Fallin‘ Thru Plotholes

In this Episode, Michael hurriedly tells Alex all about Lunar, the cult classic RPG series that was cool and good until its developers got into a giant fight and it died.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.    Send us your questions by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In the final-ish episode about Translation and Localization, Alex and Michael talk about the company Working Designs, an early pioneer when it came to localization and one that really, really hated Bernie Stolar.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.    Send us your questions by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com   Sources: https://www.lunar-net.com/interviews/vic.php Interview with Victor Ireland (E3 - May 1998).  Author:  Eric Farand and Webber, published 1998   https://www.lunar-net.com/interviews/vic2.php Interview with Victor Ireland (E3 - May 1999).  Author:  Eric Farand, published 1999.   https://www.sega-16.com/2004/09/classic-interview-victor-ireland/ Classic Interview:  Victor Ireland (Founder of Working Designs).  Author:  Zach Menston & Doug Arnold.  Published September 5th, 2004 and interviews originally conducted between 1993-1995.   https://www.gamespot.com/articles/qanda-victor-ireland-on-the-end-of-working-designs/1100-6141225/ Q&A:  Victor Ireland on the end of Working Designs.  Author:  Brendan Sinclair.  Published December 14th, 2005.   https://tcrf.net/Exile:_Wicked_Phenomenon Webpage for Exile:  Wicked Phenomenon.  Author unknown.   https://www.lunar-net.com/ebc/ebc_diff.php Lunar: Eternal Blue Complete Translation Differences.  Author:  Unknown   https://r.mprd.se/Sega%20CD/Manuals/Lunar%20-%20Eternal%20Blue%20(U).pdf Manual for Lunar:  The Silver Star.  No, seriously, it's mislabeled.      

In this episode,  Alex and Michael talk about the early and mid-career of Jeremy Blaustein, translator for various Konami games such as Castlevania:  Symphony of the Night and Metal Gear Solid, and his somewhat controversial takes on translating and localizing.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.    Send us your questions by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com   Sources:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd2i4ufo9wg -Four Kids Flashback, by Tara Sands and Steve Yurko   The Bizarre, True Story of Metal Gear Solid's English Translation Jeremy Blaustein, Polygon, published July 18th 2019 https://www.polygon.com/2019/7/18/20696081/metal-gear-solid-translation-japanese-english-jeremy-blaustein   Interview With Jeremy Blaustein (Central Silent Hill) Unknown Author, published 2003 https://www.silenthillmemories.net/creators/interviews/2003_blaustein_csh_en.htm   Interview with Jeremy Blaustein Unknown author, Arcade Attack, unknown publisher https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/jeremy-blaustein/   Interview With The Wolfgirl - Agness Kaku John Szczepaniak, Hardcore Gaming 101, Published January 2012 http://www.eatchain.com/garbage/METALGEAR%3F%3F%3F/Metal%20Gear%20Solid%202%20Agness%20Kaku%20Intereview/Page%201/Hardcore%20Gaming%20101%20%20Agness%20Kaku%20Interview.htm

In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about localization in video games, giving a background of necessity and difficulty of competently translating from one language to another.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.    Send us your questions by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In the final episode of our series on Final Fantasy and Stranger of Paradise, Alex and Michael talk about maybe the three worst (narrative) DLCs I have ever seen, completely changing their opinion of Stranger of Paradise.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.    Send us your questions by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

Michael might have gotten a touch of COVID, but that's not going to stop him from telling Alex all about the nuts plot of Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.    Send us your questions by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about Stranger in Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, the Team Ninja-developed nonsense prequel to Final Fantasy.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates regularly with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.    Send us your questions by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about the original Final Fantasy, and how it laid the groundwork for the shared Final Fantasy universe in an unexpected way.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates regularly with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.    Send us your questions by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

