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Al, Codey, and Micah talk about their favourite farming and cottagecore games of 2024. Timings 00:00:00: Theme Tune 00:00:30: Intro 00:01:37: What Have We Been Up To 00:22:18: Rules Explanation 00:26:13: Update Of The Year 00:42:17: Early Access Of The Year 00:52:11: Game Of The Year Nominations 01:46:31: Debate 02:01:59: Winner Discussion 02:10:47: Outro Contact Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/ Transcript (0:00:30) Al: Hello farmers and welcome to the sixth annual harvest season (0:00:35) Al: game of the year episode. (0:00:37) Al: My name is Al. (0:00:38) Codey: And my name is Cody. (0:00:40) Micah: And I’m Micah. (0:00:41) Al: And we’re here today to talk about Cottagecore games. (0:00:44) Codey: Ooh. (0:00:45) Micah: Yay. (0:00:48) Codey: Make it, it’s a woo, not yay. (0:00:49) Micah: Yeah, wooh. (0:00:53) Al: All right. This is. Spicy, we, as mentioned, this is going to be our game of the year episode (0:00:54) Micah: I’m trying to add a little spice to it, you know, spice it up a little bit. (0:01:04) Al: for this year. Why all that? This is the sixth one. I don’t know how to deal with that. (0:01:10) Micah: Yeah, I can’t believe it’s it’s been that long you said I didn’t even register (0:01:15) Micah: I saw the list of the the previous ones you said six just now and it hit me like a truck (0:01:20) Al: We’ve changed things up this year a little bit compared to previous years. (0:01:21) Codey: Yeah you said it and I was like no way. This is wild. (0:01:30) Al: I’m not going to go into that just now, but just bear in mind listeners, there are some (0:01:34) Al: slight changes. (0:01:37) Al: Before that, Micah, what have you been up to? (0:01:38) Micah: Aww, I’ve been playing a lot of Jeragon Quest 3, HD2D, which I might talk a little bit about the Greenhouse episode. (0:01:50) Al: I love how you say might like we’ve not just recorded it. (0:01:50) Micah: Might, maybe, you’ll have to tune into the Greenhouse episode to find out. (0:01:56) Codey: You could cut it. (0:01:57) Codey: You could cut it out. (0:01:58) Micah: Great. (0:01:58) Al: No, it’s fine. It’s fine. I love when we like we break through the barrier and like stop (0:02:04) Codey: Oh, yeah. (0:02:04) Al: pretending like we record the greenhouse later. (0:02:06) Micah: that is primarily what I’ve been playing when I have the time to play games. Cody and I were (0:02:09) Codey: You’re right, you’re right. (0:02:17) Micah: just talking before we started recording about just being busy and not being able to play a (0:02:22) Micah: whole lot of games this year. So it’s always nice doing a game of the year recording because it (0:02:27) Micah: gives me an excuse to kind of revisit and catch up on things and have a an allotted time to play (0:02:34) Micah: games, but other than that, it’s been Drangle. (0:02:36) Micah: Quest 3. And I have also been shiny hunting a lot more in (0:02:41) Micah: Pokemon, but in older Pokemon games, I’ve been kind of (0:02:44) Micah: revisiting and kind of I don’t know what the term is, like (0:02:53) Micah: realigning myself with what I loved about Pokemon, and not so (0:02:56) Micah: much the how what modern Pokemon has become, I guess. And there’s (0:03:03) Micah: been a lot of like interesting I found in the (0:03:07) Micah: the kind of like deeper level in community, there’s a lot (0:03:12) Micah: of like really interesting new things that people have found (0:03:15) Micah: or like, you know, different hunts that people have set up (0:03:20) Micah: like one of the things that I’m working on right now is shiny (0:03:22) Micah: hunting, Kanto starters in the original gen one virtual console (0:03:27) Micah: games, which is something that you can do, but you have to do (0:03:27) Al: Oh, why? Why? (0:03:29) Micah: it by like, trading them over to a gen two virtual console game (0:03:33) Micah: to see or if you (0:03:37) Micah: have a totally legal copy of the virtual console games, (0:03:42) Micah: there’s a patch that you can apply that will just show you (0:03:44) Micah: if it’s shiny or not, which is very cool. (0:03:47) Micah: But there’s been a lot of like really neat little things like (0:03:49) Micah: that that I’ve been kind of experiencing and re-linking (0:03:56) Codey: You’re you’re getting back to your roots now. What’s your current hunt? (0:03:57) Micah: myself with and yeah, yep. (0:04:02) Micah: I think there’s been a lot of, well, yeah, that Gen 1 hunt is (0:04:05) Micah: my current hunt. (0:04:06) Micah: Uh, I’m doing all four of this stuff. (0:04:10) Micah: So like the three Kanto original Kanto starters and the Pikachu in the (0:04:15) Micah: games that they originate in, um, which is, has been a little bit complicated (0:04:22) Micah: to set up, uh, but it has been pretty enjoyable, like learning how things, (0:04:28) Micah: uh, work and how, how to, you know, like set things up properly. (0:04:33) Micah: Uh, it’s just been, I don’t know. (0:04:36) Micah: Interesting. (0:04:37) Micah: And I think there’s been a lot over the years that has like kind of had me (0:04:44) Micah: disconnect from Pokemon and in specific ways that like, kind of, like you said, (0:04:51) Micah: you know, coming back to my roots has kind of retaught me what it is that I (0:04:56) Micah: love so much about creature collecting and, you know, these core games and (0:05:02) Micah: stuff like that, this of course has nothing to do with the fact that, uh, (0:05:07) Micah: you know, earlier this year, they shut down the three S, uh, internet (0:05:12) Micah: capabilities and that may be possibly in the future. (0:05:15) Micah: Pokemon bank is going to shut down and that I am anxious about the (0:05:19) Micah: possibility of losing, you know, and I’m not rushing to, you know, it has (0:05:24) Micah: nothing to do with the fact that I’m like prepping for the quote unquote (0:05:24) Codey: Yeah. (0:05:28) Micah: end of the world when it comes to, but yeah. (0:05:32) Al: Prepping for something they haven’t even announced is going to happen yet. (0:05:35) Micah: Yes. (0:05:36) Codey: But it’s going to happen, though. (0:05:36) Micah: You know, that’s the glory of anxiety. (0:05:41) Al: Well, yeah, fair. (0:05:44) Codey: You can’t choose what you get worried about. (0:05:45) Micah: Yep. (0:05:46) Micah: Yep. (0:05:46) Codey: You just– yep. (0:05:47) Micah: And then you just over prepare for it. (0:05:48) Micah: And everyone’s like, why did you do that? (0:05:49) Micah: And I’m like, I don’t know. (0:05:50) Micah: I just felt like it was a good idea. (0:05:52) Al: There is no why there only is. (0:05:54) Micah: Yep. (0:05:55) Micah: That’s right. (0:05:56) Codey: Yep, I did that. I’ve been doing a PhD. I don’t know if you all know about that. So, I mean, I’ve just had like, this is like conference season. And then I’ve also had a lot of review requests lately. So journals have been like, hey, there’s a paper that you’re really like is within your like niche. Can you review this? Since you’re a subject matter expert? (0:05:56) Micah: So that’s primarily what I’ve been doing. (0:05:59) Al: Cody, what have you been up to? (0:06:26) Codey: And I’ve learned that I’m bad at saying no. So I am about to finish that. Like, literally after this, I have to write something for a nomination. And then I have to finish a review. And then I will finally be free of my obligations. And then I can actually focus on just my, my PhD. Yeah, lots of insect identification. Lots of that. And then (0:06:52) Codey: recently started playing, uh, Pokemon Pocket. (0:06:56) Codey: And, uh, I, during that Venusaur event that happened, um, I got three (0:07:03) Codey: of the promo Venusaur, but I did not get any of the Jigglypuff or the (0:07:06) Codey: Hunter and I am really salty about that. (0:07:08) Micah: Oh no. (0:07:10) Codey: Like I literally opened my game. (0:07:13) Codey: I was like, Oh, I need to do those. (0:07:14) Codey: Cause I thought today was the last day, like through like 11 59 tonight, (0:07:19) Codey: but it was yesterday, so rip. (0:07:21) Al: Yeah, this is the problem Cody, you need to be doing this this event all through the event, (0:07:26) Al: otherwise it’s going to because I did, I kid you not, 38 packs of that event. 38 packs I opened (0:07:32) Codey: That means, that means you won 38 of the, okay, with no Venusaur. (0:07:36) Al: with no Venusaur. Yes, correct. With no Venusaur in 38 packs. The last three packs that I could (0:07:44) Micah: That is unbelievable. (0:07:49) Al: could have opened in the game because of the timer. (0:07:51) Al: Without paying gold, the last three packs, all Venus are. (0:07:56) Codey: They turned up the Venus or the Venus or knob. I mean, maybe (0:08:00) Codey: that’s where they opened the cannon. Um, maybe that’s where (0:08:07) Codey: that’s my issue because I did start doing it near the end. And (0:08:11) Al: I don’t, yeah, I don’t think, I don’t think, I think it’s just cause like there were loads (0:08:12) Codey: so they, there was like all Venus or it’s just like (0:08:18) Al: of people I know who couldn’t get any Grinninja and kept getting Venus or instead. So I don’t (0:08:22) Al: think it’s, I don’t think it’s quite that simple, but yeah, if you want it like 41 is what I got, (0:08:27) Al: 41 packs is why I opened and that, and I needed to get, you know, 39 to get one of each. (0:08:30) Codey: Wow. (0:08:30) Codey: Mm-hmm. (0:08:34) Al: So like, yeah, you can’t, you can’t half-heartedly do these events. If you want everything, (0:08:38) Al: You got to go all in. And the good thing is that like one. (0:08:41) Al: Once you’ve done the first couple of days, if you do all of the, like, use all of the (0:08:46) Al: hourglasses in the first couple of days, like just kind of like do everything as quickly (0:08:50) Al: as you can, then the most you can do a day is two because of the 12 hour timer. So it (0:08:56) Al: makes it really quick and easy after the first couple of days. I guess the problem. Well, (0:08:59) Codey: I mean my I’m not a try-hard though (0:09:03) Al: I think you’re always going to be disappointed in pocket if that’s the case, then. (0:09:06) Codey: I’m just I’m just always gonna be disappointed in myself. Let’s be honest. That’s never gonna not (0:09:10) Micah: I got the inverse of that initial I eventually did get to Venus or which was I was happy (0:09:22) Micah: with that because that’s you know, the max that you can put in a deck is two of a card. (0:09:26) Micah: But it took a very, very long time and I got an endless amount of Haunter like just a ridiculous (0:09:33) Micah: amount of Haunter to the point that I thought it was like something either was wrong or (0:09:34) Al: Yeah. (0:09:38) Micah: Or I was like, it’s been. (0:09:40) Al: Opening the wrong packs or something. (0:09:40) Micah: Having a trick played on me or something. (0:09:42) Micah: Yeah. (0:09:42) Micah: Like something was going wrong because it was just, it was just (0:09:46) Micah: Haunter all the time and I w I went to my, my work team and I was like, (0:09:51) Micah: Hey, is anybody else just pulling Haunter and everyone was like, no, (0:09:56) Micah: I got all of them already. (0:09:57) Micah: I figured, you know, whatever. (0:09:58) Micah: And I’m like, what is wrong with my game? (0:10:00) Al: Yeah, I got 13 Hunter and 11 Jigglypuff. (0:10:00) Micah: I’m like hard resetting and (0:10:04) Codey: Well, why don’t you save them for me, please, because I need it. (0:10:05) Micah: incredible. (0:10:09) Micah: - Yeah. (0:10:10) Micah: - There’s no shortage of, no shortage of Haunters for you when the trading happens. (0:10:11) Al: We’ll see what trading ends up being like, but yeah, got your name on it. (0:10:19) Micah: - Al, what have you been playing? (0:10:26) Al: Because I’m recording so many, I’m literally recording the live. (0:10:30) Al: So I am specifically going to talk about one game that I haven’t talked about on the other episodes so that I don’t get confused about things. (0:10:46) Al: So this is not all I’ve been up to. This is just what you’re getting this episode. I have played Sonic Shadow Generations, Sonic X, or to be specific, I’ve played Shadow Generations. (0:11:00) Al: I wasn’t playing Sonic Generations because I did enjoy it when I played it the first time, but I don’t have time to be replaying games. Come on, that’s not my life anymore. (0:11:08) Al: So I bought the game to play Shadow Generations. And let me tell you, I still do not like 3D Sonic games, even when it’s Shadow you’re playing as instead. (0:11:21) Micah: Okay, so is it is it sonic generations just with like added? Oh (0:11:28) Al: So, think of it like Bowser’s Fury with Mario. (0:11:31) Al: Did you play that? (0:11:32) Micah: Sure, yeah (0:11:33) Al: It’s exactly the same as that. (0:11:35) Al: You open up the game and it shows you the two things side by side, and you either choose (0:11:38) Al: Sonic Generations or you choose Shadow Generations, and they are different games. (0:11:40) Micah: » I see. (0:11:41) Micah: » Okay. (0:11:45) Al: It’s not like you’re playing Sonic Generations, but with Shadow, no. (0:11:48) Al: It’s a different story. (0:11:49) Al: It’s your different character, and it’s different levels, and he has different powers. (0:11:55) Al: It’s completely different. (0:11:56) Micah: And a motorcycle and swears I mean he has a gun and (0:11:58) Al: » Yeah, exactly, exactly. (0:12:01) Al: So, I keep trying to like 3D Sonic games, (0:12:04) Al: and I think part of the problem is I did enjoy Sonic Generations, (0:12:08) Al: which did have some 3D levels, (0:12:10) Al: and I don’t know whether maybe I should play Sonic Generations to check, (0:12:14) Al: but I’m not going to. (0:12:16) Al: But I wonder whether I liked that despite the 3D levels, (0:12:20) Al: and I just mostly enjoyed the 2D levels, (0:12:22) Al: or whether I actually enjoyed the 3D levels in that game. (0:12:25) Al: I can’t remember. (0:12:26) Codey: Well, the more important question is are you gonna see the movie or when are you gonna see the movie? (0:12:28) Al: Oh, yeah, I’ve already got tickets. (0:12:33) Codey: Okay (0:12:34) Al: Let me check when I’ve got them booked for. (0:12:36) Al: So I have them booked for the Saturday because I’m, yeah, I couldn’t do the Friday because (0:12:41) Al: Rona’s out to a concert, but yeah, I’ve got tickets booked for the Saturday. (0:12:42) Codey: Mm hmm. So there’s some showings on Thursday for me where I’m at, but I that’s also my partner’s (0:12:52) Codey: Christmas holiday party. So and we always go to like a fancy place and they pay for everything. (0:12:56) Codey: So I’m going to get a bunch. I’m going to slam free food in my face, but I’ll probably like really. (0:12:59) Micah: The dream. (0:13:02) Al: You’re gonna eat as much food as you can as quickly as possible and then go to see Sonic? (0:13:06) Codey: Uh, I don’t know if that’s going to work, but I will probably see Sonic on Friday. If not the (0:13:13) Codey: after when it’s like cheap, cheap, cheap. Um, because. (0:13:14) Al: hmm I see I don’t care about the price because I have the like season pass (0:13:20) Codey: Oh, what? Wait, what? (0:13:21) Micah: there’s a there’s a season pass to the theater (0:13:23) Al: you guys don’t have that yeah I i I paid 135 pounds and I can go to the (0:13:26) Micah: at least not that i’m aware of (0:13:31) Al: cinema as many times as I want it for a year for the whole year yeah (0:13:34) Micah: - What? (0:13:35) Codey: - What? (0:13:36) Micah: I’ve never heard of this. (0:13:38) Micah: What is your like, big name, like theater, like cinema? (0:13:42) Al: So we have, we have two bigs, we have two. (0:13:44) Al: big cinema chains. One is called ODEON and one is called Cine World. And both of them, (0:13:49) Micah: Okay, neither of those (0:13:51) Al: but yeah. Well, so I think, is ODEON I think is owned by MGM maybe? I don’t know. They’re (0:14:00) Al: both owned by big US brands, but they kept a specific name. No, maybe it’s not. Oh, sorry. (0:14:07) Al: It’s AMC, the audience owned by MGM and do not own actual cinemas. (0:14:10) Micah: - Okay, AMC, I do know. (0:14:15) Al: There is a filmmaker. Let’s see what. (0:14:17) Micah: They make the movie. (0:14:20) Codey: Literally all that they offer to us is $15 a year gets you like points and you don’t have to pay fees for if you buy tickets online and that’s pretty much it. (0:14:36) Micah: Okay. So I do see, I’m looking now, cause this is mind blowing, so I didn’t know this (0:14:39) Codey: It is yeah. (0:14:40) Micah: concept existed. Uh, we have Marcus theaters has a, it’s $10 a month and you get one movie (0:14:47) Codey: - Oh. (0:14:49) Micah: credit per month, which means you just get a, a single movie ticket. Yeah. I mean, you’re (0:14:51) Al: What’s the point, then? (0:14:56) Micah: kind of, I mean, if you’re seeing one movie a month, you’re probably not really, I guess (0:15:03) Micah: Maybe you’re saving a little bit (0:15:06) Micah: I mean (0:15:06) Al: Yeah. Yeah, whereas I, I see like easily for like, I’m easily seeing one. (0:15:14) Micah: Okay, so there’s there is also unused credits rollover so like if you miss a month you say there’s nothing right (0:15:20) Al: Yeah but that’s still, unless that’s cheaper than a cinema ticket, there’s no point. (0:15:22) Micah: You’re still paying for the month (0:15:26) Micah: Which I think it is I think it’s $10 a month (0:15:29) Micah: I don’t know what what like a movie ticket is there but here in the (0:15:34) Micah: Great (0:15:36) Micah: I think we’re in the ballpark of at minimum like 16 to 20 dollars for a movie ticket (0:15:41) Al: Oh my word. For 20, I’d be expecting at least IMAX. That’s wild. (0:15:42) Codey: - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. (0:15:43) Micah: So you are saving some but you’re also (0:15:50) Micah: No, you’re talking standard you’re talking getting your chairs kicked (0:15:54) Al: Oh no. So yeah, so that’s just because you said that. That’s the same company that is (0:15:56) Codey: Yeah, so regal which is a cinema place in some parts of the United States has (0:16:08) Al: world technically it’s cine world owns regal not the other (0:16:11) Al: for this one but yeah they’re the so they’re the same same company (0:16:12) Codey: Ok. (0:16:14) Codey: But you said you pay what? $100? (0:16:16) Al: I paid 135 pounds for the year so what does that work out at 135 (0:16:19) Codey: Mm-hmm. (0:16:21) Codey: That is $170 US dollars. (0:16:24) Al: uh it’s (0:16:24) Codey: We can get… (0:16:26) Micah: Just I just looked at what you’re (0:16:28) Al: yeah so that’s that’s 14 dollars uh 14 dollars a month or 11 (0:16:32) Codey: Mm-hmm Regal unlimited pricing for the base tier that only has access to 148 theaters (0:16:39) Codey: So 100% not you’re not gonna get it where you are like where most people are going to be (0:16:46) Codey: is (0:16:49) Codey: $260 a year (0:16:50) Al: for the cheapest. (0:16:52) Codey: For the cheapest and that’s about $22 a month you get unlimited tickets (0:16:52) Micah: Mm-hmm (0:16:53) Al: Oh, my word. (0:16:58) Codey: It says tickets, but I’m assuming it’s just like you get a ticket. It’s not that’s probably it’s probably purpose (0:17:01) Micah: Right, I would imagine, yeah. (0:17:03) Al: Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, it is. (0:17:03) Codey: and (0:17:05) Codey: Then you get 10% off concessions, which is nothing (0:17:08) Al: Yeah. Yeah, we get that as well. We get that as well, which is is is totally just a way to get you to buy more of the cinema, which I obviously do because I’m a sucker and I know that I’m a sucker. (0:17:09) Micah: Yeah, that’s pretty much nothing. (0:17:15) Micah: Now, (0:17:20) Micah: the next question is because our ticket prices (0:17:23) Micah: are so much higher than yours, (0:17:24) Micah: are your concession prices as high as ours are? (0:17:27) Al: I mean, so okay. (0:17:27) Micah: ‘cause we can, I mean, a small popcorn is $5, maybe. (0:17:31) Micah: And a small soda or small beverage is probably also like $5. (0:17:31) Codey: Mm hmm. Mm hmm. (0:17:36) Al: So I feel like they’re not too bad. (0:17:38) Al: So if I go, I can go into my app just now, because the good thing about (0:17:41) Al: the cinema that I have, that I go to now, which is like fantastically like 10 (0:17:45) Al: minutes drive from my house, which is, is amazing, um, which is, you know, for (0:17:50) Al: city people might seem weird, but like, yeah, I don’t have things 10 (0:17:54) Al: minutes away from my house. (0:17:56) Al: Uh, if I look, I can get, so you said a small popcorn, $5. (0:18:02) Al: Let’s see for us. (0:18:03) Al: uh yeah a regular popcorn would be five (0:18:07) Al: um but they do like deals that make them cheaper (0:18:10) Codey: they used to do that. They don’t do that anymore. I remember you could get like a meal deal. I don’t (0:18:16) Codey: think they do that anymore. (0:18:17) Al: - Yeah, so like me and Rona went to see Wicked (0:18:19) Al: and I never get run into the cinema. (0:18:21) Al: Like that’s the first time she’s been to the cinema since. (0:18:24) Al: Oh, what was that other musical? (0:18:26) Al: The one about the kid who kills himself. (0:18:28) Codey: You have to be more specific. (0:18:28) Micah: Holy moly. Yeah, there’s oh (0:18:29) Codey: You have to be more specific. (0:18:32) Al: Dear Evan Hansen. (0:18:33) Al: There we go, dear Evan Hansen. (0:18:33) Codey: Oh yeah. (0:18:34) Al: So that was the last film she saw in the cinema (0:18:38) Al: before Wicked. (0:18:39) Al: So that’s kind of, was that like two and a half years ago (0:18:41) Al: or something like that? (0:18:42) Al: So she doesn’t come out to the cinema very often (0:18:45) Al: just because she just doesn’t like going out in the evening. (0:18:47) Al: Which is fair, we went to see Wicked and we bought, we got two hot dogs, a large portion (0:18:57) Al: of tater tots and one large slushie and that was 17 pounds, so it’s not cheap, but for (0:19:08) Al: me that felt not terrible. (0:19:09) Codey: Mm-hmm. (0:19:11) Micah: Yeah, we we really don’t get that much it’s I mean it’s it’s kind of the like the the the (0:19:12) Codey: Yeah, that’s a lot for that amount of money. (0:19:14) Codey: Yeah, I-M-O. (0:19:22) Micah: common concept of going to the theaters and eating anything is that you’ve kind of like (0:19:27) Micah: just bring your like sneak your own stuff in yeah. (0:19:29) Codey: You sneak. You sneak your own. Yeah, 100%. (0:19:31) Al: Oh, yeah, yeah. And I, to be fair, I do that a lot. I don’t often buy stuff from the cinema, (0:19:36) Al: right? We were doing that because it was a special occasion type thing, like let’s go. (0:19:37) Micah: Which like (0:19:40) Al: We went to IMAX because I have to pay more to go to IMAX. I don’t, it doesn’t include (0:19:44) Al: IMAX in the, in the bundle. I think I have to pay five, five pounds to upgrade a ticket (0:19:48) Al: to IMAX, which I feel is not too bad. But it’s not something I do every week, obviously. (0:19:53) Al: So we went to IMAX and we paid like stupid amounts for her ticket. And then we, we got (0:20:00) Al: their spindle of feed didn’t. (0:20:02) Al: And we just like made an evening of it. (0:20:03) Al: So it was fun. (0:20:06) Codey: All of this to say, I’m really excited for Sonic 3. (0:20:09) Codey: And I didn’t realize that Shadow is voiced by Keanu Reeves. (0:20:15) Al: Yeah. Wild. Wild that they have Keanu Reeves’ shadow and Idris Elba’s knuckles. It’s like, (0:20:18) Codey: Wild. (0:20:20) Codey: And Idris Elba. (0:20:23) Al: what a combination. Amazing. What other famous massive actors can they get playing furries. (0:20:26) Micah: That’s incredible (0:20:28) Micah: You (0:20:30) Micah: You (0:20:35) Codey: - I guess whose tails? (0:20:37) Al: Oh, I don’t know (0:20:39) Codey: I’m gonna Google it. (0:20:40) Codey: We could probably move on and fuck this. (0:20:42) Micah: Uh, I am also seeing the Sonic movie, but it’s, I’m not like a huge Sonic fan. (0:20:48) Micah: I like Sonic, but I’m not like, you know, mega fan or anything, but my like best friend (0:20:54) Micah: is absolutely obsessed. (0:20:56) Micah: So as part of our like Christmas get together, we’re going to see the, the Sonic three, um, (0:21:05) Micah: that like opening weekend, which is like, not don’t typically go to the theater that (0:21:09) Micah: often anymore. (0:21:12) Micah: So I’m kind of excited because it’s very rare. (0:21:14) Codey: Yeah (0:21:16) Micah: This is the first time I’ll be at the theater, I think, all year. (0:21:19) Codey: Tails is uh, Colleen O’Shaughnessy (0:21:20) Micah: Yeah, I don’t know what that is either. (0:21:22) Al: Don’t know who that is. (0:21:24) Codey: I don’t she sees she’s a voice actor. Uh, looks like that’s what it is (0:21:27) Al: Right, okay. So the only actual voice actor. (0:21:28) Micah: Okay. (0:21:30) Micah: I have seen the two previous Sonic movies, though, and they’re really good. (0:21:30) Codey: Yeah (0:21:31) Al: Because of course Ben Schwartz is Sonic as well. (0:21:34) Codey: Yeah, I’m just (0:21:39) Codey: I love those movies so much so good (0:21:39) Micah: They did a really good job of them. (0:21:42) Micah: Great. (0:21:42) Micah: Mm-hmm. (0:21:42) Micah: Mm-hmm. (0:21:42) Al: Yeah, I think they’re exactly what we need from Sonic films. (0:21:47) Al: And I think if you did this, what they’ve done with Sonic films, if you did it with anything else, (0:21:51) Al: it wouldn’t work the same. It works because of what it is, and nobody takes it too seriously. (0:21:58) Al: So yeah, I don’t like 3D Sonic games. That’s a shame. Maybe I should stop trying. I do still (0:22:06) Al: like 2D Sonic games, so hopefully they make another one of those. But yeah, that’s what I’ve been up to. (0:22:12) Codey: - Woo. (0:22:13) Al: Whoo! (0:22:19) Al: All right, so we are gonna go into our… No, let me just… Right, I’ll explain what’s happening (0:22:27) Al: first before I try and do a funny segue. So I’ve changed things up a little bit this year (0:22:35) Al: because there have been so many questions about early access games and updates and what counts (0:22:41) Al: for game of the year. So I decided. (0:22:43) Al: To make it simpler going forward, we’re going to have three awards now. (0:22:47) Al: Okay, we’re going to have update of the year, which is for any game that has (0:22:52) Al: previously released out of early outside of early access and now has a content update. (0:22:58) Al: We’re going to have early access, which is for games that are in early access. (0:23:02) Al: And then we’re going to have game of the year, which is for any game that has (0:23:05) Al: released their first non early access version. Does that make does that is that clear? (0:23:08) Codey: » Sounds good. (0:23:10) Codey: » Yep. (0:23:11) Al: See you next time. (0:23:12) Micah: Yes, I guess a great system (0:23:12) Al: Excellent, we’ll see, we’ve never tried it like this before, we’ll see whether it’s good or not. (0:23:14) Codey: Yep. (0:23:20) Al: So that this game, this episode isn’t three times as long as the previous ones, we’re going (0:23:27) Al: to do the nominations a little bit differently for update and early access. So for game of the (0:23:32) Al: year we’re going to do the same as we always have, except one slight change, which I’ll get to that (0:23:36) Al: in a minute, in round robining our nominations and then we’ll decide from. (0:23:42) Al: What we’ve done, which should be the winner for update and early access, we’ve just got a list (0:23:48) Al: of all the ones that came out that we could think of because there’s less than 10 of each. (0:23:54) Al: So it’s a nice list to just list them all and then we can debate. The one other thing is, (0:24:00) Al: because of the debacle last year of Carl Island not winning, I have been forced into, (0:24:06) Codey: - Got scammed. (0:24:11) Al: I would suggest to do. (0:24:12) Codey: - No one is forcing you. (0:24:12) Al: I was suggested by Johnny and I thought it was a good idea that when we, I sent (0:24:18) Codey: - It’s a good suggestion. (0:24:19) Al: out a Google farm to the other people who have been on the podcast this year, I think this year, (0:24:24) Al: I don’t know, some people who have been on the podcast, I sent them a form so they can input (0:24:29) Al: as well. So we’re going to also read their feedback on what they think should win the awards. (0:24:35) Al: And maybe that will, maybe that will stop the co-hosts complaining after (0:24:40) Codey: Nope nope (0:24:40) Al: - Sure. (0:24:42) Micah: I am convinced that the reason that Cody and I are both on this episode with you is because (0:24:42) Al: - I don’t know. (laughing) (0:24:46) Codey: You can uh you can dream out (0:24:56) Micah: this is the equivalent of the Coral Island committee jumping me in a back alley for my (0:25:03) Al: Oh yeah, because it was Kevin last year, wasn’t it, is that right, because Cody had played (0:25:05) Micah: game of the year 2023. Yes. Yeah. (0:25:12) Micah: It was, and it mostly was, yeah, it mostly was down to that. Kevin and I hadn’t played it. (0:25:13) Al: Carl Island (0:25:14) Al: Exactly, exactly. (0:25:18) Codey: Yeah, and you were like, oh, I really think it should be and we were all screaming at our podcast players. (0:25:19) Al: Because I think all three of you, you and Johnny and Bev all, all said that you would (0:25:27) Codey: Yeah. Yeah. 100%. (0:25:33) Al: be playing for Carl Island. (0:25:34) Micah: This is this is my formal apology to (0:25:38) Micah: everyone. [laughs] (0:25:39) Codey: You’re no you’re allowed to have like you provided your input with the knowledge that you had and I’m here to make sure that you do it the right way this time. (0:25:47) Al: This is why we have the farm. (0:25:50) Al: It’s so that we can see people, we can see the other co-hosts opinions (0:25:50) Micah: - Under, (0:25:53) Al: before we make a bad decision and then still make a bad decision. (0:25:56) Codey: And we can still make, yeah, we can still make that decision. (0:26:00) Al: No, I’m excited for this one. (0:26:01) Al: We’ll see, we’ll see how it goes. (0:26:02) Al: I’ve seen, I’ve seen the feedback from the other hosts. (0:26:05) Al: So I’m, I’m, I’m interested to see what your guys’s are. (0:26:07) Al: We’ll get to that in a minute. (0:26:10) Al: And I’m in it. (0:26:10) Al: Goodness me, probably like two hours, we’ll see. (0:26:14) Al: We’re going to start off with update of the year. (0:26:18) Al: And so I’ll just, I’ll read through the nominations for that this year. (0:26:21) Al: Uh, and hopefully I’ve not missed anymore. (0:26:23) Al: Cause apparently I list missed three off the list. (0:26:25) Al: When I sent the form to the other costs, we have Stardew Valley, 1.6, Carl Island, 1.1 (0:26:34) Al: Moonstone Island, cooking update, Disney, Dreamlight Valley, a rift in time, which yes, (0:26:39) Al: was this year, the whole thing we released it this year, which is crazy. (0:26:43) Al: I thought some of it had released last year, but. (0:26:45) Al: but uh (0:26:47) Al: farm skies of Azoria, Dave the Diver DLCs, those would be Godzilla and I can’t remember (0:26:54) Al: the other one. Yeah what was oh um oh Dredge Dredge uh Terranil Vita Nova and Wildflowers (0:26:55) Micah: whatever the non Godzilla one is, (0:26:57) Micah: ‘cause the Godzilla one is the only one I made it. (0:26:59) Codey: Yeah, I was gonna say it was a dredge. (0:26:59) Micah: Oh, sure, sure, sure, yeah, yeah. (0:27:05) Al: Magical Creatures. Yeah yeah because Kevin decided not to put anything in the farm until (0:27:15) Al: literally, what, five hours before we start? (0:27:18) Al: I’m not sure, and was the only person to mention wildflowers, I had completely forgotten the (0:27:24) Al: wildflowers had an update this year. Anyway. (0:27:28) Micah: You know, I looked at the show notes last night, too, and did not see that on there. (0:27:32) Micah: So that makes complete sense. (0:27:34) Al: Yeah. So, um, I’ll just go through our other hosts opinions and what should win, and then (0:27:39) Al: we can discuss what we think as well. Uh, so we have one person says, Dave, the diver, (0:27:47) Al: we have, uh, two people saying stardew outright, uh, one person adding stardew as one of their (0:27:55) Al: three that they decided, uh, but not like the ultimate, what they think should win. (0:28:01) Al: one for wildflowers. (0:28:04) Al: one for terra nell, vita nova, and then one for disney dreamlight valley. (0:28:09) Al: I feel like I need to read johnny’s out, because it’s just, this is a weird year for best update. (0:28:16) Al: carl island 1.1, a great update no doubt, it added everything carl island and yours were asking for, (0:28:20) Al: but to reward this with update of the year feels wrong, it should have been 1.0 but it wasn’t. (0:28:25) Al: stargie 1.6 added more to a great game and the updates are good, but also just stop, (0:28:30) Al: it’s okay for stargie to be done, i’m ready for it. (0:28:33) Micah: Which is funny maybe I’m wrong and in assuming this but I feel like that’s a wild take from Johnny is that. (0:28:40) Codey: No, I think he’s he would be a proponent of like, let like, like, stop the nostalgia machine from cranking. Yeah, I think that’s also Yeah. (0:28:46) Al: I think he’s worried for concerned apes mental health. (0:28:48) Micah: Okay, okay (0:28:49) Micah: for concern days (0:28:51) Micah: Yeah, I mean after that interview where he was kind of like, uh, I could just keep going forever. I don’t know (0:29:00) Al: I think that leaves Disney Dreamlight Valley is the one that stands at his best update that (0:29:03) Al: continues to add to a great game bringing in memorable characters in a way that continues (0:29:07) Al: to surprise and delight. So that looks what I can see that looks like two stardew votes, (0:29:13) Al: One Wildflowers, one Drusney Dreamlet Valley, and one Davey. (0:29:16) Al: The Diver. What do you guys think? (0:29:19) Codey: Um, so I, so I mean, some of these, I didn’t play. So like, I didn’t play moonstone island. Uh, I (0:29:23) Al: Fair. That list is just going to get longer as we go through the episode. (0:29:28) Codey: right. I feel like it’s true. I feel like Fay Farm Skye’s Zozoria when we were talking about it on (0:29:33) Codey: the pod, it did not fix the issues that people wanted in the first one. So I think in my opinion, (0:29:35) Al: No (0:29:38) Codey: we can just strike that off. Um, I think the same about Taranell. I don’t think that that added (0:29:39) Al: I agree. Yeah (0:29:43) Codey: anything really. Um, and I honestly like, honestly, like, (0:29:46) Al: R.I.P. Kevin’s option. (0:29:49) Codey: I will just like double retweet Johnny’s thing because I agree. Like my go-to was (0:29:59) Codey: Coral Island 1.1. Um, I really loved it, but it did basically add like, one of the reasons I loved (0:30:05) Codey: it is because it added the rest of the story, but that should have been in the initial game. (0:30:06) Al: Mm hmm. Yeah. (0:30:10) Codey: Like why, like you can’t have an update, just be like, oh, adding the things that we didn’t (0:30:17) Codey: I had originally, but finished again. (0:30:20) Codey: So I don’t want to go with that. (0:30:22) Al: I would, I would agree with that. (0:30:23) Al: Any objections, Micah, to those three being struck off. (0:30:26) Micah: I think Coral Island is an incredible game, and I think it should win. (0:30:32) Al: Have you played it yet? (0:30:34) Micah: So okay, I have not, but this