For some reason Doba figured it’d be a good idea to come home at 4AM and start recording immediately. We don’t know why, there was plenty of time the next day or even the day after that. So sit and listen as he continues to get more and more delirious because the hours pass by and by. Look, there they go! Wave as they leave us!

This week’s big topics include things happening in the hosts lives, happy music, Shaolin Jazz, Anime that Jazz, Cikori, Josip on Deck, ZREO Soundscapes, the Eevee Song, Heroes, Only Yesterday, Ace Attorney, Perfect Blue, Fireball, Freaks and Geeks, Oz: The Great and Powerful, Cardcaptor Sakura, Man at Arms, Unmechanical, Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Style Saavy, Persona 3, Bastion creators’ new game Transistor, and KH HD 1.5’s changes.

GUEST APPEARANCES: N/A

ENDING SONG: Kawaii ~ Josip On Deck

EASTER EGG(S): None

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In a special RTM thingy we discuss Time Out’s Top 50 Animated films of all time. Which ones have we seen, which have we not? Which ones have we not even heard of? Which films do we want on there that we think should have been? All that and more! … Well, actually just all that!

THE LIST: http://www.timeout.com/london/film/time-outs-50-greatest-animated-films-with-added-commentary-by-terry-gilliam

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Are you a fan of background noise? So are we. Please listen to our hours long infomercial about background noise. We promise you’ll be buying background noise by the end. Background noise is the new fad, the fashionable thing, the next trend. Everybody wants background noise. Everybody. EVERYBODY. TAKE IT.

This week’s big topics include Pandora stations, Sly 4’s soundtrack, Courage the Cowardly Dog music, Japanese version of Les Mis, various game soundtracks, Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae, Catman, Recorder to Randoseru, Eyes of the Mothman, Lost Tapes, Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Heroes, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Spongebob Squarepants, IP Man, The Spirit, Live Free or Die Hard, Angels in the Outfield, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Who’s the Boss, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Little Inferno, Sly 2: Band of Thieves, The Unfinished Swan, Kirby’s Adventure, The Sims 3, Metal Gear Solid 4, Surgeons using the Wii for learning, and the Sim City funtime debacles.

GUEST APPEARANCES: N/A

ENDING SONG: I Just Can’t Wait to be King (Japanese)

EASTER EGG(S): None

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At last, the Oscars themselves start and we are still recording! Sure Red Carpet made us want to die, but the Academy Awards themselves can’t be all bad, right? … Just listen to our recording. It’s all we have for you. We’re sorry. We’re so sorry.

If you somehow make it through the whole thing then seek mental help.

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RTM starts out their Oscar night with Red Carpet coverage! It doesn’t take long for us to greatly regret their decision. After two hours of orange dresses (that are actually red), awkward interviews, Reese Witherspoon being gorgeous, weird mystery boxes, commercial breaks, Anne Hathaway being gorgeous, Sabretooth, and much more, we kind of want to kill ourselves.

But not before three hours of Oscars!

Behold, our “highlights” of when we recorded during the Oscars Red Carpet 2013.

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On today’s episode we not only break Ben but we also hear him describe the most dangerous game in the world. Well… not really dangerous, but risky. Well, not really risky either. Or rewarding. Ben’s explanation makes me wonder why people play it in the first place. Obviously it’s not for the money or fame cause those are against the rules? … I think? Hold on, let me check my notes…

This week’s big topics include Foxy Shazam, Buke and Gase, Nat King Cole, Crudbump, Raleigh Moncrief, A Room Full of Teeth, GameCenter CX, Community, Once Upon A Time, My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox, Super 8, True Grit, The Grey, Trollhunter, Spice & Wolf II, Mirai Nikki, Safety Not Guaranteed, Bernie, Bart Got a Room, Murder She Wrote, Hey Arnold, Pokemon Advanced (Season 6), Secret of Monkey Island, Juniper’s Knot, Cave Story+, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, Persona 3 FES, Ben There Dan That, Jet Li: Rise to Honor, Slave Witch April, Atelier Mereru: The Apprentice of Arland, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Actual Sunlight, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, and the PS4 announcement conference.

