05
Wish I could have said that.

00:32:49:05 – 00:32:51:22
I legit wish I could have said Shaq.

00:32:51:22 – 00:32:53:01
I say, No, no.

00:32:53:01 – 00:32:54:27
One says Shaq, but I. Will not.

00:32:54:27 – 00:32:56:24
Walk out of. There. Okay. Let’s not.

00:32:56:24 – 00:32:58:26
Okay. So, yeah, So Mario is. Going for the.

00:32:58:26 – 00:33:01:02
Worst Pikachu at number one. We played it safe.

00:33:01:02 – 00:33:02:21
I still think Pikachu is number one,

00:33:02:21 – 00:33:06:09
but I think in the sake of comedy, I think, yeah, Sonic should have won.

00:33:06:11 – 00:33:08:08
But the worst of the worst.

00:33:08:08 – 00:33:09:11
The worst. Third one.

00:33:09:11 – 00:33:11:16
I said Mario, because I don’t like Mario all that much.

00:33:11:16 – 00:33:13:29
I think Luigi is a thousand times better.

00:33:13:29 – 00:33:17:20
But then we said Cooking for the worst song.

00:33:17:22 – 00:33:19:01
You said Sonic.

00:33:19:01 – 00:33:20:10
And that whole box.

00:33:20:10 – 00:33:24:01
Duty dog from. Canada and then from it.

00:33:24:03 – 00:33:24:12
I don’t

00:33:24:12 – 00:33:27:12
know how Rabbids won because Sonic is way more.

00:33:27:15 – 00:33:30:02
I did. I was I judge for that.

00:33:30:02 – 00:33:31:17
You were judged for it.

00:33:31:17 – 00:33:33:01
I don’t remember being judged for that.

00:33:33:01 – 00:33:36:07
No, that’s what it says on the document.

00:33:36:09 – 00:33:38:28
Maybe because I was like, I chose Rabbit because I understood,

00:33:38:28 – 00:33:40:04
but I didn’t want to be selfish.

00:33:40:04 – 00:33:40:27
I couldn’t choose my own.

00:33:40:27 – 00:33:41:15
I like.

00:33:41:15 – 00:33:43:05
I like. Them better.

00:33:43:05 – 00:33:43:17
We should.

00:33:43:17 – 00:33:44:29
It was fucking annoying.

00:33:44:29 – 00:33:47:02
Rabbits are like the best.

00:33:47:02 – 00:33:49:06
They’re like the better minions, I think.

00:33:49:06 – 00:33:51:22
Yeah. But it’s funny though. You mentioned Link.

00:33:51:22 – 00:33:53:04
We someone did say link.

00:33:53:04 – 00:33:58:09
Payne said link is like a two for worse, which I’m like why?

00:33:58:11 – 00:33:59:21
I think to be edgy.

00:33:59:21 – 00:34:04:23
But yeah, a dog from dog hunt was winning is pretty It’s pretty great.

00:34:04:25 – 00:34:07:07
I mean, I love her.

00:34:07:07 – 00:34:08:17
I hate Glover.

00:34:08:17 – 00:34:09:25
I hate Glover with all. My heart.

00:34:09:25 – 00:34:12:25
I don’t know. Glover with all my heart.

00:34:12:25 – 00:34:15:11
I came, sucked Bonk baby.

00:34:15:11 – 00:34:19:10
So Bond Baby is a it’s a, it’s a retro

00:34:19:11 – 00:34:23:15
it’s a retro game from the Atari where basically you a cave baby?

00:34:23:20 – 00:34:26:21
Yeah, you’re a cave baby just running around with a giant as head.

00:34:26:29 – 00:34:29:09
And there’s no point in the game except you’re just running around

00:34:29:09 – 00:34:33:27
as a giant baby, as a caveman, trying to live in a kind of slept.

00:34:33:27 – 00:34:34:27
You know what I mean?

00:34:34:27 – 00:34:40:01
Now, you can clearly see if you look at the list, you can clearly.

00:34:40:01 – 00:34:42:11
See I was mentally in a retro. Mode.

00:34:42:11 – 00:34:42:28
You know what I mean?

00:34:42:28 – 00:34:46:22
Because I was during the pandemic, I like I,

00:34:46:24 – 00:34:50:14
I bought a lot of games and was playing a lot of games

00:34:50:14 – 00:34:53:28
on my computer and shit and one of them was like, That’s cool.

00:34:54:04 – 00:34:57:04
Yeah. You purchase with money.

00:34:57:10 – 00:34:57:26
Fun fact.

00:34:57:26 – 00:35:03:09
Actually, even though I bought the game, my father actually owns a bank baby

00:35:03:11 – 00:35:05:28
because it was bonkers because he was a collector.

00:35:05:28 – 00:35:08:06
So he had a lot of like Atari games.

00:35:08:06 – 00:35:09:08
I have a phone on my phone

00:35:09:08 – 00:35:12:04
that still has it, but I was still in a retro move, so

00:35:12:04 – 00:35:15:17
you can see that, especially with Glover because Glover was my number one

00:35:15:19 – 00:35:18:26
and I go back to that all day, Fuck that game.

00:35:18:28 – 00:35:19:08
Yeah.

00:35:19:08 – 00:35:21:16
And then that was mentioned, which I’m so happy with.

00:35:21:16 – 00:35:22:25
I wish I had thought of.

00:35:22:25 – 00:35:26:09
I wish I had thought of of it. All was nec.

00:35:26:12 – 00:35:31:22
Mako is that failure or horrible game that came out with the PS4?

00:35:31:24 – 00:35:35:16
It was supposed to be the next platformer, but oh so bad.

00:35:35:17 – 00:35:38:17
Then they made a second one that somehow was worse.

00:35:38:17 – 00:35:42:10
I think it’s from the creator of a really big franchise.

00:35:42:10 – 00:35:46:25
Oh my God, how did we not do Ratchet and Clank or Jack? No.

00:35:46:27 – 00:35:49:27
I look, I never played Jack and DAX, but Ratchet and Clank should have been

00:35:49:27 – 00:35:53:29
on that list in my heart and soul because especially the new one

00:35:54:01 – 00:35:56:20
that came out of Ratchet Clank Rip apart was so good.

00:35:56:20 – 00:35:58:19
But he worked on a banjo because we.

00:35:58:19 – 00:36:00:22
Noted on our list like none of the you.

00:36:00:22 – 00:36:02:20
See he should have been on that book.

00:36:02:20 – 00:36:04:01
I love to have a banjo.

00:36:04:01 – 00:36:06:14
I don’t know banjo because he’s kind of dead if I’m going to say him.

00:36:06:14 – 00:36:10:03
And we could, Then we can also say battle codes.

00:36:10:05 – 00:36:11:16
Number one with Isabelle.

00:36:11:16 – 00:36:14:00
Winning is insane to me, but I would to.

00:36:14:00 – 00:36:17:00
Why we choose Isabel.

00:36:17:05 – 00:36:19:04
Kemp shows that I still think it’s Bobbsey.

00:36:19:04 – 00:36:22:14
I think Bobbsey absolute worst is a testament

00:36:22:14 – 00:36:26:13
of him literally being the worst mascot.

00:36:26:13 – 00:36:27:24
A video game. Correct?

00:36:27:24 – 00:36:28:24
Can I know I.

00:36:28:24 – 00:36:32:18
Am a little mad that it Lamar says Slip star Fox

00:36:32:21 – 00:36:35:29
because like, besides his voice, he’s a dope ass character.

00:36:35:29 – 00:36:40:07
He’s a frog that knows how to fight a fucking airplane that can niggas down

00:36:40:12 – 00:36:41:18
it save the universe.

00:36:41:18 – 00:36:46:04
You’re just mad because you saw that Lamar dominated that episode.

00:36:46:06 – 00:36:48:22
Yeah, but this was also this was during that time.

00:36:48:22 – 00:36:51:18
Like, I said, this is during the time where we started getting into our groove.

00:36:51:18 – 00:36:53:20
But we also started noticing Lamar’s bullshit.

00:36:53:20 – 00:36:56:29
So that’s when we started getting better.

00:36:57:01 – 00:36:59:22
When we started seeing his, we started prepping from.

00:36:59:22 – 00:37:02:09
Where he never where he never did start because.

00:37:02:09 – 00:37:04:26
There’s no way in hell I understand.

00:37:04:26 – 00:37:07:11
Peek at you because he’s side with you, Rabbit.

00:37:07:11 – 00:37:08:07
I also understand.

00:37:08:07 – 00:37:13:13
But the dog from Duck Hunt compared to fucking Glover or Linc?

00:37:13:15 – 00:37:15:17
No, the dumbest little thing to me.

00:37:15:17 – 00:37:18:17
The dog from Duck can’t make sense.

00:37:18:19 – 00:37:20:12
Now. Is it’s all I don’t.

00:37:20:12 – 00:37:22:09
I don’t get. I don’t get it.

00:37:22:09 – 00:37:24:24
I don’t want I, I personally don’t like.

00:37:24:24 – 00:37:26:04
I think you and I,

00:37:26:04 – 00:37:28:28
I don’t like animal crossing so that game gives me anxiety

00:37:28:28 – 00:37:30:12
but that’s a whole other conversation.

00:37:30:12 – 00:37:31:21
That’s cause No because you.

00:37:31:21 – 00:37:35:27
Start out in debt and then you just keep working and then like it gets day.

00:37:35:29 – 00:37:38:11
After how they complain. Not best.

00:37:38:11 – 00:37:39:23
It’s just it’s not fun for me.

00:37:39:23 – 00:37:40:19
That’s not that’s.

00:37:40:19 – 00:37:41:18
Understandable.

00:37:41:18 – 00:37:44:00
So any brand in any direction.

00:37:44:00 – 00:37:45:23
Middleton Dynamic man.

00:37:45:23 – 00:37:48:21
I can do that and I clean.

00:37:48:21 – 00:37:50:21
My own apartment. Why would I clean an island?

00:37:50:21 – 00:37:52:02
Like, look, I’m just saying

00:37:52:02 – 00:37:54:23
Animal crossing new leaf got people through the pandemic.

00:37:54:23 – 00:37:56:14
Man, I it got me through.

00:37:56:14 – 00:37:57:24
It was a new way for me.

00:37:57:24 – 00:37:59:17
That’s one I think. You know.

00:37:59:17 – 00:38:01:14
That was that was a switch one.

00:38:01:14 – 00:38:02:22
No, no, I’m sorry. New horizons.

00:38:02:22 – 00:38:04:06
My brand new leaf is 30.

00:38:04:06 – 00:38:06:05
Yes, I’m thinking of new Horizons. My back.

00:38:06:05 – 00:38:07:18
Now. It’s all the same book again.

00:38:07:18 – 00:38:08:25
This is my. Third.

00:38:08:25 – 00:38:11:10
But anyway, same fucking game. All right, Matt, tell me.

00:38:11:10 – 00:38:13:12
Tell me your plugs. Where can they find you?

00:38:13:12 – 00:38:17:06
I guess you fucking can find me online and nerdy bit.

00:38:17:06 – 00:38:18:10
That’s SEO.

00:38:18:10 – 00:38:20:04
I’m trying to plug myself a little bit more

00:38:20:04 – 00:38:23:12
because usually I don’t like plugging myself, but nigga, I’m in debt.

00:38:23:19 – 00:38:26:28
And my significant other right now started the master’s program for school

00:38:27:03 – 00:38:30:23
and unfortunately next semester I may start the master’s program

00:38:30:23 – 00:38:33:00
for school, so I need to pay off all the debt I owe.

00:38:33:00 – 00:38:35:20
So please Buyer shit. Hell yeah.

00:38:35:20 – 00:38:37:00
Take a look out on our website.

00:38:37:00 – 00:38:40:20
We’re in the process of making a new jacket with

00:38:40:23 – 00:38:41:13
one of the homies,

00:38:41:13 – 00:38:45:07
Patrick a.k.a Kin Kuma, so look out for that collaboration.

00:38:45:09 – 00:38:47:29
By the time this comes out, it should be, I think, either

00:38:47:29 – 00:38:50:03
released or ready for preorder. So he’ll find out.

00:38:50:03 – 00:38:53:18
Oh yeah. And don’t forget to check us out.

00:38:53:18 – 00:38:58:18
We are going to be really soon on October 19th at 8 p.m.

00:38:58:21 – 00:39:01:15
at the Alamo Drafthouse in L.A., in downtown

00:39:01:15 – 00:39:05:22
L.A., we are collaborating with Super dating Simulator and we’re doing

00:39:05:22 – 00:39:09:24
most extreme ranking challenge stuff and we’re playing a bunch of games live.

00:39:09:27 – 00:39:10:15
So come out.

00:39:10:15 – 00:39:15:04
If it’s a free event, come come to Alamo Drafthouse downtown L.A.

00:39:15:10 – 00:39:21:03
for free October 19th at 8 p.m., and also check out anime Pasadena,

00:39:21:09 – 00:39:24:12
where we are doing most of ranking challenge live, where we’ll be ranking

00:39:24:18 – 00:39:27:19
the five worst anime protagonists of all time.

00:39:27:26 – 00:39:29:12
So go ahead, subscribe.

