IMPOSSIBLE COIN

First off, we're not sponsored by The Cubicle Company. If we are they need to stop paying us in beached Garfield phones. We talk about old and incomplete freeways, game industry layoffs, Apple Arcade, the odious people of Philly and a bathroom crime scene. This is a video game podcast. Really.

Baba Is You is a very hard video game. Tegan is uninterested in it. There is some question as to whether Bob Ross is alive or dead. Rocky tries to convince Brian that collecting Noodleberries is fun. Rocky does not persuade Brian. Google tries to convince us that streaming video games is fun. Google has yet to persuade the gang. Necrodancer and Zelda had a baby and the gang is peak excited. Pour yourself a glass of bull milk. It's time for video games.

Big Sach stops by for the mix-up! Fools, WE LEAVE YOU GUESSIN'! The team speculates about Google's gaming plans. Tegan tells about Labo VR. Brian worries that too many of the toys in Labo VR could be used to build Human Labo-pede. There's talk about a bird's butt. Brian legally owns the sex cats. Dwarf Fortress made us sad and Discord is classing up the joint.

Brian got stuck in an elevator AND ALMOST DIED. The nightmare idea of a "quality gamer rum" is invoked. His name isn't Fox McCloud anymore but you can smoke drugs with him and layoffs layoffs layoffs. In a world where Valve disappoints and The Pokemon Company delights this can only be a cast iron podded cast.

Friends it is time for another watchalong! This time the crew revisits a personal favorite for every host, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. We all still love it and lots of the characters are great but we definitely have to reckon with Scott himself being kind of awful. Come along for a watchalong that is indirectly gaming related!

The crew says goodbye to Reggie "Big Reggie" Fils Aime. Serious discussion is had about the nature of trespassing. Big labor comes after bigger video games. Rocky tells Brian to calm down and a Tegan is ready for a speaking tour.

Rocky has a quarrel with ice cream. (what) The team wishes a video game corporate figurehead has a plastic water gun and a sheriff's badge. (who) Video games get Brian big mad and he wishes they were a barn so he could burn them down. (why) Activision Blizzard picks the worst possible time to announce layoffs (when) and in the process discard the humanity of the people who made that decision and disregard the dignity of those effected. (why) LISTEN FOR THE ALL CAPS ANSWERS. Oh, and a Nintendo Direct happened you nerds.

It's our anniversary! The show is now two. So I guess the show is now old enough to act out at a restaurant while Rocky, Tegan and Brian do nothing. YOU CAN GLARE AT US. Various topics are addresses on this #specialepisode. We hit the faking of deaths, wishing a guy who makes cheats well and then calling him a dirtbag, the various kinds of dungeons and we meet business executive Bob Activision. Bob Activision is very busy.

We talk about Randy Pitchford. A lot. And I mean, who wouldn't? This story is insane and has EVERYTHING. Six pack abs, gun clubs, 12 million stolen dollars, squirting, theme restaurants and MAGIC SHOWS. We also find the time to talk about Pokemon, Wargroove, Kingdom Hearts III and the Royal Rumble. Also Tegan and Rocky feast on Brian's shame as he eats crows. We feasting y'all. We feasting.

Here it is folks. Five weeks of deliberations end. Tegan, Rocky and Brian have all won some battles. They've all lost some battles and going into building this ranked list of the ten best games of 2018 they all have darlings to defend and feelings on where each game should be. Join us as see if Rocky pays the blood price.