Strap in for another long one folks. Marco is gone and Phil has turned just plain rotten. This week the Pals worked hard to finish up the special Spider-Man character episode! What makes Spider-Man so great? Pete sure doesn’t think it has anything to do with Miles Morales!

Plus: Cale got a present!

Great Debate:

Who is Spider-Man’s Greatest Foe?

Buy or Sell:

Batman’s Villains or Spider-Man’s Villains?

Pals Pulls:

Batman #27

Archie #22

James Bond: Kill Chain #1

Secret Empire #6

Torchwood: Station Zero

Power Rangers #17

Invincible #138

News:

Lucy Liu is Directing the Season 2 Premiere of Luke Cage!:

goo.gl/FnkpbF

Wonder Woman 2 Rumored to be Set in the 1980’s!

goo.gl/838LDM

DC Announces Green Lantern Earth One!:

goo.gl/2e8xV2

The Next DC Animated Film May Be Gotham By Gaslight!:

goo.gl/fMs8DP

Marvel’s Spider-Man Animated Series is Announced at D23 Expo!:

goo.gl/rbTfh6

Milana Vayntrub Announced as Squirrel Girl Alongside the Rest of the New Warriors!:

goo.gl/oK2zCR

Spider-Man: Homecoming is Leading the Box Office!:

goo.gl/2ZMbCS

Kevin Feige Answers the Question: ‘Will Miles Morales Make it to the MCU?”!:

goo.gl/JmDpT5

Main Topic:

With Spider-Man: Homecoming currently dominating the box office, everyone's favorite web-slinger is on top of the world! This week, we're taking a close look at Spider-Man to find out what his motivations are, who his greatest allies and enemies are, why he's remained such a beloved hero for so many years, and much more!

The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics.

The Pals:

Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox

Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete

Cale: twitter.com/Totointow

Marco: twitter.com/WoeisMarco_

Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop

Thompson is still in Michigan on vacation, but the rest of The Video Game Pals are here to talk about Splatoon 2's Nintendo Direct, the success of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy & talk about the future of from the ground up remakes!

PLUS: Andy gets taken to task by the Squirtle Squad.

-What We’re Playing

-RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What video game world would you live in?

-DA NEWS:

1. ARMS is getting its first piece of free DLC this week:

https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/883249676602028032

2. Another tweet from Nintendo of Europe has confirmed that we’ll be playing as Link in BOTW’s 2nd Story DLC:

https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/883283238793482241

3. Splatoon 2 Direct:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnIAN06eSAE

4. Blizzard may have just leaked the location of World of Warcraft's next expansion:

http://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-may-have-just-leaked-the-location-of-world-of-warcrafts-next-expansion/

5. Long-rumored 25th hero Doomfist comes to Overwatch’s PTR servers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uKkAyLPJe0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaZfZFNuOpI

6. Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy had the biggest single-platform launch of the year in the UK:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-07-03-crash-bandicoot-n-sane-trilogy-biggest-single-platform-launch-of-the-year

Meat and Potatoes: With the success of Crash and the announcement that Shadow of the Colossus is also getting a from the ground up remake, how do you feel about this new trend of slavishly recreating games while also giving them modern updates and tweaks? What other games do you think could benefit from a similar treatment?

Music:

"Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat

The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel.

The Pals:

Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox

Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete

Andy: twitter.com/Tiger_Millions

Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire

Thompson is still in Michigan on vacation, but the rest of The Video Game Pals are here to talk about Splatoon 2's Nintendo Direct, the success of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy & talk about the future of from the ground up remakes!

PLUS: Andy gets taken to task by the Squirtle Squad.

-What We’re Playing

-RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What video game world would you live in?

-DA NEWS:

1. ARMS is getting its first piece of free DLC this week:

https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/883249676602028032

2. Another tweet from Nintendo of Europe has confirmed that we’ll be playing as Link in BOTW’s 2nd Story DLC:

https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/883283238793482241

3. Splatoon 2 Direct:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnIAN06eSAE

4. Blizzard may have just leaked the location of World of Warcraft's next expansion:

http://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-may-have-just-leaked-the-location-of-world-of-warcrafts-next-expansion/

5. Long-rumored 25th hero Doomfist comes to Overwatch’s PTR servers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uKkAyLPJe0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaZfZFNuOpI

6. Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy had the biggest single-platform launch of the year in the UK:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-07-03-crash-bandicoot-n-sane-trilogy-biggest-single-platform-launch-of-the-year

Meat and Potatoes: With the success of Crash and the announcement that Shadow of the Colossus is also getting a from the ground up remake, how do you feel about this new trend of slavishly recreating games while also giving them modern updates and tweaks? What other games do you think could benefit from a similar treatment?

