Lee Carvallo's Podding Challenge: A Simpsons Gaming Podcast

We started our journey playing every officially licensed Simpsons game with a "speculative" tier list, and we're ending our journey with the official, 100% correct "Lee Carvallo's Podding Challenge Definitive Simpsons Gaming Tier List."

In all seriousness, this is simply our way to reflect on all of the terrible and great games we experienced over these past two years. We did our best to sort through these based on our enjoyment, but most importantly how well we think they represent The Simpsons as tie-in games.

As for the podcast: Don't worry - we may have completed our original goal, but we're not done... yet. Be sure to listen in to see what we have in store for the future.

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• Bluesky: ⁠⁠‪⁠@gimmickspod.bsky.social‬⁠
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• Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@wallopingwebpod.bsky.social‬⁠
• Web: ⁠⁠⁠wallopingwebsnappers.com⁠⁠⁠

Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon:

• Web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/skreeonk⁠⁠

-Tommy's Other Projects-

• Twitch: ⁠⁠twitch.tv/awkwardcomma⁠⁠

Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast:

• Bluesky: ⁠⁠@distantechoespod.bsky.social‬⁠
• Web: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes⁠⁠

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It's the end of an era as the Carvallo Boys tackle—or more accurately tap—the final game (at release) in the Simpsons Gaming pantheon that stars the titular family. So be sure to connect your credit card in preparation for all the juicy microtransactions to come as we take on The Simpsons: Tapped Out!

To help discuss this monumental moment, the Carvallo Boys are joined by comic book author, writer, pop-culture expert, and Simpsons superfan, Lan Pitts!

-Where to find Lan-

• Follow Lanon Bluesky: @lanpitts.bsky.social

• Pick up a copy of Beat Every 1-Up

-Derek's Other Projects-

Gimmicks:

• Bluesky: ⁠⁠‪⁠@gimmickspod.bsky.social‬⁠
• Where to Listen: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/gimmicks⁠⁠

Walloping Websnappers:

• Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@wallopingwebpod.bsky.social‬⁠
• Web: ⁠⁠⁠wallopingwebsnappers.com⁠⁠⁠

Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon:

• Web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/skreeonk⁠⁠

-Tommy's Other Projects-

• Twitch: ⁠⁠twitch.tv/awkwardcomma⁠⁠

Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast:

• Bluesky: ⁠⁠@distantechoespod.bsky.social‬⁠
• Web: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes⁠⁠

-Theme Music: Max Power!-

• Facebook: ⁠⁠The Real Max Power Band⁠⁠
• Instagram: ⁠⁠@therealmaxpowerband⁠

Sources and extended show notes

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Do we hear the sound of BUTTING in? It's gotta be little Lee Carvallo's Podding Challenge answering the questions OUR LISTENERS did ask!

That's right, we put down the controllers this month so we could answer your questions! We tackled everything from our favorite vehicles from Hit & Run to which characters we'd like to see in Super Smash Bros. to which Simpsons beverage is the best.

(Spoiler: That last one gets contentious.)

-Derek's Other Projects-

Gimmicks:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠‪⁠@gimmickspod.bsky.social‬⁠

Where to Listen: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/gimmicks⁠⁠

Walloping Websnappers:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@wallopingwebpod.bsky.social‬⁠

Web: ⁠⁠⁠wallopingwebsnappers.com⁠⁠⁠

Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon:

Web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/skreeonk⁠⁠

-Tommy's Other Projects-

Twitch: ⁠⁠twitch.tv/awkwardcomma⁠⁠

Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠@distantechoespod.bsky.social‬⁠

Web: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes⁠⁠

-Theme Music: Max Power!-

Facebook: ⁠⁠The Real Max Power Band⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠@therealmaxpowerband⁠

Sources and extended show notes

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Did you know that before EA produced the popular iOS and Android title The Simpsons: Tapped Out (and before tapping out of making Simpsons games forever) the company produced two J2ME Mobile titles just two years apart?

The Carvallo boys take on 2007's The Simpsons: Minutes to Meltdown and 2008's The Simpsons: Itchy & Scratchy Land and try not to meltdown as they discuss a brief history of EA.

