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For our season finale this year 3lleBelle joins us to talk about how not all illness' are front and center. She explains just how it effects her and the relationships she has with content creation.

Stepping into something new can be scary but luckily for us there's StephofAnime to help you through it. She joins us along with insaneintherain who talks about his experience getting to know the anime community from a musician's perspective.

Back for his 5th appearance and General and my 100th Episode we deep dive straight into the power of words. Dr Mick takes us on a journey through his discipline tackling some very intriguing thoughts on the words we use every day that prevent us from becoming better people.

We revisit an earlier topic to check our time management skills and see the fruits of our labor as we begin to round out the year. There are always things you can do to maximize your time and really make an impact in what you aim to accomplish.

From the same era and play style as Doom another game stood out enough to net its own franchise off of it's controversy. Wolfenstein has an interesting history along with having one of the best reboots boasting high scores by many magazines.

Point and Click is where our journey takes us this week with THEE most controversial one of it's genre. It inspired a whole new generation of "naughty" games for the public to be upset about.

You can't talk controversy without bringing up Mortal Kombat. This game made it all the way to congress for it's absolutely brutal finishing moves. It spawned an entire franchise and is still going strong to this day. Let's look into what spun this game and how it survived.

One of my favorite series of all time is also one of my favorite games I've played in the past few years. South Park has always been known as the guys who don't pull punches and because of that they've built quite a reputation for being controversial. Time to dive deep into what this game meant for people and how South Park pushed the envelope yet again.

Sometimes you have to learn to cut loose, to let that inner demon fly it's flag high. That's what Postal 2 was all about and boy were people split when this game released. From glowing reviews to golden showers, this game had all of that and Gary Coleman. Tune in to find out what it all means.

This game hits a personal spot for FlibbityFlam, an early adopter of this title, dressed in a motorcycle helmet and goggles, it was a main staple of content in the beginning that really had no substance at all. We've all heard the stories, one of thee worst games on release BUT also has quite the redemption arc.

We continue our controversial series with Carmageddon. Originally for MS-Dos this game took the scene by storm by offering the players points for running over pedestrians. See how many points we give it and the inherent backlash people rushed to give it at the time.

This game is a throw back for both of us. In the new age era of video games having an "Adult Only" rating basically destroyed your chances of being a successful game. Except for Manhunt. Prepare the soap because this one gets dirty fast as we deep dive into why this game became one of the most infamous even by todays standards.

As we continue our series of controversies we dive into our first video game one. Treasure Quest had a very unique marketing ploy of offering anyone who bought the game and BEAT it that they would win one million bucks. Did someone win or was it all just a ploy to get people to buy their game? Tune in to find out.

We fall down the conspiracy hole on this one for hopefully a mini series based around different controversies that were "covered up". Disney had a full fledged water park, one that lasted for 20+ years in fact. Don't remember it? Neither did we so in this episode we dive into the mystery of this water parks premature closure.

There are a ton of apps out there and being in this industry we get the opportunity sometimes to be the early adopters of these. We always hope that they'll blow up but so far it's yet to be seen and clubhouse is no different. You all remember clubhouse right? RIGHT?! Oh, well lets talk about it then.

What better way to wrap up our hidden gems series than with one of the biggest hidden gem consoles out there. These consoles had such a plethora of great games it's hard to choose which ones people may have actually missed so join us on the finale and see which ones we chose to show off.

Our 2nd to last episode in the hidden gem series! We cover the Genesis and the Game gear in this action packed episode of games thrown to the wayside. These consoles were power houses in their day and had extensive libraries to go through so let us do some of the work for ya.

Oh dear sweet polygons, how the first iterations of your glory still have such a special place in our hearts. These two consoles have EXTENSIVE libraries of some of the best games around. They still hold up to this day in our eyes and we go over some of the ones you probably didn't hear about.

The greatest console ever to exist and General and myself are here to cover it. No it's not the dreamcast (but that will come later). We TEAR into this "gaming" console and go over a ton of the "games" that were released and our experiences with them.

We finish out the hidden gem series of Nintendo with our picks for the Wii then dive immediately into OLD OLD school with our favorites from MSDOS. This episode is so filled with nostalgia it's difficult to even DESCRIBE it so just go LISTEN to it instead.

We're going mobile this week checking out the power houses of the handheld gaming field. We look at the original Game Boy and the Game Boy Advance to explore their library and reminisce on some of our favorites as a kid.

Our series continues looking for those delicious gems you may have seen but never played. This time with the Nintendo 64 and the Gamecube. We get introspective dream diving then straight into sticky controllers of determent towards the end.

General and I return to our retro roots to look at games that you may have overlooked or not had access to as a kid. We'll be going through the Nintendo line of consoles picking a game that wasn't in the limelight and may have been put in the vault a lil too soon. Welcome to our new series simply titled "Hidden Gems"

Our society almost PRIDES itself on stretching yourself too thin. Work 50 hours? check. Hobby turned also into a job for another 30 hours? Double check. This is not sustainable and sometimes you have to learn to hit the pause button and do a self check to make sure YOU are doing OK and not spinning in circles.

The very illustrious DrMick joins us once again for this doozy of an episode. We discuss the rather profound thought of how social media quantifies peoples opinions. Even if they aren't exactly based in fact or truth.

We all want to break free from the monotony out there. It's a sea of same when it comes to content creation and many aspects of life. Here's how we aim to break out of the norms and help you with that as well.

The world is full of opinions. No really, everyone has an opinion and want YOU to hear about it whether you want to or not. In this episode we cover some of the talking points of how social media is used by some and abused by others.

8BitDee joins us today and inspires and awes us with her incredible Final Fantasy knowledge. Her knowledge doesn't end there though and educates us further on the mystery that is Lupus. She is quite the inspiring caster so don't miss this one.

We don't normally cover recent events but when something this SPICY happens we can't help ourselves. We're only human at the end of the day and a deep dive in analyzing what happened at the Oscars was something we couldn't pass up. Is it real? Or was it faked?

General and myself discuss the importance of valuing ones time as a creator. From companies to developers you as a creator should be compensated for your time no matter HOW large your community is. We give insightful tips on how we've overcome this hurtle and continue to for future projects to come.

The punches keep on rolling going through the latter episodes of the series. With the shining star of them all and the worse of the worse. Tune in to find out with our special guest StephOfAnime in Part 2 !

StephOfAnime joins us once again in these doozy of a pair of podcasts to proliferate those ears. We go episode by episode comparing our thoughts and feelings on what worked and what didn't when it comes to this live action adaptation of an anime that's very near and dear to our hearts.

There are many trails to blaze but the one that is always the hardest is your own. Andy Field known for his fantastic versatility in the voice acting world including Five Night at Freddie's joins us and tells us how he went from humble middle school teacher to touring cons and becoming a full time voice actor.

This weeks it's all about engagement and the many ways we've tackled "breaking the ice" when chatting with new communities and casters alike. We go through some of the pitfalls and how to avoid them whilst giving our perspective on what genuine engagement looks and feels like.

Internet anonymity for a lot of people has blurred the lines of boundaries when it comes to viewer to caster. From over aggressive TTS donations to extremely off color "jokes" we go into the different lines people try to cross and the experiences we've had with them.

Sometimes you can have the best of schedules but still feel very very off. Why is that? In this episode we discuss the very distinct difference between a schedule and the flow of your daily activities. While related they have some very different aspects to them.

Spazee_Mcgee joins us today to reminisce on when we first met each other and decided to become Co-Owners of the 8-Bit Dojo and ESN. The ups and downs were many but one thing was apparent, accountability of ourselves AND each other kept us steering the ship of what we wanted to build.

Get your notebooks out because this one is a doozy of information. We go into how the circadian rhythm of your body is effected by not JUST sleep but many factors. How sleep is so vitally important to your health on top of diet, exercise, and your mental fortitude.

General and I dive into our tool box and reflect on the types of skills that each of us as individuals bring to the table that is content creation. We talk about how different creators try so hard to develop skills that they don't necessarily NEED to learn instead of amplifying the ones they already have.

This HOT debate has been around the speedrunning community for awhile and now General and I take it head on discussing the health of it, how it effects different games, and the scope of the community at large and it's feelings on it.

The season finale has us reflecting back on the year and the progress we've made. Lots of discussions on how we both tailor our fitness routines to work with us and not against us as well as many, many tangents. Thanks to everyone who listened to Season 3 and we'll be back for a ROCKING Season 4 after break

As purveyors of hardcore nostalgia we dive into the history of Cartoon Network. Discussing some of our favorite shows and how just the tone changed slowly over the years into something way different than what it once was. Time to go back to the past in this really fun episode.

DrMick joins us for his big third appearance on the cast to send us his overflowing insight on fear and how mankind has used that fear as a motivator for better or for worse in our daily lives today. We also discuss his move to YouTube and the fear behind such a big switch in platforms even with the same content.

A very special episode for all of our listener's this fine Wednesday evening! Chuck Huber, Voice Actor, Actor, Teacher, with more than 250+ credits to his name including Android 17, Garlic Jr, Havel from Trinity Blood, Ashe in Black Butler, the list just goes on and on. General and I pick his brain on what it means to be an entertainer and how his perspective has changed from the different work he's done.

General and myself have done a lot of retro content in our streaming careers so it only made sense to have AshSaidHi a Twitch Ambassador, Game Show Participant, and overall super cozy streamer to join us and talk about the power of nostalgia and the escapism it can provide.

What is value when it comes to the average consumer? Sometimes a glass of water may not be perceived as a high value item but in the midst of a desert it could mean life or death. General and I go over the perceived value and perspectives we've had when it comes to the "value" of our content and what may be worth to some and not to others.

A rather large data leak happened on Twitch recently. So obviously General and myself have to discuss what kind of implications this could have for the platform as a whole going forward.

We full on tangent at the beginning going down the hole of college's past but it is on topic with them good ol side hustle's. Sometimes you got to do what you have to do to do what you want to do. Come delve into the depths of our side hustles and ORDER A BEANIE FROM FLIB FOR HECKS SAKE.

Twitch is trying to start a new thing called "boosting" by taking YOUR hard earned cash and putting it in their pockets and not the casters. Let's talk about how they keep gating the front page and growth on this episode.

Being a caster on Twitch can be absolutely great, the communities, the live events, the PB's, but sometimes it can feel like yelling in an empty gymnasium trying to fill the seats. Here's why it's hard to grow on Twitch with GeneralAndrews and FlibbityFlam

Ever been uncomfortable? Well, it's not as bad of a thing as you might think. Today we discuss the uncomfortable situations we've encountered in our lives and how those so called "bad" situations have actually helped us to grow and now flourish as the people we are today.