is where I’m at with Coral Island, because if you recall on the (0:30:40) Micah: previous Game of the Year episode, the reason that I said that I didn’t get it yet was because I was (0:30:44) Micah: waiting for the Switch version, which we all kind of know how that went. So I did eventually just (0:30:48) Al: Awkward. You. (0:30:53) Micah: kind of buckle and get it on the steam deck so I do have (0:30:56) Al: Yeah, nice. (0:30:56) Micah: it now to play on the steam deck haven’t had a chance to (0:30:59) Micah: play it yet but I am excited to play it especially after (0:31:02) Micah: hearing uh how much 1.1 kind of made it a 1.0 I guess um but (0:31:06) Codey: Yeah. (0:31:10) Micah: there’s just you know II’ve been I’ve yeah I don’t know I’ll (0:31:15) Micah: get I’ll get into that more later but I have not played it (0:31:17) Micah: yet. (0:31:18) Codey: Okay. And then yeah, Stardew is the same, like, I agree with Johnny, like, let it, let it lie. (0:31:24) Codey: And so for what I’ve played. (0:31:25) Al: I’m not, just for the record, I’m not, I’m not striking stardew off the list. (0:31:28) Codey: Correct. Did not strike Stardew off the list. This is just my opinion. (0:31:30) Al: I’m not, yeah, I don’t care what you’re saying. I’m not doing it. (0:31:32) Al: I’m not letting that happen right now. Right. We’ll get to that. (0:31:37) Codey: My top one would be Disney, Journey Valley. They really did add a lot of really good characters. (0:31:42) Codey: I didn’t play specifically the Rift in Time, like the paid deals, because that’s the paid one. (0:31:46) Codey: Um. (0:31:48) Codey: But I saw all the stuff from it and I know that it added like a considerable amount to the game and added to the story and I would like to play it when it becomes free. Fingers crossed that that ever happens. (0:32:00) Al: Is it not included in Game Pass? (0:32:02) Codey: Um, yeah. (0:32:06) Codey: No, you have to pay, you have to buy the DLC in Game Pass. (0:32:08) Al: Oh, weird. (0:32:10) Al: I think for, right, that’s interesting, because the whole point of Apple Arcade is everything (0:32:10) Micah: - I think it’s the same way with Apple Arcade, (0:32:17) Al: is free and you never have to pay for anything, but anyway, well, okay, yes, but you don’t (0:32:20) Codey: You have to pay for Apple Arcade. (0:32:22) Micah: Yeah, yeah (0:32:23) Al: have to pay for anything else. (0:32:24) Al: Like it removes in-app purchases from every game and stuff like that. (0:32:26) Al: I think, for the purposes of argument, we will crown it for a game. (0:32:30) Al: I feel like nobody is arguing for Moonstone Island, is that correct? (0:32:34) Codey: Well then it’s gotta, if it’s just gonna be for a game, (0:32:36) Codey: then it’s gotta be Coral Island, right? (0:32:38) Codey: No, I’m kidding, I’m kidding. (0:32:40) Micah: - I agree, definitely, Coral Island. (0:32:43) Codey: Yeah, so that’s my two cents. (0:32:50) Micah: I have not played enough of Moonstone Island to be able to confidently to even touch the cooking update, so I don’t think that I could justify it. (0:32:58) Al: Yeah, I don’t think I think cooking is a fun thing to add and it did add a few more (0:33:04) Al: spirits, but I don’t feel like it added enough to be like (0:33:08) Al: Major like I don’t think it stands aside stardew 1.6 and all of the stuff that Disney dream life alley added (0:33:17) Micah: Uh I still have yet to play Dave the Diver. I’ve heard great things about it. Uh it just (0:33:21) Al: At all. Come on, maker. (0:33:25) Micah: it just there’s something about it that just you know just hasn’t like clicked with me yet. (0:33:31) Micah: It hasn’t hooked me. That’s not I didn’t mean that as a pun but uh but I will say the Godzilla update (0:33:32) Al: you need to start it, that’s why. You need to just play it. (0:33:39) Micah: got me enticed me a little bit because I I do love my Kaiju but uh I I want to play it and I’ve (0:33:47) Micah: heard nothing but good things about it. My boss is like in love with it and sings its praise all (0:33:50) Al: David Diver is a fantastic game. The Godzilla DLC in particular is so silly. I love it so (0:33:51) Micah: the time but um (0:34:00) Al: much, right? Like any game where you like find Godzilla in a cave underwater and then (0:34:07) Al: you end the story by literally controlling Godzilla has my vote. (0:34:12) Codey: Oh, so you’re, is that your vote then? (0:34:12) Micah: That sounds awesome. That sounds incredible, honestly. (0:34:17) Al: What was that Cody? Well, I mean, it’s, it would definitely be on the shortlist. (0:34:18) Codey: I said, is that your vote then? (0:34:24) Codey: Okay. (0:34:25) Al: I’m not saying it’s definitely my favorite, but I feel like it’s, I could be convinced of that. (0:34:30) Codey: Okay. (0:34:32) Micah: uh as far as the rest of them I think you know looking at the the two current feels like top (0:34:40) Micah: contenders being disney dreamlight valley and stardew I like cody have played disney dreamlight (0:34:48) Micah: valley base not the the paid dlc portion of it yet um and I did really really enjoy it (0:34:56) Micah: uh I just the the cost to get to (0:35:02) Micah: you know we kind of talked about this when I was on previously right around what disney (0:35:06) Micah: dreamlight valley came out um that I was under the impression that it was cheaper than it was (0:35:13) Micah: or that there was a they were doing a uh like a like a um uh like a free to play version of it (0:35:21) Micah: when it had originally started to come out but you know I feel like the price of disney dreamlight (0:35:26) Micah: valley has just felt bigger and bigger over the the years (0:35:32) Micah: and that’s that’s great if the amount of content is there and it’s a very like pretty game it seems (0:35:38) Micah: like there is plenty of content there um but it’s a really like pitting that against stardew which (0:35:47) Micah: you know I know stardew has been around for so long it is it’s it just keeps going I do agree (0:35:54) Micah: it is okay for stardew to be done again I i love the game but it is okay concerned you can focus (0:36:02) Micah: here now it’s okay you can work on other things it’s all right but the the 1.6 update for stardew (0:36:09) Micah: is so massive for free content that like it’s hard for me to pit it against you know something that (0:36:20) Micah: the total cost of it is like what are we you know pushing a hundred dollars at this point (0:36:27) Micah: with in-app currency and all this stuff. I don’t know. Again, (0:36:32) Micah: I really, really like Disney Dreamlight Valley and I’m looking forward to playing more of it. (0:36:38) Micah: I love that they have kept it up. The community for it seems great, but yeah, it’s just such a (0:36:46) Micah: hard comparison because it’s like massive franchise, massive brand, costs a lot of money. (0:36:54) Micah: They’re still keeping it up and doing a great job with it versus one guy making stuff for free (0:36:58) Codey: - Yeah, I get that. (0:37:02) Micah: and I’m like, you know, I don’t know. It’s hard. If I personally had to put it on something, (0:37:08) Micah: I would put it on Stardew, but I would not be opposed to Disney Dreamlight Valley yet, (0:37:12) Codey: I mean, you do have to put it we have to we’re here to put it on (0:37:17) Micah: which is very hard for me to try. But yeah, that would be my nomination. I think would be Stardew 1.6. (0:37:23) Al: I feel like we’re probably we’re striking wildflowers off right? I think I don’t think (0:37:30) Codey: Sorry, Kevin. (0:37:30) Micah: Sorry Kevin (0:37:32) Al: even he was seriously suggesting it because I think yeah I yeah so so he says wildflowers (0:37:34) Codey: Yeah, the first thing in his thing is stardew. (0:37:36) Micah: Just more the representation, you know (0:37:41) Al: because it hasn’t won anything yet and it’s amazing and wildflowers but in reality but (0:37:45) Micah: It’s got to get the wildflowers representation in this understandable (0:37:48) Al: in reality Terranell is the only update I’ve played is great so he hasn’t even played wildflowers (0:37:54) Al: I think I understand why he would want wildflowers to win something because he thinks it probably (0:37:59) Al: should have won game of the year last year but yeah I think as an update it I don’t think (0:38:06) Al: it compares to stardew 1.6 or to all of the updates that Disney Dreamland valued so we’re (0:38:12) Al: down to 3 stardew 1.6 Disney Dreamland Valley and the day of the diving (0:38:19) Codey: I think from what Micah said, I’ve moved over to Stardew. (0:38:24) Codey: I didn’t play it, but I know literally dozens of people who have. (0:38:31) Codey: And yeah, I think the amount of effort that this solo human keeps pumping into this game (0:38:37) Codey: that is so beloved by the communities, it deserves it. (0:38:42) Codey: - Bye. (0:38:43) Al: - Say that with more passion. (0:38:45) Micah: But, you know, that’s in the context of like how much effort and how much content there (0:38:47) Al: Yeah. (0:38:53) Micah: is in something like the Disney Dreamlight Valley DLC, like I think it’s just the greater (0:39:00) Micah: context of the amount of effort and money that is put into one versus the other, I suppose. (0:39:05) Al: I think I would also say that as much stuff as there is in the Disney Dreamland Valley (0:39:12) Al: updates over the last year, the fact of the matter is the day that Stardew 1.6 came on, (0:39:18) Codey: Yeah. (0:39:18) Al: it became like the fifth highest consecutive players on Steam for like a week. That is (0:39:23) Micah: Mm hmm. Which is (0:39:25) Al: a wild amount of control that that game still has over. (0:39:31) Micah: Yeah, that’s, I mean, remarkable for a game as old as it is to be able to update and hit (0:39:38) Micah: that milestone is incredible. (0:39:41) Micah: It’s just, you don’t see that with really anything aside from like me, you know, multiplayer (0:39:45) Al: Yeah, and legitimately, like, I can’t find the chart, but it’s all time peak was miles (0:39:47) Micah: online games or something like it’s, it’s impressive. (0:40:00) Al: lower than that. And then the update came out and then suddenly it was high up. So it’s (0:40:08) Al: all time peak takes a 56 place, place at 56. But I think on the week that it was out, it (0:40:15) Al: was top five. I think I can’t remember because we don’t have obviously the historical, historical (0:40:17) Micah: Mm-hmm, sure. (0:40:21) Al: data for that. But like, yeah, abs and that was, you know, I think it’s previous peak (0:40:26) Al: was something like 50,000 or something. So it like quadrupled its highest consecutive (0:40:32) Al: players for an eight year old game. That’s that’s mad. And I also got me to the point (0:40:38) Micah: Yeah, it’s pretty remarkable. (0:40:43) Al: of perfecting the game. (0:40:45) Al: Like I had never gotten close to that, and with 1.6, I put so much time into it because (0:40:51) Al: of all of the different things that it had and all the different additions it had. (0:40:56) Micah: Mm-Hmm (0:40:57) Al: I got to the point where I was like, Oh, I can, I can complete this game. (0:41:01) Al: You know, it’s like I created a new save, a brand new save, because I hadn’t really (0:41:01) Micah: Mm-Hmm (0:41:06) Al: played it on my steam deck. (0:41:07) Al: I had done it originally on, on switch and so I brought a brand new save and I sunk (0:41:14) Al: a hundred hours into it. (0:41:15) Al: So we’re giving it to Stardew, Stardew 1.6 update of the year with honorable mentions (0:41:20) Micah: Yeah. I think so. (0:41:30) Al: for Disney Dreamlight Valley and Dave the Diver, specifically the Godzilla one. (0:41:33) Codey: Godzilla. (0:41:34) Micah: I am floored. (0:41:36) Al: The dredge one is fun and has more content on it, but the Godzilla one was the one that (0:41:41) Codey: You’re floored. (0:41:43) Micah: I’m floored that Coral Island did not. (0:41:45) Micah: Going into this, I prepared, reading the list, I prepared that I was just going to fold to (0:41:50) Micah: Coral Island the second that you both defended it, but. (0:41:52) Al: No, I think everybody’s opinion is the same about Coral Island, is that 1.1 should have (0:41:58) Al: been 1.0. This is obviously what matters to them, but if they had waited until the 1.1 update to (0:41:59) Micah: Mm-hmm (0:42:06) Al: release 1.0, I reckon it would have been Game of the Year this year. For us, obviously not, (0:42:10) Micah: Mm-hmm. Yep (0:42:10) Codey: Yeah, yep, for everything. (0:42:14) Al: for the Game Awards. All right, next we have Early Access Game of the Year. (0:42:20) Al: So our nominations for this. (0:42:22) Al: A new leaf memories chill town for lands fields of mystery garden life cozy simulator go go down like your frontier of life and land and over magic. (0:42:36) Al: And the opinions from other hosts are one that I think we can probably discount over magic because it sounds magical. I think this person. I think this person has not played any early access games this year. (0:42:46) Codey: With the shrug emoji? (0:42:50) Al: Uh, we have to vote. (0:42:52) Al: I think the early access game of the year should be demos. (0:42:58) Al: Honestly, everything that’s come out in early access has been a disappointment. (0:43:02) Al: It’s become the vehicle for a game with a single cool concept to release, get bits of hype, and then proceed to deliver something exceptionally mid. (0:43:10) Al: Meanwhile, there has been a resurgence of demos, games trying to win your business by offering a slice. (0:43:14) Al: These games are the ones that have brought me joy this year. (0:43:18) Al: this year, death to early access, long-lived demos. (0:43:22) Al: So that’s two votes for Fields of Mystery and one for demos. (0:43:27) Al: There’s not any specific demo, just demos in general. (0:43:34) Al: For me, it’s Fields of Mystery. (0:43:36) Al: I think Fields of Mystery is a fantastic start for the game. (0:43:40) Al: I think it does. (0:43:42) Al: What I really hate about Early Access is when it’s like, here’s the game, but it’s buggy. (0:43:49) Al: I much prefer how Fields of Mystery have done it and how (0:43:52) Al: like Ooblets did it and Carl Island did it, which is here is a very solid base for the game. It feels (0:43:59) Al: like it’s a complete game and you just hit roadblocks along the way. I think that’s a really good way (0:44:03) Al: of doing it. I do kind of agree with Johnny and that this can be a problem in many cases. It’s (0:44:08) Al: sometimes hard to go back to games when you’ve started with early access, but I do think that (0:44:13) Al: means most people probably just shouldn’t play early access games, but you know, what can you do? (0:44:20) Al: I also enjoyed Gogotown. (0:44:22) Al: I am not sure if this is a good one, but I feel like they have a lot more work to do to make a fully formed game. (0:44:28) Al: It also released in AWP, it didn’t feel buggy sort of aspect and you had the core bones of the game there, but there’s no real narrative there and it kind of felt a little bit like it fell off quite quickly. (0:44:42) Al: So that’s why I would vote for Fields of Mistreer. (0:44:44) Al: Hmph. (0:44:44) Codey: Uh, I didn’t play any of these and, um, I kind of agree with Johnny, but also (0:44:51) Codey: like, basically early access is just a way to almost like crowdfund something. (0:44:56) Codey: So you’re like pitching your, your base ideas to an audience and then they (0:45:02) Codey: give you money to like, make it what you want it to be like to develop it. (0:45:07) Codey: Cause they’re, they believe in what you’re doing. (0:45:09) Codey: Uh, so like I see the value of early access, but I also. (0:45:14) Codey: I, I think that it’s often like abused in that it’s just, like you said, like (0:45:21) Codey: release the buggy version or release like a small version to like, generate (0:45:26) Codey: hype or something. (0:45:28) Codey: Um, so yeah, I’m, I mean, I, I am willing to just like pass or defer my (0:45:35) Codey: judgment to y’all, like whatever y’all decide, cause I just personally, unless (0:45:39) Codey: there’s this super big argument for any one particular thing, and we want to (0:45:43) Codey: thing and we want to discuss. (0:45:46) Micah: Well, that might make things easy because I also not voting for fields of mystery. (0:45:52) Codey: Yay, fields of mystery. (0:45:53) Micah: Yeah, I, I do, I agree with what a lot of what Al said that, you know, the, the core (0:46:05) Micah: of the game is so solid. (0:46:08) Micah: It’s also just, you know, it does feel so, so heavily based in like stardew core. (0:46:16) Micah: Or that like, you know, I think that can be seen as a negative sometimes now where like, (0:46:22) Micah: you know, it’s just, it started with a coat of paint or like, it started with like a different (0:46:28) Micah: slightly different feature or whatever. (0:46:30) Micah: But I think there’s enough things that stand out in fields of mystery to separate it. (0:46:36) Micah: Like, I don’t know, just quest progression and I just feel like the, I mean, personally, (0:46:47) Micah: I like the pixel, the pixel art is beautiful. (0:46:49) Micah: The, the character portraits are fantastic. (0:46:53) Micah: They’re done in that kind of like 90s Bishoujo, like anime style, like, like magical girl, (0:47:01) Micah: kind of like Sailor Moon era anime. (0:47:03) Micah: And I, it, it just also, you know, everybody in the game is, is beautiful, which I think, (0:47:12) Micah: you know, Cody had the issue with Coral Island, but you know, like (0:47:16) Codey: Yeah. (0:47:16) Micah: just like one, somewhat like normal person, you know, would be cool to see but, but, but yeah, I mean, everyone is very, very nice to look a

