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Ever wonder how a $400 million game can flop harder than a broken joystick? This week, Underscore, Jon Powell, and ShadoSpartan dive headfirst into the most infamous, unhinged, and spectacularly bad video game marketing campaigns of all time.

From Romero’s legendary Daikatana trash talk to Mercenaries gas riots, Dante’s Inferno’s deadly sins, and Acclaim’s completely feral “Extreme Era,” your Time Pals revisit a greatest-hits collection of corporate overconfidence—including failed hype machines and just how much money can be set on fire by a major company in a handful of years (BOOMSHAKALA!).

Listen now and cringe with us everywhere you get your podcasts.

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 #Concord #Daikatana #DeadSpace #DeadSpace2 #Mercenaries2 #DantesInferno #Injustice2 #ResidentEvil6 #DyingLight #Turok #Burnout2 #Homefront
 #Sony #ElectronicArts #EA #Capcom #WarnerBrosGames #Acclaim #THQ #NetherRealm #GeekCast #DadCast #MaydayMediaNetwork

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This week, co-host Nickell attempts to get the Time Pals into the holiday spirit—launching them on a nostalgic, chaotic, music-filled sleigh ride.

From quitting a job for Cake, discovering their inner power-punk with Green Day, feeling like they’re fearlessly marching into certain doom with Sabaton, getting blasted by the holiday-magic lasers of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and reminding everyone that Limp Bizkit’s “Nookie” is actually a poetic breakup song—this episode dives into the albums and bands that shaped the Pals, inspired them, and still hit just as hard today. 💿🔥

#TimePalsPodcast #MusicMemories #PodcastLife #HolidayVibes #LimpBizkit #Cake #GreenDay #Sabaton #TransSiberianOrchestra #AlbumImpact #NostalgiaTrip #MaydayMediaNetwork #ShadoSpartan #Dadcast #Geekcast

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The Time Pals return with a mini-blast from post-apocalyptic Boston: “Fallout 4: Nukes, Nonsense, and Another Settlement Needs Your Help!” 💥

Join ShadoSpartan and Underscore as they dive into the chaos of Fallout 4 — talking about their most memorable vaults, the worst companions, the recent remake controversy, and watch as ShadoSpartan commits nerd seppuku by proudly declaring Fallout 3 a terrible game (send all hate comments to his retro review show at YouTube.com/@ShadoSpartan44 ☢️).

Tune your Pip-Boy to wherever you get your pods!

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This week, Time Pals co-host ShadoSpartan brings back Mini-Episodes and takes hilarious dive into the world of pro wrestling botches — from debut disasters to matches that went completely off the rails.

Fellow Time Pal Underscore and Special guest Twitch streamer MrBortman (twitch.tv/mrbortmanttv) cover the infamous Sting vs. Jeff Hardy meltdown, Ted Dibiase Jr iconic excuses, the Thanksgiving fever dream known as The Gobbledy Gooker, and much more!

Join us as we react, relive, and roast the madness of our fair sport.

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This week, co-host Jon shatters his fellow Time Pals’ fragile egos with a brutal truth bomb: “Your Favorite TV Character SUCKS!” 💥
Join your Pals in chaos as they rant about:

• Is JD from Scrubs worse than Ted Mosby or Ross Geller?
• Is Data from Star Trek: TNG basically Kyle Broflovski from South Park?
• Did Bron from Game of Thrones get way too much screen time? 
• Why Dawson’s a bully from the Creek and shouldn’t have been the main character! 
• Scrappy-Doo is the worst. This is a statement.
• Why is Worf such a crap security guard on Star Trek? 
• And would Family Matters be remembered as fondly as Fresh Prince or Family Ties if Urkel never showed up? 
• Was Piper from Orange is the New Black one of the most unnecessary characters on television?

And so much more. . .

Drop your hot takes in the comments —We’re always looking to fuel further nerd rage.

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This Tuesday, the Time Pals Podcast presents Hobby Hype!, featuring special guest Norell (aka The Hobby Box Hunter)! 🎙️

Your Pals dive into our shared love of geek collectibles, his creative crossover shirts mixing sports cards with Bay Area hip-hop artists, and the stories behind our favorite hunts.

We also figure out the most valuable thing you’d find in our childhood bedrooms, reveal our holy grail collectibles, stories of the weirdest things people have sold, and laugh about the trends we were happy to see die in a dumpster fire. 🔥

#TimePalsPodcast #HobbyHype #TheHobbyBoxHunter #Collectibles #GeekCulture #SportsCards #BayAreaHipHop #HolyGrail  #thebay #Nostalgia #PodcastLife #CardCollecting #PopCulture #Dadcast #geekcast  #BillyRipken #GaryVee #KenGriffreyJr

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This week, ShadoSpartan wants you to know that not every hard game is hard for the right reasons—some were tough just because of clunky design or straight-up bad programming, not because they were really testing our skill. But what about the games that do get clever with challenging the player? When does harder actually mean better? Is Easy Mode a valid way to go through life?