This week, Michael and Alex wrap up Ninja Gaiden by talking about a nicely animated (but hopelessly pointless) OVA called Ninja Ryukenden, an anime about Ninjas, powerwalking and filled with wolfmen dying horribly     Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates regularly with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.    Send us your questions by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this episode, Alex and Michael take a look at the plots of Ninja Gaiden (arcade), Ninja Gaiden (NES), Ninja Gaiden II, and Ninja Gaiden III where we learn Ryu likes sunsets, brunettes who are CIA agents, and dislikes getting shot repeatedly.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates regularly with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.    Send us your questions by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this episode, Alex and Michael show signs of life and talk about the classic Ninja Gaiden series, games about ninjas coming to American, falling in love with CIA agents and sort of inventing the modern video game cutscene.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates regularly with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.    Send us your questions by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

Bad audio can't stop the podcast talking more about Genvid and Konami's Silent Hill Ascension, as Michael tells Alex about an AA meeting gone wrong, a woman confused that confessing a murder would get her arrested, and the lax standards of the mental health system in Norway.   This is part 5 of our series on Silent Hill: Ascension, the interactive live event from Genvid that is currently running.  New episodes of this are recorded as more episodes of the show are released.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.    Send us your questions by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this episode, Alex and Michael tackle both parts of Longshot, EA's cinematic masterpiece that's all about living your dreams and realizing your potential unless it gets in someone's way.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.    Tell us about your favorite corrupt sports league (or whatever other questions and comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this Episode, Alex and Michael celebrate Super Bowl week by talking about Longshot, EA's attempt to make a cinematic masterpiece inside their flagship football game Madden.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.    Tell us about your favorite football controversy (or whatever other questions and comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

Genvid and Konami have put out more episodes of Silent Hill Ascension, which means Michael tells Alex about the messiest woman to ever exists, the wildest conversation a woman could have with child protective services on a shooting range, and oh I guess some horror game stuff is happening too.   This is part 4 of our series on Silent Hill: Ascension, the interactive live event from Genvid that is currently running.  New episodes of this are recorded as more episodes of the show are released.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.    Tell us about the most inappropriate time you hit on someone (or whatever other questions and comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about the second half of the plot to Final Fantasy VI, where things get dark incredibly quickly.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.    Tell us about your favorite problematic Final Fantasy character (or whatever other comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about the first half of the plot to Final Fantasy VI, where we're introduced to evil clowns with the magic inside of him, a world's biggest simp, and what happens when the world just sort of ends?   Tell us about your favorite problematic Final Fantasy character (or whatever other comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this episode, Alex and Michael take a break from disasters and talk about something good, a little game called Final Fantasy VI.  Also Dragon Quest catches some strays for some reason? Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.  Tell us about your favorite job system (or whatever other comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this episode, Alex and Michael tackle the first three episodes of Silent Hill Ascension, a confusing series of 90-120 second clips that constantly ping-pongs between two different locations in a way that is confusing to follow.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.  Tell us about your Pyramid Head fanfiction (or whatever other comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about Genvid's first few MILEs projects, as we lead into the development of the weirdness that is Silent Hill: Ascension.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.  Let us know what your Second Life avatar was (or whatever other comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this episode, Alex and Michael tackle the ongoing disaster that is Silent Hill: Ascension, Genvid and Konami's attempt at reviving the Silent Hill franchise by leveraging technology to do existing things worse.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.  Let us know what your Second Life avatar was (or whatever other comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this episode, Alex and Michael wrap things up by talking about Agents of Mayhem and Saints Row 2022   Youtube version:  https://youtu.be/gHByBhtrdJs   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.  Let us know how you'd remake Saints Row (or whatever other comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com Sources used for this video: Gamer's Little Playerground: Youtube page https://www.youtube.com/@glp Saints Row 2022 cutscenes: https://youtu.be/S1ylBwEx-OQ?si=bac74RqnKA3xlztA Agents of Mayhem Cutscenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAyCatvOqyA Agents of Mayhem opening cutscene: https://youtu.be/lAyCatvOqyA?si=x0_qhh6BIbp3w2fr&t=13