It's been a long time missed, but Predecast is back and better than ever! The hosts talk a lot about why they put the podcast on hiatus. Then Prede and Jon discuss the New Zelda game, the Final Fantasy 7 Remake for the PS5, and Final Fantasy in general. They move on to Prede talking about the tv channel "RetroCrush" and reviewing the shows they've been playing! Jon then reviews some Jpop Concerts. Finally for the main portion of the podcast, Prede reviewed the 1991 film Heroic Legend of Arslan , and Jon reviewed the 2017 movie Mary and the Witch's Flower. We hope you enjoy! Heroic Legend of Arslan: https://www.amazon.com/Heroic-Legend-Arslan-Ben-Fairman/dp/B0000DBJC1 Mary and the Witch's Flower: https://www.netflix.com/title/80217130 and https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Witchs-Flower-Ruby-Barnhill/dp/B078Y2PGM4 SONGS: Opening and Closing song: Voxel Revolution by Kevin MacLeod  Link: ⁠incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7017-vo…l-revolution⁠ License: ⁠filmmusic.io/standard-license⁠ Commercial break song : Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod  Link: ⁠incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7013-ae…l-of-my-love⁠ License: ⁠filmmusic.io/standard-license

Hosted by Chris Mayek & Alex SummersMoon Star's first ever video version is available now!Watch On YouTubeUnited States: https://tinyurl.com/3w5b4xa2International: https://tinyurl.com/58ed25nn Today's episode features a clip of Tiffie Starchild. You can follow her on Instagram @tiffiestarchildIt's lovely timing this week, as Last Resort has some of the same cozy Autumn vibes some of you all might be feeling right. No matter what you're doing this week, spend some time with Chris & Alex as we cover one of Sailor Moon's more unique episodes - Last Resort. Have you ever been to a hot spring before? Title (English): Last ResortTitle (Japanese): The Legendary Lake Yokai: The Bond of Usagi's FamilyOriginal Air Date (NA): October 18th, 1995Original Air Date (Japan): January 16th, 1993Official Websitewww.MoonStarPod.comSponsored by Sailor Moon Videowww.SailorMoonVideo.comFollow us on Facebook!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/moon-star-a-sailor-moon-podcast--5540871/support.

