You Activated My Podcast!

Gadzooks! The devilish Nesbitt has transformed himself into some kind of platonic ideal of a robot, and these youths must vanquish him!

Join us on our adventures backwards and forwards over the last century, ranging from the bygone era of radio, to a futuristic duel over a vat of acid (which somehow includes Joan of Arc?), and back again to the Oregon Trail.

Wowsers trousers, folks. It sure is weird when a villain in this show is actually competent! Join us for the introduction of Nesbitt, everyone’s favorite Robotic Knight with a pit of acid, and Serenity’s first duel!

Then, High Commissioner Lauren joins us for the introduction of the world’s most terrifying dog groomer.

Also, as promised, here is the first draft of “The Heart of the Cards”, a tabletop-role-playing game based on Yu-Gi-Oh!

This episode, we leave nothing to chance, and bring only the most egregious of tangents for your ear-holes to enjoy. We discuss LEGO card games (?), Johnson’s Matrix-Hacking, and Joey’s infuriating insistence on flipping other people’s coins.

Later, High Commissioner Lauren joins us to talk about helping friends move!

Eagle-eyed listeners will notice that, yes, you can sing this week’s episode title to the tune of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song!

This week, we revel in a reprieve from the icy injustices of Crump’s imbecilic invention, and join Joseph in a judicial jaunt of japes and jabs. Johnson’s courtroom climbs towards crippling crescendo as the cards create a cunning cascade of calculated capriciousness. Can Joey defeat Johnson’s dastardly deeds? Find out next time!

All alliterations aside, we have a fun episode, and end with High Commissioner Lauren challenging us to a Eurovision showdown.

Hey friends, Tyler here. 👋

It feels… really weird, to be releasing an episode of a Yu-Gi-Oh podcast today. But, here we are. We recorded this just a few hours before hearing the news of Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s passing, and like everyone, we’re still coming to grips with losing such a champion in the fight for equality. May her memory be a revolution, and may her legacy remind us that the fight is still going, and we’ve got to keep doing our best to make things better.

This is a weird episode, I’ll admit. We’re all in a weird headspace for other 2020-related reasons, and we ramble our way through yet another weird episode of this children’s show we love to hate. I really hope that, if nothing else, it will be a brief but welcome respite from the world, so that you can get the rest you need before rejoining the fight to make it a better place.

Okay, this one got away from us a bit. Eventually, we discuss this very cool (get it?) duel between Tea and the Creepiest Penguin Alive, but first we spend a lot of time talking about… a fish pyramid in Memphis.

Later, High Commissioner Lauren challenges us to a task that may become its own spin-off! Can Bowganian and Gradius sneak back into their houses after a high school party, without waking up their parents?

Check out the Task Dungeon tasks here!

It’s been a long week! There’s no other way to say it. Join us for a sleepy romp through the end of the “Isolated in Cyberspace” three-parter, where we discuss the divinity of Yugis, how hard or light hardlight holograms can be, and why this episode has a penguin in it.

Later, High Commission Lauren presents us with a challenge sent in by The Mayor of Scimmy City: The Architect, listener Scimmy!

Check out the Task Dungeon tasks here!

This week, we join the dueling workforce and discuss Season 3, episodes 2 and 3: “Isolated in Cyber Space: Parts 1 and 2”! Join us for a bit of Kaiba Bros. Backstory, patented Gansley Business Nonsense, and many shots of Tea, Tristan, Joey, Duke, and Serenity doing… not much.

Later, Lauren joins us for the first installment of You Activated My Podcast! Season 3: YU-GI-OR-NOT?! Season 2: Enter the Task Dungeon!

That’s right, we’re back into Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters with the first episode of season 3: “A Virtual Nightmare”! I can’t wait to see who wins the Battle City finals — oh, we’re not doing that? What are we doing instead? A floating what? Virtual what? Big what?

Later, Dungeon Commissioner Lauren joins us to reveal the sequel to Yu-Gi-Or-Not!: “You Activated My Podcast! Season 3: Yu-Gi-Or-Not! Season 2: Enter the Task Dungeon”! Jimmy and Tyler draft their first round of season 3 monsters.

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