YASEcast

You ever just think about how Doug takes place in the Guilty Gear universe. Mosquito 'Skeeter' Valentine is a Valentine after all. Eclipse, Jarv and Toops are in the base this week talking about Christian Bale being every-type of guy, going back to live music and Final Fantasy 14; the critically acclaimed MMORPG that no longer has a free trial!    Check it out!

What's good y'all. Eclipse, Velius and Jarv are in the base of YASE this week. You ever just stop and think about the logistics of buying anime at Borders? It was a simpler time. The gang is going back to the past because Jarv finally watched Evangelion. Eclipse has been getting into Death Stranding and feeling the satisfaction of doing for others.  Check it out!

Howdy y'all. It's been a minute. Toops, Eclipse, Jarv and Velius are in the base this week talking mostly about that new game where blood melts. There is a new Melty Blood game in 2021 and it's...very good. Velius has been playing the Atelier series. Eclipse has been playing some rhythm games, Neco Arc is gaming and more!

You ever just think about crabs? Just terrifying but somehow not as terrifying as homeownership. Eclipse, Jarv and Velius are in the base this week. It's been an week y'all. Velius has been playing Melty and the gang discusses some of the buzz around Type Lumina. Who is Vlov? What does he do? Check it out!

It's a spicy episode full of opinions! Eclipse, Velius and MasterWho are in the base talking about Mario, retro games, Cruelty Squad, Harvest Moon and more!   Check it out!

Hey all, it's been a minute. Nick aka Eclipse, Jarv, Morgan and Toops are on the mics spitting about the goings on in the world. From google translate to Jarv's budding bitcoin content to the lamentations of the content driven world we live in, this episode covers a lot of ground. We had a lot of fun and I hope you enjoy it.

Jarv, Nick and Velius are casting from the base of YASE this week. On the docket we've got Pokémon Unite monetization, Melty Blood fashion discourse, that Umineko Fighting game that actually rules (see my Rosa) and more! 

Ahoy! It's the 52nd episode of YASEcast. Nick, Morgan and Velius are in the base this week. Velius has been playing Seventh Tekken. Morgan raised a bunch of money for Charity. Nick has been doing the most American things possible. Sam Rami's Spiderman is part of the YASEcanon. Turns out we also all love power washing! Check it out!

Tuesday again? It's time for your (usually) weekly YASEcast. Nick, Jarv, Toops and Vince are in the base this week. The main subject is that Guilty Gear Strive, but before that we're talking about Silver Grapple, Basketball documentaries, octopi and our new program where you, yes *you*, can get exclusive photos of our pets. Check it out! 

We made it to episode 50! If you listened to one episode a day from now on, it would take a long time for you to catch up!    This week, Nick, Velius and MasterWho are on the mics. Velius has a fancy new computer and has been getting into Dragon's Dogma. Nick has been adventuring into the world of gunpla and pressure washing videos. MasterWho has been playing the Nier mobile game. That's just the first half and there is so much more. Thank you all for hanging out through all these episodes. Stay wavy!

Howdy! Velius, Jarv and Morgan are on the mic this week. We had an episode planned with topics and stuff, but then Jarv checked in about reading Marx's Capital Illustrated and we tossed all our plans out. What followed was a winding journey covering capital, commodification, cryptocurrency, frustration with The Brands™ and Pride events and our shared love of brutalist architecture. We are all trapped in a vicious cycle where we are now all creators, consumers and our time has been commodified, but we still have each other. 

Howdy y'all   We've got a rootin' and/or tootin' good episode to share. MasterWho, Toops, Velius and Morgan are on the pod this round. Toops steps up to become the official Zach Snyder correspondent of the pod and has been reading an actual book. Morgan is getting emotional over Windows XP system noises in Emily is Away. Everyone should congratulate MasterWho for almost graduating college.    The main topic is the second beta of Guilty Gear Strive and how some of our opinions have changed for the worse. Check it out!

Howdy y'all. It's finally time for the Home Improvement themed episode. A conversation about Galaxy Quest (maybe the best movie ever made) spirals into a discussion of other movies that have aged well or not well at all, the career of Tim Allen and Jarv gives us a talk about the realities of actual home improvement. Along the way we also discuss how picking top tiers is actually self-care. By Grabthar's Hammer, by the Sons of Warvan, you shall be avenged.    

CW: This episode has discussions of transphobia and suicide. Nick, Jarv and Morgan are on the mics for this round. It's also the second annual Nick birthday buddy bash! The gang looks back to how things have changed for the pod, for us and for the world in the year between buddy bash podcasts. Nick has bought an xbox. Morgan had one beer before recording and talks about the wave of anti-trans legislation targeting children all over the country and her frustration with people on the fence. Jarv has been listening to the very excellent podcast Blowback and getting into FF7 remake. It's maybe heavier than usual, but sometimes it do be like that.