Music:

"Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat

The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel.

The Pals:

Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox

Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete

Andy: twitter.com/Tiger_Millions

Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire

Spider-Man: Homecoming has finally swung into the theaters and the Pals are here with their review of Marvel's first crack at Peter Parker.

PLUS: Phil is a butt.

RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What free movies should Sean go see? Let us know in the comments below!

Reader Mail

Pals Pulls:

Dark Days: The Casting #1

Scooby Doo Apocalypse #15

Calexit #1

Spider-Men II #1

Vision: Director's Cut #2

News:

1. Joan Lee Has Passed:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/joan-lee-dead-wife-marvel-comics-legend-stan-lee-was-95-1018951

https://twitter.com/dccomics/status/883118278293544960

https://news.marvel.com/comics/68247/marvel-mourns-loss-joan-lee/

2. Gerard Way's Umbrella Academy is Coming to Netflix:

http://www.cbr.com/gerard-way-umbrella-academy-netflix/

3. Image & Chaykin Apologize for Divided States of Hysteria #4's Pulled Cover:

http://www.cbr.com/image-comics-howard-chaykin-apologize-pull-divided-states-cover/

4. Joker Goes Sane in Batman: White Night: http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/07/07/joker-plays-the-hero-in-dc-comics-batman-white-knight

5. Homecoming Was the Second Movie in Feige's 5-Movie Arc For Peter Parker:

https://www.newsarama.com/35170-feige-s-five-movie-plan-for-holland-s-spider-man.html

6. Feige Says the Next Spider-Man Movie Will Feature A Previously Unseen Villain:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/07/06/next-spider-man-movie-aiming-to-feature-a-never-before-used-villain-says-marvels-kevin-feige

Main Topic:

Spider-Man: Homecoming review!

The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics.

The Pals:

Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox

Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete

Cale: twitter.com/Totointow

Marco: twitter.com/WoeisMarco_

Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop

Spider-Man: Homecoming has finally swung into the theaters and the Pals are here with their review of Marvel's first crack at Peter Parker.

PLUS: Phil is a butt.

RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What free movies should Sean go see? Let us know in the comments below!

Reader Mail

Pals Pulls:

Dark Days: The Casting #1

Scooby Doo Apocalypse #15

Calexit #1

Spider-Men II #1

Vision: Director's Cut #2

News:

1. Joan Lee Has Passed:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/joan-lee-dead-wife-marvel-comics-legend-stan-lee-was-95-1018951

https://twitter.com/dccomics/status/883118278293544960

https://news.marvel.com/comics/68247/marvel-mourns-loss-joan-lee/

2. Gerard Way's Umbrella Academy is Coming to Netflix:

http://www.cbr.com/gerard-way-umbrella-academy-netflix/

3. Image & Chaykin Apologize for Divided States of Hysteria #4's Pulled Cover:

http://www.cbr.com/image-comics-howard-chaykin-apologize-pull-divided-states-cover/

4. Joker Goes Sane in Batman: White Night: http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/07/07/joker-plays-the-hero-in-dc-comics-batman-white-knight

5. Homecoming Was the Second Movie in Feige's 5-Movie Arc For Peter Parker:

https://www.newsarama.com/35170-feige-s-five-movie-plan-for-holland-s-spider-man.html

6. Feige Says the Next Spider-Man Movie Will Feature A Previously Unseen Villain:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/07/06/next-spider-man-movie-aiming-to-feature-a-never-before-used-villain-says-marvels-kevin-feige

Main Topic:

Spider-Man: Homecoming review!

The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics.

The Pals:

Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox

Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete

Cale: twitter.com/Totointow

Marco: twitter.com/WoeisMarco_

Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop

Marvel Game's Mike Jones has dropped some juicy hints about Marvel's future in video games so Pete, Andy & Sean spitball some games they'd like to see the publisher tackle.

PLUS: Thompson is on vacation, but Pete forgot to call it out until over an hour into the show!

