In season 5 of Breaking Bad, TV history was made when Walter White uttered the phrase "Say my name". I had to look all that up btw because I've never seen the show. But I like the idea of having a new name and being way cooler than I am now. But what if I were cooler and had the same name? Or had the same name and was the biggest f*cking loser on the planet? Well, there's no better way to find out than by using video games! On today's bonus episode, we find similarly named characters to us in gaming and see if their lives are better or worse to live as them. Heisenberg might have had people fearing his name, but he never had the advantage of attempting a new name plus!

William Shakespeare's resume is unparalleled. The famous playwright wrote Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear just to name a few. Unfortunately, his genius only went so far. Did he write any plays about Mario, Sonic, or Earthworm Jim? Did he take two-dimensional sprites and turn them into polygons with mixed results? Looks like all Shakespeare knew was ado about nothing. Fortunately for you, we know how to wax poetic about this topic. On today's episode, we look at video game characters and franchises that jumped from 2D to 3D. Shakespeare might have written Macbeth but his head would have exploded if he knew what Mega Man's first foray into 3D was!

It's Halloween, everyone's entitled to one good scare. Unless that scare is coming from a horror game that people like to stream on Twitch. WE AIN'T SCARED, THOUGH. To prove it, we decided to finally learn about the most recent terrifying video games the kids are playing now. Jump scares? Check. Us screaming like little girls? Double check. On today's bonus episode, we venture into uncharted territory of horror with The Backrooms, Mannequin, and more! Turn out all the lights and look up your favorite streamers because it's time to go Twitch or treating!

What's scarier than being attacked by rabid zombies and humanoid nurses? The only thing that even comes close is getting caught watching adult videos when you were a kid on your parent's computer. Those monsters got nothing on getting yelled at by your mom. But we're adults now so that is about to change! And maybe we want our adult videos to include our favorite horror video game franchises that we played as a kid. Maybe we're into that or not, we don't know! On today's bonus episode, we take Halloween to a whole new level by searching for Resident Evil and Silent Hill adult content. We know the characters, now it's time to find out their favorite positions!

The year is 1997. Mother Teresa is still partying past midnight. "Titanic" became the first hit movie to have a guy fall on a boat propeller. And a new kart racing video game just broke our brains. MARIO KART 64 was truly groundbreaking in its gameplay and physics. Unfortunately, none of that matters because we only want to study the maps! Every gamer's favorite topic is cartography, right? Good, because we critiqued the layouts of all 16 courses. Which ones made us sick? Which ones do we think should be gay icons? Do we actually know what cartography is or did we use it because "cart" is in there? We'll never tell but we'll also use red shells on you if you don't listen!

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! Wait, forget it, everyone go home. It's just a bird. And it looks like they're made of either pixels or polygons. That's weird but also makes total sense. Ever since the early 80s, birds of every kind have shown up in a video game and they are only going to keep showing up so why fight it? On today's bonus episode, we flock like birds of a feather and squawk about every kind of bird that showed up in a game. From the 1982 arcade game Joust (you ride a bird!), to Tony Hawk Pro Skater (a human named after a bird!) all the way to the present with Horizon Zero Dawn (metal af birds!). Let's go ruffle some feathers!

What do Rodney Dangerfield and a limited edition Wu-Tang Clan video game controller from 1999 have in common? If you said a rap album, you are absolutely sort of correct (look up "Rappin Rodney" ASAP). But how about lack of respect! Rodney Dangerfield never got it and that abomination of a controller never got it either. Some video game controllers were too ambitious for their own good and didn't get any respect so we decided to finally change all of that. On today's episode, we take a look at controllers from Atari all the way to PlayStation 5 and we put them through the ringer. Loosen your necktie, folks, because we're doing it all with the help of everyone's favorite comedian born in 1921!

The two taglines for the 1988 Tom Cruise movie Cocktail were "They thought he was good, they were wrong...he was the best" and "When he pours, he reigns". I don't know about you but if I had to pick one video game franchise those can also apply to is METAL GEAR SOLID. Think about it - Solid Snake is the best at what he does AND he is always pouring shots, be it from the gun variety but still. So has anyone ever thought to combine these two? On today's bonus episode, we stealthily create alcoholic drinks inspired by the most stealthy PlayStation game series. If you thought a Nuclear-equipped walking battle tank was scary, just wait until you see the ABV on some of these drinks!

In 2019, our gaming podcast for people who hate gaming podcasts started. In the six years since, we've endured numerous break-ups, weird medical issues, turning 40 years old, disappointing download numbers, enemies turning into fans, followers blocking us on social media, botched Sonic the Hedgehog cookies, and one occasion of iHeartRadio accidentally putting us in their Instagram story. So how do we celebrate all these accomplishments? Back in June, we were interviewed by Ashton from the "Podcurious" podcast about our show - how it got started, our process, etc. It is probably the only time we talked sincerely about this weird monster we've created so enjoy our episode...of his episode!
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The Mission: Impossible movies have Tom Cruise saving the world by doing insane stunts. From hanging on a plane, to driving a motorcycle off a cliff, there is nothing crazier than what he's done. But has he ever had to press buttons in a timed order just to beat a giant Hydra? Or has he ever had to constantly button mash furiously until his thumbs hurt just to get away from a PS2 style boulder? I thought not. Tom Cruise has never faced a video game QUICK TIME EVENT and thank God, because they are terrible. And terribly funny! On today's episode we look at 30+ years of QTEs and pick out our favorites and funniest. Get ready for a Mashin': Impossible, agent. This episode will self destruct in five seconds.