Beard Stroking Bullsh*t

On this episode, Mike and Jon are joined by guest co-host Rob Sheridan to talk about a whole heap of things! SPOILERS: Mike and Jon discuss the end of Chapter 6 of Red Dead 2 and their initial thoughts on the epilogue of the game (If you haven't played this far or haven't reached this part of the game Skip ahead to about 12/15 minutes in). Rob and his wife got their hands on a PSVR and what his impressions are of console VR vs PC VR. They also got to experience some VR porn and it sounds wild...rooms may look a bit messy...per Rob's wife Stephanie. Bungie and Activision have parted ways in terms of publishing rights for Destiny 2 which could allow for some interesting new doors to open in terms of the development of the game. Bethesda holds a players account hostage because they accessed a secret area within Fallout 76. Rob got to see Into the Spider-verse and gives his thoughts on the film which also extends into an idea of curated media for comics/streaming media in which ACTUAL people curate "playlists" of TV episodes (Cartoons mostly) or series of comics (where to start). We round all of this talk out with our thoughts on the first footage of HBO's Watchmen series that was shown during the Golden Globes 

Recorded before we rolled into the new year, Mike and Jon dive into a couple of discussions covering a wide range of topics. Our friend (and soon to be reoccuring guest host) Rob Sheridan sent Mike an early preview of High Level issue one (out February 2019) and without spoiling a thing, Mike gushes about his feelings for the first issue and the world/story it presents to the reader. Mike and Jon hop into their discussion and thoughts on "Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse" followed by Jon's thoughts on Venom.  Jon also follows up with his thoughts on long awaited release Below, which didn't seem to hit all the things that Jon was hoping for. Mike explains the situation of what took place with Battlestate Games and Eroktic in which they issued 40+ DMCA's against the YouTuber and what it meant for his channel and now where the situation is. Mike spends some time talking about the newly released Insurgency Sandstorm and rounding out the episode is Jon's thoughts on the CW "Elseworlds" and what the CW does right for the DC universe.

Jon and Mike return this week to cover the gamut of things they've missed since they've been away, from where they are and how they feel after having a month with Red Dead Redemption 2 and a short time with Red Dead Online, an incoming SCUM update could bring some big things to the game and help bring some life back to the game. Bethesda continues to shoot themselves in the foot with Fallout 76 and Overkill/Starbreeze seems to be in some particularly hot water. Daredevil gets the axe at Netflix and the Legendary Stan Lee passes on to the next life.

After 7 or so years Jon and Mike finally have Red Dead Redemption 2 in their hands and holy cow is it one heck of a game. And no need to worry about major spoilers, Mike and Jon have barely made it through to Chapter 3, there's seriously THAT MUCH TO DO! So settle in and let Mike and Jon give you their first 30 hour impressions (yes thats about how long it took them to get to Chapter 3). We'll have a follow up episode that discusses Red Dead in all its spoilery goodness!

On this episode Jon and Mike are joined by former art director for Nine Inch Nails, Rob Sheridan and discuss how he got his start working along side Trent Reznor to help set up the bands first website to directing and editing the live concert footage for "Beside You In Time", most notably is Robs work on the Year Zer0 album. In the midst of all this Rob had another story he wanted to tell, and when DC wanted to reboot Vertigo he was brought on to write for an original story called High Level joined by artists Barnaby Bagenda and Romulo Fajardo Jr. While we couldn't get TO indepth about High Level there was still quite a bit to talk about, having just returned from NYCC. Rob also spends a little time talking with Mike and Jon about the recent issues hitting Marvel with the firing of Chuck Wendig and the issue at hand with ComicsGate. 

On this episode Jon and Mike return to talk about Red Dead Redemption 2's latest gameplay trailer and Rockstar's mounting markting information regarding Red Dead 2....(Jon - 3!) , Jon finished Spider-Man and REALLY liked it minus some of the repative moments and of course those fantastic moments with Mary Jane...but this is Jon's FAVORITE iteration of Spider-man, and THAT's saying something. Jon spends some time with Black Ops 4 (nay FALLING IN LOVE with CoD Blops 4). Jon and Mike talk a bit about TellTale games shuttering its doors and what this means for the last of their games (including The Walking Dead). Mike and Jon spend a bit of time talking about Overkill's The Walking Dead beta and Bethesda's upcoming Beta for Fallout 76, and the upcoming fan made mod, Fallout New California, a story set 21 years prior to Fallout New Vegas and connects to the Lore of Fallout 2 and New Vegas. Mike and Jon round it out talking about the Captain Marvel trailer, Preacher season 3, Mike got his hands on John Layman's Outer Darkness ashcan and boy its gooooood.

In this episode Mike talks about the launch of SCUM into Early Access on Steam and what he's been doing (he's actually streaming FOR REAL and just recently got affiliated!), Jon talks about the Cyberpunk gameplay reveal and not wanting to spoil TOO much for himself. Jon's been playing Spider-Man on PS4 and thoroughly enjoying it...outside playing as Mary Jane. Jon talks about the worst version of PUBG (looking at you Xbox One...), but at least the Master Chief Collection is good now. Jon talks a little bit about the Fortnite update and how the grappling hook feels. And of course the Battlefield 5 open beta was release and still feels kinda MEH, to which Jon confirms their pre-orders are down 85%. Mike and Jon talk a little bit about what COD is bringing to the table in terms of Battle Royale and honestly it looks prettttttty dang good. Starbreeze/Overkill dropped another trailer for their Walking Dead game, and it looks...like payday 2 reskinned. Mike and Jon talk about what they've been watching, Jon's been watching Dragonball Z Super and gives his thoughts on it while Mike finally finished out Preacher season 3.

On this episode Mike and Jon are joined by Bernie Gonzalez, creator of Midnight Mystery. They cover everything from what inspired Midnight Mystery to how Bernie discovered the person who did the lettering for the series (Fun Fact its a former guest we've had on the show).

We return this week with a straight bullsh*ttin' episode with Mike and Jon talking about the update to Enter the Gungeon, which prompted to an agreement between Mike and Jon, Mike would finally play DooM and Jon would watch Fifth Element. Also on this episode they discuss DooM Eternal and Fallout 76 info that dropped from QuakeCon and the issue surrounding an IGN Reviewer plagiarizing a review. 

On this Episode writer Patrick Trahey joins Mike and Jon to talk about his comic, The XII, currently being published by Alterna Comics. They discuss his plan for the series and where he drew his inspirations from.