00:39:29:12 – 00:39:31:22
And like season four is coming out in January.

00:39:31:22 – 00:39:33:29
We have been through a bunch of teasers for you.

00:39:33:29 – 00:39:36:02
We’re really, really excited to share

00:39:36:02 – 00:39:39:12
and do all the things like comment, everything.

00:39:39:14 – 00:39:40:07
Keep on ranking.

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Welcome to the 2nd episode of Most Extreme Ranking Challenge Lookback. Ana, Lemar, Matt, and Tyler discuss the latest ranking (link below) among many other topics such as:
Race, Tyler’s massive ranking failures, other characters not mentions, stepping on people at conventions, thirsty people, feet, foot fetishes, anime convention cringe stuff, public humiliation, the console wars are dead(?), Game of Thrones, Waluigi thirst is real, Marvel shows, Karl Urban, Lara Croft legacy, Tyler hates Nintendo, Kingdom Hearts, and so much more!

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We discuss, deliberate, and debate our way through the hottest characters in video games. Who will claim the top spot on this blazing hot list?

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This is a podcast discussion regarding the latest ranking. Join Tyler, Ana, and Matthew, three of the 4 hosts of the Most Extreme Ranking Challenge podcast, as they take a captivating detour from the usual format. We had to push back the latest episode that was all about movies. In this episode, the trio reflects […]

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This episode promises to be a chaotic experience for Disney enthusiasts worldwide. Let's find out what makes the list!

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Mushroom Kingdom, here we come! Most Exquisite is back and ready to bust up Goombas! We try the infamous Mushroom Cake from Paper Mario 64!

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers that most likely don’t watch our videos! We have returning guest Diana Toshiko (mom extraordinaire) help us rank the top 5 fictional moms of all time! Find out who makes the list!

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Mushroom Kingdom, here we come! Most Exquisite is back and ready to bust up Goombas! We have 5 dishes to prepared for our rankers to try that were inspired by the games and universe of Super Mario Bros! Join Ryan Omega (Life. Action. RolePlay!), Mandy Oquendo, and LemartheToadGuy as they try Princess Peach’s selected dishes! Which food dish would you try?

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Ana Mendoza (Peach)
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We haven’t gone to Nintendo World at Universal Studios yet, but hopefully soon! Hope you are enjoying Super Smash Bros Ultimate!

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We are happy to celebrate Black History Month by playing our game to rank the best 5 black-centered movies! Black-centered films have been important to everyone from all backgrounds and we are excited to celebrate the best of the best! We have guest Paul (blaqskillz) join as we fight for the perfect list!

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Edited by: Tyler McPhail

Media Used:
Blank Man
Black Dynamite
Cool Runnings
Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse
Sister Act II: Back in the Habit
Friday
Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

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blackhistorymonth #blackmovies #blackmovie #blackmovies #blackdynamite #spiderman #spidermanmilesmorales #spiderverse #milesmorales

Welcome to our Santa Tier List video! In this video, we’ll be ranking some of the most iconic Santa Claus characters from movies, TV shows, and pop culture. From the classic and traditional to the modern and unconventional, we’ll be weighing each Santa’s personality, style, and overall Christmas spirit to determine their place on our list. So join us as we count down the top Santas of all time, and let us know in the comments who you think deserves the top spot! If you want more winter tier list and holiday tier list videos, be sure to also let us know below as well! Enjoy!

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Albert, Josiah, and Tyler are joined by Matthew and special guest JeromyTV to rank our childhood decade! The 90s brought some great movies and some huge duds. Find out what we consider the best 3 and worst 2 movies from the 1990s!

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Albert
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Matthew (Nerdy_Bit Apparel)
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Video Editing by: Tyler McPhail

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On the next episode of MOST EXTREME RANKING CHALLENGE, we rank the WORST anime that released in the 90s! What makes the list? Find out on this episode!

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Elaura
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Editing by: Tyler McPhail

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Happy Holidays! It is time for our Winter Holiday special! This year we are ranking the top 5 best Santa Clauses in media! We are joined by guest Jade Valkyrie to argue and joke around about the big red guy! Who makes the list? Find out!

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Twitter – https://twitter.com/nerdy_bit​

Edited by: Tyler McPhail

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Media Used:
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Saturday Night Live
“They’re Real” M&Ms Commercial
Elf (2003)
Sailor Moon

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xmas #happyholidays #christmas #santa #santaclaus #santaclausiscomingtotown

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We know… We talk about Pokémon A LOT! But how could we not?! Mandyquesadilla and Dustbunny join us at Anime Pasadena to rank the best and worst Pokémon of all time… LIVE!

We will be returning to Anime Los Angeles 2023! Check our social for more updates!

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We were 90s kids and loved the anime, but what are the top 5 from the decade? Find out!

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October. The season of screams. When the fog rolls in and the monsters come out to play. For the last 49 seasons, not counting the one we skipped, Buena Park, California has hosted the premiere Halloween fright night. The legendary Knott’s Scary Farm Halloween Haunt. This year marks my own 21st year straight, again not […]

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Greetings, Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week, Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Dren Productions and Living the Line Comics. In the former we find a cataclysm wreaking a campus wide apocalypse in "Flesh-Eating Cheerleaders from Outer Space" #1 while in the latter we find a computer-generated AI comic translating an old C. S. Lewis essay in "The Abolition of Man" #1, the first issue of a five-issue miniseries. Enjoy these tales and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Hello, Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Aftershock Comics and AWA-Upshot Studios. In the former, we see the return of everyone's favorite fast food vigilante in Chicken Devil #1, while in latter we find the world in a prelude to the big zombie apocalypse on the horizon in Year Zero: Vol. 0 #1, the first issue of a five issue miniseries! Enjoy these tales and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Greetings, Grand Geeks and Gatherers! This week, Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Comics Experience Publishing and Keenspot Entertainment. Of the former we find a comics adaptation of one of Edgar Allen Poe's most famous poems in "The Conqueror Worm", while in the latter we find a monstrous-sized treatment of a hit ongoing series with the "Junior High Horrors Monster Sized Anniversary Special." Enjoy these tales and so many others. Never stop reading, friends!

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Welcome, Grand Geeks and Gatherers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Rabbit Hole and Uncharted Wilderness Studios! In the former we have an employee finding dissatisfaction from the spoiled life afforded him by an evil future corporation in The Lost Gardens #1, while in the latter we find a U.S. Marshal hot on the trail of a beast terrorizing the American frontier in the Rougarou one-shot. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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We have a rag-tag team of rankers to argue the 3 sexiest and 2 unsexiest monsters in existence!

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Nicholas Doan (Monster Elementary, The Kid and the Ripper, Fat Rabbit Farm) RETURNS! We now have to rank the 3 WORST monsters of all time!

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We talk about the best monsters of all time with Nicholas Doan! Who makes the list?! Find out!

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Michael Tanner joins Ana, Lemar, Matthew, and Tyler at San Diego Comic Con 2022 to rank the greatest and worst Marvel villains of all time!

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We have the amazing and talented, Diana Toshiko help us rank the 3 worst Disney animated movies of all time!

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Greetings, Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of 2-Land and Red 5 Comics. In the former, a mysterious masked avenger takes to the streets of a crime ridden city in 2-Land Season One #1, while in the other a steampunk era dragon whisperer takes to the skies again to seek out a dragon once more, but now in the effort to save rather than hunt him. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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What a magical way to start the new season where we rank the 5 best Disney animated movies of all time! Find out what makes the list!

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Hello, Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Ablaze Publishing and Sumerian Comics. In the former we find a mere mortal trying to extend his dreamlike trance to find the city of gods in Lovecraft: Unknown Kadath #1, while in the latter we find a second installment of Ed Lavallee's popular work in Pop Star Assassin Part 2 #1. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Hello, Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Black Caravan as well as Its Alive! Press. In the former, Victorian London is besieged by a demonic visitor, and its up to a possessed woman and latter day wizard to eliminate the threat in "Phantasmagoria", while in the latter we follow a loving tale of Evie and her dear furry friend Max in "A Girl and Her Dog." Enjoy these titles and so many others. Never stop reading, friends!

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Howdy, Grand Geeks and Gatherers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of American Mythology Productions and Kypsel! In the former, the Robonic Stooges are locked in midst of a warworld like gladiatorial event where they must try and assert their authority in "Robonic Stooges: The Stooge Wars" #1, while in the latter we see a mash-up of two great pieces of literature in the first installment of an anthology named "Clash of the Classics" pitting the Man from La Mancha against invading Martians in "Don Quixote Fights the War of the Worlds." Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Hello, Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Astronaut Ink as well as Asylum Press. In the former, informational warfare is being waged between a cyberpunk era social bandit and superhero in the New Zodiax: Aquarius one-shot. In the latter, Asylum brings you horrors aplenty, firstly with some modern bloody vampire tales in the Vampire Macabre: Halloween Special one-shot and secondly an ode to the pre-Comics Code authority vampire tales with a compilation of old horror stories in the Vampires: Halloween Special Edition one-shot. Enjoy these tales and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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In a hole in the ground there lived 3 geeks. Watch our rankers try 5 dishes inspired by the Lord of the Rings and rank them!

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Hello, Grand Geeks and Gatherers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of A Wave Blue World, Inc. and Heavy Metal Magazine, both of them stories dealing delightful cosmic and science fiction tropes. In the former, a couple of interstellar mercenaries are in some hot water unless they recapture an escaped fugitive in Crash & Troy #1, while in the latter an unfortunate human male has become the herald of the cosmic embodiment of chaos and misery in Entropy #1. Enjoy these titles and so many others. Never stop reading, friends!

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Hello, indie readers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Abstract Studios and Titan Comics! In the former we find a rather cheesecake-themed agency devoted to solving the crime of a Hollywood starlet in Parker Girls #1 while in the latter we see the lore of replicants and their history expanded on in Blade Runner: Black Lotus #1. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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The Playstation 2's library of games is considered the best of all time! Watch as we rank what the best and worst were! What makes the list? Find out!

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The Playstation 2's library of games is considered the best of all time! Watch as we rank what the best and worst were! What makes the list? Find out!

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Greetings, Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Oni Press. In one selection, everyone's favorite and adorable red panda is bombarded with subliminal messaging while on a company retreat in Aggretsuko: Out to Lunch #1 while in the latter a final confrontation between Rick Sanchez, his rebel followers, and the dastardly Dr. Infinity comes to a head in Rick and Morty: Crisis on C-137 #1. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Howdy, Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Blackbox Comics as well as Valiant Entertainment! In the former, a serious student of ninjutsu acquires access to his father's company as a result of his death, and with that access comes a specialized armor that can physically contact spirits, while in the latter an evil exarch has managed to obtain a most deathly tome, and four of the greatest dark heroes in the universe must ally in order to stop his plans. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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We are back ranking more stuff from Brazil! We have different types of soda for our rankers to try and rank! Let's find out what is the best one is!

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Hello, tabletop geeks! This is your Grand Geek Jeff opining about D&D's latest and greatest anthology work "Journeys through the Radiant Citadel." Read on as he reviews its contents in short detail while providing commentary on its strengths and shortcomings and why it should be an addition to your tabletop reading shelf!

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Hello, Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Literati and Source Point Press! In the former, we find an ethereal lover wishing to reconnect with the spouse they left behind in the Haunted, Beloved one-shot. In the latter we have an adorable little ronin wishing to clear her grandmother's name with the slaying of a big baddie in Little Red Ronin #1. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Happy July 4th to all you Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Battle Quest and Blue Juice Comics! In the former an alien horde invades a fantasy realm and the moon goddess looses her champion upon their havoc in "No'madd the Unconquerable: The City of Empty Towers," the first issue of a six-issue miniseries! The latter is the first issue of a four issue miniseries centering upon an ailing comic world creator seeking the help of his former artist in trying to keep the creations he had wrought from becoming reality in "Knights of the 5th Dimension." Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Mike and Andy are joined by the hosts of Stories: The True and the Fictional! They’re Australian, Mike and Andy are American…how will they get a long? By pitching movies, of course! Mike and Andy pitch “Australian movies,” while Jamie and Ryan pitch “American movies.”

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The Rankers took in the audience's choice of ranking the best and worst anime worlds to live in! Find out what makes the list!

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Howdy, indie comic readers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Behemoth and Vault Comics. In the former, a kaiju-hunting hero runs the risk of becoming the very monsters he is chasing down in Redman #1 while in the latter an introvert uncovers the secrets of mind control and uses its potential inside of an app to control the consciences of 'tech-junkies' in Mindset #1. Enjoy these titles and so many others. Never stop reading, friends!

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Howdy, Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Ahoy Comics and Zenescope Entertainment. In the former, we see the sidekicks of the Dragonflymen of two worlds getting schooled after some missions went wrong in the Wrong Earth: Confidence Men one-shot while in the latter we see everyone's favorite emerald archer's true origins come forth in the Robyn Hood 2022 64-page Annual. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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We have Josiah, Albert, Elaura, Ana, and Tyler rank the best and worst 80s movies! Find out what makes the list from this rad decade!

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We block to rank the worst fighting games of all time with special guests Duralath and Raikosen! What makes the list and what doesn't?!

