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Ep 108: Umbrella Academy Lovefest, Pokemon's New Starters, and the best and worst Time Travel fandoms.

Pokemon Sword and Shield was announced today on Pokemon day, shown with the three new starters!

Talisman is making a Kingdom Hearts version of the board game, we may be excited...

Switch didn't just get XBox Live, they appear to be getting game pass too, what does this mean?

Altered Carbon Season 2 cast was announced, the only real change was...Falcon?

James gives his "glowing" (Pun Intended, if you've seen the show) review of Umbrella Academy!

Pewdiepie makes history by having Elon Musk and Justin Roiland host an episode of his famous show "Meme Review".

EVO 2019, the biggest fighting game tournament in the world announced it will no longer run Super Smash Brothers Melee. Is this the end?

There are apparently 3 times of time travel, Rich explores which ones they are.

Today’s episode we’ve got some geeky news to share and are going to be drilling in to what sequels are coming out, which shouldn’t come out, and which are missing!  Definitely comment your opinions where-ever you listen to this or on our Facebook, we want to know what You think!

 

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Alita Battle Angel review: 1:16

Umbrella Academy first look: 6:39

Scalebound is… back?

Night of the Full Moon review:

 

Weeb Central

Demon Slayer:

Your Name Review:

JumpForce Sucks:

Vultron, should you watch it.:

 

MeepleCentral:

Hyperspace is finishing up with half a million, people should be able to back for the next 30 days, check out the kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petersengames/hyperspace

 

Who is the worse company now? EA or Activision:

 

Movie Sequels

Coming to America 2:

Gremlins 3:

Kung Fu Hustle 2:

Possibility: Now you see me 3 – With Benedict Cumberbatch!:

Alien: Covenant Sequel – no title yet:

Zombieland 2 – October this year, some sort of evolved zombie:

Star Wars Episode 9- Mark Hamill is supposed to be back?:

Frozen 2 – all the singing!:

Toy Story 4:

It 2:

John Wick 3 – now someone has killed his cat! (j/k):

Godzilla: King of the Monsters – sequel to 2014 Godzilla:

The Secret Life of Pets 2:

X-men: Dark Phoenix – is this the end of x-men?:

Spiderman 2: Far from Home:

Kingsmen 3:

 

Video Game Sequels

Crackdown 3:

Metro Exodus:

Devil May Cry 5:

Tom Cancy’s The Division 2:

Mortal Kombat 11:

Bayonetta 3:

Rage 2:

Gears of War 5:

Wasteland 3

Shenmue III

Evil Genius 2

Luigi’s Mansion 3

Beyond Good and Evil 2

 

 

 

Previous Poll

Who’s Better at Hiding?  Solid Snake won

 

Next poll (idea, might change)

Which is the best sidekick?

Hermione Granger

Chewbacca

 

 

 

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This might be an ongoing segment, we’re talking about the movies Hollywood decides to repackage and re-sell to us.  Some of these might be new to you that they’re being redone, others we hope they’re being redone, and we discuss both who they actually cast (if its announced) as well as who they SHOULD have cast, if they had asked us.

 

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Pet Semetary

The Crow

American Werewolf in London

Drop Dead Fred

Starship Troopers

The Neverending Story

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Highlander

Little Shop of Horrors

Scarface

Short Circuit

Weird Science

The Toxic Avenger

Van Helsing

Battle Royale

Spawn

Nightmare on Elm Street

The Craft

Big Trouble Little China

The Blob

LXG

MOTU

Groundhog Day…VR?

Child’s Play

 

Movies we want:

Eragon

Avatar

 

Final Fantasy VII

Legend of Zelda Link’s Awakening

Beyond Good and Evil

 

Games we would want:

Legacy of Kain

Parasite Eve

Timesplitters

Destroy All Humans

 

Would you rather results: Shaggy won just bit a little bit

This week: Who is better at hiding, Solid Snake or Where’s Waldo?  Join in the poll here: https://www.facebook.com/dorksidecookies/

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trailer shows just enough to pique interest.

 

Twilight Zone with Jordan Peele trailer dropped, and it looks amazing.

