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On this epsidoe Mike and Jon rewind to Thor Ragnarok being relevant, which technically it is since it released to Blu Ray/DVD and discuss what makes this Thor movie so good. Mike and Jon then dive into the violent video game panel President Trump threw together all while discussing the Nostalgia Bomb that is Ready Player One mixed in with a little bit of Jon's night at Paddy's Pub, the "it's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" pop up bar in Chicago.

They have RETURNED! After a longer than expected hiatus, Mike and Jon return better than ever....maybe. On this episode they review and talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universes newest hit, Black Panther (with some spoilers so a heads up on that), the latest trailers that were released while they were away, and the antics they were up to while on hiatus, mostly what video games they've been playing and such. So pull up a chair, grab a nice cold beverage and enjoy!

Mike and Jon are joined by creator of Unit 44, Wes Locher. As the three discuss the actual comic itself, Wes gives Mike and Jon a behind the scenes look at what the inspiration was behind the creation of Unit 44, further looks into what it took to get Unit 44 out into the world and what the future holds for Hatch, Gibson, and Wes himself.

On this episode Mike and Jon discuss what is to come with the dismantling of Net Neutraltiy thanks to Verizon Corporate Shill Ajit Pai. Outside of that Jon and Mike discuss what video games they are planning and plans into the new year (hint: we're talking a small-ish break to get some extra stuff done for the podcast and Jon's YouTube channel) and finally Mike and Jon have a spoilery discussion (LISTENER BEWARE!) about the latest Star Wars, The Last Jedi.

On this bonus episode, Jon explains his disappointment in Justice League and his enjoyment of Thor Ragnarok, Mike talks about Black Friday deals that SHOULD hopefully be available (most likely on Steam), which causes Jon to excude on his joys of Wolfenstein The New Colossus. The guys talk a little bit about the last update in PUBG regarding vaulting and the enjoyment that they got from it. They cover the latest season of the Walking Dead and the enjoyment that they are getting from the All Out War storyline coming to life on the TV Screen. They round out the episode talking about the issues behind Electronic Arts release of Star Wars Battlefront 2 and their debacle behind unlocking heroes and loot boxes. 

On this episode we are joined by commuunity manager Josip, aka Wonder to talk about Gamepire's highly anticipated game SCUM covering all sorts of ground discussing the upcoming game (scheduled for a Quarter 1/Quarter 2 2018 Early Access Launch). Jon and Mike learn what it takes to survive in the beautifully crafted world of SCUM on top of what SCUM brings in terms of "entertainment for the masses". But we don't want to give it all away...take a listen and find out some juicy tidbits of whats to come.

After a short-ish break, Mike and Jon return to cover a whole gamut of things including a hang at Galloping Ghost (with lots of Windjammers being played), Finally playing some indie titles bought from Steam Sales, Jon's plan to make the MOST money (and finally buy himself a Switch and the latest Super Mario), and Mike's first time at High Five Ramen. All of this and SO much more. 

On this episode Jon discusses his thoughts on the recently released Middle-Earth Shadows of War, Mike and Jon discuss Marvel's VERY short lived partnership with Northrop Gruman, and of course we round it out with discussion of the Rick and Morty season finale and the asshattery of Rick and Morty fan's over McDonald's single day release of the coveted Szechuan Sauce.

We return this month with some heavy gaming conversations covering the likes of the Battle Royale showdown between Fortnite and PUBG, returning to Rocket League and Shadows of Mordor, Shadow Warrior 2 is a game you shouldn't pass up (if you love loot gaming), Jon dives into buying Cuphead and enjoying Lawbreakers and expresses his feelings towards the COD World War 2 beta. They also discuss the recent Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer dropped by Rockstar. Mike rants at why you shouldn't spoil new movies (and other things) on social media. To round out the epsidoe we discuss the second to last episode of this season's Rick And Morty, "The ABC's of Beth" and what our thoughts are for the finale. Mike also drops the news of McDonald's bringing Szechuan Sauce back for  1 DAY! (October 7th 2017) 

Mike and Jon return from a brief hiatus due to work and other life things, Mike's voice is destroyed (Thank you Prophets of Rage) and gives his thoughts on his first Riot Fest, Mike and Jon give their thoughts on the newest re-imagining of Stephen King's IT, the latest Rick and Morty episodes (Two-fer on this episode of the podcast) and catch up on gaming news which includes everyones "favorite" streamer/youtuber/whatever PewDiePie and his latest controversy, Fortnite's crossplay mix up, and the latest PUBG update and issues with stealthily changing their rules without telling the community. 

This episode covers a bit of ground regarding the season finale of Game Of Thrones, Jon catches up on Stranger Things, Mike discusses his time with the Raid: World War II beta and the two discuss Gamepire's upcoming game, SCUM, which seems to have some interesting premises to it. All this and a little discussion regarding an update on Jon's use of the Vive.