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Hello, Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Albatross Funnybooks and Blood Moon Comics. In the former we find an ode to the Golden Age in a pulp combination courtesy of Eric Powell in Albatross Exploding Funnybooks #1 while in the latter we find Earth becoming haven to evolved insects in Endangered #1. Enjoy these books and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Hello Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Action Lab Entertainment as well as Mad Cave Studios. These picks are solid fantasy stories, including a runaway orphan finding fellowship in the company of a team consisting of a warrior, a priest and a faerie as seen in The Ballad of Ronan #1. Another selection centers around a potion maker on a quest to save his parents in Potions, Inc. #1. Enjoy these tales and so many others. Never stop reading, friends!

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Happy June to all you Grand Geeks and Gatherers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of AWA-Upshot Studios as well as Devil's Due Comics. In the former we see a five-issue anthology detailing mankind's history in Newthink #1, while in the latter we find Bubbles' desire to impart the importance of Halloween to his friends in the Trailer Park Boys: House of 1000 Conkys one-shot. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Get ready to battle! We duke it out to rank the best fighting games of all time with special guests Duralath and Raikosen!

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We were at WonderCon 2022 in Anaheim, CA for the 7th year in a row to present our panel Unnecessary Debates! Watch the unnecessary hilarity!

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Hello all you Gatherers and Grand Geeks out there! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Aftershock Comics as well as Scout's imprint Scoot. In the former we find a series of cosmic horror tales weaved into a compilation one shot in SPECTRO while in the latter we find a good natured and imaginative tale for indie fans of all ages in Misfitz Clubhouse #1. Enjoy these tales and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Here is some cut jokes and our honorable mentions taken out of the previous episode! Check out the hilarious arguments!

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Howdy, indie readers! This week, Source Point Press crushes it with all your reading needs by providing two tales of enduring friendship felt between humans and their companions. In "Good Boy #1", we find a canine mercenary by the name of Flint Sparks seeking vengeance for the death of his human companion, Jon, while in the "My Brother Teddy" one-shot we find what magic truly exists between a childhood toy and its owner when the latter comes to live to save him from a terrible fate. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Howdy, indie readers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Ablaze Publishing and Opus Comics. In the former we find a dynamic duo of two of Hyboria's most dynamic female characters in Belit & Valeria: Swords vs. Sorcery #1, while in the latter we find Frank Frazetta's greatest fantasy creation get a new lease on the comic page in Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer #1. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Welcome evildoers! We have come together to rank who the best and worst DC Comics villains are. Find out who makes the list!

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Call it a comeback, they’ve been missing for years Forgotten by peers, puttin’ agents in tears Now the offers rain down like a monsoon Listen to our PITCHES go boom! Our panelists this month– Michael Tanner Website – https://www.bymichaeltanner.com/ https://twitter.com/MikeIsErnie Andy Nordvall My Roommate the Internet – tinyurl.com/hzxeu8lw Linktree – https://linktr.ee/andynordvall Chuck Satterlee https://twitter.com/ComicsChuck Don Walker https://www.instagram.com/don_spaceknight/

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Hello, indie readers! This week Jeff provides you Picks courtesy of A Wave Blue World, Inc. as well as American Mythology Productions. In the former we find a girl reuniting with her estranged mother and employing the help of her tribe and elite warriors to combat an unstoppable imperial force in Mezo: Battle at Coban Rock #1 while in the latter we see the charismatic superheroism of a mariner of the deep blue sea in Kent Menace: Dangers from the Depths #1. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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We are back ranking more stuff from Brazil! We try different types of alcohol like catuaba, cachaça, jurupinga, bananinha and caipirinha!

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We are back ranking more stuff from Brazil! We try different types of alcohol like catuaba, cachaça, jurupinga, bananinha and caipirinha!

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Cheers, indie readers! This week Jeff provides you Picks courtesy of Coffin Comics and Comics Experience. In the former we find a spooky and dark avenger fighting the criminal underworld while on the precipice of a company-wide event in the "La Muerta: Onslaught" one-shot, while in the latter three fantasy beings are on the run from the U.S. Government in "Past the Last Mountain" #1, the first issue of a four-issue miniseries! Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Howdy, indie readers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Invader Comics and Rebellion/2000AD. In the former we find a multiverse of public domain characters in Freaks & Gods Vol. 2 #1 while in the latter we see an ode to Dreddworld in the 2000 AD Sci-Fi 2021 Special one-shot.. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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We have guest Christopher Cayco join us again as we battle it out to rank the top 5 and bottom 3 gen 2 Pokémon!

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Hello, indie readers! This week Jeff presents Picks courtesy of Ahoy and Titan Comics! In the former we find multiversal opposites of the same superhero wanting to etch their legacy into a sports stadium in the Wrong Earth: Fame & Fortune one-shot while in the latter we find everyone's favorite banana-lackeys serving Gru in his formative years in Minions: Mini Boss #1. Enjoy these titles and so many others. Never stop reading, friends!

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Conventions and events are coming back! We need to bring back some good party movies to celebrate! Party on with our pitches!

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Howdy, indie readers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Archie Comic Publications as well as Vault Comics. In the former we have a celebratory issue of 55 years of everyone's favorite comic band in The Archies Anniversary Spectacular #1, while in the latter we find a vampire on the run from monster hunters in West of Sundown #1. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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You’ve probably seen it and you probably hate it. It’s corporate art style, and it was originally developed for Facebook, but is now in use by just about every other big tech and start-up out there: Google, YouTube, Airtable, Hinge, Uber, Lyft, GrubHub, and Airbnb, to name a few. What is this art style, and […]

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Hello, Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides you Picks courtesy of Keenspot and Udon Entertainment. In the former we find a crusading woman having to realize drinking from the Holy Grail entails as much a devotion to responsibility as it does immortality in Quintara Stone #1, while in the latter everyone's sexy succubus must clean up a mess she inadvertently created in the human world in Darkstalkers: Morrigan #1. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Sam and Tyler are back and have seen the newest Batman film! Watch as they try to stay on subject and discuss!

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We have have a panel of movie critics, producers, and fans that makes the list of movies you should check out and the one to avoid from 2021!

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Remember Vine? Vine, owned by Twitter, was a social networking platform and video hosting app that ran from 2013 to 2016, and although its official Twitter archive was wiped in 2019, you can still find massive Vine compilations on YouTube. The thing that was unique to Vine was that, in the same way Twitter acts […]

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Hello, Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Asylum Press and Valiant Entertainment. In the former we have a terrifically horrific compilation of vampire tales in the Vampire Macabre: Halloween Tales one-shot while in the latter we find oppression, repression and revolt in a distant world among the stars in Armorclads #1. Enjoy these tales and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Fighting evil by moonlight. Ranking characters by daylight. We are the ones who failed you all! Check out this lunar episode of fun & chaos!

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Last year, you probably remember the inexplicable viral popularity of “The Wellerman,” a sea shanty sung by TikToker Nathan Evans.  It exploded across social media and spent two weeks at #1 on the UK Charts.  But when I first heard it, I immediately questioned its legitimacy as a whaling song at all. Is it really […]

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Howdy, Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Scout Comics' Black Caravan imprint. One particular story deals with a mother's need to find out why she's become a toy al of a sudden in a freakish Toyland setting in Playthings #1 while the other deals with a vengeful spirit skateboarding seeking punishment for those that lethally pranked him in Rad Wraith #1. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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We pitch how we would remake some of the John Hughes classics! Find out what twists and turns come with our ideas!

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MSTies rejoice!  The Gizmoplex is almost upon us! You might recall that in 2017, Mystery Science Theater 3000, the cult classic from 1988, finally came to Netflix.  It had two star-studded seasons with appearances by Felicia Day, Patton Oswalt, and Neil Patrick Harris (among others). But like so many other Netflix series, it wound up […]

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Greetings, indie readers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Fantagraphics Books and Oni Press. In the former we find a sequel to Ed Piskor's masterpiece of 2020 with a new season debut in Red Room Trigger Warnings #1 while in the latter we find Rick Sanchez tied to intergalactic rebels in a bid for cosmic anarchy in Rick and Morty Infinity Hour #1. Enjoy these tales and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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If you’re a fan of comics and enjoy reading them digitally, then you might be (understandably!) upset at ComiXology’s latest update. I myself enjoy reading comics the analog way: with a book in my hands.  But for many, digital comics are more practical.  They’re less expensive to purchase, they take up less physical space, they […]

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Hello there, Grand Geeks and Gatherers! This week Jeff provides you Picks courtesy of Atlantis Studios and Bad Kids press. In the former we find an origins compilation of major characters in the Star Runners universe in the Star Runner Chronicles Origins one-shot while in the latter we fiend a granny unafraid of wielding a six-shooter in the Old West in Cheap Tricks #1. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Find out what the Shukai team thought about the 2022 (NA Release) sensational anime film by Mamoru Hosoda!

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An epic journey for 5 heroes is set to rank the best and worst classes in Dungeons & Dragons! Which classes make the list? Find out!

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Howdy, indie readers! This week Jeff provides you Picks courtesy of Blacktooth Comics and Zenescope Entertainment. In the former we find an indomitable vampire huntress fighting the undead while trying to be a typical high school adolescent in Emo Girl #1 while in the latter we find one of our favorite cheeky heroines in dire need of saving her friend from a horrible fate in Belle: Queen of Serpents #1. Enjo these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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I recently stumbled across an article about The Simpsons.  My first thought was, “Holy shit.  The Simpsons is still around?  It hasn’t been good since, like, season 14.” Funnily enough, the article addressed this criticism directly.  Yeardley Smith (the voice of Lisa Simpson) responded to it thusly: “Fuck you.” This was followed up by Nancy […]

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Hello, indie readers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Second Sight Publishing, with eight splendid books to satisfy all of your comic-reading desires. One such tale speaks of an immortally cursed female stranded on a mythic island in Athena the Undying #1. Then we find a secret order stumbling across an evil wizard's aspirations to bring forth the Angel of Death to our world in Forsaken: The Last Days of Us #1. The undead universe of Jonathan Hendrick has been collected in Freakshow Kingdom #1. Secrets to the unleashing of zombie apocalypse in Mississippi can be found in The Horn Island Trilogy #1. An immortal warrior is a force to be reckoned with in Iron Head #1. A science-team finds more than just a mere remedy for brain cancer atop a high Chinese peak in Orision #1. Recuperating comic book artist Stanley Kane finds a magical amulet while finding the means to get his health and creator-groove back in Silence #1. And children are on a murder spree in a Southern town in These. Damn. Kids! #1. Enjoy these titles and so many others. Never stop reading, friends!

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We started out 2022 with one of our favorite cons ever! What did we think of the new location and the convention during a pandemic? Find out!

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This month, the theme is crossovers! Who is going to SHOCKINGLY meet who?

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Sam returns to help us make Valentines more bearable by ranking the best and worst romcoms of all time! Happy Valentines Day!

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In recent weeks you’ve probably heard a lot about the graphic novel Maus being banned.  In 1992, it became the first and only graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize. The school board of McMinn County, Tennessee, unanimously voted on Jan. 10 to remove the book from the eighth-grade curriculum.  The decision was made due […]

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Howdy, indie readers! This week Jeff has Picks courtesy of Black Mask Studios and Cosmic Times. In the former we find a series of romantic slice of life stories in the Destiny, NY: Valentine's Day Special one-shot while in the latter we find a mental patient discovering the truth behind his berserker superhuman abilities in From Blood #1. Enjoy these tales and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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I’ve previously discussed the concept of cosplay as charitable work, but, until recently, I’d never been able to sit down with one of the “cause”players to discuss what they do.  Part of that is my own sense of intimidation; these are the pros, royalty among cosplayers, in my opinion, and I’ve always felt an uncharacteristic […]

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Howdy, Grand geeks and Gatherers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Binge Books and Keenspot Entertainment. In the former we discover the origins of a heroic speedster in Startup: Starting Point #1 while in the latter we discover a practical one-woman army suited to fight waves of undead with a very embarrassing weapon in Bonyeer the Aromatic #1. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Howdy, indie readers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Bliss on Tap Publishing as well as Humanoids, Inc. In the former we find a federal agent caught in a web of intrigue investigating a dark internet group in Duel #1 while in the latter we find everyone's favorite interstellar punks caught in a series of collected stories in the Space Bastards: Special Delivery one-shot. Enjoy these tales and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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We attended Anime Pasadena 2021 and ranked husbandos LIVE! We had guest PainGretzky return to help us find the best and worst!

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Kevin sits down and talks to Kaho Shibuya about her novel, cosplay, and what she has been up to! Check it out on YouTube!

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Did you know that, when the Globe Theater caught fire in 1613 during a showing of All Is True, it burned to the ground in one hour?  And that the cause was the misfiring of a cannon during the play, because they used real cannons in the performance, and the theater remained packed for a […]

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Hello, indie readers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Blood Moon Comics and IDW Publishing! In the former we find Scotland's Nessie's equal in North America with White River Monster #1 while in the latter we find two Jedi padawans seeking Master Yoda's favor by trying to bake his famously secret pastry recipe in the Star Wars High Republic Adventures: Galactic Bake-Off one-shot! Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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I recently visited a kava bar.  A kava bar is sometimes referred to as a “nakamal,” which is a Vanuatu public house.  I wasn’t in Vanuatu, but Oakland, California, and I had never heard of kava before, which is what MeloMelo Kava Bar serves. Having tried it, I’m going to make a prediction: Kava is […]

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Howdy Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Scout Comics. In "Distorted" three male youths struggle to come to terms with their super powers while in "Kingjira: Hungry like a Monster" we have a wonderful parody tribute to the kaiju genre. Finally in the second season of "Tales told in Techni-Horror", a compilation of horror stories are told within backdrops of various points in time. Check these out as well as others on your shelves or on your devices. Never stop reading, friends!