We've returned. We've decided to change the name of the podcast because... well, you'll have to listen to find out. This week, we discuss Demon Slayer's Entertainment District arc, the Avatar Live action show, how Satan crafted the first season of Picard, and much more. Follow us on IG @surfacereality 

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Notícias da semana: Novas informações sobre Attack on Titan Final Season Part 3 https://got.cr/3XojgaZ Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki confirma 2ª Temporada https://got.cr/3lmSS46 Overwatch 2 em colaboração com One-Punch Man https://got.cr/3JTD4js THE FIRST SLAM DUNK sobe no ranking de filmes no Japão https://got.cr/3EidqBF Suzume continua quebrando recordes https://got.cr/3DWLd2R RESENHA: Kaiji, de pária sofredor a herói dos perdedores https://got.cr/40DhgyN Músicas de Precure estão nos serviços de streaming https://got.cr/3XdaY5S Resident Evil: Death Island será lançado no meio do ano https://got.cr/3I8aOIF Nintendo Switch se torna 3º console de videogame mais vendido da história https://got.cr/3HFKPXG Novel Brasileira Pétalas de Akayama será publicada pela NewPOP https://got.cr/3DWTK67 Mangá de Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible está chegando no arco final https://got.cr/3JPMYCS Bumblebee ganhará estatueta Bishoujo da Kotobukiya https://got.cr/3YFyf1h Produção/Apresentação: Júlia Stefanel Edição: Gabriela Oberhofer Redação da Crunchyroll Notícias: Fábio[portuga], Talles Queiroz, Samir Fraiha, José Sassi

On this episode of This is Super Famicom, upball is +34 on block! Get in touch with the hosts and producer through: Website: thisisgameboy.com Discord: discord.gg/f9MzZUv Email: tigbpodcast@gmail.com Links: The Moonlight Fight Society: http://moonlightfight.com Legs v KJH @ GOML: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VITLNKaQZ0o LLT Fighting Game Discord: https://discord.gg/gDPc6DnR Support us through our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisisgameboy Merch: merch.thisisgameboy.com

Moon prism power, make up! In celebration of the upcoming 31st / 30th anniversary of Bishoujo Senshi Seera Muun (Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon), my friend Sharanja and I reminisce on this iconic manga and anime. We talk about the queen - Naoko Takeuchi, our review of the manga volumes 1-3, the 90's anime versus the Crystal version, eurocentrism in anime, and more! Join the Everything 90s Fan Club here: https://www.patreon.com/everything90spodcast Connect with me on Instagram: @everything90spodcast Connect with Sharanja on Instagram: @booksbounty28 A Very 90s Christmas Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4JqNZR3BkTxA1tGFhEaY9b?si=5a7797b545ee4c5d Podcast theme song: https://uppbeat.io/t/mood-maze/trendsetter License code: JJ4PVMPIINBIFYO9 Transition chime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WEPWglzP0s

Fala otakeiros e otakeiras, sejam bem-vindos a mais um Otakeiracast, seu podcast mais fantasioso sobre animes, filmes e tudo mais que for oriental, e às vezes, nem tão orientais assim. E no episódio de hoje, @jfprazeres, @mesthor e @gabrielgrandegs vão para um outro mundo para descobrir se iremos nos apaixonar uns pelos outros em Fantasy Bishoujo Juniku Ojisan to #otakeiracast #podcast #podcastcollective #anime #animes #animebrasil #animelove #animelover #otaku #otakubr #otakubrasil #otakubrasileiro

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Welcome to O! Taku Katsu? Join the trio of friends Cori, Patrick, and Vicky as they share their impressions of an anime's first episode. We also tend to ramble and get into a lot of tangents as well.  Just boys being boys... You can also follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/0takukatsu Email us at: otakukatsupodcast@gmail.com 1:57 What do we like about the show? 11:11 What do we not like about the show? 26:14 Our personal changes 29:23 We will continue to watch this show? 32:28 We write fanfic here... 38:04 B-side - What is Hinata Tachibana? 48:20 Next Week: Komi can't communicate and more possible picks.

