Ride To Orbis: Recent Episodes
MacSplicer
Hosted by MacSplicer (Randy), with the help of PringleTheOne (Louis) and Brokenwing (Tamir), Ride To Orbis is a video game-ish podcast. We’re really just here to have a good time. To support the show you can visit us patreon.com/RideToOrbis. For advertising opportunities please email MacSplicerInfo@gmail.com
Mac, Pringle, Broken, and Zio talk about their experience with the fighting game community, everything from the good, bad, and the very ugly. RIP Hax$
Alt joins Mac on the airship to talk all about AI, his personal project—Arden, and the advantages/consequences of AI possibly becoming sentient in the future.
Mac went to Japan, Broken is a Florida man, and Pringle is eating 3,000 calories a day.
The Ride to Orbis gang is back and after a year everyone is still bad at games. This episode is mostly a catch-up pod, talking about what the past year has been like for all three crew members, future episodes should return to normal programming on the RTO station.
We're coming back for a vengeance soontm! Everyone who doubted us is going to be playing basketball in pelican bay when were finished with them, SHOE PROGRAM. (not really but we are coming back).
The long awaited MapleStory episode is here! Pringle and Mac reminisce about the days of old MapleStory, and talk about how the game changed over the years, and why it was so special during a moment in time.
Broken talks about his semi-cancelation experience at Dreamhack Dallas, Pringle and Mac discuss crime and punishment in the fighting game community.
Longtime listener and RTO community member Zio joins the show to talk to Mac about Street Fighter 6!
We're back with a catch up show this week after a month off. Next episode will be the MDK2 review discussion.
Mac and Pringle are scared of Tekken 8, meanwhile Broken is excited to get aggressive in 3D. The gang also plays some fighting game trivia, recap Pringle's GGXRD tournament victory, and preview some fighting games in 2023.
We finally finished our first game review discussion episode, only took us 6 months to plan and record it. Also, I added a lot of b-roll to the video version of this one for more context, so you can check out the video version here: https://youtu.be/F04QRuKnRgc
We had a rough start to 2023 but we're picking it up finally. Broken, Pringle, and Mac catch up after three weeks away from the podcast.
A new era for RTO is upon us. We'll still talk about games because we're nerds, but we want to expand on some topics moving forward instead of just painting ourselves into a corner. Hope to see ya'll around for the ride.
Final show of 2022! The gang wraps up their favorite games of the year, alongside reviewing The Game Awards 2022 albeit 3 weeks later.
Mac, Pringle, and Broken catch up on all of November's fighting game news, including a little bit of FGC Twitter drama as well as the big Panda Global drama Smash controversy.
Mac, Pringle, and Broken use another slow week in the gaming world to answer a few of the mailbag questions, make fun of fighting games, and ramble a bunch for 90 minutes.
Pringle makes his podcast return, and we talk about how we play games, and how our different priorities create for different experiences despite playing the same games.
Broken and Mac combine their own game genres tier list into one and discuss on the podcast!
Mac and Broken talk about the latest Arc System Works news, including Toshimichi Mori's departure, Guilty Gear XRD getting rollback netcode, as well as reading the listener's questions for the first mailbag episode.
The long-awaited review discussion game picks episode is here. Broken and Mac each talk about their 5 games they've nominated to be a part of the final vote for the review discussion episode!
Tokyo Game Show and Sony's State of Play had a lot games up on the stage, and so Broken and Mac are tasked with recapping it all, as well as giving their thoughts on the upcoming next gen fighting games Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8.
No Pringle again this week, but Broken and Mac talk about how certain gaming communities affect the gaming experience, as well as talk about flash and stickman games, and of course whatever Temtem is.
Mac and Broken talk a little about games that they can't help but love, despite having some significant flaws and criticisms. Turns out Broken is a waifu weeb, and Mac likes to be depressed.
The first episode of Ride To Orbis is here! The gang talks about expectations for the new show, EVO 2022, Indie games, and more!
The final episode of FGC Hollywood! Mac, Pringle and Broken talk Street Fighter 6, reminisce about their favorite moments while recording the podcast, and look on the horizon for what's next!
We took off like 3 weeks, intentionally for one of them but unintentional for the rest, anyway, we are back with a bunch of news, an announcements about Hollywood's future, and Broken's Combo Breaker 2022 experience!
Mac and Broken take another slow news week as an opportunity to predict which games from the EVO 2022 line-up will age like milk or age line wine, also the FGC got jebaited by Capcom's composer, and Capcom revises their community license for tournament organizers.
Broken and Mac having a fighting game themed draft, Lab Coat 21 was almost banned, and Zio wrote in a 4000 page essay to read on the podcast.
Spy X Family took over the podcast, as well as everyone's twitter feed, but it's okay, we still managed to talk about how P4U2 is great, and rant about fighting game tutorials being bad.
Pringle is back on his birthday and to celebrate he joins Mac and Broken on episode 50 of FGC Hollywood!
