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A Hoodie and an Arbitration Agreement [February 2022 News]

SHOW NOTES

• Sony Acquisition of Bungie Allocates $1.2 Billion in Employee Retention
• Halo TV Series Renewed for Season 2  Ahead of Season 1
• Sonic The Hedgehog 3 movie and Knuckles TV Show Spinoff Series Announced
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Trailer Released
• Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Launched
• The Fairly Odd Parents: Fairly Odder Announced for Paramount+
• Transformers Nickelodeon TV Show Teaser
• Transformers Comedy Animation Series “Bot Bots” Releases March 25th
• Transformers Calm App Crossover with Peter Cullen Narrated Material
• Futurama Revival on Hulu Secures Entire Cast Return
• Star Trek 2023 Movie Announced to Feature Kelvin Timeline Cast
• Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness Trailer Features Patrick Stewart
• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Announced
• Cap com Announces Street Fighter 6, Capcom Fighting Collection
• Square Enid Announces “Live Alive” Remake, ChronoCross
• Nintendo Announces Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC
• Evo Announces Super Smash Bros Will Not Be Present at Evo 2022

 

CREDITS

Featuring Colin Ketchen, Jeff Leavitt & Taeemul Chowdhury

Editing & Original Music by Colin Ketchen

Bah Humbug League of Legends [Arcane]

This week Jeff and Chowder, two people who not only have never actually played League of Legends, but in fact two people that HATE LoL, decide to discuss the Netflix adaptation of LoL, Arcane. Do they love it or hate it? Stay tuned to find out!

Created by Colin Ketchen & Jeff Leavitt

Edited by Jeff Leavitt and Taeemul Chowdhury

Original Music by Colin Ketchen

Bathtub Editor [January 2022 News]

Colin, Jeff and Chowder break down the last month in geek news, and it’s just… folks, a lot happened. It’s a lot. Colin is sick, Jeff is in… well, it’s a lot.

SHOW NOTES

• Pokémon Legends Arceus Releeased
• Nobody Saves the World Released
• Operation Save New Lights (Destiny 2)
• Take Two Interactive acquires Zynga for $12 Billion
• Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard King
• Sony acquires Bungie
• New York Times acquires Wordle
• Haslab Victory Saber Packing Art Revealed
• Cuphead Animated Show Trailer
• Netflix’s Live-Action “He-Man” Movie Casts Kyle Allen As Lead
• Neil Young and Others Pull Music from Spotify As Protest of Joe Rogan Misinformation
• Fan-Made Bloodborne PS1-Style De-make Released
• Yacht Club, Makers of Shovel Knight, Announce New Game, Mina the Hollower
• “Maus” Holocaust Comic Banned by Tennessee School Board

CREDITS

Created by Colin Ketchen & Jeff Leavitt

Editing & Original Music by Colin Ketchen

Spider Home? No Way, Man!

It’s a flurry of praise and surprise as Jeff, Colin and Chowder break down Spider-Man: No Way Home and it’s many alternate titles!

Edited by Taeemul Chowdhury

We Meet A-Gwen [December 2020 News]

Better late than… welp, that’s on us. Hear Jeff, Chowder and Colin discuss the biggest stories from last month with passion and bright attitudes!

 

SHOW NOTES

• Halo Infinite Campaign Launch
• Halo Infinite Multiplayer Progression Updated
• Halo TV Series Trailer Released, Takes Place in the “Halo Silver Timeline”
• Sonic Frontiers Reveal Trailer, An “Open Zone” Design
• “The Battle for Bungie’s Soul” on IGN
• “The Next Video Game from Bioshock’s Creator is in Development Hell” on Bloomberg
• Raven Software, Creators of Call of Duty Warzone, Fires QA Testers After Requiring Relocation
• Square Enix Publishes Letter on NFTs in Video Games
• Nintendo “Nindies” Showcase
• Omori Releases on Nintendo Switch, Spring 2022
• Across the Spider-Verse: Part One Trailer
• Haslab Star Wars Black Series “Rancor” Fails to Meet Funding Goal

Exiting & Original Music by Colin Ketchen

Your Mileage May Vary (Dune, 2021)

We love sand. It’s coarse and rough and makes you see visions of Zendaya. Jeff, Colin and Chowder, each with vastly different levels of knowledge, discuss DUNE (2021)! It’s a part 1, but it still gives us PLENTY to talk about. 

Created by Colin Ketchen & Jeff Leavitt

Edited by Colin Ketchen

Original Music by Colin Ketchen

You’ve Gotta Stop the Pranks [November 2021 News]

It’s time to review November, a month full of surprises both good and bad for geeks all over the world!

Show Notes

• Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Released
• Marvel’s Eternals Receives Lowest Review Scores in MCU History
• Halo Infinite Multiplayer Surprise Release on Franchise’s 20th Anniversary
• Halo Infinite Battle Pass, Progression & Customization Controversy
• Masters of the Universe (Kevin Smith) Part 2 Released
• Spider-Man No Way Home Final Trailer Released
• StreamLabs OBS Plagiarism Controversy
• DNF Duel New Character Announced
• Riot Announces “Project L” Team-Based Fighting Game Based On League of Legends
• Warner Brothers Announces Multiversus Crossover Platform Fighting Game
• Dragon Ball Assymetric Multiplayer Game
• Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Was More Aware off Workplace Mistreatment Then Previously Suggested

 

Credits

Created by Colin Ketchen & Jeff Leavitt 

Editing & Original Music by Colin Ketchen

Respawning Worm Tunnel [Metroid Dread]

This time around, Jeff, Colin, and Chowder talk about the most recent game in the Metroid franchise, Metroid Dread! The game is the first proper new metroidvania genre game in the franchise since 2002. 

 

Created by Colin Ketchen & Jeff Leavitt

Edited by Taeemul Chowdhury

Original Music by Colin Ketchen

Person, Newt, Crab [October 2021 News]

Day late and a good-vibe short, this recap of October’s biggest headlines is all over the place!

Show Notes

 

• Metroid Dread
• Dune (Part 1, 2021)
• Star Trek: Prodigy premiere on Paramount+

 

• HasLab Victory Saber Fully Funded
• Transformers: Legacy toy line announced at PulseCon
• Minecraft Live event mob vote
• Minecraft 1.19 “Wild” Update Announced

 

• IATSE Strike Vote
• Ruby Rose alleges abusive atmosphere on set of Batwoman
• “Rust” shooting incident causes death of movie crew member
• Sora announced as final Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC character

Credits

Created by Colin Ketchen & Jeff Leavitt 

Editing & Original Music by Colin Ketchen

Defined by Tentacles [Squid Game]

In this episode, Jeff, Jocelyn, and Chowder explore the hit Netflix South Korean drama Squid Game. They break down the plot and talk about some of the stranger implications of the show. 

 

Created by Colin Ketchen & Jeff Leavitt

Edited by Taeemul Chowdhury

Original Music by Colin Ketchen