Fantasy Bishoujo Juniko Ojisan to, genuinely hilarious isekai and it recently finished as well, so you can binge it.

Ya casi termina este cálido Invierno, y nosotros hablaremos ooooootra vez de Attack on Titan, de los compadres que se aman, el Héroe Realista, Sabikiu Bisco y los finales de 86 y World's End Harem. ¡Acompáñennos en La Covacha Anime! TEMAS: (7:34) - Attack on Titan: The Final Season, 2nd. Part (25:59) - World's End Harem (41:16) - Life With an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated Into a Total Fantasy Knockout (51:20) - How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, Part 2 (1:05:29) - SABIKUI BISCO (1:15:17) - 86, 2nd. Cour (1:23:36) - Outro & Despedida Mesa: Rafael Reyes, Jorge González, Natalia López y Bernardo Arteaga Síguenos en Twitter, Facebook, YouTube y Twitch, La Covacha Anime Fecha: Lunes 21 de marzo, 2022

Life with an Ordinary Guy who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout - 10:00 / Fora de Órbita - 23:08 / Naruto - 37:17 / Shadows House - 57:52 Participantes: @Pellucks, @yoshiohashii, @ferniefurtado e @Bobuxo. Não esqueça de seguir o twitter do podcast: @rkstpodcast. O Yoshi faz lives em twitch.tv/yoshiohashi e o Bob em twitch.tv/bobuxo || Agora além do PicPay nós também temos uma campanha no Apoia-se! No PicPay é só procurar por @rkstpodcast e no Apoia-se é só entrar em apoia.se/rkstpodcast Editado por: @Pellucks

We marvel at Mech Fans Toys' Legends scaled Hot Rod figures, Mechanic Studio shows us what the Insecticons would look like if they transformed into a steam engine, and new Bishoujo statues transform Optimus Prime and Megatron into beautiful ladies. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions! Check out our “Trips to the Store” video segment on YouTube! Order our TransMissions Exclusive Cover Variant of IDW’s Transformers Till All Are One #1! Want some TransMissions swag? Check out our online shop, powered by TeePublic! Like what we’re doing and want to help make our podcast even better? If you already support us, thank you! Show Notes: Show Start [0:00:00] Intro [0:00:43] Merch! – http://transmissionspodcast.com/shop Check out TransMissions Artist KGirl’s TeePublic Store! Check out the uncut version of Empire Of Rust Episode 70 – The Wild Strikes Back Again exclusive to Donatreons that just came out on… Continue reading The post Episode 474 – Stupid Sexy Prime appeared first on TransMissions Podcast Network.

We marvel at Mech Fans Toys' Legends scaled Hot Rod figures, Mechanic Studio shows us what the Insecticons would look like if they transformed into a steam engine, and new Bishoujo statues transform Optimus Prime and Megatron into beautiful ladies. All this and much, much more on this episode of TransMissions! Check out our “Trips to the Store” video segment on YouTube! Order our TransMissions Exclusive Cover Variant of IDW’s Transformers Till All Are One #1! Want some TransMissions swag? Check out our online shop, powered by TeePublic! Like what we’re doing and want to help make our podcast even better? If you already support us, thank you! Show Notes: Show Start [0:00:00] Intro [0:00:43] Merch! – http://transmissionspodcast.com/shop Check out TransMissions Artist KGirl’s TeePublic Store! Check out the uncut version of Empire Of Rust Episode 70 – The Wild Strikes Back Again exclusive to Donatreons that just came out on… Continue reading The post Episode 474 – Stupid Sexy Prime appeared first on TransMissions Podcast Network.

Welcome to your Transformers news round up for the week with Andy an Mikey, for this week theres new anime girl statues for Prime and Megatron from Bishoujo, rumours of official lego Transformers movie Prime and more guests for TFcon. Plus, we got him guys, we got Mikey to watch Ousama Rankings and the lads did some other things in the week as well.

Continuamos explorando las series de Invierno, esta vez estaremos de niñeras espaciales para después seguir con un Isekai transgénero, luego con nuestro médico de vampiros favorito y terminaremos con la nueva película de Hosoda-sensei. TEMAS: (7:07) - BELLE - Cines (18:27) - The Case Study of Vanitas - Crunchyroll / Funimation (48:46) - The Orbital Children - Netflix (1:10:48) - Life With an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated Into a Total Fantasy Knockout - Crunchyroll (1:32:08) - Outro & Despedida FICHA COVACHA Mesa: Rafael Reyes, Natalia López y Bernardo Arteaga Síguenos en Twitter, Facebook, YouTube y Twitch, La Covacha Anime Fecha: Lunes 31 de enero, 2022

Jean Grey became the Dark Phoenix after the Phoenix Force took over her body and gave her a crazy amount of powers! Manufacturer Description Sideshow and Kotobukiya present the Dark Phoenix Rebirth Statue! Dark Phoenix returns to Kotobukiya's Bishoujo series as a 1:7 scale statue and is sculpted based on a new illustration by Shunya Yamashita. The power emanating from her fingertips to her facial expression perfectly showcases Dark Phoenix's character. The Phoenix Force effect shown in this statue resembles a phoenix itself. Enjoy this beautiful yet also dark representation of Dark Phoenix. This is the spark you need in your collection, add the Dark Phoenix Rebirth Statue today! Brand: Marvel Manufacturer: Kotobukiya Type: Statue ADDITIONAL DETAILS & DIMENSIONS Materials: ABS , PVC Product Size: Height: 9.25" (23.5 cm) SUBSCRIBE to watch more videos like this one! LET'S CONNECT! -- Talk Nerdy to Me Facebook -- Zia Comics Facebook -- Zia Comics Twitter -- Zia Comics Instagram -- Talk Nerdy to Me website -- Zia Comics website LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST! - iTunes - RSS Feed - Stitcher - Google Play - Podbean - Spotify - Tune In/Alexa - Pandora #marvel #phoenix #darkphoenix #jeangrey #xmen #phoenixforce #bishoujo #kotobukiya

After the news that OnlyFans would ban pornographic materials, one of its 0.01% top stars, Bishoujo Mom, shares the stress of finding a new home for her content and what it's like to be a sex worker on the Internet. 1- Intro 3- feeling after OF suspension 6- best place for sex workers online 8- trust with OnlyFans 9- Fansly 11- emotions when OF said it would ban porn 15- Fansly vs other SW-safe sites 19- becoming the top percentage on OF 24- issues on other sites, justforfans 28- get a real job 31- frisk vip gets hacked 36- manyvids too overstimulating 39- Patreon exodus 43- Instagram woes 50- plans after OF Music by KarpaBeats Special Guest: Bishoujo Mom.

Special guest Victoria of the Sailor Moon Fan Club podcast joins us to read a whole novel worth of fanfiction! Welcome to Crystal Tokyo, where you can take a standardized test to become a magical warrior of love and justice for the definitely 100% praiseworthy immortal monarchy. The story jumps from school to space. The queer romance is completely happy and angst-free.   Link to the story: http://www.lethesbanks.com/BestFanfiction/mi_orion.txt Link to the Sailor Moon Fan Club podcast: https://www.sailormoonfanclub.com/ Link to our Discord channel: bit.ly/rfrdiscordserver

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Are there not enough ladies in your nintendo switch puzzle games, well prepared to get frustrated as @sethtrav cuts out the pieces of Bishoujo Battle Cyber Panic! as our friend Glenn tackles the crime of the moment in Crime Opera: The Butterfly Effect. You can see everything right down here with helpful links

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By the power of the moon, we bring you the Japan-exclusive Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story RPG for the Super Famicom! Assisting us in this is not one, but TWO special guests: returning friend of the show Seamus Burke of Gray Man Games and Sailor Moon super fan (and co-host Chris’ arguably better half)...

This week on the Game Marks Podcast, we play Bishoujo Wrestler Retsuden: Blizzard Yuki Rannyuu for the Super Famicom!Will we Play it Forever, or Future Endeavor? All of this plus Gaming News and GMP64 KING OF THE RING.•GMP 64: 13:22•Gaming News: 16:50•Question of The Week: 23:02•Deep Dive: 28:49•Roster: 40:37•Did You Know?: 49:48•Our Rating: 51:32•Clash at The Feis: 54:19Join George Feis & Johnny Clash each week as they do a #DeepDive into the good, the bad & the awesome of wrestling video games. Do your favorite games stand the test of time or are you playing them with nostalgia goggles?Listen in each week as George and John let you know if they would #PlayItForever or #FutureEndeavor. New episodes every Monday! Follow along @GameMarksPod.Sponsors•Bones Coffee: https://bit.ly/3aZdrMX•Pro Wrestling Tees: prowrestlingtees.com/gamemarkspod•Tee Public: teepublic.com/user/gamemarkspod•Stitcher Premium: Use code GAMEMARKSPODCAST for $4.99 Monthly•Subscription stitcher.com/premium

É comum que ao longo de vários anos de existência, mídias desenvolvam certos arquétipos de narrativa e/ou personagens. Por isso, no Dicionário Otaku deste mês, explicaremos dois bem comuns em animes e mangás atualmente: bishounen e bishoujo. Produção: Pauta: Steph e Lily;Gravação: Lily;Bruto: Anderson;Edição Final: Anderson;Masterização: Anderson;Capa: Weslley. Fontes: Wikipédia: Bishounen (em inglês); Bishoujo (em … O post Dicionário Otaku 05: Bishounen e Bishoujo apareceu primeiro em Anime Freak Show.

This week we play Dating Simulators! Matt tries to use my excellent gargling talents to find some bones in Pizza Game! Nikki tries to tries to Woo Tommy Wiseau in Wooing Wiseau, and Cody tries to learn those secret herbs and spices in I Love You Colonel Sanders!

As a treat for Ishinomori's upcoming birthday, I checked out one of his lesser known creations: Bishoujo Kamen Poitrine. In Poitrine's debut, Yuko Murakami is granted the power to become Bishoujo Kamen Poitrine by Kami-sama. She patrols her town and fights the Phantom Video-Game Thief!

In this episode, I got to chat with my favorite gal and cosplayer Juliette Michele otherwise known as Bishoujo Mom! We get going about fetish cosplay, what made her dive into doing all the famous fictional moms as cosplays in addition to touching upon Fire Emblem for a brief bit! Details about some of Bishoujo Mom's latest cons like SakuraCon in Seattle are also mentioned plus a look inside the convention scene in Texas! This is one episode you don't wanna miss

Today we talk about Episode I Want a Boyfriend: The Luxury Cruise Ship Is a Trap" We also talk about how many times Mike has tried to get a boyfriend, what the REAL name of the youma is, why Umino is becoming a bit of a creep, and the significance of tissues of consolation prizes. Also, WHERE IS BERYL'S SCEPTRE?! WE NEED ANSWERS!! JADEITE'S DISGUISE WORKS FINALLY, Y'ALL!! And we grill our special guest, Joe, on Carp Dirigibles. Go follow him at @mittens.the.smitten on Instagram!

ALL ABOARD THE PANDA TRAIN! CHOO CHOO! In this episode, we talk about "Usagi vs Rei: Nightmare in Dreamland" We also talk about "America's Most Wanted", the development of animatronics, wonderfully bad B Movies, "gnip-gnaps", and that damned Carp Dirigible comes back to haunt Madz once again! We love you guys so very much! Thank you for sticking with us through this long hiatus! We're getting back into the swing of things after life hit us in the gut with all of the things.

This week we discuss "The Cursed Bus: Enter Mars, the Guardian of Fire"! We also discuss the Ginzuishou, psychics, Rei-chan's creepy grandpa, Hikawa shrine, miko and magical rose lockpicks. Thank you, as always, for listening and sticking with us through the growing pains of newbie podcasting, Moonies!

In this episode, we discuss "Usagi's Disaster: Beware of the Clock of Confusion" We also discuss who fired the intern, whether or not Luna is a cat, FOMO and OCD, how I've been seduced by Jadeite, new moon gadgets, and why Tuxedo Kamen-sama is the best protector in the universe. Also, Mike gives me the most insulting compliment of all time. And I laugh hysterically at it. For some reason, Mike's audio is super quiet in this episode. Thank you for sticking with us through these podcast growing pains!

