OOPS there’s no full RTM this week. Doba was painfully busy editing Red Carpet, helping with GOTY, and hosting the 24 Hour Cast. So that happened. That all happened. That all happened and it all happened at once.

Instead, take this bit that ended up being WAY too long for the GOTY. It’s RTM and the hosts of the other Network shows talking about their years in music, movies, and games. Think of it as a mini RTM and we’ll see you next cycle with RTM 55.

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This week the hosts are joined by Moses for the first time in over thirty episodes! There they talk about loud noises, rubber bones, tugging ropes, doggy treats and… oh wait, we never talked about any of those things. My bad.

This week’s big topics include scenes that fit with I Need A Hero, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite (SEE BEN I SPELLED IT) and other Christmas music, The Who, Epic Rap Battles of History, Godzilla movies, Doctor Who series 7, Little Match Girl, A Stranger in Need, Dragonball Z, why GT is the worst thing to ever be created in that series ever, the Madoka movie (SPOILER WARNING), the Tatami Galaxy, Ano Hana (SPOILER WARNING), Magical Girls, Clannad, Seinfeld, IndieStatik’s Top 5 Free Indie Games of the Week, Celestial Mechanica, Cubistry, You Must Undo The End, Walker, Roller Coaster Tycoon Deluxe, Fate/Stay Night, Saint’s Row The Third, Hitman: Blood Money, Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Valve developing a console, Shonen Jump’s Project J game, Battlefront 3 was canceled at over 90% done, and Phantom Pain is Metal Gear Solid V.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM READ THE MANUAL!

GUEST APPEARANCES: MajorMoses

ENDING SONG: I Need A Hero ~ Bonnie Tyler

EASTER EGG(S): Doba and Wolfgang go to WORK!

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Well, here we are again guys. As per usual Doba’s angry at something and Ben is Ben. Does that stop them from recording Read the Manual? Nope! Unfortunately! Not to mention we have a shiny new intro made especially for us by our friend Darkurai! So thank you Darkurai! I don’t have anything clever to say this week so on with the content post!

This week’s big topics include Doba’s thank yous, Zelda soundtracks, Merry Gear Solid 2 soundtrack, Sequelitis, Extra Credits, Prince of Tennis, Dragonball Z/GT (and why GT is bad but hilarious), Doctor Who Weakest Link, Die Hard 3, Home Alone 5, One Piece, the BEST MANGA EVER, King of Kong, In Search of the Elusive Writer, Dishonored, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Darksiders, One Chance, You’ve Have to Burn the Rope, The Witness will have over 1,000 foot step sounds, and Nintendo Power’s final issue.

GUEST APPEARANCES: N/A

ENDING SONG: I’d Like To Teach The World To Fap (In Perfect Harmony) ~ ZONE [NSFW, WHY BEN… WHY…]

EASTER EGG(S): Doba finishes Dishonored

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He’s ready guys! Ben is ready! He is so ready! Ready doesn’t even begin to describe it! A slow couple weeks has gone by for Ben and Doba but that’s not gonna stop them from making a sub par show about it. It’s been awhile since we’ve had just the hosts on the show, so they decided to go ahead and not have a guest this week. Yeah, uh… sorry Moses? OH WELL MAYBE NEXT TIME.

Not to mention we have a special  announcement about this year’s 24 Hour Cast! Tune in to find out about it!

This week’s big topics include the 24 Hour Cast, Supercar, Zach Galifianakis, Steam Powered Giraffe, DayZ Hardcore, ProJared, Game Grumps, Desert Bus for Hope 6, Doctor Who, Ping Pong, Malcolm in the Middle, Mad Men, One Piece, Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Professor Layton & The Miracle Mask, Journey, Visual Novels, Project M, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Doba’s new job, Merry Gear Solid 2, and Hostess closing.

GUEST APPEARANCES: N/A

ENDING SONG: Thrift Shop ~ Macklemore

EASTER EGG(S): Christmas Talk/Ben’s Ready

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We just got back from our vacation in Detroit, Michigan for the second year in a row! What a place for a vacation, eh? We were there once again for [UNSPECIFIED DETROIT EVENT], and this year the amount of SMYN Network peoples joining us DOUBLED. Of course [UNSPECIFIED DETROIT EVENT] went about how you’d expect, nobody recognized us or came to our panel AGAIN (wait we had a panel when was this) because we totally had one (we most certainly did not), so it was obviously a total bummer!

Except it wasn’t! [UNSPECIFIED DETROIT EVENT] was a blast once again! We can probably get a bit of a post about our experience somewhere but we got to meet people like Doug Walker, Linkara, TeamFourStar, and LittleKuriboh, we got to see Steam Powered Giraffe live in concert, and even attended panels lead by two of our fellow Network shows (Show Me Your News! and WTF Pokemon!?)! Not to mention the best part being sharing the best hotel room ever with Darkurai and Peofun1, both of whom have probably been on the show more than any other guests in RTM history. So we figured, let’s have them on again!

This week’s big topics include Youmacon (of course), mash-ups, Steam Powered Giraffe, more Youmacon, Once Upon A Time, Pom Poko, Only Yesterday, Alfred Hitchcock, Nightmare on Elm Street, Red VS Blue, Wreck-It Ralph, more Youmacon, Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Professor Layton & The Miracle Mask, Mount & Blade, more Youmacon, Halo 4, and even more god damned Youmacon.

WE LIKED YOUMACON, OKAY?