On this episode Mike and Jon discuss where Game Of Thrones is leading towards in the season finale and Mike's opinions on his binge of Agents of Shield...which leads into a conversation regarding back to the ultimate MCU vs DCEU topic and why Marvel has been the stand out in this. Also on this episode Jon and Mike delve into the world of YouTube/Streaming and if Stream Sniping...or Stream Honking, should be bannable offenses. Sega/Yu Suzuki released a new trailer for Shenmue 3 and lets just say Ryu looks like he hails from the Valley of the Dolls, and finally Mike and Jon talk about the clusterfuck that is the SNES Classic pre-order situation and what it will be like getting a system when it actually releases.

On this episode Mike and Jon are joined by the head of Alterna Comics, Peter Simeti, in which they discuss how this conversation came to be, Mike and Jon's impressions of issue number one of The Chair and whats next for the realm of Indie Comics. The guys also talk a bit about Peter/Alterna's recently launched Kickstarter for The Chair (DVD/Blu Ray Release). Mike, Jon, and Peter decide to reconvene in October when, as Peter says, The Chair really gets going.   

On this episode, Mike starts out covering the end of Peter Capaldi's reign as The Doctor and the coming arrival of Jodi Whittaker's 13th Doctor, which as usual when things change, people have issues and we discuss why those issues are wrong. Next Jon and Mike discuss all the information released from this years San Diego Comic-Con including but not limited to Stranger Things, Justice League, Ready Player One, and Marvel's Infinity War. To round out the episode Jon launches into our favorite topic as of late, PlayerUnkown's Battlegrounds in which they announced they will be selling keys for their Gamescom Tournament at $2.50 a pop, which has irked many in the community, including Jon.

On this weeks epsiode, Mike and Jon take a SPOILER (So if you haven't seen it DON'T listen to the first 22 minutes!) filled look at the recently released Spider-Man Homecoming (and their love that Peter/Spider-Man has a home with the MCU). Mike and Jon discuss PlayerUnknown's latest info dump regarding next months update (including First Person Only servers) and the ban of DrDisrespect and the ensuing twitter beef regarding the Team Kill issue that lead to Doc's ban, which leads to Mike and Jon discussing the toxic community of H1Z1. Mike discusses how good Preacher's second season on AMC is, including Joe Gilgun as Cassidy the Irish Vampire. Rounding out the episode Mike and Jon discuss the return of Game of Thrones (SPOILERS) and the feelings they had to the first episode of the 7th season.  Mike hints at an upcoming guest that was born out of a twitter beef with an Bleeding Cool writer and a review that contained spoilers with no warning.

On this shorter episode Mike and Jon discuss their pick ups over the course of the Steam Summer Sale, what the are still playing including Mike's return to the Mojave Wastelands of Fallout New Vegas (slightly modded), Jon discusses his return to King of the Kill, and the guys wrap up with the discussion of Nintendo's latest throwback, the SNES Classic.

On this episode Mike and Jon discuss what they thought of this years E3, from Microsoft and Sony and their "newest" systems and the announcements behind the latest games from Ubisoft, EA, Bethesda, and then some. Mike and Jon also discuss what left them wanting more and the situations where E3 left them feel lacking.

Mike and Jon jump straight into speculating and predicting what might be announced at this years E3. On top of that they begin to discuss and decipher what each press conference will handle and what games will be talked about. Will there be any major surprises? Will Microsoft announce the Xbox Scorpio at a lower price point than the PS4 Pro to catch up to Sony? Who will become victorious at this years E3?

Mike and Jon discuss and grieve the loss of (SPOILER) in the Walking Dead #167, and while its been a while since we've lost anyone major, the sting is still there. Mike opted to catch the Fear the Walking Dead 2 hour premiere which is full of gore and surprises (Mike drops a spoiler regarding a main character death FYI). Jon gives a quick run down of everything he loved about Wonder Woman but refrains from going too indepth since Mike hasn't seen it yet. Jon takes a stab as a non-biased reviewer to the new Dispatch album, America Location 12, Mike still gives his biased thoughts on the album. Mike also quickly reviews the Maynard James Keenan Biography/Auto-biography "A Perfect Union of Contrary Things". The fellas end the episode talking about Nitendo's plan for online for the Switch.

On this episode we discuss the season finales of three of our favorite shows, The Flash, which finally wraps up the WHOLE season of depressing "HAVE TO SAVE IRIS" only to watch Iris get shanked by Savitar the episode prior, but uhhh...did Iris take up drumming to distract herself from her impending doom, cause those drumsticks look familiar.....Jon wraps up what has been, for him, the most impressive season of Arrow by far! Leading back to the island and the most possibly catastrophic season finale he's seen. Finally we discuss the ultimate ending of Samurai Jack, 16 years since the first episode aired, we see, with the help of those in the future, he escapes Aku's grasp, and with the help of Ashi....gets back to the past. Finally Mike recounts his newfound addiction to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and his first couple of wins which turned out to be Back To Back wins which is semi rare for a game of this type.