In this episode we discuss "The Girl Genius Is a Monster: The Brainwashing Cram School of Horror"! We also discuss Luna's Secret Access to Head Office, why Umino is Wikipedia Boy, cram schools, bullying the weird kids, what the hell Floppy Disks are, Esoteric Final Fantasy XIV references, and the male gaze. We also get into a debate about whether or not Mysterious Stranger is creepy. Click Here for Sailor Mercury Facts

Join us for the real 2018 DC Power Hour as we talk about Arrow, Supergirl, The Flash, and the big Elseworlds crossover.   00:00:00 – Opening – TWICE - Yes or Yes 00:01:10 – Introduction 00:02:59 – DC Power Hour ◽ 00:03:36 - Arrow ◽ 00:27:53 - Supergirl ◽ 00:46:20 - The Flash ◽ 01:06:30 - Elseworlds Crossover 02:03:53 - Shounen Jump is free 02:10:17 - Leon setting sail for One Piece 02:23:09 - Closing Notes 02:25:05 – Ending - Mamamoo - Wind Flower

In this episode, we discuss "Usagi Learns Her Lesson: Becoming a Star Is Hard Work"! We also discuss Japanese variety shows, Cinderella stories, Naru-chan's manipulation tactics, Umino's obsession with Usagi, what it's like to be a 14 year-old girl, and fame zombies. ALSO: GUESS WHO RETURNS TO THE FRAY?! IT'S MADDIE'S BAE! We also take a quiz to determine which Sailor Moon character we are. Click Here to Take It Yourself!

In this episode we discuss "Protect the Melody of Love: Usagi Plays Cupid" We also discuss questionable music choices, the meaning of Umino's swirly glasses, the energy-draining abilities of Christmas music, late-night arcade shenanigans, Q-bert, and Mike learns that it's okay to love Tuxedo Kamen-sama.

In this episode, we discuss "Scent of a Monster: Chanela will Steal Your Love" We also discuss Final Fantasy 14 NPCs, the importance of arts in schools, and Maddie's favourite cosmetics company, Geek Chic Cosmetics! Check them out if you're interested: Geek Chic Cosmetics

Just a Note: We are aware of the weird echo. Unfortunately, this epsiode and the next are still affected by it because we recorded a couple episodes back-to-back to prep for the holidays. The issue will be fully resolved in Episode 6. Thank you for your understanding and patience. Y'all best buckle up cause Maddie and Mike get a bit fired up in this episode. And they're not afraid to be liberal with the f-bombs. Today we're discussing Episode 4 of Sailor Moon: "Learn How to Be Skinny from Usagi"! We also discuss Creeper Umino, "Sweet Sugar Energy", Pornhub, and the Japanese ability to make content out of anything,

DISCLAIMER: The audio in this episode is really wonky for some strange reason. Sorry, lovely Moonies! In this episode, we discuss "Mysterious Sleeping Sickness: Protect the Girls in Love!" We also discuss Japanese animation, Luna NOT having a crush on Motoki, the alphabet, and why it's bad to be the best friend of a superhero. ALSO: We have a special guest! Our lovely friend, Peter!

Trigger Warning: In this episode we do talk about sexual assault and victim blaming. The topic of consent is important and as it directly relates to the episode, we do discuss unwanted attention and sexual harrassment. Be advised. If these topics are sensitive areas for you, we encourage you to skip over this episode. It is the intent of everyone involved in Across the Mooniverse to create an atmosphere of inclusivity and safety. We fight for love and for justice. Always. In this episode, Mike and Maddie discuss all things from Japanese grammar to 90s Alt Rock bands. This episode gets a bit giggly and tangential because Maddie was enjoying some wine at the time of recording. We also discuss "Punishment Awaits: the House of Fortune Is the Monster Mansion", the second episode of the first season. Just a Quick Note Mike's microphone was off for about the first two minutes of the show, so his audio is a little weird at first. We correct the issue once it's discovered. Sorry for the inconvenience.

We are the super nerdy Sailor Guardians who fight for Love and Justice! And this is... Across the Mooniverse! Well, we're finally diving into the series and we start with carp dirigibles! In this episode, we discuss the series opener "Crybaby Usagi's Beautiful Transformation". We also discuss elven love letters, Japanese animation choices, Codename Sailor V, and whether Queen Beryl has a scepter or a crystal ball. Maddie also goes on a rant about the horrors of DiC and their butchering of the 90s dub. Here's a link to the site we reference that does the comparisons on the 90s dub: Japanese vs DiC Translation

We are the super nerdy Sailor Guardians who fight for Love and Justice! And this is... Across the Mooniverse! Come join Maddie and Mike on their flagship adventure into the world of Sailor Moon. Maddie is our fearless captain and veteran to the series, spending most of her life under the hypnotic allure of the Moon Princess. Mike, on the other hand, is just dipping his toes into this magical world. In this episode, our hosts discuss their knowledge of Sailor Moon and explain roughly how the show will work going forward. It's a short introduction to our intrepid adventurers, but it's still full of a lot of insights into their worlds. Audio quality is low in this first episode. We apologize. We've since remedied this issue and hope to have higher quality audio going forward. Thank you for your understanding.

Oops! It's been a month and no podcast, wow. Well, here we are again, discussing Joshi, the Shakespearean aspirations of one Keanu Reeves, working yourself to death, and Bachelor's new idol youtube series. Oh, and Bishoujo Wrestler Retsuden - Blizzard Yuki Rannyuu!! Starring Bachelor, nocode, Tulpa, VirtualClint and new guest Ramona!Here's the fansite I mentioned around 1:05: https://web.archive.org/web/20070108042639/http://mywebpages.comcast.net:80/arwinn/bgw/index.htmlThe song used during the Salaryman Corner was Fastest Man on Earth by Jahzzar. It is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.

Oops! It's been a month and no podcast, wow. Well, here we are again, discussing Joshi, the Shakespearean aspirations of one Keanu Reeves, working yourself to death, and Bachelor's new idol youtube series. Oh, and Bishoujo Wrestler Retsuden - Blizzard Yuki Rannyuu!! Starring Bachelor, nocode, Tulpa, VirtualClint and new guest Ramona!Here's the fansite I mentioned around 1:05: https://web.archive.org/web/20070108042639/http://mywebpages.comcast.net:80/arwinn/bgw/index.htmlThe song used during the Salaryman Corner was Fastest Man on Earth by Jahzzar. It is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.

**Nightwing’s Naughty Shushy Face** Syfy are making a pilot of Rick Remender’s school-based assassin story Deadly Class. Meanwhile there’s shenanigans involving Agents of Shield, ABC and Disney, and following the success of Kotobukiya’s Bishoujo line of figures based on DC's female heroes and villains a male equivalent called Ikemen is being introduced – starting with Nightwing … Our featured comics and manga are The Complete Doc Unknown, Ether: Death of the Last Golden Blaze volume 1, Kill All Monsters, The Ballad of Halo Jones, She and Her Cat (Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko), and The Thing from The Grave & Other Stories. If you've enjoyed this podcast then please share us with your friends or leave us a rating on your podcast app of choice. You can also follow us on Twitter @TGS_TheGeekShow, or on other social media by searching for [The Geek Show](http://thegeekshow.co.uk). If you want to show your support then head over to [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/thegeekshow) and give whatever you can, or you can head over to [The Geek Shop](http://thegeekshow.co.uk/thegeekshop/) and partake in some of our lovely wares. Thanks, and until next time, don't read anything we wouldn't! #DocUnknown #DarkHorse #VerticalComics #MakotoShinkai #SheAndHerCat #Ether #DeathOfTheLastGoldenBlaze #TheThingFromTheGrave #TheBalladOfHaloJones #ECComics #2000AD #AlanMoore #RayBradbury #KillAllMonsters #FabianRangelJr #4Panel #TheGeekShow #Comics #Manga #Reviews #Podcasts #GraphicNovels #Superheroes #DeadlyClass #RickRemender #Ikemen #Nightwing

This weekend saw over 160,000 fans converge at New York City's Javitz Center. They were all there for one thing: New York Comic Con! Marvel fans found much to do, including getting autographs from John Bernthal and Evangeline Lilly, art from Adi Granov and Mark Brooks, and exclusive toys and comics galore! For collectors NYCC holds lots of surprises. Hasbro revealed new Marvel Legends figures, Kotobukiya showed off their upcoming Bishoujo and Art-FX statues, plus displays by Sideshow, Mezco, NECA, and a dozen more companies. Even Cross Pens and Hallmark had new things for die-hard Marvel fans. Marjorie and Arnie were on site all four days. In this issue of Marvelicious Toys you can see all the upcoming toy reveals. Plus join them for exclusive interviews with Kotobukiya, Hasbro, and John Tyler Christopher -- the artist behind all the awesome action figure variant covers! And don't forget, Marvelicious Toys needs your help to keep operating. We need to add new team members and hopefully bring back the regular full-video episodes. To support our show and get exclusive rewards Check out our crowdfunding campaign, live now on PodBean

This weekend saw over 160,000 fans converge at New York City's Javitz Center. They were all there for one thing: New York Comic Con! Marvel fans found much to do, including getting autographs from John Bernthal and Evangeline Lilly, art from Adi Granov and Mark Brooks, and exclusive toys and comics galore! For collectors NYCC holds lots of surprises. Hasbro revealed new Marvel Legends figures, Kotobukiya showed off their upcoming Bishoujo and Art-FX statues, plus displays by Sideshow, Mezco, NECA, and a dozen more companies. Even Cross Pens and Hallmark had new things for die-hard Marvel fans. Marjorie and Arnie were on site all four days. In this issue of Marvelicious Toys you can see all the upcoming toy reveals. Plus join them for exclusive interviews with Kotobukiya, Hasbro, and John Tyler Christopher -- the artist behind all the awesome action figure variant covers! And don't forget, Marvelicious Toys needs your help to keep operating. We need to add new team members and hopefully bring back the regular full-video episodes. To support our show and get exclusive rewards Check out our crowdfunding campaign, live now on PodBean

This weekend saw over 160,000 fans converge at New York City's Javitz Center. They were all there for one thing: New York Comic Con! Marvel fans found much to do, including getting autographs from John Bernthal and Evangeline Lilly, art from Adi Granov and Mark Brooks, and exclusive toys and comics galore! For collectors NYCC holds lots of surprises. Hasbro revealed new Marvel Legends figures, Kotobukiya showed off their upcoming Bishoujo and Art-FX statues, plus displays by Sideshow, Mezco, NECA, and a dozen more companies. Even Cross Pens and Hallmark had new things for die-hard Marvel fans. Marjorie and Arnie were on site all four days. In this issue of Marvelicious Toys you can see all the upcoming toy reveals. Plus join them for exclusive interviews with Kotobukiya, Hasbro, and John Tyler Christopher -- the artist behind all the awesome action figure variant covers! And don't forget, Marvelicious Toys needs your help to keep operating. We need to add new team members and hopefully bring back the regular full-video episodes. To support our show and get exclusive rewards Check out our crowdfunding campaign, live now on PodBean

This weekend saw over 160,000 fans converge at New York City's Javitz Center. They were all there for one thing: New York Comic Con! Marvel fans found much to do, including getting autographs from John Bernthal and Evangeline Lilly, art from Adi Granov and Mark Brooks, and exclusive toys and comics galore! For collectors NYCC holds lots of surprises. Hasbro revealed new Marvel Legends figures, Kotobukiya showed off their upcoming Bishoujo and Art-FX statues, plus displays by Sideshow, Mezco, NECA, and a dozen more companies. Even Cross Pens and Hallmark had new things for die-hard Marvel fans. Marjorie and Arnie were on site all four days. In this issue of Marvelicious Toys you can see all the upcoming toy reveals. Plus join them for exclusive interviews with Kotobukiya, Hasbro, and John Tyler Christopher -- the artist behind all the awesome action figure variant covers! And don't forget, Marvelicious Toys needs your help to keep operating. We need to add new team members and hopefully bring back the regular full-video episodes. To support our show and get exclusive rewards Check out our crowdfunding campaign, live now on PodBean