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-Derek's Other Projects-

Gimmicks:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠‪⁠@gimmickspod.bsky.social‬⁠

Where to Listen: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/gimmicks⁠⁠

Walloping Websnappers:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@wallopingwebpod.bsky.social‬⁠

Web: ⁠⁠⁠wallopingwebsnappers.com⁠⁠⁠

Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon:

Web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/skreeonk⁠⁠

-Tommy's Other Projects-

Twitch: ⁠⁠twitch.tv/awkwardcomma⁠⁠

Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠@distantechoespod.bsky.social‬⁠

Web: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes⁠⁠

-Theme Music: Max Power!-

Facebook: ⁠⁠The Real Max Power Band⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠@therealmaxpowerband⁠

Sources and extended show notes

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What do Dance Dance Revolution, Medal of Honor, Futurama, Will Shakespeare, Hillary Clinton, Pokémon, ironic racism, Will Wright (creator of SimCity and The Sims) and God all have in common?

If you guessed they all make cameos in 2007's The Simpsons Game ... you're wrong! They're actually integral plot elements, characters, or thematic backdrops for stages in what can only be described as the most self-referential, metatextual, and culturally aware Simpsons game to date.

The Carvallo boys take a look at the last two-thirds of this game that lives and dies on it's awareness that it is a game. Plus, come with us on a nostalgic stroll through one of the best year's in gaming history.

-Derek's Other Projects-

Gimmicks:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠‪⁠@gimmickspod.bsky.social‬⁠

Where to Listen: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/gimmicks⁠⁠

Walloping Websnappers:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@wallopingwebpod.bsky.social‬⁠

Web: ⁠⁠⁠wallopingwebsnappers.com⁠⁠⁠

Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon:

Web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/skreeonk⁠⁠

-Tommy's Other Projects-

Twitch: ⁠⁠twitch.tv/awkwardcomma⁠⁠

Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠@distantechoespod.bsky.social‬⁠

Web: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes⁠⁠

-Theme Music: Max Power!-

Facebook: ⁠⁠The Real Max Power Band⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠@therealmaxpowerband⁠

Sources and extended show notes

All audio clips are used under Fair Use and belong to their respective copyright owners.

The Carvallo Boys take a quick pit stop during their playthrough of The Simpsons Game to talk about a massive event in Simpsons history: the development and release of The Simpsons Movie.

To help discuss this monumental moment, the Carvallo Boys are joined by Joshua Moore, author of Morphenomenal: How the Power Rangers Conquered the World and co-host of Not Another 2001 Movie Podcast!

-Where to find Joshua Moore-

• Follow Josh on Bluesky: ⁠@joshuamoore.com⁠
• Listen to Not Another 2001 Movie Podcast
• Pick up a copy of Morphenomenal: How the Power Rangers Conquered the World

-Derek's Other Projects-

Gimmicks:

• Bluesky: ⁠⁠‪⁠@gimmickspod.bsky.social‬⁠
• Where to Listen: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/gimmicks⁠⁠

Walloping Websnappers:

• Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@wallopingwebpod.bsky.social‬⁠
• Web: ⁠⁠⁠wallopingwebsnappers.com⁠⁠⁠

Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon:

• Web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/skreeonk⁠⁠

-Tommy's Other Projects-

• Twitch: ⁠⁠twitch.tv/awkwardcomma⁠⁠

Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast:

• Bluesky: ⁠⁠@distantechoespod.bsky.social‬⁠
• Web: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes⁠⁠

-Theme Music: Max Power!-

• Facebook: ⁠⁠The Real Max Power Band⁠⁠
• Instagram: ⁠⁠@therealmaxpowerband⁠

Sources and extended show notes

All audio clips are used under Fair Use and belong to their respective copyright owners.

Can the Simpsons game that knows it's a Simpsons game capture the essence of The Simpsons? The Carvallo Boys look to answer that question as they tackle part one of the most self-referential and metatextual game to date—2007's The Simpsons Game!

Plus, we take a look at the landscape of The Simpsons from 2003 through 2007—a period that brought with it ambitious swings and some truly rough episodes.

-Derek's Other Projects-

Gimmicks:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠‪⁠@gimmickspod.bsky.social‬⁠

Where to Listen: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/gimmicks⁠⁠

Walloping Websnappers:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@wallopingwebpod.bsky.social‬⁠

Web: ⁠⁠⁠wallopingwebsnappers.com⁠⁠⁠

Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon:

Web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/skreeonk⁠⁠

-Tommy's Other Projects-

Twitch: ⁠⁠twitch.tv/awkwardcomma⁠⁠

Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠@distantechoespod.bsky.social‬⁠

Web: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes⁠⁠

-Theme Music: Max Power!-

Facebook: ⁠⁠The Real Max Power Band⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠@therealmaxpowerband⁠

Sources and extended show notes

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The Carvallo Boys have reached the end of their journey with one of the most iconic Simpsons Games to date. Does it live up to the hype? Would the game have been as well received if it was named The Simpsons: Flaming Tires or one of the other 204 names found in the developers files? Should the Simpson family sedan be brat? And what do Mike Wazowski, James Cameron's Dark Angel, and Poochie have in common?

