The Bat-Jar Podcast

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This is the tenth installment of our Memory Lane series, where we look back at the highs and lows of all things nerdy and geeky from the last decade.

In this episode, we reflect upon the year 2018. Audiences emerged from all over to place for the revival of Roseanne, the release of Black Panther, and the internet craze of Fortnite. Nostalgia and popular franchises continue to show their dominance across all areas of nerd and geek culture.

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The intro and outro music was created by Cackles and Jeremy Eckert. We thank them for their generous support of this podcast.

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For more information regarding COVID-19 and available health services in Canada, call 1-833-784-4397 or visit canada.ca/coronavirus.

This is the ninth installment of our Memory Lane series, where we look back at the highs and lows of all things nerdy and geeky from the last decade.

In this episode, we reflect upon the year 2017. This year saw a lot of controversy as the #MeToo Movement showed the darker side of Hollywood and movies like "The Last Jedi" showed the darker side of fandom. Lots of surprises among the various categories this year!

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The intro and outro music was created by Cackles and Jeremy Eckert. We thank them for their generous support of this podcast.

Check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/batjarpodcast. Invite your friends to like our page!

You can contact us at @thebatcookiejar on Twitter or you can send an e-mail to [email protected].

For more information regarding COVID-19 and available health services in Canada, call 1-833-784-4397 or visit canada.ca/coronavirus.

This is the eighth installment of our Memory Lane series, where we look back at the highs and lows of all things nerdy and geeky from the last decade.

In this episode, we reflect upon the year 2016. Jokingly referred to as the year when "everything sucked", we saw a lot of influential people pass away, Pokémon Go take over people's social lives, and a bunch of movies fail to reach our expectations.

Sound effect is this episode are the property of 2MirrorsDialogue and Gaming Sound FX. Check out their channels on YouTube.

The intro and outro music was created by Cackles and Jeremy Eckert. We thank them for their generous support of this podcast.

Check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/batjarpodcast. Invite your friends to like our page!

You can contact us at @thebatcookiejar on Twitter or you can send an e-mail to [email protected].

This is the seventh installment of our Memory Lane series, where we look back at the highs and lows of all things nerdy and geeky from the last decade.

In this episode, we reflect upon the year 2015. Franchises like Dragon Ball, Star Wars, and Mortal Kombat return to make an impact on the pop culture landscape. At the same time, new properties like Minecraft, One Punch Man, and Critical Role became instantly popular and have left a legacy.

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Sound effect is this episode are the property of 2MirrorsDialogue and Gaming Sound FX. Check out their channels on YouTube.

The intro and outro music was created by Cackles and Jeremy Eckert. We thank them for their generous support of this podcast.

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This is the sixth installment of our Memory Lane series, where we look back at the highs and lows of all things nerdy and geeky from the last decade.

In this episode, we reflect upon the year 2014. Guardians of the Galaxy, Goat Simulator, Girl Meets World, and Tokyo Ghoul are some of the many franchises discussed during this conversation highlighting certain franchises that continue to succeed and others that destroyed themselves.

Sound effect is this episode are the property of 2MirrorsDialogue and Gaming Sound FX. Check out their channels on YouTube.

The intro and outro music was created by Cackles and Jeremy Eckert. We thank them for their generous support of this podcast.

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We are joined by special guest Mjolnir to take a break from our Memory Lane series to talk about the latest video game movie, Sonic The Hedgehog.

What makes this character unique? Was the controversial redesign of Sonic a worthwhile expense for those making the movie? Does this movie break the curse of video game movies?

To avoid SPOILERS for the new Sonic The Hedgehog movie, skip over 35:30- 57:12 of the episode.

Music and audio from "Sonic X" is the property of Takashi Sasamura, Tadahito Matsumoto, Discotek Media and TMS Entertainment.

Music and audio from "Sonic The Hedgehog (1991 video game)" is the property of Masato Nakamura, Shinobu Toyoda, Sonic Team, and SEGA.

Music and audio from "Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog" is the property of Reed Robbins, Mark Simon, Kent Butterworth, DiC Animation City, Sega of America, Bohbot Entertainment, and Reteitalia s.P.a.

Music and audio from the Sega Genesis commercial is the property of SEGA.

Music and audio from "Sonic The Hedgehog (2020)" is the property of Tom Holkenborg, Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher, Toru Nakahara, Takeshi Ito, Original Film, Marza Animation Planet, and Blur Studio.

The intro and outro music was created by Cackles and Jeremy Eckert. We thank them for their generous support of this podcast.

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This is the fifth installment of our Memory Lane series, where we look back at the highs and lows of all things nerdy and geeky from the last decade.

In this episode, we reflect upon the year 2013. Reigning champions of video games sales and television views are overtaken by challengers for the first time in the decade. We start to see the influence of Disney at the box office, and the influence of streaming on entertainment.

Sound effect is this episode are the property of 2MirrorsDialogue and Gaming Sound FX. Check out their channels on YouTube.

The intro and outro music was created by Cackles and Jeremy Eckert. We thank them for their generous support of this podcast.

Check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/batjarpodcast. Invite your friends to like our page!

You can contact us at @thebatcookiejar on Twitter or you can send an e-mail to [email protected].

This is the fourth installment of our Memory Lane series, where we look back at the highs and lows of all things nerdy and geeky from the last decade.

In this episode, we reflect upon the year 2012. Sequels, spinoffs, and crossovers continue to dominate video games, anime, and movies. Meanwhile, several major television series ended this year, marking a potential end to the dominance of network television.

Sound effect is this episode are the property of 2MirrorsDialogue and Gaming Sound FX. Check out their channels on YouTube.

The intro and outro music was created by Cackles and Jeremy Eckert. We thank them for their generous support of this podcast.

Check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/batjarpodcast. Invite your friends to like our page!

You can contact us at @thebatcookiejar on Twitter or you can send an e-mail to [email protected].

In the third installment of our Memory Lane series, we follow the trend of the early 2010's by splitting our conversation into two parts!

In this episode, we look at the anime shows, and movies from 2011. How did so many genre defining anime series come out in one year? And why was 2011 the year when sequels dominated the box office?

Sound effect is this episode are the property of 2MirrorsDialogue and Gaming Sound FX. Check out their channels on YouTube.

The intro and outro music was created by Cackles and Jeremy Eckert. We thank them for their generous support of this podcast.

Check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/batjarpodcast. Invite your friends to like our page!

You can contact us at @thebatcookiejar on Twitter or you can send an e-mail to [email protected].

This is the second installment of our Memory Lane series, where we look back at the highs and lows of all things nerdy and geeky from the last decade.

In this episode, we look at the video games and television series from 2011. Do you remember what were the most watched tv shows, and best selling video games of that year? Join us as we give out bat-cookies and bat-noogies to everything the year 2011 had to offer.

Sound effect is this episode are the property of 2MirrorsDialogue and Gaming Sound FX. Check out their channels on YouTube.

The intro and outro music was created by Cackles and Jeremy Eckert. We thank them for their generous support of this podcast.

Check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/batjarpodcast. Invite your friends to like our page!

You can contact us at @thebatcookiejar on Twitter or you can send an e-mail to [email protected].