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And so, The Once and Future podcast topic is now Once and Past as we close out our two month journey through various adaptations of King Arthur and his very, very handsome and spectacularly facial-haired knights (at least, in this particular iteration). In celebration of the game's recent ten-year anniversary, this week we take a look at The Order: 1886! This experience may be light on gameplay (unless QTEs are your thing), but do the beards, zeppelins, and Tesla tech make up for it? Time to suit up, take a sip of Blackwater, find a good place to take cover (unless it's one of those levels where you... can't, for whatever reason), and find out!

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So we kinda forgot to drop teasers for our past two Patreon episodes, but, better late than never, right? ...right? Anyway, back in March we supplemented our adventures with various King Arthur adaptations by discussing some of our favorite weapons in media, or: our own personal Excaliburs, if you will. And while this teaser may sufficiently explain the decision to make Stanley Stupid our thumbnail (if such things can be sufficiently explained), for the rest of it, ya gotta jump on over to our Patreon!

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So we kinda forgot to drop teasers for our past two Patreon episodes, but, better late than never, right? ...right? Anyway, back in February we played matchmakers and gave one another the lofty challenge of pairing up 3 random characters from some of the IPs we've covered on the show thus far. So grab your leisure suit, hug a vampire, and remember that Dizzy Flores deserves so much better- and also that, while this teaser is two months too late to be relevant, patrons get to enjoy episodes like these during the actual holidays they're based on!

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Month #2 of our King Arthur extravaganza finds us revisiting the 1998 TV miniseries Merlin, starring Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Martin Short, and a whole lot of makeup (3 or 4 out of 5 on the sexy scale, apparently). We're surprised by many things this week: inexplicable dubbing choices, the depth of emotion Frik pulled out of us, and just how bad that dragon looks (seriously, even worse than we remembered). So suit up in your best boiled leather armor (you never know if there are any dagger-chucking children about) and remember that, no matter what that evil little Mab on your shoulder might say, you never, EVER go full Mickey.

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King Arthur season continues with Mage: The Hero Discovered, the cult classic comic that updates the Arthur legend for 1980's America with baseball bats, badass cars, and one very, VERY unpleasant protagonist. We talk aging, art, and the writing process, all while Beau tries out every possible pronunciation of the author's name and Brandon accidentally reveals some of his confused feelings towards the sensual allure of xenomorphs.

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We're kicking off March by going waaay back and exploring the origin point of one of the most foundational legends (and also the topic of our show for the next two months): King Arthur! Join us as we do a mini-deep dive on The Once and Future King and discuss some of the background on the related lore, and how the archetypes his story established have manifested in myriad ways throughout literature and other media since their original telling. Along the way we've got a rundown of our favorite knights, plenty of poorly pronounced French, trivia galore, and a holy grail dripping full of ranch dressing.

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Our Final Fantasy exploration enters month two with the sequel film 1 out 3 IMDb reviewers hail as a 10/10 masterpiece: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children! It's the epic tale of Kadouche, Doozy and Kazoo and their quest to slap enough green goo on their chests to change their identities and fit their mother's head inside a container that's slightly too small. Alongside our film discussion we also take some time to get philosophical and speculate about the FF7 afterlife, design a line of tarot cards, and discuss the physics of relay tossing an adult man to the top of a skyscraper.

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We're closing out part one of our Final Fantasy exploration, bringing Final Fanuary to a close, and heading on into... FFII? Final February? FFFebruary? (we still haven't decided) To celebrate the completion of Disc 1 here, we've got a bonus episode over on the Patreon, and here's a teaser for the kinds of shenanigans we have on offer over that way! This month we talk our ideal FF party, with characters sourced from across the entire franchise. Who's got the best repertoire of abilities and attacks in their arsenal? Who's got the best narrative waiting to be told? Who's hot? And who's not (alive)?

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Final Fanuary continues! All this month and the next we're exploring one of our favorite franchises, and this week we're doing things a little differently: welcome to our first episode of Source Found, Final Fantasy 101 edition! We're deep diving into the origins of the franchise and tracing the lineage of some of our favorite FF elements, as well as the creators behind them, from their original conception on up to today. Along the way we also make time for our personal history with the games, discuss some of our favorite parts of the series, and give our thoughts on where Final Fantasy might be heading next. So gas up your airship, saddle up that chocobo, and don't forget to equip your materia- because this party is getting historical!

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Welcome to Final Fanuary! All this month (and the next, which will undoubtedly bring with it an even worse pun) we're exploring one of our favorite franchises, and are kicking things off with, truly, one of the worst versions of our favorite things: the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within! Join us as we follow the mystical eagle through one very expensive uncanny valley on a quest to find all 60,000 hairs. Along the way, Beau expresses his love of bologna sandwiches, Brandon talks about his love of the D, but neither of us find much to love about the actual film. So buckle up kids, because this one is a rough ride. And remember: dreams don't lie.

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