We finish our review of the original 1992 series of Sailor Moon as Usagi gets thrown through the mill. With special guest Anne Lee of feminist analysis website Shojo Power! Go find us on social media! We want to hear from you! Follow the official account on Twitter (@sequencepod). You can also find articles and updates from us on the Geekly Inc website. You can also find us on; Vince (@vincekenny), Kym (@kymcattys) and Ben (@benstonick). Special guest Anne Lee can be found @ShojoPower! Or! Drop us an email address with transformationsequence@gmail.com You can listen to Transformation sequence on Stitcher, too! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/transformation-sequence

We review the original Sailor Moon adaptation from way back in 1992! Come relive the good times with our special guest Anne Lee of feminist analysis website Shojo Power! Go find us on social media! We want to hear from you! Follow the official account on Twitter (@sequencepod). You can also find articles and updates from us on the Geekly Inc website. You can also find us on; Vince (@vincekenny), Kym (@kymcattys) and Ben (@benstonick). Special guest Anne Lee can be found @ShojoPower! Or! Drop us an email address with transformationsequence@gmail.com You can listen to Transformation sequence on Stitcher, too! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/transformation-sequence

Kallie, Meghan, and Miranda tackle another batch of fall anime and are pleasantly surprised with some great new mature shows and another funny anime parody. The club analyzes a few of the new not-so-short anime shorts and Kallie expresses her disdain for talking animals. Anime discussed in this episode:   Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Mr. Osomatsu Utawarerumono: The False Faces Beautiful Bones - Sakurako's Investigation The Perfect Insider Kagewani Aldnoah.Zero Lovely Muco School-Live Milpom Fushigi Yugi Fairy Tail Yamishibai Steins;Gate  

Funimation's Justin Rojas joins IGN Anime Club for a special episode to discuss Funimation's history with Dragon Ball, dating sims, and the challenges of dubbing a simulcasted anime series. Anime mentioned during the show:  Dragon Ball Z Dragon Ball Super Samurai Pizza Cats Sailor Moon The Boy and the Beast Wolf Children Summer Wars Fullmetal Alchemist Space Dandy Psycho-Pass Gangsta Sky Wizards Academy Prison School Black Lagoon Himouto! Umaru-chan Free!: Eternal Summer Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker Yu Yu Hakusho Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist Tokyo Ghoul Yuri Kuma Arashi

Andrew and Chris give a lesson on anime and Japanese jargon that surrounds anime.

Welcome to Marvelicious Toys' 100th podcast! Recorded live October 17th the Marvelicious Toys hosts Marjorie, Arnie, and Justin got to chat with podcast listeners and give away over a thousand dollars in prizes from sponsors Gentle Giant, Sideshow Collectibles, Kotobukiya, eFX Collectibles, Diamond Select Toys and more! And on this episode Marjorie and Arnie ran down the latest news from New York Comic-Con, including Hasbro's off-site press event where they showed figures from the 2014 toy lines--including Captain America: The Winter Soldier and The Amazing Spider-Man 2! With new Bishoujo and Art-FX+ statues from Kotobukiya, a review of eFX's NYCC exclusive Phil Coulson badge, and more, it's all in this IGOR-sized recording of Marvelicious Toys LIVE!

Welcome to Marvelicious Toys' 100th podcast! Recorded live October 17th the Marvelicious Toys hosts Marjorie, Arnie, and Justin got to chat with podcast listeners and give away over a thousand dollars in prizes from sponsors Gentle Giant, Sideshow Collectibles, Kotobukiya, eFX Collectibles, Diamond Select Toys and more! And on this episode Marjorie and Arnie ran down the latest news from New York Comic-Con, including Hasbro's off-site press event where they showed figures from the 2014 toy lines--including Captain America: The Winter Soldier and The Amazing Spider-Man 2! With new Bishoujo and Art-FX+ statues from Kotobukiya, a review of eFX's NYCC exclusive Phil Coulson badge, and more, it's all in this IGOR-sized recording of Marvelicious Toys LIVE!

Variants! Love 'em or hate 'em, if you collect Hasbro's Avengers figures you have to decide which version of the figure you want, or perhaps you want both! At Wal-Mart, there are variants of the six-inch exclusive Avengers figures. At Target there is a 3.75" set of Avengers figures most of which differ from their single-carded counterparts. And at Costco there is a Quinjet set that not only has a repainted vehicle but also two repainted figures! On this week's Marvelicious Toys podcast, Marjorie, Justin, and Arnie detail the differences between the versions of the figures and tell you if they prefer the regular release or the variant! Also on this week's show we bring more Marvel collecting news from New York Comic-Con! Mitch Hallock was in attendance every day of the con, and brings us his reports of what cool new toys he saw, as well as interviews with Kotobukiya and Comic Images! With a new Bishoujo you can buy with Pryde, Agent Coulson's trading cards, and more, it's all in this week's Marvelicious Toys podcast!

Variants! Love 'em or hate 'em, if you collect Hasbro's Avengers figures you have to decide which version of the figure you want, or perhaps you want both! At Wal-Mart, there are variants of the six-inch exclusive Avengers figures. At Target there is a 3.75" set of Avengers figures most of which differ from their single-carded counterparts. And at Costco there is a Quinjet set that not only has a repainted vehicle but also two repainted figures! On this week's Marvelicious Toys podcast, Marjorie, Justin, and Arnie detail the differences between the versions of the figures and tell you if they prefer the regular release or the variant! Also on this week's show we bring more Marvel collecting news from New York Comic-Con! Mitch Hallock was in attendance every day of the con, and brings us his reports of what cool new toys he saw, as well as interviews with Kotobukiya and Comic Images! With a new Bishoujo you can buy with Pryde, Agent Coulson's trading cards, and more, it's all in this week's Marvelicious Toys podcast!

Comic-Con International always brings an onslaught of news, but this year Comic Con brings the biggest issue of Marvelicious Toys ever! First, the toys and collectibles revealed were too many to number. From Hot Toys, Sideshow Collectibles, Diamond Select, Hasbro Marvel Universe, Marvel Legends, and more, we run down all the highlights of the toys you'll want to buy over the entire next year, as well as in-person reviews of many of these items. And to dig deeper into the collectibles, we bring you an exclusive interview with Hasbro's Marvel brand team, discussing Marvel Universe and Marvel Legends distribution, build-a-figures, and a Big Time problem with a certain figure. We also have exclusive interviews with Kotobukiya discussing their Fine Art Statues and Bishoujo statues, Hallmark looking at their Keepsake ornaments for 2012 and 2013, Gentle Giant talking about their upcoming mini-busts, statues, bookends, and more, and eFX Collectibles giving us on-sale and price information of their Avengers prop replicas, some of which you've seen and some of which you haven't! But if all that isn't enough, we also look at Marvel's information on their Cinematic Universe Phase II! Be bring you a private press conference with Marvel Universe mastermind Kevin Fiege, Iron Man 3 stars Robert Downey Jr. and Don Cheadle, and Iron Man 3 director Shane Black, talking about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Iron Man's place in it! And we run down the news and footage shown in Marvel Studios' big presentation, including a look at the Mark VIII armor of Iron Man 3, and some test footage of Ant-Man! Yes, true collectors, all of that and so much more is in this Comic-Con Special from Marvelicious Toys! So listen now, and head to MarveliciousToys.com to see pictures of all the items (and people) talked about on the show!

Comic-Con International always brings an onslaught of news, but this year Comic Con brings the biggest issue of Marvelicious Toys ever! First, the toys and collectibles revealed were too many to number. From Hot Toys, Sideshow Collectibles, Diamond Select, Hasbro Marvel Universe, Marvel Legends, and more, we run down all the highlights of the toys you'll want to buy over the entire next year, as well as in-person reviews of many of these items. And to dig deeper into the collectibles, we bring you an exclusive interview with Hasbro's Marvel brand team, discussing Marvel Universe and Marvel Legends distribution, build-a-figures, and a Big Time problem with a certain figure. We also have exclusive interviews with Kotobukiya discussing their Fine Art Statues and Bishoujo statues, Hallmark looking at their Keepsake ornaments for 2012 and 2013, Gentle Giant talking about their upcoming mini-busts, statues, bookends, and more, and eFX Collectibles giving us on-sale and price information of their Avengers prop replicas, some of which you've seen and some of which you haven't! But if all that isn't enough, we also look at Marvel's information on their Cinematic Universe Phase II! Be bring you a private press conference with Marvel Universe mastermind Kevin Fiege, Iron Man 3 stars Robert Downey Jr. and Don Cheadle, and Iron Man 3 director Shane Black, talking about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Iron Man's place in it! And we run down the news and footage shown in Marvel Studios' big presentation, including a look at the Mark VIII armor of Iron Man 3, and some test footage of Ant-Man! Yes, true collectors, all of that and so much more is in this Comic-Con Special from Marvelicious Toys! So listen now, and head to MarveliciousToys.com to see pictures of all the items (and people) talked about on the show!

San Diego Comic Con is the big toy, comic, and movie event of the year and Marvelicious Toys is there! Join Marjorie, Justin, and Arnie as they come to you from the San Diego Convention Center and bring you news and interviews from the convention! First, your Marvelicious hosts run down all the convention exclusives, from the nightmare that was the Hasbro Toy Shop line with their exclusive Marvel Legends Thor and Marvel Universe Sentinel, to the quickly sold out Kotobukiya Invisible Woman Bishoujo, to the blink-and-you-miss-it Gentle Giant Squirrelpool, plus new toys and shirts from Tokidoki, exclusive SWAG from the Captain America premiere and the Marvel Comics booth, and so much more. And also this week, we have a look at all the cool Marvel toys and collectibles coming down the pike! We talk to representatives from Gentle Giant, who displayed their new mini-busts, book ends, pencil holders, and statues, and we also talk to Kotobukiya about their upcoming Fine Art statues, including Archangel and Magneto, and also their new Bishoujo such as Mystique and X-23! And finally, we run down the other reveals! We broadcast the Hasbro Marvel panel live at marvelicioustoys.com, but if you missed it, we run down all the reveals in Marvel Legends and Marvel Universe. We also discuss the highlights in the booths from Hot Toys, Sideshow Collectibles, Diamond, Bowen, and so much more! With a report on the Ghost Rider - Spirit of Vengeance panel, the Amazing Spider-Man panel, the Captain America premiere, and more, it's on this issue of Marvelicious Toys!

San Diego Comic Con is the big toy, comic, and movie event of the year and Marvelicious Toys is there! Join Marjorie, Justin, and Arnie as they come to you from the San Diego Convention Center and bring you news and interviews from the convention! First, your Marvelicious hosts run down all the convention exclusives, from the nightmare that was the Hasbro Toy Shop line with their exclusive Marvel Legends Thor and Marvel Universe Sentinel, to the quickly sold out Kotobukiya Invisible Woman Bishoujo, to the blink-and-you-miss-it Gentle Giant Squirrelpool, plus new toys and shirts from Tokidoki, exclusive SWAG from the Captain America premiere and the Marvel Comics booth, and so much more. And also this week, we have a look at all the cool Marvel toys and collectibles coming down the pike! We talk to representatives from Gentle Giant, who displayed their new mini-busts, book ends, pencil holders, and statues, and we also talk to Kotobukiya about their upcoming Fine Art statues, including Archangel and Magneto, and also their new Bishoujo such as Mystique and X-23! And finally, we run down the other reveals! We broadcast the Hasbro Marvel panel live at marvelicioustoys.com, but if you missed it, we run down all the reveals in Marvel Legends and Marvel Universe. We also discuss the highlights in the booths from Hot Toys, Sideshow Collectibles, Diamond, Bowen, and so much more! With a report on the Ghost Rider - Spirit of Vengeance panel, the Amazing Spider-Man panel, the Captain America premiere, and more, it's on this issue of Marvelicious Toys!