This Thing Is Bad

The Metacast is back! Quinn, Jack & Cole are recapping their favorite media of 2018 one category at a time. Here's everything we recommend on this episode: Serial Ghoul Watch The Dream An Exciting Business Opportunity Casting Call Critical Creation Episode One Decocer Ring The Dice Vault Chilluminati The Memory Palace Bubble This is Love Radiotopia Showcase / The Polybius Conspiracy Perfectly Generic Podcast What a Time to Be Alive Sandra Not Another D&D Podcast Podcast 2 Benjamin Walker's Theory of Everything / False Alarm Follow us: @Jackapedia_ @BackwardsFlow @actualtriangle Follow Luminous: http://thepodcast.zone @LuminousMediaHQ bit.ly/LuminousMerch

Hey folks, we're looking back at TTiB and decided we're not as excited about it as we were before our summer break. But we're still working on tons of exciting stuff behind the scenes, so look out for that.

Jack and Quinn need to take a break from This Thing is Bad while they deal with the most Bad Thing there is - finals! We'll be back soon, we promise. (The music in the background is all stuff that Quinn made and is available on her Patreon page btw) Keep in touch! Jack: http://twitter.com/Jackapedia_ Quinn: http://twitter.com/BackwardsFlow Luminous Studios: http://twitter.com/LuminousMediaHQ

This week we put on our dumb-looking VR headsets and jack into a magical virtual world where everyone looks like Mr. Over Watch. And also we read an intensely uncomfortable poem about masturbation. I'm begging you to not take this audio out of context. Follow us (but please don't @ us:) twitter.com/Jackapedia_ twitter.com/BackwardsFlow Grab a shirt!: bit.ly/LuminousMerch

This week, Jack and Quinn recruit new Luminous member Steven to discuss one story told across three mediums - a story of empty humor, cliche, and overt bigotry. And since the upcoming Heathers TV show seems to hate millennials for being too progressive, we dunk on Joel McHale and Ricky Gervais for doing the same thing. Don't forget to check out Steven's podcast, the CurtainCast! https://soundcloud.com/luminous-studios/sets/the-curtaincast Follow us (but please don't @ us:) twitter.com/Jackapedia_ twitter.com/BackwardsFlow twitter.com/TaxiPhish twitter.com/thecurtaincaist Grab a shirt!: bit.ly/LuminousMerch

In the third This Thing is Good special episode, Quinn reveals one of her somewhat-guilty pleasures - Mining and Crafting. Jack and Quinn discuss what makes Minecraft so appealing to all ages and why its broad appeal shouldn't make it embarrassing to enjoy. Follow us: twitter.com/Jackapedia_ twitter.com/BackwardsFlow Buy a shirt!: bit.ly/LuminousMerch

This week on TTiB, we're branching out a little and taking on something that's not a book or a movie- it's a weird cult of personality around a rich guy who pretends to be smart. Then we just kind of get mad about capitalism for a while, so it gets pretty rowdy in the middle. Follow us (but please don't @ us:) https://twitter.com/Jackapedia_ https://twitter.com/BackwardsFlow Grab a shirt!: https://bit.ly/LuminousMerch

In today's episode of This Thing is Bad, Jack and Quinn tackle their biggest subject yet: a book series for tweens. We discuss JK Rowling's fabricated diversity, Harry Potter's secret power of framing the world, and college-aged nerds running around with broomsticks. Follow us (but don't @ us): http://twitter.com/Jackapedia_ http://twitter.com/BackwardsFlow Grab a shirt!: http://bit.ly/LuminousMerch

This week on This Thing is Bad, the story of an irreverent card game and the irresponsible company behind it. Jack and Quinn discuss punch-down comedy and corporate performative progressivism. It's like... The Inevitable Heat Death Of The Universe meets... My Sex Life. God, these cards suck. (Quinn is taking over editing for the show, because I guess I did well enough on the last one. Direct your complaints to me.) Follow us (but be careful about @'ing us): twitter.com/Jackapedia_ twitter.com/BackwardsFlow Grab a shirt!: bit.ly/LuminousMerch

This Thing is Bad rings in the new year by tackling one of the most passionate media fanbases around - Western Anime Fans. Join Quinn and special guest Cole as they try to fill the Jack-shaped hole in the episode by discussing the economics of exploitation and the codification of bigotry. There's jokes in there too, don't worry. (Quinn edited this episode btw, so if it sounds a little off you know who to blame.) Follow us (but be careful about @'ing us): http://twitter.com/BackwardsFlow http://twitter.com/actualtriangle Grab a shirt!: http://bit.ly/LuminousMerch

Curl up with a post-Christmas This Thing is Good and enjoy Jack rambling on and on about Star Trek while Quinn attemps to cobble together the stuff he's saying into some real points about fiction. Follow us: https://twitter.com/Jackapedia_ https://twitter.com/BackwardsFlow Buy a shirt!: https://bit.ly/LuminousMerch