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This year we are hoping to stay funny or become better rankers! We have performer and awesome guest, Liz Cartojano, ranking resolutions!

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It’s no secret that I’m a really big fan of the Netflix show The Umbrella Academy.  This year, we get to look forward to the third season dropping, and what better way to start off the year than to talk about what we know so far? On December 31st, the official Umbrella Academy social media […]

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Happy New Year! Norm Harper was tasked with pitching a holiday movie starring John Cena and Florence Pugh!

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Happy New Year, Grand Geeks and Gatherers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Aftershock Comics and AWA-Upshot Studios. In the former we find a ronin-detective seeking truth regarding murder in an Orwellian future in Bylines in Blood #1 while in the latter we see a couple of detectives seeking to solve a series of murders in a rural small town in The Fourth Man #1. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Happy Holidays, Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Behemoth Comics and Source Point Press. In Knight Janek #1 we find a curious would-be hero in midst of a kingdom where strange occurrences are happening. Blood on Sunset #1 offers us a vampire-noir version of a classic mob murder investigation while Rise of Dracula #1 continues Rich Davis' award winning story. Enjoy these titles and so many more. And never stop reading, friends!

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Greetings, indie readers! This week Jeff provides you Picks courtesy of American Mythology Productions as well as Dead Good Comics. In the former we find several horror tales, including Beware the Witch's Shadow Fright Nights #1, Scary Christmas 2 #1, Starring Sonya Devereaux: Scream Queen Summer Camp Massacre #1, The Three Stooges: Stocking Stuffer #1, and Tom Holland's Fright Night #1. In the latter we have a public domain superheroine brought back into resurgence in Octobriana with Love #1. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Chestnuts roasting on this episode! We have voice actor Eric Lopez returning to help us figure out the best and worst Christmas songs!

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It's almost Christmas! We have amazing creators on to react to weird places that Santa has popped into in comics over the years!

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Hello, indie readers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Red 5 Comics and its Stonebot imprint! In "Download", a human teenage male gets zapped with a cosmic ray that endows him with knowledge of alien tech that he just obsesses over building while in "Mega" a gargantuan threat from the ocean rises to challenge a monstrosity awoken from its eons of slumber. Its quite the week for sci-fi! Enjoy these titles and so many others. Never stop reading, friends!

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Angela Oddling (Blister) and Alejandro Lee (Sally Sprocket & Piston Pete) react to each other's covers in our new episode!

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Hello Grand Geeks and Gatherers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Aftershock and Blood Moon Comics. In the former the reader shall have to brace themselves to have their childhoods ruined in the "Tales of Mother F. Goose" one-shot while in the latter an ancient oak is haunted by the victims of a serial murderer in "The Devil Tree" #1. Enjoy these tales and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Tyler is assembled with 4 anime freaks to talk about the best and worst anime villains of all time! Find out who makes the list!

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San Diego Comic Con: Special Edition is the first of Comic Con International’s in-person events since the pandemic closed down both San Diego Comic Con 2020 and 2021, which is usually held in July, and in 2019, attracted over 130,000 attendees.  Special Edition was a smaller affair, held over Thanksgiving weekend, and for many fans, […]

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Hello, indie readers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Asylum Press, issuing forth three one-shots of splendid Halloween-themed literature to entice all of your horrific needs. All of them are compiled works of short stories written and drawn by some of the best horror-creators in the industry. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Madeleine and MD return to talk about writing historical figures in comics and reacting to a few inclusions in comics over the years!

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I recently went to see The Eternals (twice), which offered me a chance to see several trailers for other films.  Trailers are often one of my favorite parts of seeing a film in theaters, but there was one trailer that really caught my attention, and I’d like to discuss it. That trailer was Matrix: Resurrections. […]

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Howdy indie readers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Aspen and Uncivilized Comics. In the former, Aspen Matthews again comes to the forefront of saving the world while also protecting the deep in Fathom: The Core #1 while in the latter two small farmers choose to loot a big tech corporation only to find that they stumbled across a grave secret in West #1! Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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We pitch "cool" new characters to add to long-running shows.

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Hello there! Welcome to the world of ranking! Tyler, Lemar, Matt, and Ana are joined by guest Chris Cayco to rank the best and worst original 151 Pokemon! Who makes the list? Find out!

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After seeing Marvel’s The Eternals twice, I feel confident in saying that it was a good movie, reviews be damned.  It’s true that it was not your typical MCU popcorn flick.  It was an adult movie with adult themes and emotions, and I think that it frankly made a lot of people uncomfortable with its […]

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Howdy, indie readers! This week Jeff provides you Picks courtesy of Scout and Titan Comics. In the former we find a new season of semi-mythical shenanigans in a West Pennsylvania coal-mining town in White Ash: Season 2 #1 while in the latter we find everyone's favorite Gallifreyan teaming up with Rose Tyler once again in Doctor Who: Empire of the Wolf #1. Enjoy these tales and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Madeleine and voice actor Emily C.A. Snyder talk about Boston Metaphysical Society audio drama: The Ghost Ship!

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Kevin interviews animation superstars Phil Lord, Jeff Rowe, and Patrick Imbert as well as amazing voice actor Ryan Colt Levy!

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When I mentioned to my mother-in-law that I was writing a review of My Little Pony, her first, knee-jerk reaction was, “Why?” This struck me as a surprising question because, as a person born in the 1980s, of course I have a certain fond nostalgia for the brightly colored, animated ponies.  And like many 1980s […]

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Howdy, indie readers! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Silver Sprocket and T Pub. In the former we have a vehicle race gone all sorts of awry in Roadshow #1 while in the latter it seems a Secret Intelligence Service agent has been called up to investigate a mass killing due to old Cold War era cryptologic initiatives reigniting. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Kevin and Martin got interview the amazing creator, Mamoru Hosoda, at the Animation is Film Festival in Hollywood! Check it out!

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Content Warning: The episode of The Nanny we discuss this week includes a joke that could be interpreted as homophobic, and another that could be interpreted as transphobic. In a startling return to form, we’re actually watching The Nanny this week. Can Mandy record an entire episode of Out on her Fanny while under the psychedelic […]

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Marvel’s What If…? series dropped on Disney+ on August 11, 2021, and almost immediately, viewers began drawing parallels to Loki.  What If…? was the first new MCU work to drop after Loki, which launched June 9th of the same year.  Loki establishes that the Marvel timeline can “branch” into alternate realities at points called “Nexus […]

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We were overjoyed that Rose City Comic Con let us do our first live panel ever at this year's convention!

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Howdy all! Its a double-sized issue of Picks this week with Jeff selecting books courtesy of Ablaze Publishing, Ahoy Comics, Archie Comic Publications, and Its Alive! Press. In the first we find a college tween suffering the pangs of unrequited love in Laura #1 while Ahoy brings to us a story of an evil Emperor King finally having the mans to end his foes in My Bad #1. In Chilling Adventure in Sorcery #1 we find Madam Satan traversing the Underworld trying to find a way out while running across the condemned souls of some of Riverdale's top luminaries while in Tangled River #1 we find a female from an Earth-colony in deep space randomly finding an air-bound object that will change her life forever. Enjoy these tales an so many more. I hope you enjoyed this double-sized issue, indie readers! Never stop reading, friends!

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In this episode, Lemar, Ana, and guest Albert will be trying traditional Brazilian dishes and ranking them!

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Kevin and Martin watched the 3rd film installment for My Hero Academia at the Anime is Film Festival! What did they think? Find out!

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Kevin and Martin got to attend the Animation is Film Festival in Hollywood! There they got to see the upcoming film: The Summit of the Gods!

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Here is a bonus clip from our episode last week with Russell Nohelty and Michael Tanner reacting to Man-Thing!

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Squid Game includes six challenges, but there was one obvious game it left out.

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Halloween is coming up and we have monster writers Michael Tanner and Russell Nohelty reacting to famous comic monsters!

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Greetings Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Oni Press and Zenescope Entertainment. In the former we find everyone's favorite red panda obsessing over Regency-era literature in the Aggretsuko: Super Fun Special #1 while in the latter we find All Hallow's Eve going full swing in the Grimm Spotlight: Cinderella vs. Zombies one-shot as well as the Tales of Terror Quarterly 2021 Halloween Special. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Halloween is almost here! As we grew up watching kids movies (as kids do) there were some that meant to scare us and ones that weren't supposed to, but gave us nightmares for weeks.

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Unnecessary Debates goes to Portland for Rose City Comic Con! Watch for the ridiculous fun and stay for the unnecessary jokes!

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Howdy Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Headless Shakespeare and Oni Press, In the former we have a round robin of ghostly storytelling followed by unexpected visitors in Some Strange Disturbances Cold Winter's Eve #1 while in the latter we find the origin story behind Rick Sanchez's greatest adversary in Rick and Morty: Mr. Nimbus #1. Enjoy these tales and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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To celebrate our finishing the first season of The Nanny, we momentarily turn our gaze away from Maxwell House and look instead to the stars to appraise Niles actor Daniel Davis’ first guest appearance as the villainous Moriarty in the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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With Sheffield, NJ – and the world – in peril, Travis Killian (Dan Peck) makes a fateful decision

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Y'know that game you've been putting on the backburner? Kuma and Falco are talking today about games they've been meaning to play!

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The beauty of space cannot be grasped, so how do Dom and Dylan take it when mutantkind goes eXternal with the brand-new S.W.O.R.D. station?

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Time. Space. Reality. Podcast. It's more than a linear path. It's a prism of endless possibility. Join us where we pitch What if...?

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Gracie can’t bring back the dead, but she can cut her Nanny in half. Content Warning: This episode deals with the loss of a parent, and there is a rather candid discussion of Ben’s experience with this during the episode.

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"Howdy Grand Geeks and Gatherers! This week Jeff provides you Picks courtesy of Advent as well as Blue Juice Comics. In Chamber of Terror #1, we find some horrific tales to suit your fall holiday needs while in Southside #1 we are introduced to a crime noir thriller of an individual's path to vengeance on the mean streets of D.C. With Billy the Kit #1, we find a six-shooter-slingin' rabbit devoted itself to vengeance against some villainous elementals that deprived him of his family with the aid of a filthy mouthed goat-monk. Enjoy these stories and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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MD Marie and Greg Smith talk about what makes a character cool and they also play a game of Most Extreme Ranking Challenge with Tyler!

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MERC went to Rose City Comic Con 2021 in Portland! We rank the best and worst dressed superheroes that we love or hate!

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Travis is forced to reckon with his past as the TARDIS materializes in a nuclear plant gone haywire.

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"Hello indie readers! This week Jeff provides you Picks courtesy of Amryl Entertainment and Source Point Press. In the former we find Meriem and Carrie tumbling through a haunted house in search of a gold mine of an old VHS collection in Cavewoman: Movie Mayhem while in the latter we find a group of deep space miners fending off alien attacks and more in Unborn #1. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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Hype for video games can either really pay off or ruin a game. Matthew returns to talk to Sean about the goods and bads of hype!

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Season 2 is here! We have amazing cosplayer Dustbunny Cosplay as our guest to help us rank the best and worst super powers! Find out what makes the list!

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Hello Grand Geeks and Gatherers! This week Jeff provides you Picks courtesy of Action Lab Comics. In one story we find an underappreciated superhero sidekick trying to rebrand his image in a strange fashion in The S Factor #1 while in another we find a normal-human being coping with being the only non-powered entity in a "city of superheroes" in The Citizen #1. Enjoy these tales and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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The panel pitches tv show revivals with a twist!

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Howdy Gatherers and Grand Geeks! This week Jeff provides Picks courtesy of Behemoth and Dark Horse Comics. In the former we see a young male's willingness to protect the future of a nearly extinct species in Nobody's Child #1 while in the latter we have Hellboy ironically closer to obtaining a valuable magical tome by answering a housecall for a beset housewife in Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. 1957 one-shot. Enjoy these titles and so many more. Never stop reading, friends!

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In this episode, we have Don Nguyen and Michael Tanner back to talk about their covers of their current series’!

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Paingretzky returns to talk to Kuma about WOW and the impact it has had on their lives!

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Howdy Gatherers and Grand Geeks! Hope everyone is doing well as we inch that much closer to the autumnal equinox. Lets be honest though, even though the season is about to change in due time, we all know the heat will still be here for a bit longer. So until we can start busting out those turtlenecks and pumpkin lattes, lets continue to have a cold drink by the side of the pool. I know I sure will whilst enjoying my favorite indie books. But before I do so, let’s see what looks good this week in the indie comics realm!