GUEST APPEARANCES: N/A

ENDING SONG: Amid the Minotaurs ~  A Room Full of Teeth

EASTER EGGS: Ben Breaks, _____n

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In order to keep the spoilers out of the episode and still be able to get the massive fangasming out of our systems, Ben and I sit down and talk about Sly 4 in a seperate “episode” without holding back. Everything we loved and disliked about this wonderful game that we waited eight years for. We talk ancestors, story, bosses, characters, art, and everything else possible to talk about when it comes to this game.

Consider this a collective sigh of relief from two massive Sly Cooper fans, and the pouring out of some emotions that resulted in finally playing this game.

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We’ve got a lot to talk about this week, even outside of Sly’s release… WAIT SLY GOT RELEASED!? WHY ARE WE EVEN HERE? WE’RE RECORDING A PODCAST!? NO. NO WE SHOULD BE PLAYING SLY. WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE PLAYING SLY. ALWAYS AND FOREVER. It is at this point that we realize we are crazy. Absolutely crazy as hell.

This week’s big topics include the Brawl soundtrack, Nick Pitera’s Les Mis medley, Weezer, Unwound Future’s soundtrack, foreign versions of American musicals, a My Chemical Romance piano tribute, Tay Zonday, ActRaiser’s Symphonic Suite, Highschool of the Dead’s music, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, GameCenter CX, My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Community season premiere, Seinfeld, The Sopranos, Mirai Nikki, Puzzle Agent, Lone Survivor, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, Persona 3 FES, Final Fantasy IX, Journey, Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale, Professor Layton & the Miracle Mask, Metal Gear Solid 3, Kingdom Hearts, Sly 4, and Gabe Newell in talks with JJ Abrams.

GUEST APPEARANCES: N/A

ENDING SONG: Be Prepared ~ Tay Zonday

EASTER EGG:  _____

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Confused by the title? So are we. Also, fair warning that Ben talks for a long time about anime and movies. Who’s idea was it to put the new anime season and Ben’s Academy Awards marathon at the same time? Because I want to punch them. In the face. And the dick. Both. At the same time. MAXIMUM PAIN.

This week’s big topics include Doba’s new apartment, Les Miserables, Brawl’s soundtrack, Garfunkel and Oates, Gurren Lagann, Gamecenter CX, Gamer Warz, Speed Racer, DBZ Kai, Prince of Tennis, Archer, Hakkenden: Eight dogs of the East, Joshiraku, Welcome to the NHK, I My Me!, Ishida to Asakura, Senyu, Amnesia, Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman, Cuticle Detective Inaba, Kotoura-san, Love Live! School Idol Project, Problem Children, Maoyuu Maou Yuusha, Academy Award Nominated Films, ActRaiser, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Sly Cooper & The Thevious Racoonus, Puzzle Agent, Shadow of the Colossus, Advance Wars, Avadon: The Black Fortress, the Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Gaming Resolutions, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Luigi’s Mansion, Radiata Stories, Metro 2033, Dead Space, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Project M, Sony’s being fined (again), and Glee ripping off Jonathan Coultan.

GUEST APPEARANCES: N/A

ENDING SONG: One Day More ~ Les Miserables Cast

EASTER EGG: Ben’s Ads for the GOTY skit

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HEY WE’RE LATE. Cause Doba moved. Cause that happened. Doba’s free. He is free like a bird to fly in the sky of not living with family it’s finally time for him to die cold and alone. But until then please enjoy this episode of RTM so you can die along with him.

This week’s big topics include Game of the Year, 24 Hour Cast, next year’s plans, Girls Generation, Tiny Desk Concerts, Joe Hisaishi’s concert, Time’s End: Majora’s Mask Remixed, the Sonic the Hedgehog fan film, Kore wa Zombie desu ka, Ano Hana, Ixion Saga Dimension Transfer, Sword Art Online, Persona 4 the Animation, Girls und Panzer, Chuunibyou, One Piece, Lincoln, Peter Pan films, Sonic 2006, Sonic fan games, Home, Botanicula, To The Moon, Dust: An Elysian Tale, Shadow of the Colossus/Ico, Jet Set Radio HD, Kingdom Hearts II, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Viewtiful Joe 2, Mario Kart 7, and Katamari Damacy.

GUEST APPEARANCES: Decaff78

ENDING SONG: Powdermilk Biscuits

EASTER EGG: Doba apologizes and begs for mercy

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