Howdy ya'll. Jarv, Toops and Morgan and on the mics for this one. Jarv has been playing the Street Fighter board game and it's pretty good! Morgan has been trying to get vaccinated and isn't sure if she's ready to trust It Takes Two after a fateful night of playing A Way Out. Toops has been getting hatemail in Skullgirls and has some insights into good and bad complexity in fighting games.  Sorry for some roughness with Morgan's audio on this recording. Podcasting is a blowup and she feels very bad. 

*SPOILER WARNING FOR UMA MUSUME*   Howdy! It's an episode I've been chomping at the bit to get out the door.   Not to put the cart before the horse, Jarv, Nick, Morgan and TKShadow got together to talk about what has been going on in their respective worlds. Morgan accidently spoils Nick on the Uma Musume anime. Nick has been playing Xenoblade Chronicles and is trapped in Reyn Time. The meat of the discussion focuses on Monster Hunter: Rise. Specifically, we have two veterans of the series, a new player and someone who has tried and failed to get into the series on the mics. Is this a good game for entering the series? We've also got thoughts about what makes a good onboarding experience in information dense games.    Remember: Eclipse first, the rest nowhere. 

Toops, Rhett and Jarv are on the mics this week. Toops watched the Snyder Cut and it's pretty good. Everyone has opinions about horse girls. Monster Hunter Rise was on the horizon and Rhett talks about his history with the series and the gang gets into other games that have helped bring them closer together with friends. They close out talking about theories of growth in fighting games and how to get better.    Stay wavy y'all

Morning y'all. Episode 42 is in the past for us, but hopefully part of your present. Toops joins Nick and Morgan once again. Nick has been listening to a new podcast that has him rethinking the Clone Wars saga. Morgan played through Little Nightmares and has *thoughts*. Toops and the gang debate the ethics of recommending games you haven't beaten.     Check it out! 

We've serving some premium vibes and a departure from the normal format. Nick, Jarv, Toops and Velius get together to hangout and talk about what's on their mind whether it be Persona 5 Strikers, NFTs, trying to get into Evangelion in 2021, Jackie Chan movies and more. It's been a time™ and sometimes you just want to sit down with some friends and hang.   Note to listeners: Velius had some issues with audacity toward the middle of the episode and it gets a little rough.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to watch Idolmaster episode 13 with some friends? Now, you too can have that experience with our watch along track! Experience the thrills and chills as the girls do their best to stall the show long enough for Ryuuguu Komachi to arrive through a typhoon. 

We dive deeper into idol hell to answer the question "what even are idols?" We are joined again by the wonderful Juliana aka @jubipro to discuss The Idolmaster Season 1. We get a mix of perspectives from Nick who is new to the brainworms while Juliana and Morgan are revisiting a series they first watched almost ten years ago. On the docket we've got: that uncomfortable gameshow episode, a passionate defense of Yukiho (ten years in the making), GENDER, Takane's weapon-grade vibes, and more!   Come hangout and listen to us talk about idols (again)! It won't be the last time. 

Guilty Gear Strive was a game you could play for a minute and we all have strong opinions. Eight members of the pod including the debut of the one and only 2pgod aka toops join together to share their thoughts. Some of us had fun. Some of us did war crimes. Some of us cancelled preorders. The end result is a roundtable pulling from a wide array of opinions and levels of experience. It's a good episode y'all. 

We've got an extra special *double* guest feature episode for y'all today. Nick and Morgan are joined by Juliana aka @jubipro and long requested guest Jay aka @IdolismJ. After a check-in where Juliana convinces all of us that DJ girls are the future, we get to the topic at hand. Nick has been watching The Idolmaster and has burning questions about idols and idol culture. What defines an idol? Are wrestlers just idols? Are you an idol?   All these questions and more will be answered! However, we all know the prettiest idol is the girl reading this

Howdy y'all! This has been a lot of episodes. This time around, Lame-o reveals his actual name! Rhett has been playing racing games. Morgan replayed The Missing and has feelings. Morgan and Nick(!!??) simultaneously realize you can buy the SNK Heroines hat without buying SNK Heroines. As the main topic, we talk about tropes we love and tropes we wish would just die already. Check it out! 

You know what they say. The thirty sixth strike is what counts. We are joined today by the one and only Captain Riven aka @CaptainRiven to talk life, liberty and lemonade. We go over questions from our loyal fans and get into a bit of a discussion about the kinds of games that stick with us even when we don't think they're actually "good." It's a lot of fun. Come hang out!