Bountiful Garden #1

Writer(s): Ivy Noelle Weir

Artist(s): Kelly Williams

Cover Artist(s): Kelly Williams

Publisher: Mad Cave Studios

Synopsis: “In the year 2200, a team of teenage scientists are sent on a terraforming mission to a distant planet. Selected as the best and brightest of their generation, architect Jonas, botanist Marnie, biologist Jane, engineers Anya and Kamari, and security detail Kurt are all put into cryostasis expected to wake up when it is time to prepare to land on their assigned planet…”

–PREVIEWSworld

It seems that people still don’t understand that in space nobody can hear you scream. In this tale, a team of highly skilled scientific adolescents are sent on a terraforming assignment to an exoplanet, but are awoken from their cryostatic sleep too early and find their spacecraft hovering above some strange world.

Available digitally at https://madcavestudios.com/ and https://www.comixology.com/. Hardcopy available at your LCS!

Deadbox #1

Writer(s): Mark Russell

Artist(s): Ben Tiesma

Cover Artist(s): Ben Tiesma, Corin Howell

Publisher: Vault Comics

Synopsis: “Welcome to the town of Lost Turkey, where the main source of entertainment is a cursed DVD machine that seems to know more about the fate of its citizens than they do.”

–PREVIEWSworld

Books like these honestly make one wonder if instant rental machines are even worth the risk anymore in today’s world! Seems that in the town of Lost Turkey there is only one singular means of entertainment for its citizens…a DVD kiosk. Now, that in of itself isn’t the strange mystery behind it. What makes this kiosk ominous is the fact that it seems to know far more about everyone’s fate in the town than even the people themselves do!

Available digitally at https://www.vaultcomics.com/ and https://www.comixology.com/. Hardcopy available at your LCS!

And there we have it for the week, folks! Indie stories featuring terraforming missions gone awry combined with killer movie kiosks on the prowl. Ones like these and so many other gems are available at the mere click of a button on your keyboards or at the touch of a screen on your phones and/or tablets. But since you all firmly believe in supporting local businesses, I trust you’ll head down to your comic shops this Wednesday so that you may pick up the hardcopy issues themselves. Read them and share with your friends. Start a meaningful conversation and be sure to leave a comment or two. But most importantly, always remember…GGG!

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Season 2 is coming soon! Enjoy this bonus episode from an event on Popshop Live! Paingretzky joins Ana, Lemar, Matt, and Tyler to rank the top 5 best and bottom 3 Miyazaki movies! Find out who makes the list!

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Howdy indie readers galore! I hope everyone is dealing with the summer heat in the best way possible. I myself am having difficulty trying to even type this up as I am just a puddle on the floor currently. Yeah, its THAT hot if you must know! I must find some way to cool down and fast. But before I do so, let’s see what looks good this week!

Telepaths #1 (of 6)

Writer(s): J. Michael Straczynski

Artist(s): Steve Epting

Cover Artist(s): Steve Epting, Mike Deodato

Publisher: Artists Writers & Artisans Inc.

Synopsis: “The brand new epic from comic book legends J. Michael Straczynksi (The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor) and Steve Epting (Captain America: The Winter Soldier). An electromagnetic disturbance results in the sudden awakening of telepathic powers in a tenth of the Earth’s population. In the moments after the world comes to grip with this development…”

–PREVIEWSworld

In a world where superpowers have now inundated a tenth of the world’s population, an unlikely hero comes to prominence as a protector of other telepaths. It is up to him to see that the world is not torn apart by madness and strife as the human population comes to terms with this new reality.

Available digitally at https://awastudios.net/ and https://www.comixology.com/. Hardcopy available at your LCS!

Robyn Hood Annual Swarm 2021 #1

Writer(s): Joe Brusha

Artist(s): Al Barrionuevo

Cover Artist(s): Al Barrionuevo, Igor Vitorino, Ale Garza, Geebo Vigonte

Publisher: Zenescope Entertainment

Synopsis: “The Spider Queen, Lord of Flies, King of Serpents and the Scorpion Queen have all tested their mettle against earths greatest heroes and come up short. Now with their powers combined to form the SWARM they are ready to take their revenge and destroy anyone who stands in their way.”

–PREVIEWSworld

So it seems that some of the most vile of Earth’s villains have adopted the tactical philosophy of the Spartans, to alley their strength into a cohesive unit. Thus the inception of SWARM has come and they are determined to take down all who stand in their way. Only problem is, how will they fare against those accurate bodkin bolts of our favorite masked heroine?!

Available digitally at https://zenescope.com/ and https://www.comixology.com/. Hardcopy available at your LCS!

And there we have it for the week, my wonderful Grand Geeks and Gatherers! Villains allied against our favorite masked heroines combined with a world swarming with new telepathic powers. These stories and others are available at the mere click of a button on your keyboards or at the touch of a screen on your tablets and/or phones. But since I know you all prefer supporting local businesses, I will encourage you to head down to your local comic shop this Wednesday to pick up the hardcopy issues themselves. Read them and share with your friends. Start a conversation and be sure to leave a comment or two. But most importantly, remember…GGG!

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Matthew returns to talk about DLC! What games had good DLC? Which ones were bad? Find out!

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Comic conventions are coming back slowly, but surely! But what is it like to table at a convention? We have the unbelievably awesome guests Barbra Dillon from Fanbase Press and Madeleine Holly-Rosing, creator of Boston Metaphysical Society, talking about tabling at cons AND reacting to each other’s tables!

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Ben and Mandy deep-dive into past trauma as they talk about how fucking wretched every gym teacher is the entirety of the universe forever, no take-backsies. We also discuss West Side Story, which is a given seeing as Rita Moreno is in this episode. Despite the presence of additional guest-star Joe Bologna, we somehow manage to avoid discussing Alligator II: The Mutation.

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Howdy Gatherers and Grand Geeks! For a change it seems to have temporarily cooled off in the kingdom of Southern California. Suits me just fine so I will definitely be heading for the pool later for some downtime and to relax. But before that, let’s see what looks good this week in the indie comics world!

Lester of the Lesser Gods #1 (one-shot)

Writer(s): Eric Powell, Lucky Yates, Mac Cushing

Artist(s): Gideon Kendall

Cover Artist(s): Eric Powell, Gideon Kendall

Publisher: Albatross Funnybooks

Synopsis: “…Lester has no friends and no life. That is until Satan unleashes the Apocalypse! No longer is he a 32-year-old, 300 pound LARPer who lives with his mother. A mother who constantly re-minds him of his lowly conception in a biker bar bathroom. But momma didn’t get that gimpy hip from knocking boots with any old biker… t’was a GOD! And Satan shall suckle his knuckle! HUZZAH…”

–PREVIEWSworld

To all the LARPers out there, this book speaks to you my friends! Turns out Lester isn’t just some normal simpleton, but a demigod who’s time to shine is now since Satan has unleashed the End of Days! But in all seriousness, this is for all those who love a good fantasy meets unrealistic reality tale. Read on and see how Lester will prove everyone, including mama dearest, wrong regarding their preconceived notions about him.

Available digitally at https://shop.albatrossfunnybooks.com/ and https://www.comixology.com/. Hardcopy available at your LCS!

Stud & the Bloodblade #1 (of 3)

Writer(s): Perry Crowe

Artist(s): Jed Dougherty

Cover Artist(s): Jed Dougherty

Publisher: Comics Experience

Synopsis: “What’s better than a comic book? Two comic books! All three Studly issues are double-sized for $1 more-twice the story, nearly the same price! Welcome to Ouroboros, a world teetering between far future and primordial past, where aliens and barbarians, bigfoots and robots, monsters and puns wrestle for control! Mightiest is Stud, he of immense strength and nonexistent impulse control! Follow Stud’s caravan of carnage as his cursed BloodBlade, keeps him on a razor’s edge between hero and Gary!…”

–PREVIEWSworld

Now this story is the sum total of everything I want when science fiction meets fantasy. This three-part miniseries focuses on a barbarian named Stud who lacks impulse control with regard to practically everything. Watch as he continues to fail miserably on all those intelligence based decisions but undoubtedly kicks @$$ when it comes to wanton slaughter. Its quite the STUD-ly story! (See what I did there?)

Available digitally at https://www.cexpublishing.com/ and https://www.comixology.com/. Hardcopy available at your LCS!

And there we have it for the week, folks! Tales of dopey, blade-cursed barbarians combined with LARPers turned demigods! These tales and so many more await you at the mere click of a button on your keyboards or at the touch of a screen on your tablets and/or phones. But since most of you consciously support local businesses, I will encourage you to head down to your local comic shops this Wednesday to pick up the hardcopy issues themselves. Read them and share with your friends. Start a conversation and be sure to leave a comment or two. But most importantly, remember…GGG!

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Howdy Grand Geeks and Gatherers! Its quite the heatwave here and even as I write this I find myself needing to keep cool. So as soon as I can I’m going to make a beeline straight for the pool and get refreshed. But before I do so, let’s see what looks good this week in the indie comics world!

Heroes Union: The Cosmic Crusade #1

Writer(s): Roger Stern

Artist(s): Sal Buscema

Cover Artist(s): Ron Frenz

Publisher: Binge Books

Synopsis: “Naucrate the Auteur Cosmic – half the universe celebrates her genius, the other half cowers before her world-shattering power. And the only ones who can stop her are Earth’s foremost super-group…The Heroes Union! Legendary creators Roger Stern (The Avengers), Ron Frenz (Thor) and Sal Buscema (Captain America)…”

–PREVIEWSworld

Ain’t no school like they old school, as the saying goes. In this title you get that and more with a story that seems right out of comics’ Silver Age, with some of the business’s greatest luminaries at the helm! Join the Heroes Union as they join up to foil the machinations of Naucrate the Auteur Cosmic!

Available digitally at https://sitcomics.net/ and https://www.comixology.com/. Hardcopy available at your LCS!

Junior High Horrors: Return of the Walking Flu #1

Writer(s): Rob Potchak

Artist(s): Eric Kent

Cover Artist(s): Eric Kent, Sean Beck, Bryan Silverbax

Publisher: Keenspot Entertainment

Synopsis: “The dyslexia-friendly all-ages horror parody returns with a new tale of The Walking Flu! When Mikey gets the flu, the world turns upside down, and new Deputy Andrew Grimes and his son Coral have to help the inhabitants of Gatlin figure out their “new normal” in this obvious parody of The Walking Dead (and real life). Also, the second part of the “Chuckles Play” backup story, featuring Frederick and his new nemesis, Chuckles!”

–PREVIEWSworld

An amazing spoof and parody of the Walking Dead combined with real world events is what you get in this splendid package. And honestly, this book is for you if you understand the “Coral” reference at all. Cheers readers, and enjoy!

Available digitally at https://www.keenspot.com/ and https://www.comixology.com/. Hardcopy available at your LCS!

And there we have it for the week, folks! Parodies of zombie/flu contagions combined with original one-shots signifying Silver Age greatness in these two books. These gems and more await you at the mere click of a button on your keyboards or at the touch of a screen on your tablets and/or phones. But since I know you all enjoy supporting local businesses it goes without saying that I trust you’ll head down to your comic shops this Wednesday to pick up the hardcopy issues themselves. Read them and share with your friends. Start a conversation and be sure to leave a comment or two. But most importantly, remember…GGG!

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Howdy Gatherers and Grand Geeks! I hope everyone is well. As for your favorite indie comics blogger I wish I could say the same. A little under the weather this week, but fear not its just a simple headcold. Its more of a nuissance than anything though. So I’ll just content myself with some hot tea and lemon, drinking lots of fluids, and reading plenty of good things to make the time pass by. But before I continue, let’s see what looks good this week in the indie comic reading world!

Dead Legends II: Premier Edition #1

Writer(s): James Maddox

Artist(s): Gavin Smith

Cover Artist(s): Gavin Smith

Publisher: A Wave Blue World Inc.

Synopsis: “After winning the last Dead Legends tournament and taking revenge on her husband’s killer, Yan is on the run with a new daughter in tow. Luckily, she has friends like Red Death, Jee Sin and Stalk to look after her and the child. But Tigress and her hordes of assassins are closing in! This leads into the Dead Legends II graphic novel to be offered in August’s PREVIEWS catalog.”

–PREVIEWSworld

It seems we return to Yan’s shenanigans in a new installment of this saga that leads in to a new graphic novel! With a new baby on the way and targets writ all over her, Yan is on the run from Tigress and her assassins. Luckily she has help along the way though!

Available digitally at https://awbw.com/ and https://www.comixology.com/. Hardcopy available at your LCS!

Campisi: The Dragon Incident #1

Writer(s): James Patrick

Artist(s): Marco Locati

Cover Artist(s): Fran Galan

Publisher: Aftershock Comics

Synopsis: “Sonny Campisi is a small-time fixer for the mob-controlled neighborhood of Green Village. If you don’t pay your gambling debt, he’ll come and collect. If you get a little rough with one of “the girls,” he gets a little rough with you. But when a dragon flies into town and Sonny is the one who’s tasked with getting rid of it, it’s a problem unlike any he’s ever faced…”

–PREVIEWSworld

This honestly spells the sumtotal of two of my most favorite things, fantasy and mobsters. It seems Sonny Campisi tends to be the big enforcer in Green Village. But what happens when a dragon comes to the Village and he must dispose of it? What happens when the muscle is outmuscled? Find out, friends, capisce?!

