It’s 2014! … Has been for over a month! You might be asking yourself: “Why is RTM releasing their Top 10s for 2013 in February?” Let us answer that question with a question! Why are the Oscars in March? Check and mate. And Yahtzee. And Bingo. You get where I’m coming from.

So here you go, Doba and Ben’s Top 10 shows, movies, and video games of 2013, where we say good bye to the year in style. Not really. Just listen to the show.

Got a suggestion for a future list? Let us know in the comments!

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Ben and Doba are living together at last! Forever! Never leaving! They’ve wandered into a terrible hellscape and now can never escape! The end times have arrived and there’s nothing you can do about it. Years from now ancient civilizations will look upon this day as the day that few want to remember. Basically what we’re saying is that Lavos has nothing on us.

This week’s big topics include Frozen, Kesha, Justin Timberlake, Wicked, True Grit, Random Access Memories, Dragonball Z, Parks & Recreation, 12 Years a Slave, American Hustle, Wolf of Wall Street, Dallas Buyers Club, Captain Phillips, Her, 30 Rock, Archer Vice, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Pokemon X, Paper Mario, Radiata Stories, Nidhogg, Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, and the Sly Cooper movie.

GUEST APPEARANCES: N/A

ENDING SONG: Let It Go ~ Idina Menzel

EASTER EGG(S): Why does Sly have pants

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Just two more, we just gotta hold out guys WE JUST GOTTA HOLD OUT. It’s okay, we’re okay. So what if we lost Frank? Frank was a jerk. We all hated Frank. Once Marty gets here we’re all gonna be all “who was Frank even I don’t even know he was probably a jerk I hate Frank.” Yeah… we’ll say that. We’ll say exactly that.

This week’s big topics include Pop Danthology 2013, O Brother Where Art Thou OST, Spirited Away OST, Anamanaguchi, Steven Wright, Balance & Ruin: Final Fantasy VI Remixed, Chrono Symphonic, Bob’s Burgers, American Dad, The Simpsons, Community, Agents of SHIELD, Frozen, Gravity, Kamen Rider Gaim, Kamen Rider Decade, Akibaranger, Mobile Suit Gundam 0079, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Sherlock, Power Rangers Megaforce, Gigi, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Rayman Legends, Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Pokemon Crystal, Castlevania, Monaco, Chibi-Robo, Catlateral Damage, Fistful of Guns, 2014 Gaming Resolutions, and Smash 4 roster hopes.

GUEST APPEARANCES: N/A

ENDING SONG: Pop Danthology 2013 ~ Daniel Kim

EASTER EGG(S): SMYNjas Playing Civ 5

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They’re gummi! They’re swedish! They’re fish shaped! They’re… swedish flavored? I don’t know THEY’RE SWEDISH FISH! I have so many now. Please eat some of my swedish fish. Please, I beg you. Please. They are so many and I am only one.

This week’s big topics include Kill la Kill, Christmas music, Obligatory Ice Level Day, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask OST, Smooth McGroove, Bob’s Burgers, Sharknado, Ghostbusters, Frozen, The Prestige, The Wolverine, Saving Mr. Banks, My Little Pony: Friendship is Witchcraft, Frozen Ground, Nazo no Kanojo X, The Hobbit 2, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney- Dual Destinies, Rayman Legends, Christmas Hauls, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Grand Theft Auto V, Dishonored, Twine Games, Cry$tal Warrior Ke$ha, Sacrilege, Save the Date, Gunstar Super Heroes, Real Summer Sports Simulator, Barbie Princess & the Pauper, Westward, and gooDDoog.

GUEST APPEARANCES: N/A

ENDING SONG: Sexual Healing (Post Toby Remix) ~ Marvin Gaye

EASTER EGG(S): Doba’s Picks For SMYN GOTY

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On today’s episode of learning too much about Ben’s family, we hear many stories about Thanksgiving. From Doba too. And maybe from Decaff too, I don’t know nobody was really paying attention. It’s been a good couple of weeks since the last RTM but we’re finally back. You weren’t rid of us. You’ll never be rid of us.