 

The 30 second Endgame spot reveals even more! What is in store now? – How much are lies, and are spoilers ok if some of the spoilers are outright lies?

 

Disney states that even though they have Deadpool now, it’ll still be rated R

 

Bright 2 gets a production designer, we’re on the way boys!

 

Fox adapting graphic novel series Talent to a show with the same name. They’re gender flipping the main character, converting Nicholas to Nicole. The pilot episode is still being penned.

 

Aquaman and Namor fight in Death Battle – Aquaman VS Namor (Marvel VS DC Comics) | DEATH BATTLE!

 

Project Alpha by Geek and Sundry. Is this fair?

 

Harley Quinn is Batman’s new sidekick?

 

Microsoft announced that X-Box Live is headed to iOS, Android, and … Switch?

 

Apex Legends, is it the BR we need?

 

Metro Exodus is being sold STRICTLY through Epic games. Is this the right move? Developers get more money but less people see it.

 

How do we feel about Vic?

 

Meeple Corner

Villanous just announced a new stand-alone expansion, Wicket to the Core. This includes Hades, Dr Facilier, and the Evil Queen. This was released too early by an employee at Target who missed the “sell by Date”. It will be sold in March.Munchkin Dungeon was successfully funded, 13 days to go. Munchkin Dungeon

 

Would you Rather

Results – 50/50 split

New Question – Meme War, Shaggy vs Saitama

Episode 5 – The Vic Mignogna Drama, Aquaman vs Namor, Bright 2 is happening!

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trailer shows just enough to pique interest.

 

Twilight Zone with Jordan Peele trailer dropped, and it looks amazing.

 

The 30 second Endgame spot reveals even more! What is in store now? - How much are lies, and are spoilers ok if some of the spoilers are outright lies?

 

Disney states that even though they have Deadpool now, it'll still be rated R

 

Bright 2 gets a production designer, we're on the way boys!

 

Fox adapting graphic novel series Talent to a show with the same name. They're gender flipping the main character, converting Nicholas to Nicole. The pilot episode is still being penned.

 

Aquaman and Namor fight in Death Battle - Aquaman VS Namor (Marvel VS DC Comics) | DEATH BATTLE!

 

Project Alpha by Geek and Sundry. Is this fair?

 

Harley Quinn is Batman's new sidekick?

 

Microsoft announced that X-Box Live is headed to iOS, Android, and ... Switch?

 

Apex Legends, is it the BR we need?

 

Metro Exodus is being sold STRICTLY through Epic games. Is this the right move? Developers get more money but less people see it.

 

How do we feel about Vic?

 

Meeple Corner

Villanous just announced a new stand-alone expansion, Wicket to the Core. This includes Hades, Dr Facilier, and the Evil Queen. This was released too early by an employee at Target who missed the "sell by Date". It will be sold in March.Munchkin Dungeon was successfully funded, 13 days to go. Munchkin Dungeon

 

Would you Rather

Results - 50/50 split

New Question - Meme War, Shaggy vs Saitama

Episode 5 - The Vic Mignogna Drama, Aquaman vs Namor, Bright 2 is happening!

Our Kit for recording podcasts: https://kit.com/DorksideStudios/podcast-kit

 

Michael B Jordan is slated to return to his title role as Killmonger in Black Panther 2, but how?

Nicolas Cage returns to the big screen in the new Lovecraftian Horror movie, The Color Out of Space

Nicholas Hoult behind the scenes pictures were shown on the set of the new J.R.R. Tolkien biopic.

Anthony Daniels, the man in the suit for C3PO has tweeted out his goodbyes as he’s done with filming of the final Star Wars Movie

Steve Carrell returns to comedy in his new role for the Netflix original “Space Force”, a series about the people tasked with creating Space Force, a new branch of the U.S. military

The Fyre Festival fiasco, let’s talk.

Should women lust after Zac Effron, portraying Ted Bundy in the movie “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile”?

Resident Evil 2 Remake ships 3 million copies in a single week, what does this mean for other possible remakes?

Should Shaggy be in Mortal Kombat 11?

The Last of Us Part II is releasing, very very soon producers say.