Available digitally at https://aftershockcomics.com/ and https://www.comixology.com/. Hardcopy available at your LCS!

And there we have it for the week, folks! Tales of martial arts champions on the run from assassins guilds and mob enforcers tasked with dispatching of dragons. These precious gems and others await you at the mere click of a button on your keyboards or at the touch of a screen on your phones and/or tablets. But hey, its always good to support local business, right? So had down to your local comic store this Wednesday and get the hardcopy issues themselves. Read them and share with your friends. Start a conversation and be sure to leave a comment or two. But most importantly, remember…GGG!

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This summer, you might have heard news of the “billionaire space race,” as Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk use their obscene wealth to privatize extra-planetary travel. If you’re a lover of space and not a billionaire, good news: the Perseid Meteor Shower is peaking next week, and you can watch it here on Earth without needing to blow $841 million.

Full disclosure: I myself am not a lover of space. In fact, I really hate it. The concept of living on a planet surrounded on all sides by a cold, airless, infinite Void evokes a sense of dread in me. But my partner loves space and so, today, I’d like to present to you the big space event of the year that doesn’t require you to have a bank vault like Scrooge McDuck.

The Perseid meteor shower (often simply called “The Perseids”) is considered to be one of the best meteor showers of the year, according to NASA. Named for the constellation Perseus, this meteor shower is active in 2021 from mid-July to mid-August, but it “peaks” on August 11th and 12th. In the pre-dawn hours, you can expect to see up to 100 meteors or “shooting stars” an hour, and there’s a chance of seeing “fireballs” as well, which are meteor streaks that last longer and shine brighter than regular meteors.

A fireball captured from the 2020 showers, courtesy of Reddit user u/estrogenex

The origin of the Perseids is a comet called 109P/Swift-Tuttle (or sometimes simply “Swift/Tuttle”). Swift/Tuttle is a periodic “Halley-type” comet that enters the inner solar system every 122 years. It last visited us in 1992 and we should be able to see it again in 2126. The meteor shower is the debris from the comet’s tail falling to earth and being vaporized in the atmosphere, whereas the comet itself appears in the sky as a small, bright “star.”

Courtesy of JPL. The four orbits around the sun are Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus, with the magenta dot representing the path of the comet.

Although its year of discovery is usually cited as 1862, historical records indicate that the comet was observed and recorded in 69. B.C. and 188 A.D., in China.

The Swift/Tuttle comet, despite being less famous than Halley’s comet, is actually the largest “near-Earth object” to cross Earth’s orbit, and in the past, astronomers have raised the question as to whether or not it poses a threat to us. (Half of its Wikipedia article is titled “Threat to Earth.”) Happily, astronomers calculate that it won’t hit us, which is great, because it’s twice as big as the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, and the energy released upon impact would be about 27 times greater than that of the Chicxulub impactor. (Side note: why isn’t there a thrash band called the Chicxulub Impactors yet?)

But we’re a safe, observable distance from Swift/Tuttle, so the only real consequence to Swift/Tuttle being so close to Earth is a reliable summer meteor shower. The New Moon occurs on August 8th, so at the peak of the Perseids this year, there will only be a thin crescent of moon, leaving the night dark and perfect for viewing. The Perseids will last through August 25th.

Courtesy of Astronomy.com, a single Perseids meteor, captured in 2015.

One more social/historical note of interest about the Perseids: the feast day of St. Lawrence is August 10th, and he was martyred by being burned alive; the fireballs of the Perseids are, according to Mediterranean folk legend, the sparks from the fire that killed St. Lawrence, and the Perseids themselves have been called the “tears of St. Lawrence.”

NPR collected a few great resources for your viewing pleasure, including the following links to NASA’s meteor calculator and the International Dark Sky Association’s dark sky finder to find a viewing spot with minimal light pollution.

The Virtual Telescope Project will host a livestreamed Perseids viewing session from Europe on August 10th at 5 p.m., citing “perfect” sky conditions. But after a year of Zoom calls, maybe it’s worth finding the time to go outside and turn your gaze to the stars.

Courtesy and EarthSky.org and the Farmer’s Almanac at Almanac.com

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The TARDIS materializes in a graveyard of fossilized aliens, surrounded by a beautiful forest. But something lurks in the trees: The Medusoids.

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Does this episode feature our longest-ever opening chat? Possibly, but that’s what happens when you bring up Boss Baby 2. Jumping video, comped snow and the Sixth Doctor’s coat round out what is still, believe it or not, a podcast about The Nanny.

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Hello to all you wonderful Grand Geeks and Gatherers out there! I hope you’re able to brave the heat as much as I am. Its sweltering and muggy and honestly it feels altogether miserable. But still, despite all that I firmly love the summer days and wouldn’t trade them for anything in the world. So as far as enjoying the summertime blues like I am, my best suggestion is grab some good indie comics, sit by the pool, and enjoy yourself! Shall we?!

We Don’t Kill Spiders #1 (of 3)

Writer(s): Joseph Schmalke

Artist(s): Joseph Schmalke

Cover Artist(s): Joseph Schmalke

Publisher: Scout Comics – Black Caravan Imprint

Synopsis: “In the early Viking Age, a faithless Norseman detective is summoned to a Scandinavian hamlet where a series of murders have occurred. Discovering the dark and bloody history of the village he investigates the local outcast, a necromantic witch who brings his atheistic values into question…”

–PREVIEWSworld

A detective story blended into a bit of Viking history. So basically this is “What if Dick Tracy were a Viking” to me, and its immensely intriguing! Seems that this Northlander is called to investigate some grisly murders and finds his very faith being called into question when the one he’s teaming up with can help him find this killer.

Available digitally at https://www.scoutcomics.com and https://www.comixology.com/. Hard copy available at your LCS!

Horizon Zero Dawn: Liberation #1

Writer(s): Anne Toole, Ben McCaw

Artist(s): Elmer Damaso

Cover Artist(s): Peach Momoko, Harvey Tolibao, Ann Maulina, Adrian Wilkins

Publisher: Titan Comics

Synopsis: “TITAN’S SMASH-HIT COMIC SERIES IS BACK FOR A SECOND ARC! Critically acclaimed original creative team return for a new chapter in the story of Aloy and Erend! Fending off deadly machines, the pair hunt down the killer of a member of the Oseram tribe! Over 80,000 copies sold on #1 – 11th bestselling comic of August 2020!…”

–PREVIEWSworld

The success of the first arc is met by a new one in the critically acclaimed series based off of the great video game! Now it seems Aloy and Erend are in a series of adventures taking care of killing machines and hunting down a bloodthirsty member of the Oseram tribe.

Available digitally at https://titan-comics.com/ and https://www.comixology.com/. Hard copy available at your LCS!

And there we have it for the week, Gatherers and Grand Geeks! Heroic adventures of video game icons combined with Norse detectives solving mysteries. These gems and so many others are available at the mere click of a button on your keyboards or at the touch of a screen on your tablets and/or phones. But since I know you enjoy supporting local businesses, I trust you will had down to your local comic shops this Wednesday to pick up the hardcopy issues themselves! Read on and share with your friends. Start a conversation and be sure to leave a comment or two. But most importantly, remember…GGG!

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Welcome to the new format of IndiComix! Our new format has 2 creators talking about aspects of comics they love and reacting to different parts of the comicbook industry! In this episode, creators Hannibal Tabu and Michael Tanner talk about some really weird Golden Age DC Comics panels!

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Kuma, Kibbles, Pain, and Falco talk about the games that got them emotional! Which ones upset them or make them sad? Find out!

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If you’re still on Facebook in 2021 then you probably know precisely the kind of place it is. The kind of place Obi-Wan might describe as, “wretched hive of scum and villainy.”

Of course, most people think of Facebook’s wretchedness as being a natural consequence of individual people’s ignorance. But there’s more to Facebook’s wretchedness than just that. In fact, there are plenty of people who deliberately and maliciously use the Facebook platform to gain a quick buck. They do so at the expense of others without remorse.

And the ever-growing presence of Facebook groups and overlapping social circles has allowed scammers to flourish, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic has pushed fandoms, conventions, and other social circles into cyberspace.

Today, let’s explore some of the most common scammers on Facebook, how to avoid them, and how to protect yourselves and your loved ones from them.

T-SHIRT SCAMMERS

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

Actual attempted scam from a group I moderate on Facebook!

HOW IT WORKS:

Since most Facebook groups don’t allow selling, t-shirt scammers will join the group with a “dummy” account (usually, the profile picture is either a generic picture, like a sunflower or a sunset, or of a pretty girl), and then drop a picture of a t-shirt with a caption such as, “Do you like this t-shirt? Say ‘yes’ if you want one!” There’s no link to buy the shirt; the scammer will wait for people to indicate interest, then DM them and link them to a storefront or directly to a paysite to collect money.

Aside from being spammy and annoying, the t-shirt usually doesn’t exist at all; t-shirt product mock-ups can be created digitally using sites like RedBubble or Zazzle without ever creating the actual product. T-shirt scammers will use the digital “proof of concept” to hawk their t-shirt, but the purpose of the scam is to steal your money and/or credit card information, not to sell you a t-shirt.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR:

• Any profile that uploads generic pictures of t-shirts that look like stock photos. Pictures of beautiful people with their faces cropped out, showing off merchandise that’s likely photoshopped.
• Generic t-shirts that show a movie poster or logo; unlicensed merchandise; fan art on a t-shirt that isn’t from the artist themselves.
• Comments that encourage people to like, say “yes,” or indicate interest for the product.
• New accounts (to Facebook) or recently joined accounts with no other interaction with a group aside from a picture of a t-shirt.
• If a link is provided, watch out for GearLaunch! Don’t ever buy a product from a site you’ve never heard of.

FAKE STOREFRONTS

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

HOW IT WORKS:

Anyone can create a Facebook page and advertise it; it takes less than five minutes and sometimes as little as five dollars to create a paid-advertisement storefront of Facebook.

The most notorious is The Valar Store, but it’s by no means the only one. There’s whole groups dedicated to Facebook fake storefronts. Because they appear on your feed as legitimate, targeted ads, you’re very likely to be exposed to one.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR:

• Literally Google “[name of store or website] scam” and see what comes up. There are sites that specialize in checking if a storefront is legit or not, like TrustPilot.com.
• How old is the website? Beware any site that was put up recently. Online stores can be constructed and then dismantled within hours.
• “Too good to be true” pricing. If you see a real, movie-quality, leather Deadpool costume advertised for $15 (marked down from $189!) then it’s almost definitely fake. The most common items to have outrageously low prices are wearables: cosplay outfits, period outfits, elaborate costume items.
• Unlicensed merchandise and stolen art. If you see a store advertising something similar to something you’ve seen on Etsy at a fraction of the cost, it’s probably fake. The better the product and better the price, the more likely it is to be fake. Run a reverse-image search on products to see if they pop up elsewhere. Fake storefronts often lift product pictures directly from Etsy.
• Any site that has constant pop-ups saying “Amy from Minnesota just bought [product]!” is one to be wary of… the sales are fake and designed to make the item appear like it might sell out. Beware of any fake scarcity marketing tactic, including “limited time” to buy or claims that there are “only 50 left!”

ROMANCE SCAMMERS

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

HOW IT WORKS:

The romance con is a tale as old as time. A random person befriends you and begins chatting. They are flattering, complimentary, polite, and kind. They take an interest in you. A romance blossoms. They decide they want to visit (or arrange for you to visit them). They ask for money. And after you’ve shelled out thousands to meet your “soulmate,” they disappear.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR:

• Most people aren’t lonely or dumb enough to fall for romance scammers, but beware the “mutual friend” technique! Scammers on Facebook will sometimes friend you to “build up” their own profiles. They will friend mutuals (i.e., “friends of friends”) and end up with a “friend group” that looks legit, then message older people who don’t seem familiar with Facebook. And because the scammer’s friend list includes 20 “mutual friends,” it makes them seem legit, and Grandma is more likely to “invest” with the person who is “friends” with her grandson and his friends, thinking it’s a real person. The more friends a person has on Facebook, the more “access” they get to other people, and the more credible their profile appears.
• If you think you don’t know someone on Facebook, you probably don’t!
• Even if a scammer isn’t scamming you directly, the friend requests are absolutely aiding them by giving them access to more people and by “building up” their Facebook presence. If you ever get a message from a person you don’t know, especially one that calls you “dear” and compliments your appearance a lot, REPORT that profile straight to Facebook. It’s a scammer and they’re testing the waters to see if you’re a good mark.
• Often, romance scammers will have a (fake) military backstory. This allows them to claim they are overseas on “deployment” and to tug on the heartstrings of elder patriots. Another common backstory involves being a traveling doctor (i.e., Doctors Without Borders), or a missionary.
• Romance scammers overwhelmingly target older folks with low Facebook literacy, particularly single women, so make sure to talk to your grandmas/aunties/godmothers to make sure they aren’t getting targeted!