What We’re Playing

Buy or Sell: Games based on Marvel or DC?

Da News:

1. SNES Classic coming Sept. 29 for $79.99

https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/26/15873986/snes-classic-edition-price-release-date-list-of-games

2. Nintendo Wants to Make Anime for Star Fox, Pikmin, Yoshi, and More:

https://www.gamnesia.com/news/nintendo-wants-to-make-anime-for-star-fox-pikmin-yoshi-and-more

3. Arkane co-founder Raphael Colantonio steps down after 18 years at the studio:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-30-arkane-co-founder-raphael-colantonio-imagine-not-having-a-vacation-for-18-years

4. Mass Effect: Andromeda Will Not Get Single-Player DLC

http://kotaku.com/sources-mass-effect-andromeda-will-not-get-single-pla-1796548159

5. Marvel’s Mike Jones Talks Marvel Game’s future:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/marvel-games-exec-talks-batman-arkhams-lasting-inf/1100-6451118/

Meat & Potatoes: Marvel Games Wishlist! Who are the devs and characters you’d like to see them work with?

Music:

"Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat

The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel.

The Pals:

Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox

Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete

Andy: twitter.com/Tiger_Millions

Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire

The Pals are finally back together for this holiday weekend! They're ready to conquer the news this week and debate the controversial question, does the core fandom matter anymore? The five Pals are also joined by one of the creators of the successfully funded Six Swords comic, Chris Massari!

Find out more about The Six Swords on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/TheSixSwords/

And on the publisher's website:

http://www.ahrvisions.com

Follow Chris on twitter!:

https://twitter.com/AKATheKidMarvel

Apples and Origins

Random Question:

You open a movie theatre, what three movies do you show opening weekend?

#Pals Pulls:

Batman #26

Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka vol 2

Rat Queens #4

Snotgirl #6

The Walking Dead #169

True Believers Amazing Fantasy #1

True Believers Spider-Man #1

True Believers Spider-Man Brand New Day #1

News:

ABC's The Inhuman's release a first trailer!:

https://goo.gl/pvoUAY

Spider-Man: Homecoming is Certified Fresh!:

https://goo.gl/QFrmb8

Tom Holland Confirms Fan Theory About Iron Man 2!:

https://goo.gl/ABmkGY

Premiere of Netflix's Death Note Trailer!:

https://goo.gl/QSQcmq

Is Warner Brother's Thinking About a Superman: Red Son Adaptation?:

https://goo.gl/jeeHtu

Wonder Woman Becomes the DCEU's Biggest Domestic Hit!:

https://goo.gl/5bwv2A

Kevin Feige says, "Thank God for Wonder Woman"!:

https://goo.gl/GTJFei

Director Matt Reeves Says His Batman Film Will Be Noir Driven!:

https://goo.gl/qpVVQ8

Main Topic:

Are core fans important to the success of comic book films? Changes to bits and pieces of our favorite characters once they hit the big screen are nothing new, but can too much change, like Fox's most recent Fantastic Four film and Sony's plans for their Spider-Man film universe, hurt these films at the box office by alienating life long fans? Have comic book films grown beyond the fanbase that made these characters popular, no longer needing to adhere to their demands for accuracy in order to make these films successful?

The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics.

The Pals:

Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox

Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete

Cale: twitter.com/Totointow

Marco: twitter.com/WoeisMarco_

Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop

The Pals are finally back together for this holiday weekend! They're ready to conquer the news this week and debate the controversial question, does the core fandom matter anymore? The five Pals are also joined by one of the creators of the successfully funded Six Swords comic, Chris Massari!

Find out more about The Six Swords on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/TheSixSwords/

And on the publisher's website:

http://www.ahrvisions.com

Follow Chris on twitter!:

https://twitter.com/AKATheKidMarvel

Apples and Origins

Random Question:

You open a movie theatre, what three movies do you show opening weekend?

