This week: We're finally starting Act 5! We get properly introduced to Karkat (CarcinoGeneticist) and Gamzee (TerminallyCapricious) and observe the antagonistic quality of the troll notion of friendship. Pages 3889 to 3928. There's also: Let's Read Homestuck, in which the Voxus group very impressively voice-acts and narrates the comic. Like, the whole thing. This YouTube playlists collects their work. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuyQrNfs3ac2Qgr0zBcFWnHoHq-U6r1T0 Insane Clown Posse's 2009 magnum opus, "Miracles." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-agl0pOQfs That song that sounds like English but isn't even words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU4w12oDjn8 Hamometer reading: 24.77% complete. Exactly 49.00% of the way to [S] Cascade! Next week: We'll finally be a QUARTER of the way through Homestuck. We'll meet GallowsCalibrator and TwinArmageddons. We'll get a glimpse of three other trolls. Things will get sad, and then they'll get ominous. Pages 3929 to 3992. Questions? Give us a mention on Twitter (@hamsteakpodcast) or send an ask to hamsteakpodcast.tumblr.com! Listen from the iTunes store or at hamsteakpodcast.libsyn.com! Your hosts are portmanteau connoiseur Alex (leafcrunch.tumblr.com, @crunchleaf) and notorious cloud-gawker Lydia (brickchip on both). Homestuck, as always, is created by Andrew Hussie: http://www.mspaintadventures.com/ Intro music: “Showtime (Original Mix)” by Malcolm Brown. Outro music: “Showtime (Piano Refrain)” by Malcolm Brown, arranged & performed by Kevin Regamey. Both are on Bandcamp: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-1-4

This week: We didn't make it to Act 5 - the (real) end of Act 4 has a lot going on. Jack wreaks havoc, Becquerel is born, PM completes her mission and the weapon finds a new master. Rose goes rogue, and Dream Jade makes a sacrifice. Pages 3834 to 3888. There’s also: A YouTube upload of [S] Descend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Owq7SFehU We managed not to mention anything else this week, so here is a large bird bouncing golf balls off a sidewalk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij_5TMwqi4A Hamometer reading: 24.29% complete. 48.05% of the way to [S] Cascade! Next week: We're starting Act 5 this time, really, for real. The first troll is named in the next 5 pages, but that's about all we can say before we get there. Pages 3889 to 3928. Questions? Give us a mention on Twitter (@hamsteakpodcast) or send an ask to hamsteakpodcast.tumblr.com! Listen from the iTunes store or at hamsteakpodcast.libsyn.com! Your hosts are portmanteau connoiseur Alex (leafcrunch.tumblr.com, @crunchleaf) and notorious sky-gawker Lydia (brickchip on both). Homestuck, as always, is created by Andrew Hussie: http://www.mspaintadventures.com/ Intro music: “Showtime (Original Mix)” by Malcolm Brown. Outro music: “Showtime (Piano Refrain)” by Malcolm Brown, arranged & performed by Kevin Regamey. Both are on Bandcamp: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-1-4

This week: There’s too much stuff to get all the way to the end of Act 4 just yet. WV starts an uprising; Jack beats him to the punch. Rose and Dave make a bunch of cool weapons and useless junk; John makes a bunch of impossible babies. Pages 3700 to 3833. There’s also: WV: Rise Up as a YouTube upload for your scrubbing pleasure. Somehow we got all the way to talking about this Crash Bandicoot easter egg in Uncharted 4. Hamometer reading: 23.63% complete. 46.74% of the way to [S] Cascade! Next week: We finish Act 4 (for real) and start into Act 5. Jack’s rampage escalates with dire consequences, the Reckoning begins, and we finally get our first proper troll introduction. Pages 3834 to 3909. Ask us questions on Tumblr or Twitter! Find us on Libsyn or in the iTunes store! Your hosts are renowned dog liker and wordsmith Alex (Tumblr, Twitter) and professional amateur sky photographer Lydia (Tumblr, Twitter). Homestuck, as always, is created by Andrew Hussie. Hamometer created using Honorless’ generator. Intro music: “Showtime (Original Mix)” - Malcolm Brown.Outro music: “Showtime (Piano Refrain)” - Malcolm Brown, arr. & performed by Kevin Regamey.

This week: Things get meta. (We don’t actually recap the recap.) Dave and Rose wake up. The trolls figure out the trolling interface. Lil Cal takes a tumble, AR pops an illegal wheelie, Jade makes a sweet catch. Pages 3569 to 3699. There’s also: Let Me Tell You About Homestuck is back among the living, and back to bringing Homestuck to life as a radio drama! The saga of Hussie’s infamous steed painting, which appears in his in-comic study this week. Homestuck’s Year 1 Recap, which has a bunch of helpful links to relevant pages. [S] Rose and Dave: Shut up and jam, uploaded to YouTube. Hamometer reading: 21.99% complete. 43.50% of the way to [S] Cascade! Next week: We draw right up to the end of Act 4. Rose and Dave make a bunch of crap. In the veil, John makes something a lot more interesting. Pages 3700 to 3833. Ask us questions on Tumblr or Twitter! Find us on Libsyn or in the iTunes store! Your hosts are renowned dog liker and wordsmith Alex (Tumblr, Twitter) and professional amateur sky photographer Lydia (Tumblr, Twitter). Homestuck, as always, is created by Andrew Hussie. Hamometer created using Honorless’ generator. Intro music: “Showtime (Original Mix)” - Malcolm Brown.Outro music: “Showtime (Piano Refrain)” - Malcolm Brown, arr. & performed by Kevin Regamey.