Join the Time Pals as they dive deep into the art of difficulty in gaming:

👉 Why bullet sponge enemies are gaming’s laziest trick
👉 Did a harder difficulty ever force you to change your style?
👉 Which impossible games finally got conquered decades later?

And find out why ShadoSpartan Gets Hard for Hard Games

#Podcast #TimePals #TimePalsPodcast #Geekcast #dadcast #GamingPodcast #TimePals #GamersLife #EasyMode #HardMode #RetroGaming #GoldenEye #XCOM2 #Fallout4 #Diablo #DeadRising

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This week the Time Pal return from their summer break and are immediately captured by ADHD addled co-host Nickell who turned the Time Pals studio into his own twisted game show. It’s Time Pal vs Time Pal as they must answer questions such as:

🤔 Would you get a facial tattoo of his face to save his life?
 🐴 Would you kill a pony to erase an embarrassing moment?
 💨 Would you rather control farts… or only have telekinesis when someone else lets one rip?

Tune in for the madness — and maybe rethink who you’d want on your team when asked “Would you rather lose your sight or your hearing, and if you knew a month in advance, how would you prepare?”  We guarantee you the answer isn’t what you’d think.

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This week, the Time Pals celebrate our first year as a geek dad team—just in time for our month-long summer break (and, regrettably, to give Underscore a reprieve from producing our unique brand of chaos).
From questions born of an ADHD mind, to AI-generated improv adventure stories, cruelly forgotten movie and video game gems, and an array of awesome guest hosts, the Time Pals look back on their favorite moments (and arguments!)—and ponder just how much nerdier we can get for the rest of the year.

A fun and goofy episode? Probably.
A self-serving, cheap, quick-hit? You betcha!
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00:00 Celebrating Milestones: One Year of TimePals

03:03 Reflections on Podcasting: The Journey So Far

05:50 Creative Outlets: The Fun of Co-Hosting

09:13 Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: Connecting the Dots

11:58 Looking Back: Regrets and Missed Opportunities

15:11 Nostalgia and Gaming: Revisiting Childhood Favorites

17:54 The Evolution of Topics: What We Learned

20:48 Unexpected Moments: Surprises in Podcasting

24:08 The Fun of Off-the-Rails Conversations

24:38 The Great Animal Showdown

27:13 Housekeeper Anecdotes and Misunderstandings

30:23 Revisiting Past Guests and Missed Questions

33:45 Favorite Episodes and Memorable Moments

40:02 Collaborative Episode Dynamics

46:37 Top Episodes and Reflections on Growth

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This week, the Time Pals bring their flashlights and emotional support wine as they dig up the creepiest, weirdest, and most nightmare-inducing moments from the kids' shows we grew up with.

Too scared to face it alone, hosts Mike Underscore and Jon Powell enlist their friends Angie and Becca from the Black Curtain Club Podcast to hold their hands as they explore scenes like Invader Zim tasting his own flesh baloney, Phantom 2040 introducing a family annihilator, Punky Brewster getting trapped in a horror movie, and many more surprisingly cursed Saturday morning cartoons.

Check out the Black Curtain Club Podcast everywhere you get your scary pods or check out their IG tag on this post.

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#popculture #kidcartoons #Teletubbies  #AdventureTime #PunkyBrewster #Invader Zim #CatDog,#Phantom2040, #Rugrats #Dinosaurs #Powerpuff Girls #SpongeBob #tomandjerry #podcast#geekcast #dadcast #timepals #timepalspodcast

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Nostalgia and Pop Culture

02:52 Exploring Creepy Moments in Kids' Cartoons

06:09 Teletubbies: A Surveillance State?

08:53 The Dark Side of CatDog

12:07 Adventure Time's Blank-Eyed Girl

14:57 Punky Brewster's Haunting Halloween Special

18:13 The Body Horror of Invader Zim

21:07 Phantom 2040: A Cyberpunk Dystopia

28:32 The Rise of Maximum Incorporated

29:56 Sparks' Dark Revelation

31:45 Cartoons and the Dark Side of Humor

36:47 Rugrats and Existential Dread

41:14 Dinosaurs: A Grim Ending

44:33 The Creepy Side of Fandom

51:14 SpongeBob's Purgatory Adventure

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