GUEST APPEARANCES: Darkurai (of Darkurai’s Happy Let’s Play Fun Time) and Peofun1

ENDING SONG: Jordan ~ Buckethead

Oh, and on our way home from Detroit Ben and I started thinking about some other cons we might be able to attend in coming years! We’re honestly looking for ones we wouldn’t have to fly out to, we’d prefer one that would give us an average length road trip.

So if you want RTM to come to your local convention (protip: you don’t) then help us out and shoot us some suggestions. We’d love to hear them.

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Here, today, is the release of Read The Manual’s 50th episode.

Almost two years of podcasting. Almost two years of being “The Podcast About Stuff!”

… why did nobody stop us when they had the chance?

As Doba and Ben go on to record their 50th episode they find themselves in a situation that requires them not only to face their past selves but also revisit the horror that was Read The Manual Episode 1.

As the two fight very possible odds (there’s not really all that fighting) and face deadly situations (there’s actually none of those, either), join them for what shall be known as a great milestone in absolutely nobody’s minds!

With guest appearances by Charmy (of the SSX Ubercast), Darkurai (of Darkurai’s Happy Let’s Play Funtime), KindKing01, and Youko (of multiple SMYN Network shows), this is an episode we say you’ll never forget, but we’re pretty sure you will almost instantly.

ENDING SONG: Here’s To You ~ Ennio Morricone/Harry Gregson-Williams

Also, next episode takes place at YOUMACON! We’ll be there, will you? If we have fans there besides the ones staying in our room, please tell us! … PLEASE! OH GOD TELL US SOMEBODY LISTENS TO THESE AAAAAAAAAAA

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This week's big topics include Canterlot Gardens, the Glory Gospel Choir, Royksopp, T-Pain, Double Dragon Neon, Dan VS, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The FP and why it's the best movie ever, Boardwalk Empire, Doctor Who, Hanna, Wilfred, Gilmore Girls, DBZ Kai, MOTHER (Earthbound Zero), MOTHER 3, Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, the upcoming Sonic R grudge match between Cyberlink and Ben, Ape Escape, Sonic Adventure 2, F.E.A.R., Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Saint's Row The Third, and Pokemon White 2.

At last, their quest came to fruition and the dreaded/loved Super and Tony were finally brought to the mediocre lands of Read the Manual! Come watch as any type of organization we once might have had disappears into the wind like Dorothy’s house in a tornado and HOW DARE YOU MAKE AN OZ JOKE AT ME YOU BASTARD.

This week’s big topics include They Might Be Giants, To Boldly Flees, Dead Space movie, Batman: Gotham Knight, Alien, The Office, Adventure Time, Dragonball/Dragonball Z, Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori, Boardwalk Empire, Mario games, Louie, Between Two Ferns, Back to the Future, Donkey Kong Country 3, Psychonauts, and Animal Crossing.

GUEST APPEARANCES: Super and Tony (of Show Me Your News!)

ENDING SONG: The Statue Made Me High ~ They Might Be Giants

EASTER EGG(S): YAHOO!

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On this week’s RTM Youko and Swordhunter take time away from their busy schedule of not pointing out the flaws in Pokemon episodes anymore to come and talk to us about random crap! However, the major twist comes when Youko keeps dropping despite his internet being perfectly fine. So, in true Read the Manual tradition, we have nothing to blame but Kansas itself. God damnit Kansas…

This week’s big topics include Big Band of Rouges, Terror Pidgeon Dance Revolt, Brentalfloss, OverClocked Remix albums, the Dark Knight Rises soundtrack, Pandora, Bonfire Desires, Motion City Soundtrack, Code Lyoko, New Teen Titans, Rosario + Vampire, Professor Layton series, Stargate, Louie, The Office, The Watch, Freelancers, American Dad, One Piece, Mr. Show, Persona 4, Sonic & Knuckles, Mass Effect 3, InFamous, Sonic Generations, Shadow of the Colossus, Symphony, Puzzle Pirates, Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango, Earthbound, G4 dying (again), Metal Gear Solid movie, Ace Attorney 5 details, Mojang’s Block By Block, and Steam’s $100 Greenlight fee.

GUEST APPEARANCES: Youko (of the SMYN Network) and Swordhunter (of WTF Pokemon!?)

ENDING SONG: Big Red Gum ~ Wrigleys

EASTER EGG(S): Doba does some plugs for some stuff

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We originally planned to have two guests this episode but it seems that’s really hard when you’ve got family weddings and family birthdays and family crap all weekend. So this week we’re joined by the air, the sounds of Doba’s garage door, and some dogs barking from down the street. No doubt some of the best guests we’ve ever had, I mean seriously. Not like we wanted Super and Tony. Nope, definitely not. Nope. NOPE.

This week’s big topics include Shaolin Jazz, Lazy Town, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, To Boldly Flee, Louie, Cheers, A Monster in Paris, Gravity Falls, Rhythm Thief, Persona 3, Persona 4: Arena, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Ty The Tasmanian Tiger, Super Mario 64, Super Mario RPG, the only English Final Fantasy II NES Cartridge ever made is sold for crazy amounts of money, new Splinter Cell game, Nintendo Power going out of print, Hyrule Historia kicks 50 Shades of Grey’s ass, Kingdom Hearts stuff, and the Persona 3 movie.

GUEST APPEARANCES: None

ENDING SONG: The Gypsy Bard ~ Friendship is Witchcraft

EASTER EGG(S): BUT WILL SHE LOVE ME!?

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