Welcome back to the Metacast! This year, we're joined by special guest Cole to talk about all the best stuff that came out in 2017. Here it is, for reference: MUSIC: Ashby and the Oceanns- Future Summers LCD Soundsystem - American Dream Capital Cities - Swimming Pool Summer Jamie Paige - Autumn Every Day DESKPOP x ChipWin Compilation FLOOR BABA - NEON DEATH (& B-sides) Songs for Moms - Rivers nelward - Alive in Screen Captain Beard - Avant Stupid Maxo - Skyriser Zanski - Movies at the End of Youth leon - bird world Iglooghost - Neo Wax Bloom FLOOR BABA - DIRT BIRD Slime Girls - Sketchbook Vol. 1 Trendy Dog With Sunglasses - We Appreciate Chinese Football - Here comes a new challenger! in love with a ghost - Healing Adult Mom - Soft Spots Jr. Adelberg - It Happens Too Briefly to Know PODCASTS: Awful Observances Nancy Waypoint Radio The Polygon Show Wonderful! Reply All Homecoming What Should We Draw? United States of Anxiety: Culture Wars More Perfect Video Shames SHOWS: MST3K: The Return The Expanse Sense8 Neo Yokio (???) BoJack Horseman Rhett & Link's Buddy System VIDEO CONTENT: Double King The Philosophy of Antifa The Adorkable Misogyny of The Big Bang Theory The Alt-Right Playbook The Whole Plate gosh, just all the stuff Polygon is making GAMES: Kirby: Planet Robobot Night in the Woods Kirby's Blowout Blast Cuphead Flinthook Monolith Persona 5 Dome King Cabbage Beat Street If you're reading this on the RSS, where line breaks are messed up, sorry. Follow us: https://twitter.com/Jackapedia_ https://twitter.com/BackwardsFlow https://twitter.com/actualtriangle Buy a shirt!: https://bit.ly/LuminousMerch

Comedy is dying, and it's Twitter's fault. Is there a way out? Probably not. This week, Jack and Quinn break down the big problem with memes passing as jokes, the exclusion they create, and explain some of the stupider ones. Follow us (but please don't @ us:) https://twitter.com/Jackapedia_ https://twitter.com/BackwardsFlow Grab a shirt!: https://bit.ly/LuminousMerch

This week, we're digging into arguably one of the Big Five- a media juggernaut so powerful both in resources and marketing ability that- get ready for this one- they've been slipping garbage movies by you for years. Please stop forming deep emotional connections with franchises designed to extract money from you and nothing else. Follow us (but please don't @ us:) https://twitter.com/Jackapedia_ https://twitter.com/BackwardsFlow Grab a shirt!: https://bit.ly/LuminousMerch

This week, on a very spooky episode, we're bringing on Kenzie (a big horror fan, for some reason) to talk about whether scary things are good. Jack and Quinn aren't convinced. There's also a segment where Jack disses Flamin' Hot Cheetos, so if you love those, you're in for multiple scares. Follow us (but please don't @ us:) https://twitter.com/Jackapedia_ https://twitter.com/BackwardsFlow https://twitter.com/sevreds Grab a shirt!: https://bit.ly/LuminousMerch

This week, on TTiB, we're pushing the next real episode back a week (so it'll be on Halloween) and also talking about... tree crimes? We forgot to stop recording and stuff got weird. Anyway, see y'all next week. Follow us (but please don't @ us:) https://twitter.com/Jackapedia_ https://twitter.com/BackwardsFlow Grab a shirt!: https://bit.ly/LuminousMerch

This week, we're breaking our regular formula to talk about something we both mostly like- but also about what it means for video games and who gets to play them. Is Cuphead still good, even though it's too hard? Quinn, who's good at video games, says it is, but Jack, who just wanted to see some good art, says no- and why making a video game hard is one of the worst design choices you can make. Follow us (but please don't @ us:) https://twitter.com/Jackapedia_ https://twitter.com/BackwardsFlow Grab a shirt!: https://bit.ly/LuminousMerch

This week, on our first guest episode, we break down why a good show is still, somehow, terrible. (Spoiler: It's the fans.) Also- some dad stories, some Twitter beef, and Quinn comes clean about her hatred for improv. Can I get an intensely sarcastic "wubbalubbadubdub"? Follow us (but please don't @ us:) https://twitter.com/Jackapedia_ https://twitter.com/BackwardsFlow httpd://twitter.com/brentraptor Grab a shirt!: https://bit.ly/LuminousMerch

This week, Jack and Quinn deconstruct why Dark Souls isn't just unpleasant on purpose- it's a bad video game, too. They also discuss why so many angry nerds rise to Dark Souls' defense whenever someone complains about it, and why so many angry nerds care so much. Follow us (but please don't @ us:) https://twitter.com/Jackapedia_ https://twitter.com/BackwardsFlow Grab a shirt!: https://bit.ly/LuminousMerch

This week on TTiB, Quinn does her absolute best to present a case against everyone's very best hedgehog friend, while Jack tries to defend that good blue boy. And we're not just talking about the Sonic games everyone agrees are bad- Quinn's out for chili-dog-rich blood. Follow us (but please don't @ us:) https://twitter.com/Jackapedia_ https://twitter.com/BackwardsFlow Grab a shirt! https://bit.ly/LuminousMerch

Welcome to This Thing Is Bad, a show about what's wrong with the media everyone is supposed to love without questions. Are we an underground rebellion against angry fandom culture? A show dedicated to critiquing the things that deserve so richly to be critiqued, held under the light of a real review instead of on their media pedestals? Maybe and maybe. Join Jack Grimes and Quinn Wolf on a biweekly journey across the media pantheon as they pick apart a show, movie, or franchise you're never supposed to pick apart- and tell you why this thing is bad. Follow us (but please don't @ us:) https://twitter.com/Jackapedia_ https://twitter.com/BackwardsFlow