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On this episode Mike and Jon catch up after taking time off for the holidays, discuss what they have been playing/what they purchased from the Steam Sale, and of course the latest information from CES including AMD's Ryzen and Vega chipsets for CPU and GPUs. 

On this episode Mike and Jon dive deep into spoilery territory regarding Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Talking about fan theories, easter eggs, call backs, and MUCH more. Other than this the guys talk a little bit about the Walking Dead mid-season finale and Mike bitches about Blizzard's high barrier of entry into Overwatch's competitve mode.

On this episode Mike and Jon "discuss" structure to the podcast (which sort of doesn't happen), Jon returns to Rust, Mike discusses his aggravation with lack of time to play all the games, now that he's been brought in to the world of Overwatch (An aside that Mike realizes he called Pharah the wrong name....multiple times). They then talk a bit about what they have been watching; Walking Dead, Westworld, The Flash, Arrow, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, etc. They discuss the "4 Episode" crossover of the CW's DC Universe shows (Really it was like 2 and a half...ish). Mike expresses his happiness at the better writing this season of The Flash after spending much of his time lamenting them. In the final stretch of the show the guys discuss the ever increasing frustration of gaming with modes and difficulties being blocked because of limitiations, mainly in regards to Arizona Sunshine and their connection to Intel, and being paid to lock a game mode and difficulty.

On this episode Mike and Jon catch up on a laundry list of things they've missed, Nintendo Switch price rumors, the Steep Beta and much more in the gaming world and move on to the latest in the line of Marvel films, Doctor Strange, (Spoilers) we talk about a lot that happens in the movie. They finally wrap it up with the latest episode of the Walking Dead and Jon discusses a bit of Westworld. 

In A BONUS episode this week Mike and Jon bullshit about some happenings regarding Walking Dead and Westworld, the renewal of Young Justice for a season 3 and some gaming talk. But what this episode really revolves around is the mock "superhero" debate between Bruce Wayne (R) and Oliver Queen (D) which took place at Chimera's Comics La Grange, tune in and take a listen as to how that turns out! And Remember GO VOTE!

On this episode Mike and Jon welcome author Jay Bonansinga to the podcast. Jay is responsible for the deep backstory given to not only the Governor but also giving life to Lily Caul, a character who previously appeared for 10 panels in the comic. Jay gives us the background on how this series came to be and where its headed as the second quartet of the Woodbury Novels comes closer to an endpoint. As a bonus Jay treats us to a reading from the recently released book, The Walking Dead: Search and Destroy.

After a week long break Mike and Jon return to discuss the season 7 premiere of The Walking Dead and Negan's Choice (SPOILERS) and discuss the ins and outs of the episode along with their likes and dislikes of how the episode played out after a 6 month break after the cliffhanger the previous season ended on. They then discuss the Red Dead Redemption 2 reveal along with their disappointment with the lack of a PC release and to round everything out, they discuss the reveal of the Nintendo Switch, the new handsole...conseld....either way Nintendo unveiled their new system and they talk about it. 

On this episode: Jon gives his impressions of Gears of War 4, the guys talk about the upcoming releases to console and PC, Pre-ordering and why you shouldn't do that at all, ever any more. Mike talks about the upcoming indie release "Hello Neighbor" which looks quite interesting. Mike talks a little bit about his streaming of Hotline Miami last friday and Overkill's Crimefest 2016/Hoxton's Housewarming which adds new dynamics and a new safe house and much more over the course of 10 Days. Finally the guys talk about the 

On this episode Mike and Jon are joined by guest Carmelo Chimera for a bit to discuss the confirmed title for the solo Bat-fleck film, the debut of the Luke Cage series on Netflix, Marvel bringing their Netflix/TV/Cinematic universes together and how awesome it would be to see Spider-Man take on Wilson Fisk. We try to figure how DC can course correct based on the "Director's Cut" editions for Batman V Superman and Suicide Squad. Mike discusses the fact on how he is pretty much done with Fear The Walking Dead with how they've written characters and handled some of their stories. We come to terms with reality of the Presidential Election and discuss the possiblity of a mock Superhero Presidential Debate between several different characters. Jon discusses what he's been playing, mainly Halo and Battlerite. 

Down a co-host, Mike welcomes Carmelo Chimera (who joined them for the Suicide Squad review) to discuss their upcoming crowd funded graphic novel, The Magnificent, and Carmelo's new consulting gig helping people actualize their dreams via crowdfunding, and of course the upcoming 24 Hour Comics Day (Oct 1st) and what Carmelo has planned for those 24 hours. Finally Mike and Carmelo discuss where the big Two (Marvel/DC) currently sit and what is happening on the indie level.