The boys tackle these questions, the game's legacy, leaks galore, and all the good (and some bad!) of the latter half of this game before giving their final thoughts on The Simpsons Hit & Run!

-Derek's Other Projects-

Gimmicks:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠‪⁠@gimmickspod.bsky.social‬⁠

Where to Listen: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/gimmicks⁠⁠

Walloping Websnappers:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@wallopingwebpod.bsky.social‬⁠

Web: ⁠⁠⁠wallopingwebsnappers.com⁠⁠⁠

Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon:

Web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/skreeonk⁠⁠

-Tommy's Other Projects-

Twitch: ⁠⁠twitch.tv/awkwardcomma⁠⁠

Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠@distantechoespod.bsky.social‬⁠

Web: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes⁠⁠

-Theme Music: Max Power!-

Facebook: ⁠⁠The Real Max Power Band⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠@therealmaxpowerband⁠

Sources and extended show notes

All audio clips are used under Fair Use and belong to their respective copyright owners.

The Carvallo Boys have finally arrived at the game that inspired this podcast, the game that most Simpsons fans point to as the pinnacle of Simpsons gaming, and the game that dared to ask the question: "What if we put The Simpsons in Grand Theft Auto?"

In the first of this two part series, we're discussing some of the production details around of The Simpsons: Hit & Run along with a brief history of the series the game emulates, Grand Theft Auto.

Episode discussed:

• “Moe Baby Blues" Season 14, Episode 22
• "My Mother the Carjacker" Season 15, Episode 2

-Derek's Other Projects-

Gimmicks:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠‪⁠@gimmickspod.bsky.social‬⁠

Where to Listen: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/gimmicks⁠⁠

Walloping Websnappers:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@wallopingwebpod.bsky.social‬⁠

Web: ⁠⁠⁠wallopingwebsnappers.com⁠⁠⁠

Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon:

Web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/skreeonk⁠⁠

-Tommy's Other Projects-

Twitch: ⁠⁠twitch.tv/awkwardcomma⁠⁠

Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠@distantechoespod.bsky.social‬⁠

Web: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes⁠⁠

-Theme Music: Max Power!-

Facebook: ⁠⁠The Real Max Power Band⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠@therealmaxpowerband⁠

Sources and extended show notes

All audio clips are used under Fair Use and belong to their respective copyright owners.

Homer's used a Zero Point energy shard to power his television remote, and now all of Springfield has transformed into a battle royale map? The Carvallo Boys don't know what much of that means, so we called in some veritable Fortnite pros from Glitterjaw Island to help break down the wildly popular Simpsons x Fortnite miniseason!

We squaded up with Doug, Hamish, and Tyler to discuss the incredible amount of detail that went into this delightful collab. Plus, we discussed our thoughts on live service games, our disappointment and frustration with an upcoming collaboration, and why the "Stupid Sexy Flanders" emote might be the greatest addition to Fortnite ever.

More from Doug:

Website: dougfink.com

All Podcasts: glitterjaw.com

Bluesky: ickybooley.bsky.social

Instagram: instagram.com/ickybooley

More from Hamish:

Website: hamishsteele.co.uk

Buy Go-Man Champion of Earth: hatchettebookgroup.com

Super Mario Moment: youtube.com/@ASuperMarioMoment

Bluesky: hamishsteele.bsky.social

Instagram: instagram.com/hamishsteele

More from Tyler-

Fear Coded Podcast: glitterjaw.com/fear-coded

Bluesky: callupthedead.bsky.social

-Derek's Other Projects-

Gimmicks:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠‪⁠@gimmickspod.bsky.social‬⁠

Where to Listen: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/gimmicks⁠⁠

Walloping Websnappers:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠@wallopingwebpod.bsky.social‬⁠

Web: ⁠⁠⁠wallopingwebsnappers.com⁠⁠⁠

Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon:

Web: ⁠⁠⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/skreeonk⁠⁠

-Tommy's Other Projects-

Twitch: ⁠⁠twitch.tv/awkwardcomma⁠⁠

Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast:

Bluesky: ⁠⁠@distantechoespod.bsky.social‬⁠

Web: ⁠⁠glitterjaw.com/distant-echoes⁠⁠

-Theme Music: Max Power!-

Facebook: ⁠⁠The Real Max Power Band⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠@therealmaxpowerband⁠

All audio clips are used under Fair Use and belong to their respective copyright owners.