In this episode, Alex and Michael talk the plots of Saints Row 3 and 4, games that complete the transformation of a crime-based game to completely outlandish fun.   Youtube version:  https://youtu.be/5Eg9lZZBWAA   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots. Let us know which beloved character should be brought back to life (or whatever other comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this episode, Alex and Michael talk the plots of Saints Row 1 + 2, games that start with somewhat low stakes as they begin the quick escalation into insanity.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots. Let us know what your favorite 2000s meme should be mined for nostalgia (or whatever other comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In today's episode, Alex and Michael lay the groundwork for Saints Row, the crime simulator-turned superhero series by talking about Volition and their unfortunate luck being attached to either the worst run or shadiest companies.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots. Let us know what your favorite Embracer subsidiary is (or whatever other comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In the final part of this miniseries, Alex and Michael talk about the announcement of the Xbox One, the leadup and fallout from E3, and maybe one of the most unfortunate soundbites in video game history.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots. Let us know what your favorite dead franchise is (or whatever other comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about the leadup to the Xbox One, from "Always Online" to a new Kinect, bad social media posts and every other way Microsoft shot themselves in the foot.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots. Let us know what your favorite dumb console code name was (or whatever other comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this episode, Alex and Michael take a break from plotlines to discuss the time Microsoft decided that instead of having a cool video game console, what if they decided to torch it all instead?   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots. Let us know what franchise Microsoft should bring back in order to win your love (or whatever other comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about the final 3 years of Destiny, as they discuss The Dark Below, The House of Wolves, The Taken King, and Rise of Iron.  Sadly, only one of those is actually any good.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots. Let us know what the dumb name of our ghost would be (or whatever other comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplotholes@gmail.com

In this week's episode, Alex and Michael dig into the plot (or lack thereof) of Destiny.   Like this episode? Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review! Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots. Let us know what the dumb name of our ghost would be (or whatever other comments you have) by e-mailing us at fallinthruplothole@gmail.com or by leaving a comment on the Youtube version at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlIOjtPgcCc

In this episode, Alex and Michael decide to tackle Destiny, the MMO from Bungie that asks the question "what if we stripped out the plot at the absolute last minute?"   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.

In this episode, Michael unfortunately spent 35 hours or so playing Starfield, and had a lot to say to Alex about its pretty terrible writing.     Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.

In this episode, Michael tries to convince Alex that the Double Dragon Movie is actually pretty alright as they talk about its plot.   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.

In this week's episode, Michael gaslights Alex by talking about Double Dragon, the Technos-developed beat-em-up that reached sky-high popularity in 1990 only to suddenly reveal he actually meant Double Dragon: The Movie.   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.

In this episode, Michael basically just gushes about Mafia III, a really well done revenge story that features some familiar faces, and maybe the best version of a terrible person in John Donovan.   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.   Show Notes:   Mafia III intro:  https://youtu.be/e_x9rBcSCzc?si=5mRU7oq0SfErQBfo&t=26   Introduction to John Donovan:  https://youtu.be/B6qY-P4eo1Q?si=4cBSyyHhm6WsFpSj&t=2276   Ending:  https://youtu.be/B6qY-P4eo1Q?si=K_MNU2_pgS6j9qdt&t=9881          

In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about the plots of Mafia (2002) and Mafia 2, as we learn about what life is like the Mafia if told via plot elements from other 90s mafia movies.   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.

In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about the development of the Mafia series, the Czech-developed and 2k-published series that tries to tell a Mafia movie story in a videogame format.   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.