Could “The Umbrella Academy” be the next big Netflix hit? It’s a superhero story adapted from a graphic novel written by Gerard Way and starring Ellen Page, Mary J Blige, and Tom Hopper

Many devs are now working with the PlayStation 5 dev kit, what does that mean for us?

PS4 sold for $10 and how fruit has to do with it. Was it worth the cost?

Dreams beta is coming soon, what does this mean? What IS Dreams?

American McGee confirms another Alice game is in the works

Dragon Ball Super: Broly went well over 9000 breaking the $100 million mark globally this week.

Boardgames

Hyperspace reached over 240k in the first few days, 21 days to go! 

Hyperspace 

Warehouse 13 in first quarter: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204055/warehouse-13-board-game

Legends of Andor has gone digital!

Dicetower West sold out: https://www.dicetowerwest.com/

Star Wars vs Marvel in the next Kingdom hearts?

Listen as James, Frankie, and Rich gives you their Top 5’s of Movies, Games, Streaming Shows, Anime, and what they’re hyped for in 2019! What are you excited for? Also listen for the results of last week’s “Would You Rather…?” Who wins? What do our followers think should be gone forever? Final Fantasy or Pokemon?

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Listen as James, Frankie, and Rich gives you their Top 5's of Movies, Games, Streaming Shows, Anime, and what they're hyped for in 2019! What are you excited for? Also listen for the results of last week's "Would You Rather...?" Who wins? What do our followers think should be gone forever? Final Fantasy or Pokemon?

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There was a lot to talk about this week!

 

The new Spiderman: Far From Home trailer dropped this week and it was a blowout. Everyone cannot wait to see it

 

Masters of the Universe movie picked up its writers, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway from the first Iron Man movie are slated to begin writing soon

 

The Star Wars: The Last Jedi logo was red! Why was this?

 

The Tiny Tina Facebook has woken up and started posting tidbits and teasers for future Borderlands games.

 

The new Aliens game was announced, and it’s coming to mobile, we are not happy.

 

Bungie split from Activision and picked up a 100 million dollar injection from Netease, the company behind making the Diablo Immortal game, what does this mean for Bungie?

 

Neopets was ALSO announced to make its return, but to mobile.

 

Fortnite received an F grade from the BBB, touting over 245 missing/ignored refunds.

 

Mike Morhaime is no longer with Blizzard, as acting CEO he’s finally completely out of the company.

 

Bandai Namco has announced they’re working on an RPG game.

 

The Choose Your Own Adventure Company “Chooseco” is suing Black Mirror: Bandersnatch over tradmark infringement

 

Password Sharing might be coming to end on Netflix via a new AI that has been announced to learn and block shared accounts.

 

What WTF games did you play? We talk about Bioshock, Metroid, Final Fantasy and others.

 

Want to support us? Check out the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/dorksidecookies

 

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There was a lot to talk about this week!

 

The new Spiderman: Far From Home trailer dropped this week and it was a blowout. Everyone cannot wait to see it

 

Masters of the Universe movie picked up its writers, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway from the first Iron Man movie are slated to begin writing soon

 

The Star Wars: The Last Jedi logo was red! Why was this?

 

The Tiny Tina Facebook has woken up and started posting tidbits and teasers for future Borderlands games.

 

The new Aliens game was announced, and it's coming to mobile, we are not happy.

 

Bungie split from Activision and picked up a 100 million dollar injection from Netease, the company behind making the Diablo Immortal game, what does this mean for Bungie?

 

Neopets was ALSO announced to make its return, but to mobile.

 

Fortnite received an F grade from the BBB, touting over 245 missing/ignored refunds.

 

Mike Morhaime is no longer with Blizzard, as acting CEO he's finally completely out of the company.

 

Bandai Namco has announced they're working on an RPG game.

 

The Choose Your Own Adventure Company "Chooseco" is suing Black Mirror: Bandersnatch over tradmark infringement

 

Password Sharing might be coming to end on Netflix via a new AI that has been announced to learn and block shared accounts.

 

What WTF games did you play? We talk about Bioshock, Metroid, Final Fantasy and others.

 

Want to support us? Check out the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/dorksidecookies

 

Participate in this week's poll here

https://www.facebook.com/dorksidecookies