This week’s big topics include Ghostface Killah, Childish Gambino, Major Lazer, Simcoptor OST, Pokemon Christmas Bash, Steam Powered Giraffe, Lonely Island, Smash Mouth, Metallica, The World Ends With You OST, Game Center CX, Prince of Tennis, Day of the Doctor, An Adventure in Space & Time, RWBY, My Mental Choices, Kill la Kill, Bob’s Burgers, Archer, Achievement Hunter, Game Grumps, Jon Tron, Caddicarus, PeanutButterGamer, Pepsiman, Brutalmoose, The Runaway Guys, Oldboy, Kamen Rider Gaim, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, Kim Possible, Aziz Ansari, Fiddler on the Roof, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Paper Mario, Monaco, XBox One, Custom Robo, Pokemon Y, Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD, The Wonderful 101, Persona 3, Fate Extra, Tales of Xillia, Starcraft II, Cave Story +, Tecmo Bowl, Final Fantasy IX, Papers Please, Surgeon Simulator, and Project M 3.0.

GUEST APPEARANCES: Decaff

ENDING SONG: Under the Mistletoe ~ Pokemon Cast

EASTER EGG(S): Ben discusses his votes for GOTY

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Yeah it’s late. But you know what else is late? … Me neither. Things have been busy, folks, and while Webcomics Month is technically over we still have a conclusion to do. So here it is. The conclusion.

Go read more webcomics.

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We’re back for part 2! If you want a description, go read and listen to part 1! This week on The List we continue last episode’s list of the Best Undiscovered PS2 Games from racketboy. It’s still pretty great and we’re still finding games we want to play so… that’s a thing I guess? It’s been a busy week so this one is short, but we’ll hopefully be back in full swing soon!

The List In Question (Again)

Got a suggestion for a future list? Let us know in the comics! I mean comments! But did we mention comics?

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We had to split this week’s list up into two parts because it was taking too long for us. Which is a weird thing to say about something RTM puts out, don’t you think? I think so too. Let us think this together. This week’s list is the first half or so of Racketboy’s Best Undiscovered PS2 Games and is a rather unorthodox choice considering our usual types of lists. But it’s cool, and generates some good discussion so we’ll take it!

The List In Question

Got a suggestion for a future list? Let us know in the comments!

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November is webcomics month! So every week this month we’ll have a new episode entirely based around the comics we read! It’s a great place to get some suggestions and get to readin’, because we love webcomics and so should you!

The month is almost coming to a close, but that’s okay! This week we’re gonna talk about some more story based comics that are less dramatic and more funny as hell. If you wanna laugh and meet some great characters, this is the place to be!

THIS WEEK’S COMICS:

– Cucumber Quest

– Menage a 3

– GREAT

– Eerie Cuties

– Asscastle

– Paranatural

– Gunshow Comic

– Go Get A Roomie

(I know it says the next episode is coming out tomorrow, but that’s before I realized there was still another week in November. So the last episode of Webcomics Month will be out next Friday, just like normal!)

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I dont even know what to think of him anymore. How dare he like a movie I haven’t seen and therefore cannot actually judge. How dare he. YES I’M ALLOWED TO BE ILLOGICAL ABOUT DUMB THINGS, I’M CRAZY IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY.

This week’s big topics are Lullatone, Bound Together, Heroes Unsung, OCRemix, Brave Little Toaster, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, Two Best Friends Play Beyond: Two Souls, Desert Bus For Hope 7, Caddicarus, Game Center CX, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Croods, Monsters University, Twin Peaks, Steven Universe, Zatch Bell, Bobobo Bo Bo-Bobo, Digimon, Keith Apicary, Pokemon XY, Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies, Pokemon X, Sam & Max 301: The Penal Zone, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Pajama Sam, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice For All, MOTHER 3, Project M, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Bad Hotel, Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Official North American Trailer For “The Wind Rises”, Project M 3.0, PS4 Blue Light of Death, and Turkey Day.

GUEST APPEARANCES: N/A

ENDING SONG: Worthless (Japanese) ~ Brave Little Toaster

EASTER EGG(S): Ben’s Latest Work Story

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