Pour yourself a glass of kanar and head on down to Vegas because it's time for the long awaited Deep Space Nine retrospective podcast. Morgan and Vince are joined by Julie, Siv and the notorious Wish-up Bishop aka Washir Bashir aka White Beast aka Alex.  We talk about how we came to DS9, our histories with Star Trek as a franchise, favorite parts of the show and even some things we wish had gone differently.  Feel free to join us in Quark's for a root beer afterward.       

Hey all, it's yet another week of the YASEcast. It's a full house this episode with Morgan, Vince, Jarv, Velius and Lame-o checking in. Foucault debuts on the podcast. Jonathan Haidt also debuts and Morgan has feelings. Lame-o encounters a real life listener of our humble podcast. After check-ins we talk about things we're looking forward to in a time after COVID and the understated grace of skee-ball.

Howdy paisanos. It's the first episode of 2021! We've got Jarv, Velius, Lame-o and Morgan on the pod to kick things off. After checking in, the gang lays out their predictions for 2021 for the pod, for the world and Dominick the Donkey. We also dumped on specific resolutions last episode so we're gonna talk about the specific energies we want to put into the world this year. What are some of your predictions for 2021 or vibes you want to radiate? Let us know! 

It's that time of the year (for the first time). We've got a packed house of five today to mark the first annual YASEies. We asked you, our adoring public, for categories and you didn't disappoint. Now sit back, relax, and enjoy five people trying to decide which of Kirby's friends is the cutest. Tempers flare, friendships are broken and alliances are made. Could this be the end of YASEcast?

We've talked about it enough on the pod and wanted to give our listeners a little something special under the tree this year. You didn't ask for it, but here is our watch-along track for the second best thing to happen in 1996 ,Jingle All the Way starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Come talk a walk with your cool cousins while we discuss class dynamics, things we were way too young to realize watching as kids and unpack what the Jingle All the Way world is going to be like in Kingdom Hearts. It's a different sort of episode so we would love feedback on this kind of thing!

Hee-haw y'all. This Christmas episode is dedicated to the brave paisan fighters of Italy. Lame-O pulls MasterWho and Morgan into the vortex of Dominick the Donkey. Beyond check-ins the gang discusses their favorite Christmas traditions, the struggle to find some good vibes during a difficult time of an already difficult year and Morgan learns what her cool cousins were doing when they went to the store.

It's flirty 30 y'all. We have been doing this podcast for a minute and thank you all for listening. As a reward, we're debuting the YASE ARG. We have hidden clues in the last 29 episodes of this podcast for you to find. Beyond that, spotify dropped our top songs of 2020 so Jarv, Morgan and Lame-O submit their top songs for judgement. Morgan has been struggling a bit. Jarv recounts a nautical adventure. Lame-O has never seen Spice World. It's a journey of an episode and we're glad you're here for it!

We're ending our 20's with a storm of wholesome chaotic energy. Our podcast dad SrirachaFlash steps into the Base of YASE to deliver some powerful energies. We've got it all. Haunted houses, Legend of the Dragoon, Abigail resets and wholesome parental advice. Seriously, this was a treat to record and we all had a ton of fun. Maybe you will too (or not!).    Check out SrirachaFlash: https://twitter.com/SrirachaFlash  http://srirachaflash.com/ twitch.tv/srirachaflash  

Hey y'all,   Our little pod is almost 30. Lame-O has been playing Hades (or as Morgan would say Gay-des) and the pod is torn apart over whether previous Supergiant Games are overrated. Vince has been fighting rats in Vermintide. The main subject today is "lore" but it's really just stories from the FGC you think are neat. Turns out Lame-O is the greatest Adon of all time. Who knew? I didn't! Check it out!

It's a special episode y'all. King Hippo aka @KingHippo42 stops by as our first guest! The conversation touches on Hippo's work making the FGC a better place, the e-sports to reactionary pipeline, at least one musical interlude and more. Spoiler warning for Moby Dick. Turns out it isn't a cool story about befriending a whale. Check it out y'all (or don't)!

Hey all, we lied in this episode. There won't be another episode next week because we're all too stressed to record. Looks like there is a major political event on the day we normally record or something. In the meantime, please enjoy this picture of Irwin. We're doing our best y'all. Please enjoy the vibes radiating from this episode where Lame-O, Morgan and Jarv sit down to share stories close to their hearts; how they got their pets. Lame-O is also getting into FF14 dress-up, Morgan is personally bullied by Yoko Taro and Jarv is trying to escape Hades. Stay safe and please remember that You Are Super Excellent. 

This week, Lame-O, Morgan and Vince focus on how fighting game DLC pricing models have changed over the past few years and Morgan is bummed about it. Could it be that SF4 was the best model? Have we strayed from the true path? Lame-O has also been getting into Minecraft. Vince has been watching Voyager and pitches the upcoming YASEcast: Deep Space 9 retrospective special. Check it out! 

If our episodes were always exactly one hour long, you'd have an entire day or YASEcast to listen to. Lame-o and Morgan go on a journey as TKShadow joins to talk about Spiritfarer. Morgan has been getting in her feelings over gayshit (again) and Lame-O has been getting into racing games. We close it out talking about Bauldr's Gate 3, how we can still hear Baudlr's Gate 2 voice clips and examples of games that were improved by patches and early access feedback. Check it out!

It's the twenty third episode y'all. The gang is back and it yet again going over pains of moving, Lame-O's upcoming onlyfans and what fighting game moves they wish they could do IRL. It's a fun time, check it out!

It's episode two and two! That's cool. The gang (Lame-O, Morgan and Vince) talk a moment to decompress in these trying times. On the docket for the day are experiences adopting stray CRT monitors, reminding ourselves that Creed is a band that existed and things we've been told were good but we could never get into. Check it out!

It's episode twenty plus one of our little pod. What a strange trip it has been. On this episode we determine whether Spawn qualifies as a wife guy before getting into a special segment of talking about things we like. Turns out Master Who likes to watch other people suffer through weird games. Who would have guessed (not me!)??? Check it out!

We made it to episode twenty y'all and we're ready to talk about our favorites Christmas movies. Turns out Jingle All The Way is the correct answer! Beyond that, we talk about avoiding social media brain worms, the cultural event of Blaseball, whether E.Honda is actually doing sumo and games you've played that aren't good games but are definitely good. Check it out!

We're verging into double digits times 2 episodes. After checking in, Lame-O, Morgan and MasterWho dig into their personal histories with stories about firsts. First fightsticks, first rivals and the first time you thought "yo, I am nice" are on the docket for today. Check it out!

The base of YASE has once again gathered to discuss important matters. On the docket for this week, who forms the feet of the YASE Voltron, the trials and tribulations of building a home gym and the gang gets together to talk about Gundam Extreme Versus Maxi Boost On! Some resources for learning Gundam and provided below. Check it out!   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YStVb9xGbXOY3QRYd2TDppzMzNFucXYK_NDNyT7yg9c/edit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EtYe-bG_RiXX5n237_aL8A_f0pvrDxg-v-hDEwqZ1oc/edit

It's a triple threat episode y'all. The trinamic trio of Lame-o, MasterWho and TKShadow get together to discuss the serious matter of what a hypothetical YASE-brand food truck would look like and serve. MasterWho digs deep to share his own personal history with velveeta. Afterward, the gang talks about some of their favorite RPGs and what makes them special. Check it out!

We're back from outer space with a sixteenth episode for you to listen to with your face.    The gang goes on a journey touching on the struggles of maintaining work-life balance when your home and office and the same thing, hunting monsters and what it means to say goodbye when Destiny content is cycled out.    The main focus for today though is redemption. What makes redemption stories work and why do we love them. We focus on one test case in particular, The Insane Clown Posse. Check it out!

Back at it again with the pod. It's the fifteenth strike and the gang checks in before going through some examples of times they decided to spice things up and make up their own rules to games. Check it out! 

It's a stripped down episode this week as Morgan and lame-o take on the role of a dynamic podcasting duo. On the docket for this week are explorations in soviet-era film, old corporate training videos and what is it about our favorite games that has kept us coming back to them. Check it out!

Lucky number thirteen. This is a bit of a weird episode. We didn't feel like we did a great job discussing a more serious subject and collectively decided it was better to say nothing than add nothing and removed that portion of the episode. Sorry for the rough cut but we did get a chance to talk about the Gundam series in advance of the release of the wonderfully titled Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxi Boost ON! Check it out. 

If you went and bought a dozen doughnuts, you'd have just as many as you have episodes of the YASEcast. The gang has been busy this week and everyone bought the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. It can overwhelming to suddenly have so many games to play so we go through some of our favorite picks for you to check out and have a chat about how many of these projects could only come from an indie development space. Check it out! 

We're back from a week off. Lame-o did some soul searching and found our he wants to play Marvel vs. Capcom. Turns out team games have been a thing for us and we're excited to talk about them in addition to usual stuff. Check it out!