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Our friend and occasional game developer Joe Macirowski joins us to hand out the scoldings we've been bottling up lately. Also, Jessica's robot army.

Storyteller artist Paul Ryan was more than just a "pencil guy". A consummate draftsman who came to comics work in his mid-30's, Ryan embodied a work ethic seldom seen then or now. The news of his sudden passing this past weekend took everyone by surprise this morning. The majority of this episode is comprised of a "Modern Marvel Masters" panel we hosted at Dallas Fan Days in October 2015. The panel includes Ryan, his friend and colleague Howard Mackie, and Val Mayerik. Rather than edit the panel down to only Paul Ryan's anecdotes, it's presented here uncut, uninterrupted, and followed by a few minutes of further appreciation by your hosts. We'd originally planned to run portions of this as two separate episodes, but considering the circumstances of the day, we hope you agree that this is the best tribute we could offer. Photo credit: Dallas Comic Con Fan Days 2015 From left: Moisés, Howard Mackie, Paul Ryan, Val Mayerik, the side of John's head

After 2+ years of podcasting, we've finally reached the 100th show milestone. What better way to celebrate than to bring on one of our favorite writers from one our favorite outlets. Laura Hudson of Wired, Slate, and the sadly now-defunct Offworld joins us this week in Brookago. We dig into the impact that Offworld has had on gaming journalism and storytelling, what it was like to team up with Leigh Alexander to foster this space for diversity, and how these stories affect the gaming landscape for the future. In our Breakdown we talk about the beauty of inactivity, and how Zelda has forever changed the way games are made.

Cooking time: 60 minutes Serves: everybody Calories per serving: 5 Start with an Oscar recap and add a few tangential commentaries to taste.

Do you ever worry what'll happen if EVERYONE at yoga farts? Danielle and Rich discuss The Golden Ratio, academic standards they never knew to have before they started teaching, and the magic of re-gifting technology.

Bertram Fiddle creator Seb Burnett joins us to discuss really narrowing your game's potential audience as much as possible!

This week Kah, Cee, and Reef do nothing but talk about the games that they're playing and why they're important. It's always important to us to bring you the biggest and brightest names in the gaming space. We want to talk to them about the games they're making and how the industry has affected us all in unique ways. We only have a finite amount of time to edutain every week, so something usually has to go. Most of the time we spend more time talking about gaming news than the actual games themselves. Well, not this week! We start by having some exclusive discussion about Epic's upcoming Paragon, and we end it by talking about the open beta of Tom Clancy's The Division. Plus, we talk about all of the hot titles that have been released in between! Gamers talking about games in the latest episode of Spawn On Me!

Jamelle Bouie --- Chief Political Correspondent for Slate Magazine and analyst for CBS news --- joins Brett to talk about politics, journalism, photography, and more.

Barry Meade of Fireproof Games, makers of our beloved The Room games, joins us to talk about why mobile games can absolutely be amazing (as his studio has proven)

This week we welcome Endgadget Senior Reporter Jessica Conditt to Brookago and talk about her journalism journey. Why was Justice Scalia's gaming defense an interesting side to his overall legacy? We also explore what other hip-hop stars we'd like to see play in fighting game tournaments.