Testament's gender overshadows Strive crossplay, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is great, but the port isn't, Capcom loves costumes, DNF Duel has a release date, and more on this episode of the podcast!
The podcast is finally back and so is Brokenwing! We had a lot to catch up on from KOFXV launch reception, SFVI's logo and Capcom's fumbling of their new license agreement, and much more!
The end of the TMP era of FGC Hollywood. KOFXV is right on the horizon, I take a look back at the whole Persona Fight Club beef, and answer a comment about oversexualized characters in fighting games.
Baiken is out in Strive, TFH gets a publisher, and Mac has a run in with the Persona Fight Club.
It's been one Sloooooooooow week so Mac made up a bunch of fake headlines, and goes over some lessons learned in fighting games. Two more months till purse owner!
End of the year is here, and so are the FGC Hollywood Fighting Awards! Happy New Year everyone!
EVO is in good hands, Atlus hurts us all with P4U2 delay netcode news, and Mac explains why he picks his favorite fighting game characters.
No PringleTheOne nor PringleTheTwo on this episode of Hollywood. Mac's bad internet does not allow for cross country podcasting, so monologue podcasts will be the norm for a while. However, plenty of things to discuss like P4U2 PC remaster, DNF Duel not playing by any rules, Guilty Gear: Strive winning fighting game of the year, and more!
Fighting games are back offline with CEO 2021, Hollywood boycotts SNK, we pick our DNF Duel characters, and Pringle picks a fight with an orangutan.
Mac goes off on the Hitbox twitter account, and tournament rules. Project L released new information after over a year of silence, The King of Fighters XV beta is rip to non-PS+ users, and the crew picks their top 5 League of Legends characters.
Red Bull Kumite was a great reminder of why offline fighting games are so fun to be a part of. We talk about Phantom Breaker: Omnia's poor decisions, Happy Chaos' addition to Guilty Gear: Strive, and rate guest characters in fighting games within the last 8 years.
We're back! FGC Hollywood is finally recording again after a 4 month slumber, and we have some exciting things to talk about in the world of fighting games, as well as some fun changes for the show, which now includes video on YouTube, segment changes, and expansions to shows like the upcoming FGC Hollywood+
Hollywood is going bi-weekly moving forward, we have a discord exhibition coming soon, and Melty Blood: Type Lumina is still on our minds.
NRS ceases development of Mortal Kombat 11 to no one's surprise, Arcsys might get purchased by Sony, and we got beef with the C in the FGC.
The true savior of the FGC is almost here, Melty Blood: Type Lumina shows off more in one trailer than KOFXV has in 24 trailers. We also talk about the future of Killer Instinct, why Claymore is so good, and how casual input can be dangerous for the future of fighting game development.
Not a lot of news to cover, but we made sure to talk about what we want from KOFXV outside of character trailers, more of our thoughts on Guilty Gear: Strive, and even a little bit of Killer Instinct talk.
We're alive! Hollywood is back after two weeks and we make sure to talk all about the stuff we missed such as Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown, KOFXV's delay to 2022, the upcoming release of Guilty Gear: Strive, and more.
Almost an entire episode dedicated to Guilty Gear: Strive's second open beta, we also make sure to talk a little about Leona in KOFXV, and answer a GBVS related listener question off the heels of it's director pretty much saying no to rollback.
Persona 5 Arena gets a renewed trademark, the latest KOFXV trailer was the worst yet, and PlayStation wont play ball if you don't pony up the dough.
Pringle and Mac invite fighting game characters to a BBQ, Yoshinori Ono is president, Chris slaps his way into KOFXV, and we talk about the upcoming Guilty Gear: Strive beta.
Slow news week in the FGC, but we take a look at the Annihilator Cup reaction from the FGC, Takane Hibiki inclusion into Samurai Shodown, and answer a bunch of community questions.
Pringle returns to the podcast after a month away, we talk FGC thirst and Shermie reaction, the state of Granblue Fantasy: Versus, the many moves of Rivals of Aether, and arcade stick tech!
After almost a month off, FGC Hollywood is back with a news packed episode. KOFXV trailers, Melty Blood Type Lumina exists, SFV Spring update, and much, much more!
A super busy week as Mac reclaims his weeb card, Terry is hella buff, Lidia is soonTM in Tekken 7, EVO gets bought out by Sony, and last but certainly not least, FGC Hollywood reviews a clip about fighting games from a casual's perspective by the Trash Taste podcast.
For the first time ever, Mac and Pringle are on opposite ends of something, this time being the Yuri Sakazaki KOFXV trailer. We also talk TFH 2.0, and a little Dragon Ball FighterZ.
Strive is delayed, Andy had an underwhelming KOFXV trailer, and we breakdown the Arcsys Q&A at the New Game Plus Expo.
Slow week in the FGC, but Pringle and Mac make the most out of it by talking about Skullgirls' season pass model and pricing, content in the FGC, tournaments in 2021, and more.
Mac's neighbors ruined his audio halfway through the original taping of this episode, therefore, Pringle's takes on the recent GGST beta will be uploaded separately, but Broken and Mac still manage to record an impromptu podcast about the Japanese Developer Roundtable announcements, and their experience with Guilty Gear: Strive.
No Pringle this week, but Brokenwing fills in as the ever rotating 3rd chair on the podcast, and we talk about all things, Guilty Gear: Strive, Street Fighter V, and The King of Fighters XV.
Guilty Gear: Strive open beta is soonTM, Mac has a hot take about Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Pringle gives his thoughts on the Vice mini documentary Vice did on the FGC, and Brawlhalla reminds us that the FGC is broke.
NRS can't take a harmless joke, Arcsys finally gets marketing right, Pringle tells his story about his friend, and shoutouts to all of the Arizona players in TFH!
Mac and Pringle talk about the busy news week in the FGC, everything from the Killer Instinct World Cup 2021, Capcom Cup getting canceled, Guilty Gear: Strive's game mode info, and even manage to say a couple of nice things about Granblue Fantasy: Versus, before dissecting the new fighting game code of conduct.
SNK is off the a bit of a shaky start with KOFXV, PogChamp is canceled, Tough Love Arena is a pleasant surprise, and Capcom has a new content policy that may or may not body FGC content creators in the future.
Mac and Pringle open up the new year talking about MapleStory, OMORI, fighting game redemptions, and make sure to talk crap about BBTAG and GBVS ;)
No Pringle this week, but Mac and Broken wrap up the year 2020 in the FGC, react to the new fighting game DNF Duel trailer, give out fake awards, and talk some smack about BBTAG and GBVS.
Mac is back to the podcast, and he comes to unleash his wrath and restore order! :) Not really, but FGC Hollywood does return to its usual hosts, as they break down Granblue Fantasy: Versus' Yuel and Uno (Anre) inclusions, as well as the new battle pass. Reacting to the Eventhubs Podcast rant on the Tekken scene. Dan Hibiki coming SoonTM, and Capcom Cup 2020 relocation and more!
A packed week for FGC Hollywood as we talk KOFXV news, play overrated-underrated, and examine if 2020 has been the worst year in the FGC during the 8th console generation.
Pringle is back, and he has his hot-takes ready to fire! We talk about the SNK potential buyout, Soulcalibur VI's final DLC, and our fighting game stories throughout the years!
No Pringle this week, but Brokenwing steps up to the plate and helps Mac co-host episode 10! Everything from The Big House getting bodied by Nintendo, Capcom's ransomware situation, The Game Awards, and more on this special edition of FGC Hollywood!
Mac says his goodbyes to Tekken 7, and Pringle talks about arcsys' terrible marketing and PR efforts when it comes to Guilty Gear: Strive.
Mac hates racist vtubers, Pringle trains for strongman competitions, and FGC Hollywood reviews other fighting game podcasts.
It's another slow week of news in the FGC, but Mac and Pringle have some discussions about Granblue Fantasy: Versus' Season Pass 2 price, FGC Grassroots, and a bakers dozen of Hollywood questions!
Mac and Pringle actually have some fighting game news to breakdown this week! We cover everything that happened at the Arc System Works Guilty Gear: Strive livestream, the announcement of GGXXAC+R's GGPO beta, gamestop stories, and more!
A super slow week as far as FGC news is concerned but luckily the FGC Hollywood Discord came in clutch, and provided Pringle and I a few interesting topics to talk about on the podcast!
Pringle and MacSplicer talk all things Tekken 7 Season 4 announcement, the new Virtua Fighter X Esports project, expectations for Guilty Gear: Strive's upcoming livestream, The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match getting rollback netcode, Genshin Impact status as an MMO, Old-school MapleStory, and of course FGC Hollywood's weekly listener questions!
What started off as a slower week in the FGC, turned into a pretty solid show, thanks to delaying the recording of it. PringleTheOne and MacSplicer discuss the PlayStation 5 Showcase, the Street Fighter VI potential leak and delay, an upcoming RWBY title that may be a fighting game, and much more!
Not a lot of FGC centric news, but there was a lot of general gaming news that could pertain to the FGC in the future. Pringle and I also talk about Master Roshi's release, the Guilty Gear: Strive dev blog, and more!
The brand new fighting game podcast—FGC Hollywood: A Fighting Game Podcast comes to you following the discontinuation of The MacSplicer Podcast after 100 episodes.
FGC Hollywood is a change in format to what listeners of TMP are used to but I believe it will be an improvement, and will encompass more than just the interview or rant style we have come so used to with prior podcasts.
Joining the show as a permanent co-host is non-other than PringleTheOne, whom also made an appearance on The MacSplicer Podcast 97. Mac and Pringle talk about much of the happenings in the FGC, including the meltdown of Lab Zero Games, the future of Skullgirls, Dragon Ball FighterZ anti-rage quit implementations, and much more!