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We discuss our recent adventures doing Game Show Duels, the active gaming facility, Activate, and Luke's attempt at covering some tech news including Sony's future plans for physical media, but not before an audio cue sets everything off the rails!

We also cover the latest in sports news including the Guardians, the ESPY awards, and the World Cup; we also cover a recent Dave Attell comedy show, some new 3D printed can holders, and follow ups from previous episodes like Matt's epoxy floor difficulties.

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

1:00 Matt's Follow-ups

3:29 New 3D-Prints

5:22 Dave Attell Comedy Show

9:24 Canadian Wildfires

18:19 Activate - Active Gaming Facility

33:26 Game Show Duels

49:08 Sportsball

57:38 Luke's "Tech" News and Stuff

1:10:33 Sony Discontinuing Physical Media

1:25:59 Stripe attempting to acquire Paypal

1:28:20 Samsung Galaxy Unpacked upcoming event

1:41:17 Trivia

1:49:45 Matt's Epoxy Adventures

1:52:52 Mamaluke of Last Week

1:57:55 Dumb AIs

2:00:20 Mamaluke of This Week

2:02:50 Outro

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Recorded on July 17th, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

The full crew returns to catch up Game of Thrones, the final season of the Bear, and Matt's review of Supergirl, but we also learn about the recent adventures of Matt's home remodeling, and a escape room hotel experience that ended up being quite a wet and hilarious tale!

Also expect our usual sports news as well as Matt's thoughts on last episodes discussions on Disclosure Day and the Shayne Smith comedy show!

0:00 Intro

1:24 Kroger buying out Giant Eagle

5:43 Food Trivia from last episode

7:43 "I hope we get bigger one day."

10:36 Matt's thoughts on Disclosure Day

16:20 Matt's thoughts on Shayne Smith

22:43 Game of Thrones re-watch - complete!

57:43 The Bear - Final Season

1:06:02 Matt's Remodeling Adventures

1:15:08 Escape Room Hotel Escapade

1:28:51 Mamaluke of the Week

1:42:19 Sportsball

1:58:56 Supergirl Review

2:18:53 Trivia

2:21:39 Outro

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Recorded on July 10th, 2026.

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

We change things up a bit this episode with a whole bunch of food origin trivia! We also discuss our Game of Thrones re-watch, a recent Shayne Smith comedy show, our usual dose of sports news, and a quick review of Disclosure Day.

0:00 Intro

1:09 It's Summer!

2:29 Game of Thrones Re-watch

16:54 Shayne Smith Comedy Show

26:18 Epoxy Floor Update

30:06 Sonic The Hedgehog: 35th Anniversary

31:21 Food Origins (Trivia)

1:06:15 Sportsball

1:15:30 Disclosure Day Review

1:26:16 Outro

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Recorded on June 26th, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

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0:00 Intro

0:35 Luke's Picks

1:48 Alysha's Picks

2:59 Matt's Picks

4:02 Virginia's Picks

5:03 Outro

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If you're hoping for a good watch out of Masters of the Universe... temper your expectations. We give our review on that, we cover some recent sports news including the start of the World Cup, and Luke covers some highlights from the recent Summer Game Fest along with other game announcements! That includes Backyard Baseball, Halo, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Stage Tour, Spyro the Dragon, and Kingdom Hearts.

0:00 Intro

0:55 Leave No Trace Follow-up

3:31 Leave No Trace / Train Dreams Comparison

4:47 Game of Thrones Re-watch

10:06 The Bear: Final Season

14:29 Mamaluke of the Week

29:57 Masters of the Universe Review

1:01:58 Sportsball

1:18:10 Summer Game Fest

2:01:50 Trivia

2:12:16 Outro

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Recorded on June 12th, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

In the search for "100%" movies via Rotten Tomatoes, we have Leave No Trace, and an upcoming action thriller, The Furious. We also cover the latest in sports news including the Myles Garrett trade, all sorts of Guardians news, and the impending World Cup!

0:00 Intro

1:40 Poppin Panic

3:10 The origin of the "waiting" meme

5:09 Game of Thrones Re-watch

8:22 Podcast Recommendation: Twenty Thousand Hertz

10:53 Listener Feedback

12:01 Leave No Trace Review

48:59 Sportsball

1:01:44 The Furious Review

1:31:58 Trivia

1:35:28 Mini-Trivia Shenanigans/Outro

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Recorded on June 5th, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

The latest Star Wars universe release, The Mandalorian and Grogu, is our headline topic; we also cover the latest with our Game of Thrones re-watch, sports news including the recent MLB salary cap proposal, and an assortment of tech topics including the upcoming astronomical price hike of the lifetime Plex Pass to $749!

0:00 Intro

1:45 Game of Thrones Re-Watch

17:29 Listener Feedback

19:53 The Mandalorian and Grogu Review

50:53 Sportsball

1:16:41 More RAMifications - Steam Deck

1:23:10 The Plex Pass Price Hike

1:38:03 Artlist TV

1:44:49 YouTube's new "Unique Reach" Analytics

1:53:30 Trivia

1:59:38 Outro

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Recorded on May 29th, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.

Our guest host Rachel joins us as we give a review of the new movie In The Grey, and we transition over to the meteorite hunting that took place this past St. Patrick's day with the meteor that fizzled out over Ohio!

We also cover recent sports news including the NBA & NHL playoffs, recent ABS drama in the MLB, and the unfortunate passing of NASCAR driver Kyle Busch.

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Recorded on May 22nd, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Rachel L.

0:00 Intro

1:05 Welcome, Rachel!

5:22 Google I/O was actually this week

6:10 Matt's 3D-printed Stormtrooper Blaster: E-11

11:43 Instagram Guy

16:03 In The Grey Review

42:43 Sportsball

1:00:04 Recent meteor fall in Ohio

1:33:39 Trivia

1:38:16 Outro

This week we discuss Mortal Kombat II, Tuner, some announcements from Google I/O, and how things were like before the internet and social media took over our lives!

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Recorded on May 15th, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., & Matt H.

Amidst a super-sized supply of toilet paper, we've got reviews on Secret Agent, Marty Supreme, and How to get to Heaven from Belfast. We also cover some sports news, birthdays, some follow-ups from last episode including the bizarre Gamestop attempt to acquire eBay, and more!

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Recorded on May 8th, 2026

Hosted By: Lucas "Luke" Ciprian, Alysha S., Matt H., & Virginia J.