The Pod-Cast

You know what's art? Limericks. Stephen, Cameron, and Zachary learn this lesson through a teamwork exercise that had them hesitantly rhyming words until true inspiration possessed their earthly bones with an electric air of compromised meter. Now they're best friends. But yeah, speaking of being possessed, Spooktober rises from the grave once more to insight fright like a regular ol' wight. At least the topic of video games has a final resting place to look forward to with a newly-announced WASD spin-off podcast. Between the literary slant and macabre subject matter, this is one episode Edgar Allan himself would enjoy! Edited by Stephen. Our theme music is The Olive Gang by coda. All other music is from Incompetech. Sound effects are from the mouths of Stephen, Cameron, and Zachary.

I hope you like the video game Destiny and the following expansions and sequel, because oh man, do we have an episode for you. Join us as Cameron takes hold of the mic all by his lonesome and discusses the rocky history of Bungie and the video game we've come to call Destiny for more than 30 minutes! Seriously, if you have no interest in Destiny, you could probably stand to not listen to this. Just a warning. Though honestly, it's a decent-ish look into the history of how games are sometimes made, so that could be interesting to you as well! Maybe! I dunno, I'm stretchin' here.  Music is the Destiny Main Menu theme by Martin O'Donald and Destiny OST - Regicide (8-bit Remix) by NeptuneEDM on Youtube. 

Y'all? Hey. Hey, y'all? It's fall. And to prove it, our host and savior Bryan has put together a squash-based quiz show that will test your knowledge almost as much your patience. As someone with very little of either, Cameron comes out screaming with enough bad attitude to secure him a spot on the A-Team. Thank the Great Pumpkin that we have Ben here with a hay bale of positivity, going so far as to announce his currently unborn child ______'s name to the world. Abigail is somewhere in between these two cosmically balanced forces of temperament, but Stephen didn't really listen to much of the episode so he doesn't have anything to say about her. Edited by Cameron. Our theme music is The Olive Gang by coda. All other music is from Incompetech. Sound effects are from Freesound.

Uh oh, watch out, video games are moving into town and they're coming for YOU! But don't be scared; Stephen and Zachary are just the buddy cops you need to keep everyone safe and streetwise in this urban environment of RPGs. The turf is split between Japan and Belgium with games like Blue Reflection and Divinity: Original Sin 2 all up in this East/West Side Story business, but they skip the violence and drama to head straight for the dancing! Edited by Zachary. Music from the games we're talking about when the music plays, come on, pay attention. There's also a trailer from Sonic Forces because of Zachary's fault. 

The ol' Disembodied Voices cast is together this week, so Stephen, Bryan, Cameron, and Zachary take advantage of this nostalgic situation by talking about video games and how they used to talk about video games. A fun roulette game launches them down Memory Lane in a randomized trajectory that can only lead to good times! And the entirety of Disembodied Voices Episode 96. It also leads to the entirety of Disembodied Voices Episode 96. Our theme music is The Olive Gang by coda. 

If Stephen, Bryan, and Zachary ever had a plan for this episode, they surely split it into three equal pieces and ceremoniously ate it for strength and power. To counteract that, here's a well-organized list of everything that happened:Knack 2An exploration of Whole Foods and its organic produce yet inorganic processAn impromptu segment about segments that just ended up being a lot of foliage punsOur first Blue Apron sponsorship!Cooking gyms Edited by Stephen. Our theme music is The Olive Gang by coda. All other music is from Incompetech. Sound effects are from Freesound.

Half of this episode is charming HGTV x DnD material and humorous-but-relatable nutrition details while the other half is a conversation about Hurricane Harvey from the city it barged in on. It's a weird mixture, but that's okay; we're weird people. We mentioned putting charities in the show notes, but since the needs in Houston are changing day by day and there are so many good places to choose from, we recommend doing a quick search to find what you think would be the most meaningful. Thanks for being good folk!   Edited by Stephen. Our theme music is The Olive Gang by coda. All other music is from Incompetech.

Whales are Whales puts the "edgy" in "cutting edge" even though that technically doesn't make linguistic sense as the quad squad discusses trending topics that you will find in every modern culture publication such as "People Magazine" and other ones. They're bound to Ruffle a few feathers with a hot take or two on late night talk show personalities (more like Conan O'MG, right??) and probably secure a spot on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" when Stephen tries to tell a really funny story about Starbucks baristas for the second time. The hip and happening sprinkles on this relevant pop culture cupcake dazzle the eyes of "Paul Hollywood" himself when Storytime shocks the world over with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs Mighty Ducks crossover. So snap yourself a selfie and start your startups because Episode 27 of the Whales are Whales Pod-Cast is... um... lit? DANG IT, I ALMOST MADE IT TO THE END  Edited by Stephen. Our theme music is The Olive Gang by coda. All other music is from Incompetech and questionable entertainment from the 1990s.

On this episode of WASD, the Whales are Whales Pod-Cast's bonus video gaming show, Zach somehow plays Twitch. Yes, the video game live-streaming site. He *plays* it. It's quite a sight to behold. Also, Cameron hears voices, and everyone is concerns for his health as he hosts the show and ends the episode in the worst possible way. 

We didn't have the time to record a regular episode of the Pod-Cast this week, and for that we are eternally sorry. However, Cameron decided he wanted to put up something, at the very least, so he pestered Stephen to join him for a quick recording of an interesting (depending on who you ask) thing that happened in his life.  We're sorry for the lack of an episode this week, and promise we'll be back next week with a regular episode!