Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Stuart Wellington talk about the Road of Sacrifices.

Up next, we're going to the Cathedral of the Deep.

• Reaching Article about shit pants

• The Flophouse

• Merlin experiencing time backwards

• Steven Tyler

• Under the Bridge

BeholderFest continues as we settle in and dedicate a whole episode to our friend (and yours), the helpful Spectator.

Links:

• Spectator (Dungeons & Dragons) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia — A spectator is an extraplanar relative of the beholder with four eyestalks. Somewhat mild and even-tempered, spectators have even been known to form friendships with other creatures, a trait that no other beholderkin or true beholder ever displays.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about neural net game images, Steins;Gate, and ask you about empowering moments in games.

• Let's apply neural networks to video game images.

• Sony's doing their E3

• Humble Narrative Bundle.

• Chinese gamers riot over Nintendo changing Pikachu's name.

• What are the most empowering moments in games?

• Kole: Steins;Gate.

• Dennis: Danganronpa 2. Tokyo Jungle.

• Ben: FTL. Rocket League.

• David: Dark Souls 2.
  

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross take a gamble on Fallout: New Vegas.

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Pucker up, because it's time to talk about the Death Kiss, the Eye of the Deep, and the Gauth. The magic is gone!

Links:

• Beholder-kin, Death Kiss (Monstrous Manual) — The Death Kiss, or “bleeder”, is fearsome predator found in caverns or ruins.

• Eye of the Deep - Pathfinder_OGC — This creature is a 5-foot wide orb dominated by a central eye and large serrated mouth. Hundreds of small seaweed-like bristles hang from the bottom of its body. Two large crab-like pincers protrude from its body, and two long, thin eyestalks sprout from the top of its orb.

• Gauth (3.5e Monster) - Dungeons and Dragons Wiki — Around two and a half feet in diameter, the spherical creature floating towards you with a single massive central eye while a pair of eyestalks swivel every which way. You know you should shoot at it, but something about the eye--a menace the likes of which you have never felt before--causes you to falter, standing still and compliant as it levels an eyestalk at you, brimming with magical energy and promising a quick death.

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Feast your eyes on the first part of BeholderFest 2016, where we give you the skinny on our favorite Eye Tyrants.

Links:

• Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia — Its appearance is that of a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth, single central eye, and many smaller eyestalks on top with deadly magical powers.

Did they think we wouldn't notice? They take this incomprehensible Z-tier superhero and group him in with everyone's favorite rascally tycoon... Despicable. The first half of this episode is business as usual. After the music, we talk about Captain America: Civil War at length. The dividing line for spoilers is clearly marked.

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to the Undead Settlement.

• Will on The AV Club

• Fizzy Lifting Drink

• Brahne

• Majora's Mask Toilet Hand

• The Grinder)

Nick and Gary check out another in the line of Nick's Picks, Human Resources Machine, as well as the conclusion to the stellar Last Door series.