#Pals Pulls:

Batman #26

Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka vol 2

Rat Queens #4

Snotgirl #6

The Walking Dead #169

True Believers Amazing Fantasy #1

True Believers Spider-Man #1

True Believers Spider-Man Brand New Day #1

News:

ABC's The Inhuman's release a first trailer!:

https://goo.gl/pvoUAY

Spider-Man: Homecoming is Certified Fresh!:

https://goo.gl/QFrmb8

Tom Holland Confirms Fan Theory About Iron Man 2!:

https://goo.gl/ABmkGY

Premiere of Netflix's Death Note Trailer!:

https://goo.gl/QSQcmq

Is Warner Brother's Thinking About a Superman: Red Son Adaptation?:

https://goo.gl/jeeHtu

Wonder Woman Becomes the DCEU's Biggest Domestic Hit!:

https://goo.gl/5bwv2A

Kevin Feige says, "Thank God for Wonder Woman"!:

https://goo.gl/GTJFei

Director Matt Reeves Says His Batman Film Will Be Noir Driven!:

https://goo.gl/qpVVQ8

Main Topic:

Are core fans important to the success of comic book films? Changes to bits and pieces of our favorite characters once they hit the big screen are nothing new, but can too much change, like Fox's most recent Fantastic Four film and Sony's plans for their Spider-Man film universe, hurt these films at the box office by alienating life long fans? Have comic book films grown beyond the fanbase that made these characters popular, no longer needing to adhere to their demands for accuracy in order to make these films successful?

The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics.

The Pals:

Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox

Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete

Cale: twitter.com/Totointow

Marco: twitter.com/WoeisMarco_

Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop

E3 is finally over and the Pals are back together again! This week we're discussing all the new information we learned about Life is Strange dev Dontnod's upcoming vampire RPG Vampyr and discuss other genres we feel are underutilized in video games.

PLUS: WEREWYLFS!

-What We’re Playing

-Buy or Sell: PC or Console Gaming?

Da News:

1. Director Jeff Kaplan said in an Overwatch developer update that there are plans to ‘drastically reduce’ Overwatch loot box duplicates:

https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/22/15855604/overwatch-loot-box-duplicates-change-blizzard-jeff-kaplan

2. Speaking of Overwatch Look Boxes, if you’re a Twitch Prime user you can currently grab a free Golden Loot Box with at least one Garunteed Legendary item as well as 10 standard loot boxes to be doled out by 5 in August and October:

https://twitch.amazon.com/prime/loot/overwatch

3. Sega’s retro library is going free to play on mobile and iOS:

http://forever.sega.com/games

https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/21/15845736/sega-forever-ios-android-free-sega-mobile-games-download

4. We’ve got some more information about Life is Strange dev Dontnod’s upcoming vampire RPG Vampyr:

http://www.pcgamer.com/your-choice-of-who-lives-or-dies-will-radically-alter-london-in-vampyr/

Meat & Potatoes: We all seem to agree that the idea of a robust story-driven vampire RPG is awesome unexplored territory, so I wanted to ask: what other genres or tropes do you feel are underutilized in video games?

Music:

"Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat

The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel.

The Pals:

Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox

Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete

Andy: twitter.com/Tiger_Millions

Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire

E3 is finally over and the Pals are back together again! This week we're discussing all the new information we learned about Life is Strange dev Dontnod's upcoming vampire RPG Vampyr and discuss other genres we feel are underutilized in video games.

PLUS: WEREWYLFS!

-What We’re Playing

-Buy or Sell: PC or Console Gaming?

Da News:

1. Director Jeff Kaplan said in an Overwatch developer update that there are plans to ‘drastically reduce’ Overwatch loot box duplicates:

https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/22/15855604/overwatch-loot-box-duplicates-change-blizzard-jeff-kaplan

2. Speaking of Overwatch Look Boxes, if you’re a Twitch Prime user you can currently grab a free Golden Loot Box with at least one Garunteed Legendary item as well as 10 standard loot boxes to be doled out by 5 in August and October:

https://twitch.amazon.com/prime/loot/overwatch

3. Sega’s retro library is going free to play on mobile and iOS:

http://forever.sega.com/games

https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/21/15845736/sega-forever-ios-android-free-sega-mobile-games-download

4. We’ve got some more information about Life is Strange dev Dontnod’s upcoming vampire RPG Vampyr:

http://www.pcgamer.com/your-choice-of-who-lives-or-dies-will-radically-alter-london-in-vampyr/

Meat & Potatoes: We all seem to agree that the idea of a robust story-driven vampire RPG is awesome unexplored territory, so I wanted to ask: what other genres or tropes do you feel are underutilized in video games?

Music:

"Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat

The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel.

The Pals:

Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox

Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete

Andy: twitter.com/Tiger_Millions

Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire