This is a special week for the Vacant Podcast! It's Matt and Ryan's birthdays this week, so Chris and Tim decided to put together a video game themed birthday party. There's Twisted Metal Ice Cream, Mario Karts, Burger Time, Bouncy Houses, and tons of horrifying nightmares. They even Street Fighter a Honda.

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The darkness takes over this week, as Chris, Matt, Ryan, and Tim discuss which video game villain they'd want to become. They really show their truest selves as they pick from classic RPG bad guys, to hyper powerful immortal masterminds, to evil Mega Man robots.  There's even a surprise slum lord from a game where Animals...Cross...things. There's a whole Legion of Doom by the end!

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This week Chris, Matt, Ryan, and "Super Fan" Matthew WJ figure out some new players to add to the video game console wars. They pitch cookie makers, DIY game development, expensive vacuums, and Tesla! Also, there's a battle of rappers and a professional football quarterback, for some reason. Who has the best system?

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Vacant Gazing invites special guest Matthew WJ to step into the ring, and create a wrestling league of video game characters. This definitely isn't your daddy's WWE! We've got characters from Mario, God of War, Kingdom Hearts, and more. Who wins the rumble?

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They are among us on this week's episode! Chris, Matt, Ryan, and Tim discuss which video game they believe correctly predicted an alien species. There are so many to choose from, one of these games has to have gotten it right. Right?

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This week gets magical! Chris, Matt, Ryan, and Sarah Kimball dive into the wizarding world of Harry Potter to figure out which video game characters would make the best instructors at Hogwarts. But what would they teach? Defense Against the Dark Arts? Definitely. Care of Magical Creatures? Probably. Algebra? ...Apparently not. Also, they decided that Pokemon are magic, so there's that.

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Chris, Matt, Ryan, and Sarah Kimball spent uncountable hours grinding out the points to max out a skill from Skyrim that they'd want for their real lives. Why does Matt want to be sneaky? How destructive is Ryan? Will Sarah make that Etsy page? Will Chris get a good price on a Sonata?

They also digress into inappropriate conversations about cats and Dungeons and Dragons alignments. It'll make sense.

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Like I said, here's the Alignment Quiz

It's the 4th of July! That means BBQs, fireworks, American Flags, and the Declaration of Independence. And to celebrate, Chris, Matt, Ryan, and Tim write their own declaration...a Declaration of Video Games.

What gaming rules do they deem to be unalienable? Find out.

Will they routinely confuse historical documents? Definitely.

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Chris, Matt, Ryan, and Tim break out the history books again to discuss what time periods in history they'd like to see an Assassin's Creed game take place. Among other things, they talk about prohibition, saber tooth tigers, the space force, cocaine, and cabers. So many cabers...

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This week, the gang takes a stroll down memory lane, as they reminisce about they're favorite moments while playing video games. Join them as they relive old glories over the bosses vanquished, the hours dedicated, and the hoards of tokens pumped into arcade booths all in the name of youth. 

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