In this episode, Alex and Michael finish up the Twisted Metal series, by talking about the series' dark turn with Twisted Metal's Black, Head-on, and TM 2012.  Oh, and Small Brawl is there too for some reason.   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.   Show Notes: Twisted Metal Black Ending Cutscene:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrOPKhFVd5o Twisted Metal Black: John Doe ending:  https://youtu.be/Z2TI5Xjjxyo?t=184 Twisted Metal Black: Dollface cutscene:  https://youtu.be/itzNE1ODqmo?t=105 Twisted Metal Head-On Thumper ending:  https://youtu.be/XiOBI4XWvss?t=468 Twisted Metal Head-On Crimson Fury ending:  https://youtu.be/XiOBI4XWvss?t=1424 Twisted Metal Head-On Sweet Tooth ending:  https://youtu.be/XiOBI4XWvss?t=318 Twisted Metal 2012 Sweet Tooth cutscenes: https://youtu.be/Vft9PkitvYA?t=463  

Seriously, I barely understand what they were thinking with Twisted Metal 4.   ...Ahem, In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about Twisted Metal 1 through 4, a series that starts out edgy and then ends with a tone that wouldn't be out of place on Cartoon Network in the year 2000.   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.   Show Notes: Mr Ash (and the rest) of the endings from Twisted Metal 1:  https://youtu.be/xoFs8REgq8I?t=876 Twisted Metal 2 opening cutscene:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LlXGKTBbeM&list=PL7uW4EwhlgyJuYAHmCo-rFvOehB1hsgx6&index=3 Twisted Metal 2 - Axel's Ending:  https://youtu.be/iLjaqm7kxfU?t=80 Twisted Metal 2 - Grasshopper's Ending:  https://youtu.be/iLjaqm7kxfU?t=154 Twisted Metal 3 - Flower Power Ending:  https://youtu.be/VxKKLeizkms?t=132 Twisted Metal 4 - Calypso Ending:  https://youtu.be/UjohuspXMwM?t=162        

In today's episode, Alex and Michael talk about Twisted Metal, the car combat series that got its start on the Playstation in 1995 and would go on to be remarkably influential in spite of itself.   Sony's E3 2010 presentation of Twisted Metal (2012):  https://youtu.be/AJcJJjCkF1U   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.

In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about Secret of Evermore, a game where a mad scientist somehow creates a world out of whole cloth before being foiled by his robot butler.   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.

In this episode, Michael takes a break from preventing his apartment from catching fire to tell Alex about Secret of Evermore, the Squaresoft RPG made by Americans for Americans.   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.

Back from GDQ and completely exhausted, Alex and Michael talk about the plot of the 1993 Super Mario Bros movie, a movie that I assure you didn't have 9 screenwriters and isn't a jumbled collection of scenes that don't make sense.   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.

Michael is on vacation in Minneapolis, so in this episode he and Alex talk about the 1993 Super Mario Bros movie, learn about why you should have creative control over your IP, and maybe how they shouldn't have gotten the guy known for The Killing Fields to do a kid's movie.   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.

In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about Mega Man Battle Network's 5 and 6, finishing the series off with an explosion-proof old man, and the wisdom of making a niceness program and putting it in charge of military weapon systems.   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.

In this episode, Alex and Michael do their best to not talk about Kingdom Hearts as they discuss the plots to Mega Man Battle Network 3+4.  They fail miserably.   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.

In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about the plot of Mega Man Battle Network, a series that quickly escalates from kids having fun on the internet to immediately getting irradiated by other sad children.   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.

In today's episode, Alex and Michael talk about the development of Mega Man Battle Network, a series that starts out weirdly-prescient about the internet and quickly escalates to the question of if it's ethical to put your dead son in the computer.   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.    

In this week's episode, Alex and Michael battle power outages to talk about how the Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) even came about, discussing e-mail leaks, Nintendo's business practices, and North Korea for some reason.   Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.

In this Episode, Alex and Michael talk about their recent trip to the movies as they discuss the The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), a fever dream of colorful imagery and involving surprising amount of daddy issues. Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.

In this episode, Alex and Michael tackle the plot of Shenmue III, a game sometimes obsessed with the mundane.     Like this episode?  Remember to subscribe on your podcast service of choice, and let us know how we're doing by leaving a review!  Fallin' Thru Plotholes updates every  week with a new miniseries covering various ridiculous video game plots.