The Pod of Greed

In this episode, Paul and Alec discuss the new Yu-Gi-Oh! set called Rage of the Abyss, which includes some exciting card reveals. They also talk about Magic: The Gathering's controversial new banlist, which has caused a huge uproar and tanked prices. They wrap up the episode with a discussion of Sony's latest State of Play video game presentation and the controversy surrounding Twitch Con.

Let's talk about the lukewarm community response to the new Yu-Gi-Oh tins.

The Yu-Gi-Oh World Championships have concluded and Alec and Paul have thoughts. Also, the PS5 Pro was revealed and costs $700 and it's a little insane! So let's break it all down!

Alec and Paul are back in the studio this week! Let's break it down: the new Yu-Gi-Oh TCG banlist and the community backlash before and after it, plus some big gaming news developments.

Since there's still no Yu-Gi-Oh banlist as of the time of recording, we reflect on this and the other card games that have actually gotten them. Plus some scary takedowns of anime streaming sites and game cancellations.

It's a light week for Yu-Gi-Oh news as we review YCS Sacramento, updates to the Master Duel Shadow Duelist, and the Hello Kitty collab at McDonalds. Meanwhile, the Pokemon World Championship had a couple of controversies, Wizards of the Coast introduces the $50,000 Magic the Gathering Spotlight Seires, and we recap some of the biggest games shown at Gamescom this week.

In our longest episode yet, we discuss a bevy of news, from the updated Yu-Gi-Oh prize support and mysterious celebrity event to Google's monopoly on search, big movie and show announcements from Disney, an update to AI and the SAG-AFTRA strike, Twitch trying to make people be nice, Tinder struggling to engage people, and more!

Let's break down the conversation recently around pro players quitting Yu-Gi-Oh due to the situation around tournament prize support and game balance! We brought on our friend Chris for his insights, too!

Let's go over the latest news from the Yu-Gi-Oh EUWCQ and new figure announcements to a disturbing new development in CT scanning trading card packs! Oh yeah, and Marvel just dropped some bombshell MCU news! Meanwhile, the AI bubble might finally be bursting...

This week we're chatting about the results of the Yu-Gi-Oh North America WCQ, a bunch of cool new announcements from Japan, the new MTG Secret Lair set with Monty Python, Activision selling players AI assets, and a strange question: should men be reading more fiction books?