IMPOSTERS

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

Source: https://www.boredpanda.com/crazy-scam-messages/

HOW IT WORKS:

Similar to romance scammers, imposter scammers will copy profiles of people on Facebook and then send out friend requests to their friends, creating confusion about who is the “real” one.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR:

• Did you get a friend request from someone you already thought was your friend? Go check their older or “main” profile and see. If you’re already friends with someone, be wary.
• Did your friend indicate they were making a new profile recently, or does this seem completely out of the blue? Message your friend (on their old profile, or better yet, via their cell phone) to confirm it’s them.
• Don’t believe your friend if they message you out of the blue to tell you that they’re “stranded” somewhere and need you to send them money. Duh.

LINK DROPPERS

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

Source: https://www.boredpanda.com/crazy-scam-messages/

HOW IT WORKS:

If you ever get a DM on Facebook from a friend who you don’t talk to much, and it contains a link with a vague, non-contextual message like “Is this you?” DON’T CLICK IT!

WHAT TO LOOK FOR:

• This should go without saying, but the “Is this you?” method is remarkably effective (which is why scammers use it). Another common one is a link-drop combined with a “Thought of you!” People are naturally curious about themselves, so link-droppers usually make the link into something seemingly personal.
• The simplest way to check if this is a scammer is to literally ask what the link contains.
• Another method to get you to click a link, especially if you’re a group admin, is to send a message claiming that the group “illegally” used material that violates a copyright, and asks you to click a link to view the copyright claim. That’s bullshit. If there’s a legit claim, then the material will be removed by Facebook itself.
• Note that there are scammers and bots that can hack into your account and use it to link-drop on your friends! If your friends ask you if you sent them a link and you didn’t, MESSAGE EVERYONE to alert them to the scam and to tell them NOT to click on the link. Speaking of which…

MEME PHISHERS

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

HOW IT WORKS:

Have you ever seen the meme claiming that your “porn name” is your pet’s name and the street you grew up on? How about the one that says your “pirate name” is your favorite color and your high school mascot? How about the one that says your “superstar name” is your mother’s maiden name and the three digits on the back of your credit card?

The amazing thing about this scam is that most people who post the meme asking you to drop your “porn name” are doing so innocently. Your weird aunt on Facebook, your local “shock jock” radio station, a mom-and-pop pizzeria… they’re innocently asking because they think it’s cute and harmless. But trust me when I say that, for publicly posted memes, trolls trawl through the comments to search for clues to steal passwords and identities. Because of Facebook’s algorithms, if one of your friends comments on a public page (that you aren’t following), you will still see that post, encouraging YOU to comment. The more people in a friend “circle” who engage with a post (either directly, or by responding to a friend’s comment), the more circulation the meme gets.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR:

• If you see friends or family members (ESPECIALLY older, less internet-literate folks) commenting on these types of memes, DM them and let them know your concerns. Remember, commenting or engaging with the post will INCREASE its visibility.
• Make your answers to password recovery questions intuitive. If your password recovery question is, “What was your first car?” Answer with your mother’s maiden name. If your password recovery question is, “What was the name of your first pet?” Answer with the city you met your spouse in. Since this field is fill-in-the-blank, you can answer with anything; this grants you another layer of protection against those who would try to steal your password.

MLM HUNS

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

Courtesy of Redditor /u/MikFizzle_

HOW IT WORKS:

“Hey, hun!” If your blood just turned to ice in your veins, then you probably already have gotten one of these massages.

MLM (or multi-level marketing) companies have absolutely saturated the sphere of social media, and they are ridiculously dangerous. Preying on insecurity (both physical and financial), and relying on social networks, MLMs are glorified pyramid schemes that promise a quick, easy, online buck. They sell a product (cosmetics, weight loss products, essential oils) but the real thin they’re looking for isn’t customers… it’s downlines. MLMs will try to get you to “sign up” for their company, often with the promise of earning money or getting discounts on products. The reality? MLM companies make a lot of money from their “entrepreneurs” and 99% of people who sign up for MLMs end up losing money instead of earning it.

WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR:

• “Love bombing.” (And its counterpart, guilting.) Similar to how cults operate, a lot of MLMs will aggressively flatter and compliment new members. If a friend online seems to suddenly have an instant new best friend (who they are also “in business” with, either as a “coach” or “mentor”), beware. They’re being used. In addition to love-bombing new recruits to MLMs, MLM schemes will try to isolate their new marks by claiming that anyone who isn’t love-bombing them is not being “supportive.” MLMs will guilt people for not “supporting” the “independent business” of their marks. As a general rule of thumb, if you see a “business” acting the way a cult would, be wary.
• “Parties.” Pampered Chef and Paparazzi jewelry are two of the most notorious for having online “parties” shilling their products. Ditto “giveaways.” These online parties are basically glorified timeshare presentations, but because they’re given by your friends or your family, it’s much harder to say “no” when pressured to buy. The best thing you can do is to avoid any “party” that includes an ability to buy a product; the party is probably not much more than a front for selling said product.
• Any “job” that requires you to “buy in” to be a part of it isn’t a real job. MLMs claim to be “businesses,” but the distributors are the customers, not employees, and 99% of them lose money when they join the MLMs.
• Educate yourself on which “businesses” are MLMs by checking out the Anti-MLM subreddit.
• Don’t buy MLM products! If your friend joins an MLM, buying a product only prolongs the length of time they will stay involved, and the longer they stay with the MLM, the more money they will lose.

IN SUMMARY

What do all these scams have in common, and what can be learned from their tactics?

Here are a few broad rules for staying safe on social media as it continues to evolve:

• Don’t buy products online from people or businesses you’ve never heard of. To purchase from small business owners, the most reliable sites are Society6, Etsy, Pixiv, Patreon, Zazzle, and RedBubble. If you don’t know a platform, exercise caution.
• Make purchases online using Paypal. If a store turns out to be a scam, you can dispute the transaction through Paypal. Never use an unfamiliar, third-party buying platform… especially GearLaunch!
• Don’t make your passwords, or, more importantly, your password questions, intuitive or easily guessable. Computer-generated, randomized passwords are currently the safest passwords available; likewise, random answers to questions are far better than any information that can be looked up on social media.
• Have a way to verify information. If someone sends you a link over Facebook, ask them what the link is before you click it. If someone asks you to wire them money for an emergency, call them on the phone (or better yet, FaceTime them) to ensure it’s really them. If you REALLY want to get creative, have a “password” to weed out doppelgangers from your real-life friends. This also comes in handy in case there’s ever a “I don’t know which clone to shoot” scenario on a rooftop or the side of a cliff. (I absolutely have secret “safe words” with my close friends to make sure no clone will ever be able to steal my identity.) (Protip: having a bellybutton is also a very good method to avoid being mistaken for a clone.)
• Delay your purchases. A lot of scammers rely on impulse purchasers to click and buy without thinking. It’s easy to make a purchase and forget about it while you’re in your third or fourth hour of “doom scrolling.” Pressure tactics are common. If you’re on the fence, delay a purchase by 24 or 48 hours and then see how you feel. Don’t fall for “flash sales” or super-special-blink-and-you’ll-miss-it deals. Legit storefronts will run those deals again; stores that claim it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get some outrageous discount are conning you by capitalizing on your FOMO.
• If a price seems too good to be true, it probably is.
• Copy-paste is your friend. See an amazing item you just HAVE to have from a store you’ve never heard of? Copy the image link and run it through a reverse-image search on images.google.com to check if it was lifted from Etsy. Did your uncle just send you, via DM, a lengthy message that seems a little off? Run it through Google and see if it’s a scammer script; his account might have been hacked, or duplicated. Note that most MLM sellers follow scripts, as well, and those scripts are well-documented. Be prepared to call MLMers out on their scripts. Speaking of which…
• Just say “no.” If there’s anything all of these scams have in common, it’s that they manipulate YOU into providing something. YOU are the one who has to click the link because you’re wondering if it’s really you in the video. YOU are the one who has to say yes, you want to buy the shirt. YOU are the one who has to respond and provide information to the scammer. At the end of the day, the single best protection against online scammers is the simple power of “no.” No, you won’t click the link. No, you won’t provide information. No, you won’t even explain why not. You are simply opting out. Full stop. Scammers put a lot of social engineering into their craft, but ultimately it still relies on their mark to participate. Before you get on social media, put yourself into the mindset that you do not need to take the bait, and that the power of “no” is more powerful than any scam Facebook can throw out at you.

“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.”

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The Shukai gang talk about the new anime Wonder Egg Priority and discuss the first season!

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Following the suicide of her best and only friend, Koito Nagase, Ai Ooto is left grappling with her new reality. With nothing left to live for, she follows the instructions of a mysterious entity and gets roped into purchasing an egg, or specifically, a Wonder Egg.

Upon breaking the egg in a world that materializes during her sleep, Ai is tasked with saving people from the adversities that come their way. In doing so, she believes that she has moved one step closer to saving her best friend. With this dangerous yet tempting opportunity in the palms of her hands, Ai enters a place where she must recognize the relationship between other people’s demons and her own.

As past trauma, unforgettable regrets, and innate fears hatch in the bizarre world of Wonder Egg Priority, a young girl discovers the different inner struggles tormenting humankind and rescues them from their worst fears.

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Howdy, Grand Geeks and Gatherers! I hope all is well with you and that you’re trying to brave the heat as much as I am. Unfortunately its just too much of an uphill battle. At times I feel as if I am simply melting into a puddle. That said, I still say with certainty that summer is my favorite time of the year. Before I head off to cool down, however, let’s provide you some Picks to satisfy all your indie comic reading needs!

Lady Death: Treacherous Infamy #1 (of 2)

Writer(s): Brian Pulido, Mike MacLean

Artist(s): Diego Bernard, Ceci de la Cruz

Cover Artist(s): Richard Ortiz, Collette Turner, Ken Lashley, Monte Michael Moore, Ken Hunt, Scott Lewis, Mike Krome, Shannon Maer, Walter Simonson, Paolo Pantalena, Ryan Brown, Sanju Nivangune, Ceci de la Cruz, Steven Butler, Dan Feldmeier, Juan Fernandez, David Harrigan, Sun Khamunaki, Knightowlfoto, Mike Mayhew, Dan Mendoza, Arif Prianto, Ireland Reid, Kenneth Rocafort, Jesse Wichmann, Elias Chatzoudis, Chris Ehnot, Joel Gomez, Ryan Kincaid, Matt Merhoff, Jonboy Meyers, Anthony Spay, Nathan Szerdy, Jose Varese

Publisher: Coffin Comics

Synopsis: “Lady Death has always been the bad girl. But once upon a time, she was absolutely evil. Obsessed with annihilation, the diva of death sought to snuff out the entire human race and turn the earth into an endless graveyard. .”

–PREVIEWSworld

It seems that Lady Death’s evil now comes fully unplugged in the pages of this two-issue miniseries! Enjoy the story as she goes full-on bad@$$ in this story depicting what everyone’s favorite antiheroine does best. At the very least, look at that impressive list of cover artists!

Available digitally at https://coffincomicsshop.com/ and https://www.comixology.com/. Hardcopy available at your LCS!

Angela Della Morte: Prequel #1 (one-shot)

Writer(s): Salvador Sanz

Artist(s): Salvador Sanz,

Cover Artist(s): Salvador Sanz

Publisher: Red 5 Comics – Stonebot Imprint

Synopsis: “Discover the true history of Angela, how she learned to switch bodies and how she came to work for Dr. Sibelius.”

–PREVIEWSworld

Angela works for none other than Dr. Sibellius, a spectacle of intelligence in the field of soul and somatic mechanics. His famed Sibellius Labs have made breakthroughs in the technology of separating the human soul from the body, and uses Angela as their test subject to undergo secretive operations. Only problem is, when she inhabits the bodies of others, their souls get pushed out into the Void until the job is done, and in the Void a most evil thing envelops and feeds upon the souls in dark and lowly existence: Death itself. Her origin has always remained an enigma for the readers of Salvador Sanz’s most beloved creation, and now the acclaimed writer and artist gives us adoring fans a definitive history of our protagonist. All the mysteries of her character will now be laid out for the first time!

Available digitally at http://stonebotcomics.com/ and https://www.comixology.com/. Hardcopy available at your LCS!

And there we have it for the week, folks! Strong female protagonists to close out the month of June with both Lady Death and Angela to stir our imaginations of the impossible, whether they be stories of evil personified or true histories unveiled. These gems and so many more await you at the mere click of a button on your keyboards or at the touch of a screen on your tablets and/or phones. But still you all love supporting local businesses I will encourage you to head down to your comic shops this Wednesday to pick up the hardcopy issues themselves. Read them and share with your friends. Start a conversation and be sure to leave a comment or two. But most importantly, remember…GGG!

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Dom and Dylan have to make way for the Hellfire Gala, but FIRST, are they ready to meet the shakeup with the Marauders? What happened to the corporation and the pirate team after X of Swords?

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Marauders #16-20

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Tyler and Sam talk about Loki and what they thought about the entire series!

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If you’re a fan of art, then this week you might want to tune in to Tiny Con, hosted by Scott Campbell. You’ve probably never heard of Tiny Con, because it’s brand-new, all online, and, as the name would imply, very tiny.

But you’re almost definitely aware of Scott C., even if you didn’t know you were, because he’s a prolific watercolor artist whose work is heavily entangled in geek culture.

Originally a concept artist for LucasArts, the two places you’re most likely to know Scott from are either the smash hit video games Psychonauts and Brutal Legend (he was an art director for both), or from the smash Netflix show Umbrella Academy. His art style is a distinctively blocky, childlike, nostalgic kind of painting that lends itself well to flashback scenes.

If you’re a geek with kids, you might want to check out some of the books he’s illustrated, like BroBot Bedtime and Zombie in Love.

And if you’re a geek who is a child at heart, you might want to check out some of Scott’s stylized merchandise, with pins for just about every fandom: from Star Wars to The Princess Bride, Dr. Who, and Labyrinth. Or better yet, save your money and check out Tiny Con for some giveaways!

Tiny Con is essentially a series of streams dedicated to the production of Scott’s art, combined with interviews he’s having with some of his collaborators. If you like seeing art made (for example, if you’re a big Bob Ross buff), then these free streams are definitely going to be your jam! The schedule of events is as follows:

One of the major reasons to keep an eye on Scott right now is that he reprised his role as an art director for Psychonauts 2, which was announced back in 2015 at the Game Awards, but experienced slow, stuttered development in its production. Now finished, it’s slated for release on August 25th of this year, over ten years after the original Psychonauts release.

You might notice, by the way, that on Friday evening, one of the guests coming onto Scott’s Tiny Con is none other than Tim Schafer, head of Double Fine Productions and the designer of the Psychonauts franchise. So we’re definitely excited to see what might be revealed about the production and design of Psychonauts 2, especially so close to its release!

The artists behind the fandoms we love are often overlooked (Alex Ross notwithstanding), especially when their roles amount to small bits of “background” flair, as Scott’s often are. But artists, particularly traditional painters, can bring both literal and figurative color to the our worlds, and without them, our fandoms would certainly have far less depth to them.

And, besides, we can’t help but love Scott’s Great Showdowns project, which reminds us, just a bit, of Unnecessary Debates. Because while Scott does paint traditional film antagonists (like Sarah Williams v. The Goblin King from Labyrinth, or Neo v. Mr. Smith in The Matrix), he also sometimes pits characters against completely inanimate objects… like Bruce Willis and the glass from Die Hard. And those objects are always inexplicably smiling, their cute little cartoon faces heart-warmingly adorable.

Look at this happy little wood chipper from Fargo.

If you love traditional art media (like watercolor) and have time this week, consider tuning in to Tiny Con and seeing what Scott is up to! Once you have learned to spot his distinctive style, you’ll be surprised at how often you see his work pop up in various fandoms, and how broadly influential it has been.

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Content warning: The episode of The Nanny we discuss contains a joke that, while utterly inscrutable, is likely homophobic or queerphobic in nature.

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In this special presentation of Paradoxes & Possibilities, as the Game of Rassilon team continue their high seas adventure, written by game co-creator Sophie Iles!

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Howdy Grand Geeks and Gatherers! I hope everyone is trying to keep cool as temperatures rise and summer continues to beat down hard upon us all. I myself will enjoy a cold drink in hand by poolside while I catch up on all my favorite selections to read. But before I do so, let’s see what looks good in the indie comics world this week!

Trailer Park Boys Get a F#ing Comic Book #1

Writer(s): Josh Blaylock, Travis Hymel, Shawn DePasquale, Various

Artist(s): Various

Cover Artist(s): Joel H. Herrera, Josh Blaylock, Jose Garibaldi

Publisher: Devil’s Due Comics

Synopsis: “Devil’s Due Comics and Trailer Park Boys have inked a big fancy partnership to debut the Canadian trio from Sunnyvale Trailer Park in their debut comic book series! Featuring a sh ton of creators and short stories personally approved by “the boys.” This wicked anthology series stars Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles in a mix of original shorts that feel plucked right from the TV show, as well as some fantastical tales that can’t be done on TV. It’s gonna be dee-cent!”

–PREVIEWSworld

If you would’ve told me twenty years ago that this seemingly obscure Canadian mockumentary would garner its own comic some day, I’d have laughed in your face. Well now the joke’s on me as new and original tales of the crew are emblazoned across the indie comics page. What’s not to enjoy?!

Available digitally from https://www.devilsdue.net/ and https://www.comixology.com/. Hardcopy available at your LCS!

Rick and Morty Presents The Hotel Immortal #1

Writer(s): Alejandro Arbona

Artist(s): Marc Ellerby

Cover Artist(s): Marc Ellerby

Publisher: Oni Press

Synopsis: “Murder at the Hotel Immortal?! Impossible, you say? Not so! Find out who done stabbed whom in this whodunnit issue of Rick and Morty Presents. When Cornvelious Daniels checks in for some R&R at the Hotel Immortal, bodies start dropping–and accusations start flying!”

–PREVIEWSworld

Wubba lubba dub dub! Another schwifty adventure of everyone’s idiotic duo, now trying to solve a murder in a place that apparently is a residence to immortals. The fact that Cornvelious Daniel is checking into the establishment though is a very telling detail! Who knows if Cornvelious done it or not really?! Regardless, this story seems to offer everything that we come to expect from Rick and Morty.

Available digitally at https://onipress.com/ and https://www.comixology.com/. Hardcopy available at your LCS!

And there we have it for the week, folks! More schwifty tales of everyone’s favorite zany duo combined with a cult classic from the late-90s come to light! These gems and so many more await you at the mere click of a button on your keyboards or at the touch of a screen on your phones and/or tablets. But since you all love supporting local businesses I will encourage you to head down to your comic shops this Wednesday to pick up the hardcopy issues themselves. Read them and share with your friends. Start a conversation and be sure to leave a comment or two. But most importantly, remember…GGG!

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Welcome to the new format of IndiComix! Our new format has 2 creators talking about aspects of comics they love and reacting to different parts of the comicbook industry! In this episode, creators Don Nguyen and Russell Nohelty talk about iconic comics and reacting to some of the most iconic independent comic panels! Don’t forget to subscribe and like the video!

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Marvel’s Black Widow was originally scheduled for release in May 2020. After three delays, (435 days’ worth!), it hit the big screen last weekend. And all I can say is: it was worth the wait.

Black Widow’s Thursday “preview” ticket sales came in at $13.2 million, the highest earnings of any film released during the pandemic. Its weekend box office got $80 million, and another $60 million for online access through Disney+ (where it’s available for $30). The final opening box office netted about $218 million.

Personally, I saw it in theaters, and I encourage you to do the same (if it’s safe, of course).

There are a lot of elements that come together to make this movie good, but a couple I’d like to focus on specifically.

WARNING: SOME MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD.

At its core, Black Widow is an action/spy movie with a tone similar to Captain America: Winter Soldier, with Natasha’s complex characterization mirroring her depiction in that movie as someone who is both ruthlessly efficient and practical, but conflicted due to a strong sense of empathy.

As an action movie, it sticks the landing. The pacing is perfect; fight scenes take exactly the amount of time they should, without feeling repetitive or stretched, and each act takes place in a distinctive setting that transitions smoothly. We get to see the natural beauty of Norway, the urban streets of Budapest, the snowy isolation of Siberia, a rural setting in St. Petersburg, and, finally, a finale in the Red Room that takes place indoors (and then, later, outdoors). Splitting five acts into five settings with semi-contained sequences makes the movie easy to follow and its story arc intuitive.

The action itself is variable and appealing. The chase and combat scenes are choreographed with an eye for detail.

Speaking of details, there were so many that make Natasha’s world fully fleshed out. Although we never see him during the movie proper, Clint Barton’s influence on Natasha is always felt, from the arrow holes in the wall of the Budapest safehouse to the tiny, understated necklace that sits over Natasha’s throat for the vast majority of the film. Other tiny details, like Red Guardian’s “KARL MARX” knuckles tattoos or Natasha’s brief viewing of the James Bond film Moonraker, reveal a production crew that went out of their way to ensure that even the background “gags” were fully integrated to strengthen the movie as a whole.

Set just after Captain America: Civil War, the movie gives Natasha a hard-won redemptive arc that delves into her backstory, making it an origin story that stops short of being a prequel. It fits seamlessly into the Marvel Cinematic Universe without retconning any of Natasha’s backstory, which was my second biggest fear for this movie. (I’ll get to my first later.)

The acting and chemistry of the cast was absolutely brilliant. The “family dinner” scene in which Alexi, Melinda, Natasha, and Yelena finally reunite in Melinda’s home had the theater in throes. Marvel films have a tendency not to take themselves too seriously, but sometimes, those quips can feel canned or forced. In the family dinner scene, the quips were delivered with a deadpan gallows humor that highlighted the damage done to Natasha and Yelena by Hydra. Lines such as, “We were good parents who played our parts to perfection” and “You’re just as beautiful as the day I was assigned to be married to you” are both instantly hilarious but also revealing about the depth to which Hydra has warped the perceptions of its members. Yelena’s reference to the “Crimson Dynamo” got a chuckle from me, and nearly everything said by Alexi was golden.

In fact, the only piece of dialogue that didn’t quite sit well with me was the stereotypical “In English, please!” (a line that would have been funnier if it was, “In Russian, please!” to subvert that over-used phrase). The simplified explanation that follows (“It’s an antidote for mind-control!”) is a bit silly, but a necessary plot device to allow the Widows at the end to be given the liberation the audience is so desperately rooting for.

The humorous dialogue during the family dinner scene wasn’t simply there for the sake of it, though. It helped temper some of the more gut-wrenching emotional elements of the reunion. Although no one would call this a “family film,” the concept of chosen family is still a major theme, and like family itself, this theme is handled with a slew of different and at times contradictory emotions. Alexi’s story about his father peeing on his hands was equal parts funny and bizarrely touching; his insistence that he is proud of Yelena as “the most deadly child assassin” is likewise a perfect blend of hilarious, tragic, and touching.

Speaking of touching, while there were moments of levity like the family dinner scene, the opening montage (set to a haunting cover of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”) does a great job of setting up one of the film’s darker themes: human trafficking. To that end, there’s immense satisfaction to be had at the end when Dreykov, the head of the Black Widow program, is finally confronted. He’s a perfectly vile villain and his blasé attitude toward human suffering is hair-raising.

The other main antagonist, Task Master, is designed with perfect parallels to the other Avengers, with tips of the hat to Iron Man’s helmet, Hawkeye’s bow, Black Panther’s claws, Captain America’s shield, and, of course, the Black Widow fighting style. (Eagle-eyed Marvel buffs might also observe that both Task Master and Yelena perform the Winter Soldier’s famous knife-flip trick during fights, a subtle reminder of Hydra’s connection to both the Black Widow and the Winter Soldier programs.) The reveal of the Task Master’s main identity was perhaps not entirely shocking or unexpected, but still managed to carry emotional weight thanks to Natasha’s reaction to it.

The final scene, post-Endgame, of Yelena at Natasha’s grave, was heart-breaking, not in the least because we see that Yelena gets her dog. (And while I won’t spoil the after-credits scene twist, I will say that it prompted some applause at my theater.)

If you haven’t yet seen this movie, be advised there’s some mild bodily discomfort (we seen two bones being broken at unnatural angles), as well as pig torture. This movie does not shy away from the brutality of Hydra or its agents, nor should it. There are two dialogue call-backs to the line in Avengers in which Natasha refers to having “red” in her “ledger,” one by Alexi and one by Dreykov, and both highlight Natasha’s desire to redeem herself and rewrite her story.

But probably my personal favorite part of the movie was the bit of dialogue in which Yelena crows over her vest, which has “many useful pockets.” (Note that we later see Natasha wearing the very same vest in Infinity War.) This conversation really conveys just how foreign the concept of “choice” is to Yelena as a former Black Widow, and helps draw together the movie’s anti-trafficking / freedom of choice / self-expression theme, while also offering a clever punchline to a joke about women’s clothing and pockets. Yelena’s character is so incredibly relatable and complex, with her spunky humor, bitter resentment, teasing admiration, and tough “little sister” energy coming together into an instantly knowable protagonist.

In many ways, I felt like Black Widow was a mature version of Frozen: an instant hit about sororal love with the interpersonal relationship between two women creating the foundation for much of the characters’ motivation. It was organic and felt true to life, and that was the best thing about it.

My single biggest fear for this movie was that it would be too heavy-handed and pandering toward its audience. Black Widow was the token female Avenger in the first phase of the MCU and in the past, Marvel has occasionally inserted heavy-handed “girl power” scenes into its movies, in an unnaturally awkward manner that jolted the audience out of the story. (Looking at you, Endgame.)

But Black Widow elegantly navigated its plot without ever resorting to clumsy, sycophantic symbolism. The women of this film were relatable characters with depth and personality. This film was a female-focused Marvel movie, a chick flick in the most literal sense, but it was never cheesy, obsequious, or ham-fisted. It gave Natasha Romanoff what it gave Captain America, what she so rightly deserved: an expanded backstory, personality, and emotional depth that was always hinted at but never explored, until now. Often underappreciated, Black Widow shines in this movie as more than a token character; fully realized and beautifully portrayed, she explores, with finesse, what it means to be human, and kicks ass while doing so.

Black Widow was a fully-formed puzzle in which every piece fit together perfectly, and as a whole, the work came together into an A+ Marvel film that was well worth waiting for.

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